Nfl Lockout News Today

live on capitol hill correspondent. youve been following ins and o outs. i want to begin with the one offered in the last hour we heard from senate majority leader harry reid. whats in the latest plan. >> i was realizing this is $2.7 trillion in proposed cuts, brooke, on two sides of a piece of paper. obviously details need to be filled in what they are proposing raise it by this month, cut by this month. the cuts include $1 trillion immediately in discretionary spending. also a lot of...

expected to roll out a plan to cut spending by $2.7 trillion while raising the debt by 274 trillion. reids plan would not include tax increases which republicans refuse to consider nor would it touch entitlements. my colleague, dan lothian is watching it all from his post at the white house. dan, what is the presidents position first on raising the debt in installments? >> reporter: he want it is to go through 2012 and there is a sense at the white house and treasury department in part...

time, right now what they are calling an emergency meeting. the president is demanding an explanation from lawmakers as to why republicans walk wied away m talks yesterday. well take you there live in just a moment. and also still developing this morning, the death toll from two terror attacks in norway continues to live. a suspect is under arrest. more information is emerging as well about who exactly he is and what his intelligences may have been. also, this triple-digit heat in ...

thats more than were killed by hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, and floods combined. cnn meteorologist chad meyers joins us. its more than the heat. >> its more than humidity. if you set your steam roam at a gym at 105. that feels like 200 degrees. even though its 105, it feels so much hotter because your body cannot perspire, and it cannot cool itself down. a sauna is 160 or 170, but it feels cooler because the air is dry. now, this is a 10-year average, 170 people die of heat-relate...

>> in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nations debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before theyll agree to raise the countrys borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnes...

good morning. it is thursday, july 14th. this is your a.m. wakeup call. heres break is news. we just learned that british police have made an arrest in that scandalous phone hacking case that brought down -- that is bringing down parts of rupert murdochs news empire. ill get you more on that in just a moment. i wish i could say theres big news about the debt ceiling talks. i cant tell you that. theres more drama than dealing going on in d.c. right now. a fifth round of talks is set f...

Lock-out by examining the lifestyle theyre trying to preserve. >> reporter: many make millions. some are stars. >> its exciting. >> that is one thing you play for the fame and the fortune. >> reporter: as the nfl lockout drags on, few players say life on the gridiron is being a slave. minnesota running back adrian peterson said, "its mod earn day slavely, you know." mendenhall tweeted anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the n.f.l. could say that these two mare lel each other. >> i dont ...

Eric shawn looks at the lock-out by examining the lifestyle theyre trying to preserve. >> reporter: many make millions. some are stars. >> its exciting. >> that is one thing you play for the fame and the fortune. >> reporter: as the nfl lockout drags on, few players say life on the gridiron is being a slave. minnesota running back adrian peterson said, "its mod earn day slavely, you know." mendenhall tweeted anyone with knowledge of the slave trade and the n.f.l. could say that these two mare le...

Football in court in the first place? >> the most important thing is get this out of the court and back the collective bargaining table where it belongs. >> if someone runs over you with a truck or deprives you of the ability to earn livelihood, where can you go? >> you have to go to court to vindicate your right. >> the n.f.l. lockout has owners against players. the legal quarterbacks are the same opponent from the contested bush-gore 2011 election. the owners are facing the george w. bush lawy...

The career networking site bumped up the price range of its ipo by $10. a coalition of health professionals and organizers are launching a print ad campaign in several u.s. cities today in an effort to convince mcdonalds to stop marketing to kids through its happy meals. the group is calling for the fast food chain to retire its mascot ronald mcdonald. the nfl lockout is big business for some folks. our colleagues noticed this twitter post from a firm that apparently loaned $500,000 to one pla...