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this "american morning.". busy weekend. good morning, august 1st. a lot going on today. >> it was an agonizing weekend and we were all up late last night. e-mails flying at midnight. >> it was busy. >> but things are a little brighter today than they were last night and saturday night and a little brighter. >> tiny bit. we start with that possible break-through in the debt ceiling crisis. in a few hours the house and senate are expected to vote on a plan by president obama and congre...

and the role of government. dan akerson, the ceo of general motors, the largest consider manufacturer in the world back from bankruptcy with a bang. then the new head of the imf, frances former finance minister christine lagarde on the fate of america, greece, the euro and more. also the knights tell particular. why in the world is an 800-year-old religious organization being cited by murderers on at least two continents? finally, what is this green blob attacking china? first he...

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...

is diana magnay. >> reporter: the death toll has been revised downward and now theyre searching the island to try to find out what kind of ammunition he used and what the chronology of events on the island was. as you say, breivik himself is starting his period of solitary confinement. he hasnt seen his son since he was 16 years old. was horrified to hear the news. lets listen to what he said. >> translator: no, ill never have more contact with him in my darkest moment. i think rather ...

Joplin, missouri. are there steps folks can take to protect themselves and their families? joining me is an expert on home safety. are there steps that people can take in tornado alley that can protect their homes and property against tornadoes? view will be the main point we want to make is wind to some extent is wind. whether its a coastal wind storm or a thunderstorm that comes up quickly with or without a tornado involved. high wind speeds, you need to tie the structuring to. you need to mak...

Lets talk about how to solve it. democratic strategist dan gerstein and jason lewis is of the jason lewis show. welcome to you both. i want to start with you, dan. alan colmes was just on he says the ryan plan will decimate medicare. everybody acknowledges something has to be done. why is the ryan plan unworkable for you. >> its unworkable because it would fundamentally change and really obliterate medicare as we know it. that is unacceptable to democrats. i think its a bad policy, but even wors...

The question is whether they can coalesce again a single candidate to represent them. lets look at the european debt crisis. the imfs position is to top up the bailout funds but how are able greece, ireland and portugal to pay back their staggering debt? some are calling for the dealts to be restructured. yesterday, restructuring was described as a horror. theres the u.s. economic policy for the g8 members to get their teeth into. they want to warn that america could default on bonds, social sec...

in syria. these rikts are set to show demonstrations in dara last friday. although cnn cannot verify when the video was shot. an estimated 1,500 people are unaccounted for in joplin,h. nearly 100 volunteers are working to reunite family and determine whos really missing. the volcanic eruption in iceland thats disrupted air traffic in europe is finally ending. the ash cloud thrown up from the volcano is drifting east and dissipating and most of the airports closed are re-opening. th...

Listen to the polling, it went democrat last night. >> republicans cant say what we said back in the 90s, we are protecting medicare by slowing down the rate of growth of medicare because the medical trustees say if we dont do it, the program dies. until protecting medicare is defined as slowing down the growth of medicare, republicans lose every time. >> paul ryan and republicans have tried to say fundamental changes in the structure are necessary to save it, the argument theyre putting forward...

This is -- people dont like it. people dont like the ryan plan. they dont like the idea of turning medicare into a voucher program. and, you know, that wont cut. were seeing that in new york. i think as pat said earlier the republicans cannot go into the next election with this as their plan for medicare or theyre going to really pay a price. >> gene, it seems to me wlrks its the republican party this year or president obama a couple of years ago, when you move beyond math and you start talking ...