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conditions apply. tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf of mexico. this is what it looks like for oil rig workers, look at this, leaning almost 45 degrees into the wind, holding on to a railing for dear life to find out how fast the wind was blowing. on land, lee is a major flood maker. some parts of louisiana have already gotten more than ten inches of rain. that amount could double in some areas. great to see you. im susan hendricks in for don lemon. you are in the cnn newsro...

this is a crew speeding away from the rixos hotel in tripoli where gadhafi loyalists, the gunmen who had been holding these men and women captive for five-plus days. now and only now can they tell their story. we will hear it coming up. something here, the cnn crew, among dozens of international journalists, as i mentioned at the rixos hotel, between 30 and 35 journalists were held inside for five-plus days trying to negotiate the release according to our matthew chance, every hour, ...

for post august 2nd if no plan is agreed to. if the treasury couldnt meet its obligations, a bill being circulated would prioritize payments, social security checks and paychecks for troops. everything else would be covered if possible with cash on hand or put off until we can take on more debt. two main default avoidance plans remain on the table right now. speaker boehners plan would raise the debt ceiling twice, this year and next, with spending cuts now and an election year overhau...

downgrade the nations credit even if a deal is reached. even if a deal is reached. its a aaa, nearly as good as cash or gold and has been almost from the begin. losing that status would raise interest rates for all of us, make mortgages cost more, stifle the economy, possibly trigger a run on the dollar. tonight, president obama restated his desire for a deal that includes tax increases on wealthier americans as well as spending cuts. he cited statistics appealing to bipartisanship and...

good evening everyone. breaking news, president obamas primetime call for a deal to end the debt crisis and house speaker john boehners response. the speech is coming with two competing proposals on the table. one from senate democrats and the other from house republicans, neither of which is looking very likely to pass. meantime, seven days until the government runs out of money and rating agencies are threatening to downgrade the nations credit even if a deal is reached. even if a de...

he cited statistics appealing to bipartisanship and invoked the words of ronald reagan and also acknowledged how sharply divided washington is while trying to channel a bipartisan frustration among americans for what goes on in washington. take a look. >> i realize that a lot of the new members of congress and i dont see eye to eye on many issues. but we were each elected by some of the same americans for some of the same reasons. yes, many want government to start living within its me...

Worlds biggest defense contractors is itself on the defensive against cyber attack. lockheed martin says its investigating a significant and tenacious attack on its system information network last week. the u.s.-based company says it discovered the threat quickly and fought it off. it says no information on its programs or its customers was compromised. lockheed martin is a supplier of major u.s. weapons stms including stealth fighter jets. speaking of fighting back, public reports say dominiq...

treed. jacob zuma will try to convince moammar gadhafi of peace talks. his rival and another fifa executive have been temporarily -- a coalition commander has offered his sincerest apologies for an air strike on saturday that he says killed nine people in afghanistan. and earlier toll according to afghan and nato forces was 14. hamid karzai condemned the strike. those are the headlines. "world business today" starts right now. good morning from cnn london. >> good afternoon fro...

Have hit residential and big population areas and thats why its become such a big topic. >> bill: when you analyze the weather. and you see a cooling of the pacific ocean, all right? do you put out a scenario we have tornadoes, hurricanes coming? are we going to have different hurricanes this year? and then there are, you know, summer droughts and stuff happens, and then there is next winter. we had a terrible winter here in the northeast this winter. can you like pinpoint which season is going ...

Do you put out a scenario we have tordoes, and stuff happens, and then there is next winter. we had a terrible winter here in the northeast this winter. can you like pinpoint which season is going to bring which horror? >> well, you certainly being based on what you are seeing in the atmosphere and water temperature ano, anomalies and s and other things you look at. they give you the key to what the pattern is going to look like. and if you know where the troughs and ridges set up across north a...