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The democratic congress oppose the short-term plan. patty murray, rockefeller and bernie sanders. the latest fox news poll shows 51% think the president is truly serious about tackling the debt. 42% say it about republicans. 38% think the democrats are truly serious. the top senate democrat threatened to block any long-term deal that includes cuts to social program popular with democrats. >> the answer that i focused on was not on a no but hell no. >> reporter: the next deadline for the budget i...

Calling week-to-week budgeting irresponsible, four members of the democratic congress oppose the short-term plan. patty murray, rockefeller and bernie sanders. the latest fox news poll shows 51% think the president is truly serious about tackling the debt. 42% say it about republicans. 38% think the democrats are truly serious. the top senate democrat threatened to block any long-term deal that includes cuts to social program popular with democrats. >> the answer that i focused on was not on a n...

Still cleaning up after last weeks tsunami. homes, businesses, hotels, boats and piers were all damaged by that powerful wave. an entire house was moved back 40 feet by that wall of water. the tsunami damage in hawaii cost tens of millions of dollars in damage, according to the latest estimates. and later this half hour, the steps to take to address that radiation leak in japan on "america this morning" and on "good morning america." the big job ahead for american nuclear experts who will be a...

Who was having trouble breathing after being trapped in a house fire. that device they are using is especially designed for dogs. it worked. the boxer doing much better. >> thank you so much alley. >> it is being called a real life x file. the u.k. released 8500 pages of documents that detail alien abductions ufo sitings and other out of this world activities. is it proof alien life exists? we have author of the book "alien rock" michael lockman joins us. there is so much evidence of involvement...

Life, he was the oldest living world war i vet, so our last world war i vet, and hed spent a lot of his elderly years trying to get a memorial for world war i veterans. surprising, i think, to a lot of people that there isnt one, considering that washington is pretty much a city full of memorials. nonetheless, senator rockefeller had asked that he be allowed to lie in state in the rotunda. it is apparently not going to happen. speaker boehner has said no. rockefeller kind of took a little hit ab...

now from the american university public affairs and advocacy institute, a look at lobbying on climate change policy. former deputy energy secretary elizabeth miller talks about how the november e elections will refrain the politics of environmental issues. her lecture is an hour and 15 minutes. >> this is the public affairs institute american university. it is an institute that goes for two weeks every day all day. our students are interested in the efficacy lobbying business and so w...

karen in detroit, youre on with jenn risko of shelf awareness. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. im curious for the publisher to ask, will writers begin to consider putting hyperlinks into their book to take readers to other spot or other locations that are relevant to the text of their reading? i think that could create a really dynamic reading experience. ten comments more than just reading the book, but then maybe a platform of going to a higher hyperlink. >> host: jenn risko...

Million. democratic congresswoman harman and rockefeller and michael mccaul round out the top five. our top story at the bottom of the hour, president obama addresses the nation in an hour-and-a-half with a speech marking the formal end to u.s. combat operations in iraq. the white house just released excerpts including this line from the president, "ending this war is not only in iraqs interest, its in our own. the united states paid a huge price to put the future of iraq in the hands of its peo...

Every day. after 364 days i got a phone call from him. and he said to me, you be in las vegas tomorrow. bring $1 million. ill be at the international hotel. bring me the million dollars and well do a deal. you can have my boy and you can take him on a tour. and i said, okay. no problem. now, i didnt have a million dollars. and when i was that age, i was a kid. i was a baby. i thought that rockefeller had a million dollars. vanderbilt had a million dollars. i didnt know what a million dollars was...

That, the what was just -- >> did you sense that? >> just a little bit. so the countrys most famous billionaires are making a public declaration and moral commitment. cnns lisa sylvester will explain why they have agreed to do this very, very generous pledge. >> reporter: they are all billionaires, many of them household names. buffett, gates, rockefeller, bloomberg, and theyve taken a public pledge to give at least 50% of their wealth to charity. it began with warren buffett and bill and melind...