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live on capitol hill correspondent. youve been following ins and o outs. i want to begin with the one offered in the last hour we heard from senate majority leader harry reid. whats in the latest plan. >> i was realizing this is $2.7 trillion in proposed cuts, brooke, on two sides of a piece of paper. obviously details need to be filled in what they are proposing raise it by this month, cut by this month. the cuts include $1 trillion immediately in discretionary spending. also a lot of...

and travelers squashed by major airlines. >> but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling americas national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nations debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade americas debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. lets get all the angles. weve just learned the president will be addressing the natio...

>> thats how we know that were dealing with a monster >> mysterious murders. >> four of the victims were found in a burlap-type material. >> kaj larsen traces the trail of a serial killer still on the loose. this is long island, an hours drive away from manhattan and it is known for beautiful million-dollar homes and secluded beaches. but that same isolation that people come here to seek, as of late, has been masking a darker element. in december, police in long island make a shockin...

the grammy-winning talent found dead. also, another new deadline set for the debt talks. house speaker, john boehner, says its time to get this done, in a manner of hours before the asian markets open. hello to you all. i am t. j. holmes. today is the day where many can wave the 24-hour standard waiting period so they can get married right away. many are starting to collect at city office around the city. and suzanne candiotti joins me now. what is it like around the clerks office ...

deborah feyerick takes you inside one of the biggest manhunts in fbi history. the church bells of saint monica, near the harbor in south boston, have sounded for generations of irish immigrants. its a tight-knit community that has always protected its own. a place james "whitey" bulger, one of bostons most notorious gangsters, called home. bulger learned to fight and survive on the mean streets of south boston, known as southie to locals like john shay who decades later would work fo...

a little girl with a heart of gold instead of asking for birthday presents, she asked that people help children half a world away. tonight her life comes to a tragic end, but her legacy lives on. good evening, everyone. im don lemon in atlanta. we welcome our viewers tonight watching around the world. youre in the "cnn newsroom." >> tmz says this is the last time amy winehouse was on stage, three days ago in north london. she supported her 13-year-old goddaughter, an aspiring singer he...

officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nations debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is ...

>> now, the plan does not address the debt ceiling. you see the debt clock there. it ticks down to august 2nd. thats when the u.s. could start defaulting on some of its bills. it could be a jumping-off point for a bigger deal. here are some of the highlights of the plan according to cnn senate forces, it shaves about $4 trillion off the debt load. rejiggers the tax load, cuts short-term spending by about $500 billion. it changes the entire budgeting process and it reforms social securi...

empire. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. a little later, ill speak with nancy grace, the woman that put the casey anthony trial on the map and became a lightning rod for her opinion on the woman she dubbed tot mom. first, the phone hacking scandal. i was editor of two major british tabloid newspapers. i was editor "nufz the world" from 1994 to 1995. and i was also editor from "daily mirror" from 1995 to 2004. for the record, i dont think any article we published was ever o...

we begin with breaking news. a report the phone hacking scandal thats already ruined careers caused a popular british tabloid to explode may be on the brink of claiming its biggest victim. im talking about the news corp ceo, rupert murdoch himself. the man in charge of a global network that owns the tv challenges. book publishers and newspaper. a report says news corp is considering replacing murdoch. they say its not a done deal but it depends on what happens when murdoch appears in f...