i've never taken my last offer off the table. and they've never agreed to my last offer. >> boehner says house legislation needs to be posted on-line today and voted on on wednesday if they want to raise the debt ceiling by the august 22nd deadline. timothy geithner is the guy who might not have the money to pay the country's bills on time. here's what he told cnn's candy crowley on "state of the union." >> what we cannot do, this is very important, it would be irresponsible, is to leave the threat of default hanging over the american economy for a longer period of time. back in january, more than seven months ago, we started this process of working with the congress to get them to raise the debt limit so we could avoid a default crisis. it's taken us seven months. we're not nowhere, but almost out of runway. >> geithner says it's okay to do this in stages, raise the debt ceiling with spending cuts now and work out broader tax reform next year. but you heard him say that getting rid of the threat of default is most important right now. the stalemate has already rubbed off on u.s. stock futures and asian markets. we're going to talk more about that in 90 seconds from now. you'll hear a lot of news about the suspect in the norway massacre. he's expected to plead not guilty in court. lawyers say their client wants to explain himself and why he thought all the carnage was necessary, at least in his mind. norwegian media have identified the suspect as anders behring breivik. at least 93 people were killed, nearly 100 hurt in the mass shooting and separate explosion. authorities are still looking for more victims. take a look at the flowers and candles from a vigil in oslo. the prime minister has been leading the nation in mourning. >> tell families across the country, lost one of their loved ones, you have mine and the country's sympathy and compassion. are you ready to hear the maid's side of the story? the woman whose famously accusing dominique strauss-kahn of sexually assaulting her is talking to the media. nafissatou diallo gave the interview to "newsweek," verbatim, a native of guinea, quote, because of him they call me a prostitute. i want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power, you cannot use your money. we are poor, but we are good. i don't think about money. i tell them about what this man do to me, it never changed. i know what this man do to me. all right. lawyers for the former imf chief, dominique strauss-kahn, says diallo is the first accuser in history to conduct a media campaign to persuade a prosecutor to pursue charges against a person from whom he wants money, that's their quote. strauss-kahn was freed from house arrest after some of diallo's story doesn't add up. his next court date is a woke from today. if you've never heard of congressman david wu before today, get ready. nancy pelosi wants the ethics committee to investigate him. wu is a democrat from oregon. he allegedly made unwanted and aggressive sexual advances toward the daughter of a campaign donor. that's what a portland newspaper is reporting. it says the scoop came from inside wu's office. now wu admitted earlier this year that he got medical help to address his behavior after a tough re-election campaign. he says he won't resign, but he will finish his term and then retire next year. a trial of warren jeffs is set to begin in texas. he's the polygamist leader charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child. jeffs will face another trial on a bigamy charge later this year. the charges came out of the raid on the yearning for zion compound three years ago you may remember that. back to the debt stalemate, the debt ceiling impasse if you will. brick wall, whatever you call it. asian markets are starting to feel it. listen to secretary of state hillary clinton. she sounded pretty confident when she talked to business leaders in hong kong. >> but this is how an open and democratic society ultimately comes together to reach the right solutions. so i am confident that congress will do the right thing and secure a deal on the debt ceiling and work with president obama to take the steps necessary to improve our long-term fiscal outlook. >> everybody's talking like something's about to happen, but we only have a few days to go. the debt clock is ticking. and it's getting to be quite a ride for worldwide investors. a short time ago both the hang seng and the nikkei closed down. the dax and ftse are down this hour. u.s. futures as well. nina is live in london, watching european markets and bond trading. first to christi lu stout live in hong kong. markets in asia have closed right now. what's the talk? >> well, there are as you mentioned red arrows across the region, but linked to a variety of news lines, not just u.s. debt ceiling story. investors in japan are spooked by the u.s. debt crisis. the nikkei closed down abo about .8%. partly because investors are buying into the japanese yen, considered a safehaven. as we know a strong yen means weaker earnings for japanese exporters. toyota and sony saw losses today. the biggest loser in asia was the shanghai composite slid 3%. in hong kong the hang seng fell two-thirds of a percent, shares of china south locomotive and rolling stock fell nearly 13% after a bullet collision in mainland china killed dozens of people and something that has shuttered markets throughout china, shanghai and hong kong. back to you in new york. >> thank you for that. we're getting word that moody's is downgrading greece's credit rating again. nina, you're following this and based on how you've seen european bond buyers react to this ongoing euro zone debt problem, what's the reaction likely to be when buyers of u.s. bonds begin to think that there's a likelihood these talks in the u.s. will fail to increase the debt ceiling and that there might be a default on at least some of the u.s.'s debt obligations? >> it's almost surreal, isn't it, talking about a default when talking about the united states. the world's largest economy and talking about a default when you talk about greece because obviously this is where the problem sort of started on the bond markets with greece about two years ago. we had seen the bond markets sort of settle down a little bit on friday after the eu's decision to award greece a second bailout after months of deadlock. as you were saying moody's downgrading this to the last level above the lowest credit rating, ca 1. it was previously caa 1. it's difficult to see exactly why they've done this. they've done it in response to last week's decision to award this country more money. will it be enough to solve all the ills for a country like greece and, indeed, other euro zone countries having very difficult time raising money on the bond markets. that brings me to the u.s. debt impasse. the markets here broadly speaking, ali, on this side of the atlantic, very much reacting negatively to the situation going on where you are, vis-a-vis the debt debacle and impasse over there, because the u.s. is not only the world's largest economy, enormous trading partner for the european country, but it also has the world's major trading currency and world's major reserve currency. >> which means this becomes a problem for the entire world for those americans thinking this is still a domestic problem, it absolutely isn't. thanks very much. we'll check in with you later in the show. nina in london for us. back to the united states, rob marciano is live in atlanta right now. rob, feels like it's cooled down at least here a little bit. let's talk about flight delays for our travellers. >> where we're seeing the cooler weather is where we see the flight delays. we have clouds and storms that are forecast. namely atlanta and raleigh, one of the spots. in new york and dshg, in the afternoon, to a lesser extent you'll see thunderstorms that will cause delays. new orleans as well. out west if you're traveling through san francisco, some fog and low clouds will delay things in the morning and breaking apart later in the afternoon. here's how the map breaks out to break down the hot temperatures and cool front coming through the northeast will bring some thunderstorms there and then across the southeast as well. in the middle, we continue to see the heat work on the southern plains. dallas to oklahoma city, they have a streak of 100 plus days, well up and over 20 now, and they could be on their way to a record. dallas not expected to get below 100 for the next seven, maybe ten days. 106 expected high temperature in the big "d." it will be 92 in kansas city and 80 in new york. that's cooler. 86 with storms in atlanta. some researchers out of the u.k. ali, want to share this story with you, you're a big movie buff and science guy at the same time, researchers out of the u.k. are calling for regulations to curb the integration of human genes basically with animal genes. they don't want to create a human animal, hybrid. who wants that? i can't help but think this has something to do with the release of the "planet of the apes" movie coming up in the beginning of august. called something like "rise of the apes." a popular show when i was a kid and i might see the movie in a couple weeks. >> do you know if we're anywhere down the road close to cloning human/animal cloning? >> we don't need a half man/half horse running around the office. we do use the genes for beneficial scientific uses to try to discover some cures of the diseases. >> it's always the fear someone will use it for the wrong thing. rob, good to see you. check in with you later on. rob marciano in our weather center, watching closely for you. >> here is the quote of the day, quote, if you are the leader of the free world would you please come to the microphone and quit hiding in the basement about your proposals and come up and address the american people? is he chicken? end quote. can you guess who said this about president obama? i'll tell you after this quick break. it's 11 minutes after the hour. o positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. 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for your political ticker. host of "morning briefing" on cirrus live this morning as he always is from steamy, saltry hot washington. tim, eight days to go, no deal. everybody saying we got to get it done fast. come on. come on, tell me what's going on? >> frustration. that was fighting words from tim pawlenty. check what speaker boehner is saying this weekend, congress will decide what to do and mr. president, you decide whether or not to sign it. i'm not sure where that goes. i get the sense, ali, that there will be something and frankly, although this is just me saying this, that the president has to increase the debt ceiling regardless of what is presented to him because if the building is on fire, afterwards, to use an analogy the president used during the campaign, it doesn't matter who set the fire because you're still going to have to clean it up. if he's going to be the president of this country, there's going to have to be a country that lives up to its obligations and so that's where we're going to be a week from now. that said, big battle last night on the tweets between dan pfeiffer the communications director for the president, and the spokesperson for eric cantor who are fighting back and forth on position. this is going to be waged behind the scenes and i think there will be some sort of agreement. the question is, how short term a deal this is going to be and what it's going to mean moving forward because it's clearly a pretty poisonous atmosphere here in washington. >> to the point that president obama had a fund-raiser that he's canceled. i guess we're going to see a lot of that kind of thing this week, events that have been canceled that have nothing to do with the debt ceiling. i think the general public will be very frustrated if legislators are doing nothing, anything other than working on a solution no this. >> i think you are right on target with that, ali. because the president did have two fund-raisers scheduled and he has canceled. they were on the schedule for the weekend and then canceled as of yesterday. cnn confirmed they are not taking place tonight. the president will be in front of a council of araza to one of the largest right groups for hispanic voters in this country. the numbers in 2000 and 2004, republicans were doing well on the presidential side. in 2008, the president picked up about 67% of the latino vote in this country, and he would like to continue that, although his stance on immigration has been frustrating to some latino voters, he's doing a little outreach today. that is not exactly a campaign appearance but does have a tinge of 2012 in it. >> tim, good show this morning. enjoy yourself. we will keep checking in with you every morning and going to try to find some other way to describe this conversation because it's going to be similar i think for the next few days. tim farley, host of "morning briefing." j hundreds of same-sex couples in new york waking up as newlyweds this morning. >> i now pronounce you married. you may seal your vows with a kiss. notice, he said i now pronounce you married. that was just day one of same sex "i dos" in new york state. the sixth and largest state to recognize the unions, perhaps the highest profile ceremony of the day yesterday, was officiated by mayor michael bloomberg, two of his staffers tied the knot at the mayor's house, gracy mansion. >> by the powers vested in me by the state of new york, i pronounce you both married. >> but the ringing of the wedding bells matched by rally cries in some places. thousands gathered in mid-town manhattan to protest the new law, calling for a voter referendum. and to all of the women watching this morning, new beer is brewing and it's supposed to be targeted at you. it's called animee. it is pink, meant to appeal to women who normally shy away from beer. there are three flavors, row say, zesty lemon and clear filtered. mullson coors says it will launch in british bars and grocery stores this fall. 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did it, he' showing up in court today, what do we know about him? >> that's what people in norway are asking, one of them, turned on their own people, in such a horrifying way. this guy is 32 years old, his name anders breivik, he has far right wing views, very anti-muslim views as well we're learning, too, he was a member of the oslo pistol club and possessed at least three of the weapons he had used and that were registered to him and also, that he was an owner of a farm, ali, and that meant that he could easily get fertilizer that can be used in explosives so no one would have found that suspicious if he had owned a farm. today is a big day, though, because there's going to be a court hearing in just a few hours. now the whole argument right now is whether it's going to be a closed or an open hearing. basically, he wants a platform to air his views and the public and prosecutors are saying it should not be an open hearing and we should not hear his views. we'll find out what happens because a judge is going to rule on that. >> sadly, the other piece of news we got this weekend, which was sad and, perhaps, even a little less shocking, or more expected than the other one, is amy winehouse, the death of this great talented artist, we're expecting an autopsy today. what do you know about this? >> police are going to set a date for a post mortem and when the autopsy will happen. it's likely to happen today is what we're hearing. they're calling her death unexplained. there is going to be a police investigation, so her family is saying the funeral will be held soon, but boy, ali, i mean, she was careening down this path so many people were afraid of something like this would happen. "back to black" one of my favorite albums and so many millions around the world too, but her fans are in mourning and so is her family. >> i was listening to a lot of her music yesterday. a remarkably talented performer, regardless of what you thought of her music, even if you didn't like it, she was remarkably talented and a real creative genius. piece of sad news. check in with you later on. zain verjee in london. if you think gazing out the back window is a passive activity toyota is challenging that. a concept project dubbed window to the world transforms car windows into touch screens. kind of like an iphone. it lets passengers interact with passing scenery, trac