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0 congress. were doing it in a way there is no tax increases and lowering the deficit versus doing nothing. jon: peter doocy is live in washington with more on this potential deal. now that there is an agreement, whats next, peter? >> reporter: jon, it is time to sell the deal. we know that conversation man ryan has already been speaking to republicans at a closed-door meeting this morning and the top two points he tried to make to get the gop colleagues on board, number one, he says the bill re...

0 one school on long island banning all types of fun because its too rough for recess. they ran out of bat teams. "fox & friends" starts now. >> this is toby keith and youre watching my favorite tv show, "fox & friends." >>steve: and he means it. >>brian: toby keith, he sang the red cup song when he was here. >>elisabeth: "red solo cup." >>brian: that was pre-elizabeth. >>steve: today is day eight of the shutdown. >>elisabeth: and new talks are going to be about the debt ceiling. this seems to b...

0 >> reporter: the republicans are essentially trying to hold their ground. they were asked today, a key conservative was asked what would he think of the president being willing to negotiate after the president said he would negotiate after the republicans reopened the government and raise the debt ceiling. >> the fact that he is even willing to negotiate a the all is a welcome change but its a change but so far what he has been telling us you do it my way, do it exactly my way or we will not d...

Expected. this money will help pay down outstanding loans and bonds, but the city is hundreds of millions of dollars in debt because of an incinerator built more than 40 years ago that was designed to collect and burn trash from across the state as a way to make a profit. but it never really worked properly, and the city grew deep in debt trying to keep up with payments on the money borrowed to build this thing. in the meantime, the mayor was indulging his passion, dropping cash the city couldnt...

Lebron, a little 70s edition tux right there. first repeat winner of the best male athlete award. since lance armstrong, by the way, won it four times. an emotional night by the way the best moment of the year, jack hoffman for his touchdown run. you might recall, hoffman, the 7-year-old cancer patient suited up and dashed the ball across the goal line for nebraska. i can watch this highlight all day long. what a great job by the folks at nebraska. and robin roberts won the awa awa award. >> i...

Oops, thats problematic because they play in north carolina. 7-year-old brain cancer survivor jack hoffman, he had a touchdown run at last aprils spring football game. last night at the espys last night, that was named the best moment of the year. jack was there to accept the award. >> this is super duper awesome. thanks for the trophy. im glad that you are all now on team jack, and i know with you we cant lose. thanks. >> love that. >> thanks so much, betty. turning back now to top politica...

0 at the espys absolutely ran away with it. gives us an opportunity to tell this story yet again. because its a little slice of awesome. i absolutely love that story. we begin in washington, d.c., not a bad story, dont look now, i appears that the senate may actually be functioning, thats right, first bipartisan plan to reform the immigration plan passed last late month and they hammered out a deal on the presidents nominee. yesterday, they got together to address the soaring rates for student...

0 this hearing, mike? >> reporter: jon, it promises to be interesting as we hear the washington irs and cincinnati irs field office perspectives from two key witnesses. the house oversight committee will hear from a total of five witnesses today but a lot of focus will be on carter hull, who recently left the irs in washington as tax law specialist and they did not like being scapegoated for the irs mess. >> chichi was there early on and it was quickly sent to washington where the orders continu...

0 who five or six or seven years ago was a well-liked kid who could have ended up in a rock and roll band and the terror is within. we move on two months later he was a terrorist which of course he was. the frightening part of it is he does look like a kid that would end up on the cover of "rolling stone." that is the outrage. >> they also call him a monster. the article is very well researched. im not here defending "rolling stone" at all. im saying you put it all in perspective. i understand t...

good morning. welcome to "today." its 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on thursday. >> im matt lauer along with al roker and natalie morales. there is growing concern over the health of nelson mandela. after visiting with him south africas president says mandela is showing signs of improvement. >> president obama offered his prayers where he is kicking off a week-long trip. we want to get to the hospital in pretoria. what is the family saying about the health of mandela? >> reporter: hey, g...