all right. time for news by the numbers. first $10 billion. that s how much american airlines is paying for 460 new boeing and airbus jetliners. next $650,000. that s how much money the sarah palin movie called the undefeated made in its first weekend. it expands from 10 screens to 17 this weekend and 2010. not a year. that s how many calories are in just one pb&c shake from coldstone creamery. that is more than the total daily calorie intake recommended by the federal government. have that and nothing else all day. ali? ok. if you insist, i will. meanwhile, a controversial new trend has more parents than ever before enrolling their kids in cyber schools.
first $10 billion. that s how much american airlines is paying for 460 new boeing and airbus jetliners. next $650,000. that s how much money the sarah palin movie called the undefeated made in its first weekend. it expands from 10 screens to 17 this weekend and 2010. not a year. that s how many calories are in just one pb&c shake from coldstone creamery. that is more than the total daily calorie intake recommended by the federal government. have that and nothing else all day. ali? ok. if you insist, i will. meanwhile, a controversial new trend has more parents than ever before enrolling their kids in cyber schools. right now, 1.5 million students are taking one or more classes on line. but is this such a good idea? here for a fair and balanced debate, senior education policy fellow dr. vickie alger and
chiliian mine? 31 of the 50 miners are asking for a half million dollars each. they say it isn t about money but about safety. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and minnesota state government could be back up and running in just a few days. minnesota s democratic governor cut a deal with republicans to end the two-week long government shutdown. the deal involves selling bonds rather than raising taxes and making up the budget deficit. lawmakers still have to vote on it in special session. let s take you to washington now, live pictures of capitol hill, sources tell cnn s jessica yellin that a meeting is going on down the street from the white house about raising the debt ceiling limits. during the president s weekly address today, he again said he wants both tax hikes and cuts in popular entitlement programs on the table. it will take a balanced approach, shared sacrifice and a willingness to make unpopular choices on all our
have a great weekend. you re in the cnn news room where the news uned fors live this saturday, july 16th. live pictures now from washington where it s a day off from the talks about the debt ceiling, but not because there s a done deal. president obama and congressional leaders are still at an impasse after discussions at the white house all week long. the president maintained during his weekly address he wants to consider both tax hikes on the wealthy and spending cuts on popular entitlement programs. we ll try to get the president s the address now a moment. the republican response? a different take on the issue. they insist that tax hikes are off the table and a balanced budget amendment is needed. the solution to a spending crisis is not tax be ins. yet washington is consistently demonstrated that it cannot control its urge to spend. that is why the only long term solution is a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. only by restoring constitutional restraint
dramatic morning in washington, we re continuing to listen to the republicans who have been talking about the debt and talking about the negotiations and where they stand on it, which has been pretty clear, and, of course, coming up at the top of the hour we re going to be hearing from the president. we may also be hearing from nancy pelosi in this hour. so we want you to know we rele informing all these developments and we will keep you posted. other political news, now playing, sarah palin s new movie which opens tonight in select cities. towns like independence, missouri, and grapevine, texas, will get five to six showings a day of the undefeated. and remember sarah palin s bus tour? the washington post reports it cost her pac tens of thousands of dollars. 14,000 just for the bus wrapped with pictures of the liberty bell and the american flag. checking the 2012 campaign schedule, rudegy giuliani and mitt romney are in new hampshire. jon huntsman is in utah, herman