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She has been sinking ever since. down to 3% in this poll. perry guy to watch. he cannot afford another debate performance like the one that, the way you were in charge. he performed poorly. romney doesnt have to do anything. he can stand back now. significantly for him he didnt gain from perrys drop or picked up one point. i think sometimes its a two-step process. if a leader will lose ground and later get to somebody else on the bounce. that may happen to romney. >> bret: on governor perrys per...

killed when the twin towers collapsed. and there is tight security in new york and washington this weekend as people gather to mark the anniversary. police and the fbi are on high alert looking for any signs of a terror plot. u.s. officials say they received information of a credible, yet unconfirmed plot to attack those cities. our susan candiotti joins us now from new york. do we know what law enforcement may be looking for? any more details on that potential plot? >> reporter: yes, ...

Come to the congress. >> representative yarmuth from kentucky, thank you very much, and put your track shoes on. >> thank you, alex. next, an interview from ann marie buerkle, at 11:30 eastern. with more on the debt crisis, nbc news political reporter, domenica montarinaro. >> good morning, alex. >> what do you know about the latest on this compromise bill. what it might include in terms of cuts and the debt ceiling compromises. >> one source told me they are very close to a deal, and the reas...

bipartisan plan would increase the debt limit through the end of next year, beyond the election. cuts and spending caps are still on the table. and house speaker john boehner apparently is planning a conference call sometime soon with house members. so we have up to the minute coverage of whats happening in washington. cnns kate bolduan is on capitol hill. dan lothian at the white house. lets begin with you, kate. senate leaders in both parties say they are, quote, very close to a deal...

the most recent cnn o.r.c. polling says 51% of americans would hold republicans responsible if the debt ceiling is not raised. just 30% would find president obama more responsible. peter moresi joins us. i have to ask you this, you are an economist, youre a well-respected economist and we have spoken together for years. do you have any evidence of what so many conservatives are saying that if we were to increase taxes at all, at all at this point in an economic cycle, that it would act...

generation of republicans in line. and president obama warns, and im quoting him now, we are almost out of time, urging all americans to keep the pressure on washington and bring this devastating crisis to an end. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." youre looking at a live picture right now of the house floor, where just a short time from now, we expect to see that critical vote on the gop debt plan. the vote was supposed to happen yesterday around this time, but was ab...

youre looking at live pictures right now in the house floor, where just moments from now a vote is scheduled on republican house speaker john boehners plan to avoid unprecedented default. but the bill which needs 216 votes to pass is facing fierce new backlash inside the party. if it does pass, it immediately goes to the senate for a vote where harry reid essentially says its dead on arrival. meanwhile, ceos at the biggest banks have their own warnings. fix this now or there will be gr...

hollywood. and movement in just the last hour on efforts to end the debt crisis. youve heard that phrase a lot in the last few weeks. but what does it mean to you and your personal finances? the answers for you this hour in the cnn newsroom. i ran around for five minutes, then i started swimming. >> reporter: was he shooting at you in the ocean? >> yes, and in it. >> reporter: were people around you hit? >> yes. >> final moments spent in unimaginable fear. two attacks in norway. at...

Any need to raise the national terror alert system level. the new threat system that replaced the color codes. our understanding is this is a sort of two-step process. they took the stuff out of bin ladens house, it was taken first to afghanistan where the u.s. military took a very quick look through it, electronically transmitted some information back, then all bundled up and brought back here to the u.s. for a more complete analysis. we also have been told the federal government has put out an...

Trying to accomplish here, the message seemed to be, patience, everybody. this is a two-step process. this budget gets the current spending under control. well attack the larger issues, the elephant in the room, as we talked about, the entitlements at some later time. but everything he did seemed to be geared toward this audience of independence, harkening back to that moment in december when he cut a deal with republicans. saying again and again, i think we can get a deal. he didnt throw the re...