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the leader of libyas national transitional council called for more financial support for the new government from other nations. japans about to get another new prime minister. kan announced his resignation. parliament will vote on tuesday to choose the countrys next leader. kan was struggling for approval even before the march disaster struck japan. his ratings have gotten worse since. people along theest east coast are getting ready for hurricane irene. six states are in emergency...

impact of trillions. blogger jeff jarvis stirs up a storm by hurling an obscenity. the reporter whose story prompted david wu to resign over a sex scandal. should he have relied on unnamed sources? im howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." it would be comical if it werent so serious. washingtonality its worst as all of us in the news business trying to keep up with a story that changes by the hour. the senate scheduled to vote today at 1:00 p.m. to avoid a crippling default. lo...

>> 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...

koulson quit the job in january, and was arrested last month. now, the prime minister is now in the mood to apologize. >> what the public expect is not pedestriany political point scoring, but -- [ jeering ] what they want is to solve the issue out once and for all, and its in that spirit i commend this comment to the house. >> just yesterday rupert murdoch, his son james, and top british executive for news corp, rebekah brooks, were in front of the committee. of course, theres the pri...

bare bones bargain. if not, payments to critters, bill payments, you name it, there is not enough income to cover all that. every month we come up $125 billion short. if we cannot borrow to bridge the cap, 40% of the monthly obligations could not be paid, and that could include social security checks due to go out on august 3rd. the stakes we just laid out are monumental, so both sides have to give ground and risk their jobs for the good of the country. what is so hard about that, righ...

Predecessors. i dont think he is breaking any new ground here. >> chris: and therefore you dont think hes in violation of the war powers act? >> no, and i think -- but i think he has been clear as well, that he would welcome the congress passing a resolution of support. >> chris: secretary gates, is the u.s. involved in hostilities, in libya? >> the way i like to put it is from our standpoint at the pentagon, we are involved in a limited kinetic operation. if im in qaddafis palace, i suspect, i ...

Organization. even those of us who are desperately seeking a way to thread the needle and to get to peace and who give every benefit of the doubt when possible to the peace process have no choice but to conclude that hamas, its leadership, to its core is a terrorist group that launches missiles from gaza into israeli territory. why does hamas, if you say it believes in a two-state solution, not simply renounce terrorism, stand up publicly and say we accept the right of israel to exist, and chang...

>> dont you think -- well, first of all, im not a hamas spokesperson, but dont you think thats not the real issue? the real issue is the continued israeli occupation of palestinian territory. >> doctor, with all due respect, even prime minister netanyahu, whom you view as perhaps a tougher adversary to negotiate with than some of his predecessors, made it very clear in his speech to the united states congress that israel would cede territory that it feels it has a legitimate claim to. a two-stat...

Say we accept the right of israel to exist, and change its charter? president obama has made that a precondition for negotiations. why not do that? >> dont you think -- well, first of all, im not a hamas spokesperson, but dont you think thats not the real issue? the real issue is the continued israeli occupation of palestinian territory. >> doctor, with all due respect, even prime minister netanyahu, whom you view as perhaps a tougher adversary to negotiate with than some of his predecessors, ma...

>> shes back after a season of reality tv. sarah palin returns to what she does best. >> wow. >> scaring the heck out of some republicans. >> tea party americans, youre winning. >> is she the king maker or the queen? and baseball and ponzi schemes. >> i got it, i got it, i got it! >> jeff toobin say the new york mets and bernie madoff used to be on the same team. can the mets survive and win again, or will they strike out? >> youre out of here! then, the financial meltdown. whos th...