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What you pick is what you get. >> you may think you know carol brady, but you have no idea. her memoire has been released and this may shock cindy, boby and sam the butcher. slooif not a stage from broadway to a lovely lady and beyond. i am delighted to say florence henderson joins us now. i imagine you know the rockefeller building more than me. how many years were you here? >> i started coming here when i was doing the jeff par r show. i went from jack to the tonight show and the telephone hou...

anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. its believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, lets...

>> and now its time to talk about jobs. >> all right. let talk about jobs. heres one, neil bowlens job with the faa new on furlough. >> i have a hard time understanding their partisan bickering and rhetoric. were reaching into our investments, savings, signed up for unemployment, and thats barely going to make the electric bill, much less the water and mortgage, so, yeah, were incredibly disappointed. >> he says congress could have prevented his ordeal with just a days work. heres why ...

might be losing their paychecks. thats because badly-needed construction at american airports is at a standstill. air safety inspectors, for instance, are working without any pay. and the government is not collecting $200 million a week in airline ticket taxes. thats 1 billion tax dollars lost between now and when congress gets back to work. now remember, the lawmakers responsible for blowing this hole in the budget just spent months railing about the deficit. and when they got done wi...

hey, kiera. >> good morning, guys. great to see you. heres some of the stories that have us talking this morning. nervous investors awaiting this hours opening bell on wall street. the doll plunged 266 points yesterday for its eighth consecutive loss. trial under way for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the ailing hue mark could face execution if convicted in the deaths of anti-government protesters. florida watching tropical storm emily as it approaches the northern caribb...

is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. they refuse to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. thats the bottom line. >> president obama has asked them to come to the white house to tell them how he plans to avoid closing on the debt deadline. he was confident they could reach a deal, but now he said he would be at the white house tomorrow. so, is he backing off? chief white house correspondent jessica yellin joi...

ask them to do the tough thing but the right thing. i think it has proven difficult for speaker boehner to do that. ive been left at the all are now a couple of times. >> dealing with the white house is like dealing with a bowl of jell-o. let me just say that the white house moved the goal post. they refused to get serious about cutting spending and making the tough choices that are facing our country on entitlement reform. so thats the bottom line. >> president obama has asked congres...

>> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says hell veto it. in other words, its d...

reconsiders laying on the table. >> thats the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now its a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say theyll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he...

wont support deep cuts without increases in taxes. >> if you are trying to get to 2.4 trillion without any revenue, then you are effectively gutting a whole bunch of domestic spending that is going to be too burdensome and not something that i would support. >> david gergen is the cnn political analyst. there was a time when john boehner and president obama both talked of doing something big to change americas unsustainable economic path. what do you think? do that you think that oppor...