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that the nation has been on brink of this kind of crisis. lets go straight to capitol hill, our congressional current kate bolduan baldwin is standing by. >> the ability to finally fand a way out of this impasse and to avoid this looming government shut down and how this could all come out has to do with the big focus on the fema funding. the additional funding for federal disaster relief that democrats and republicans wanted to put in this short term spending bill. fema came out today...

Stop -- >> bauchmanns staging struck some as odd, but it was a second to sarah palins infamous thanksgiving turkey grinder. >> at number two, billionaire brawl. a couple of russian tycoons got into a heated television debate this week over the global economic crisis. the champion, a media mogul worth $3 billion. the challenger, a property developer worth a measly $1 billion. billionaires ready, fight. man, what we wouldnt give in this country to watch warren buffett and bill gates slap each othe...

you can see what looks like something possibly breaking off the tail of that plane. this was just after this. the plane veered out of control and crashed into the crowd. investigators say they are now focusing in on this picture. >> a component has been recovered in the area where that was observed. but i think it is critical at this point to know that we have not identified the component. it will be examined so we dont really know what the component is or if it even came from this par...

>> and well go live to paris in a few minutes and talk to cnns jim bittermann, who watched the entire interview. and now on u.s. soil, investigators in nevada may have found clues that could help them figure out what caused the deadly plane crash at an air race in reno. they recovered parts from the planes tail and right now the death toll stands at nine. dozens of other people were hurt and today were hearing more from witnesses. >> just happened so fast, just split second event so,...

self-imposed deadline for a deal and still there is no deal. some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for this big deficit reductions package theyve been talking about and just find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. >> you know, it seemed like there was some enthusiasm and some progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even fu...

becoming an abnormal crisis. what happened today? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of process, sanjay. and a lot of discussion and still no break through is the bottom line. we are less than two days away from the presidents self-imposed july 22nd deadline for a deal. and still there is no deal. and now some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package theyve been talk a...

Going back to -- because if he gets conciliatory remarks and remarks that people on the street just dismiss it could inflame these protests even more. so he has to walk a very delicate line. if he gives in too much and upsets people it could spell the end for him. when the president of tunisia gave a speech and came out on television and said i understand, i understand this movement is taking place, i get it, it ended up being the end for him and he went on the saudi arabia. going back to our ot...

Secrecy that exists. idea that you can have these big tycoons in a room, basically deciding who gets huge amounts of money, is i guess the way they like to do business. but it is totally absurd i think from the point of view of the average american. >> two senators strike me, as i look at the -- as the momentum builds around this cause, if you will, to get their truth effectively, is at the heart of our financial system, it a fraud? is it -- how much is fraud? how much is stupid? how much is rea...

Im kim brunhuber. this is cnn "newsroom." we begin with a short flight to space but a big leap for tycoons who want to turn the great beyond into a tourist destination. in less than four hours, billionaire richard branson is set to take off in a space plane built by his company virgin galactic. well, if he succeeds, he will be the first businessman to do so in a spacecraft, whose development he funded. a short time ago, he tweeted this mission statement for his upcoming flight. >> my mission s...

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