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averted. and the peoples republic of china, red china, urging washington to raise the debt ceiling. somewhere chairman mao is smiling. president obama went on record with his account of how last nights turbulent meeting ended. youll recall house majority leader cantor said the president told him not to call his bluff, said "ill see you tomorrow" and walked out of the cabinet room. >> look, at the end of the meeting after wed already met for a couple of hours, what i said to the group w...

out. >> now, despite all that, im told by my sources theres not a lot of optimism, that this particular negotiating process here at the white house is going to actually end up leading to the real deal, and a lot of effort and attention is now turning to a different process thats happening in the u.s. senate and another alternate deal thats being worked out between the two senate leaders that could instead end up raising the debt ceiling. >> an optimistic late night view from jessica ye...

welcome, everybody. it is friday, july 15th. im soledad obrien. you are watching snoonk kiran is off, christine is off, welcome soledad. good to see you. >> thank you. we have a lot to do today. lets get right to it. serious new pressure on rupert murdock and his global media empire. the justice department says its now investigating the claims that one of its tabloids tried to hack 9/11 victims phones. a report in another british tabloid, "the mirror" quoting a source who says "news of...

bridge collapses. sending a tourist bus plunging into the forest below and the death toll could get higher. clock is ticking and tensions are soaring and if you want an idea how things heat are over the debt crisis, listen to this. president obama storms out of yesterdays meeting vowing he will veto any extension of the debt ceiling that is only short term. reports say he said to aeric cantor, quote, many could bring down my presidency. the august 2nd deadline is looming and pessim...

Friends this morning. his teammates dont complain base runs a mile on his crutches in under 8 minutes. now hes the national champon wrestler. its an amazing story. megyn: now my producer are telling me there is some controversy because some other wrestlers are ticked off saying hes harder to pin because he only has one leg. guess what, its harder for him to pin you, too. whiners. >> reporter: thats athletic whining at its best. megyn: 125-pound weight class. im not even going to go there right n...

Wanted to play football. but at 120 pound he was too small. so he began wrestling. he went 96-0 in high school. and you may have noticed from the video he does not have his right leg. he was born without his right leg. he went on to college. arizona state. he just won the national championship of wrestling for his weight class. he thinks his handicap has helped him. because he goes around on crutches so this upper body is strong. >> i believe i can do whatever i set my mind to. my parents raised...

When we got home, i accidentally broke a mirror. so, oops. >> what, how could you? >> yep. >> you know what breaking a mirror means? >> i know. im going to blame it on cathie, though, for leaving the mirror on the ground. >> we were unpacking and the mirror got broken. hopefully we dont have seven years aftof bad luck. so far luck seems to be turning around. >> quickly, how did you meet and whats next for you? >> we met at a -- actually a weight class at the santa rosa junior college. we were pu...

Im thinking this is a situation you probably never faced in high school unless you had a coed wrestling team. joel northrup of iowa is one of the top wrestlers in his weight class but he forfeited a chance at the state title because he would have to beat a girl in order to advance. joel is home-schooled. he makes great grades and is thinking about law school and his favorite book, "the red badge of courage. >> his family is very religious and joel has been taught you treat girls with designate a...

Goals no matter what their circumstances. joel northrop of iowa is a top wrestler in his weight class but gave up a chance at the state title because hed have to beat a girl to advance. hes been taught that you treat girls with dignity and respect and not as potential conquests to be defeated. northrop and his dad joined kyra phillips this morning from cedar rapids. >> cassie says treat me as an equal, why not? we see women on the front lines of battle nowadays, and that was something that sti...

Just an opponent. so for him to now deny her that right to be an opponent and suddenly put her in a category of lady isnt fair to this athlete. >> wendy, lets talk about the thing that everybody is dancing around. its wrestling, theyre wearing the tight clothes, theyre in high school. the hormones are raging. right there be some embarrassment about that? >> there are probably many pieces to this young mans decision. his faith and religion and his respect for women may be one of them. certainly t...