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embassy in afghanistan in kabul. two dead, one an american citizen. monitoring the situation from our bureau in abu dhabi. an apparent breach of security inside a heavily guarded complex in kabul. what do we know about it. >> reporter: bear in mind where this was. this was a part of the u.s. embassy compound and annex will many are working. one of the employees started shooting in various directions. he was later shot dead. his victims appeared to have been one u.s. citizen, also an em...

Case the united states would not have to cast a veto. what is your sense of your prospects in new york? >> well, again, not having the nine votes means that the u.s. is putting pressure on these member states not to cast a vote in favor of palestinian requests being considered at the u.n. security council. either way, if the u.s. casts a negative vote, which is a veto, or if they exert pressure on this country not to create the quorum needed, we will view it as pressure of the united states to b...

Of madison and to the state capitol building itself this winter and spring protesting governor walker and the republicans action. the largest demonstrations at the state capitol in history. the state senates democrats hatched a plan to stop the republicans from passing the union-stripping measure by themselves fleeing the state so the wisconsin senate could not get a quorum, so the senate would not be allowed to vote on or pass anything. ultimately on march 9 of this year by unprecedented and do...

split, 6-6 along party lines. theyll have until thanksgiving to come up with a package of cuts and/or taxes to get the $1.5 trillion. now, congress would then vote up or down on the entire chunk. they have to vote. but remember, the supercommittee was set up to do what congress and the white house failed to do. keeping them honest tonight, its not like this is the first time politicians have decided to set up a committee to do what they themselves have failed to do. in targets we have ...

leaders each get to name three members. meaning the panel will be evenly split, 6-6 along party lines. theyll have until thanksgiving to come up with a package of cuts and/or taxes to get the $1.5 trillion. now, congress would then vote up or down on the entire chunk. they have to vote. but remember, the supercommittee was set up to do what congress and the white house failed to do. keeping them honest tonight, its not like this is the first time politicians have decided to set up a co...

were watching the breaking news on the floor of the united states senate right now. were watching and theyre close to a deal. close but not there yet. in the meantime, there are some procedural votes under way on the floor of the united states senate. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. gloria borger, our chief political analyst, is here as well. we have our correspondents standing by on capitol hill...

could it still fall apart? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". its been a day of dramatic changes in washingtons debt crisis. within the past few hours capitol hills angry partisanship gave way to serious negotiations, and then to predictions of an agreement within the very near future, one top republican, the senator minority leader mitch mcconnell declared and im quoting, hes confident and optimisti...

Explained by blagojevich yet. looks like several days on the stand. >> shepard: steve brown in our chicago newsroom this afternoon. thank you. a judge in wisconsin has struck down the states new law that eliminates most collective bargaining rights for government workers. that is not though the end of the battle. [chanting] remember earlier this year thousands of people descended on the state capitol for weeks to protest the bill. camped out across the border in illinois to deny the voters quoru...

Should be soon. the sooner we can do it -- we did this as part of a budget repair bill for the fiscal we did it to set it up for the next budget. we faced a 3.6 billion dollar deficit this allows us to save 1.7 billion dollars that more than offsets cuts we have in spending to local governments. >> greta: explain to me, in in the court system is not giving up know toys your opponents. why dont -- giving up notice to your opponents. you have your quorum, the assembly, house and the senate and you...

Should be soon. the sooner we can do it -- we did this as part of a budget repair bill for the fiscal we did it to set it up for the next budget. we faced a 3.6 billion dollar deficit this allows us to save 1.7 billion dollars that more than offsets cuts we have in spending to local governments. >> greta: explain to me, in in the court system is not giving up know toys your opponents. why dont -- giving up notice to your opponents. you have your quorum, the assembly, house and the senate and you...