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hands. >> keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart. we're in rough agreement about how much spending can be cut responsibly as a first step towards reducing our deficit. we agree on a process where the next step is a debate in the coming months on tax reform and entitlement reform, and i am willing and ready to have that debate. if we need to put in place an enforcement mechanism to hold us accountable for making the reforms, i will support that too if it's done in a smart and balanced way. so there are plenty of ways out of this mess. but we are al...

it. police in norway will interview anders breivik today. he's in solitary confinement in a prison near oslo. meanwhile police have called off the search for more victims of the shooting rampage on utoya island. 68 people were killed. a formal inquiry into britain's phone-hacking scandals began in london. a woman who worked with the now depuck news of the world tabloid after her daughter's murder now says her phone was hacked. sara payne had defended the tabloid, even writing the last edition, and calling it a force for good. there's been some break for the rain-soaked korean p...

john boehner, still a few votes short as he tries to muscle his plan through the house of representatives and send the message to the democrat-controlled senate and the democratic-controlled white house. however, we're in limbo tonight as this drama plays out. the speaker in his office with his top deputies. we're told pizza brought in a short time ago. they're trying desperately to round up the last few votes they need to get this vote through the house tonight. the vote has been delayed, not postponed. the house leadership still plans to have the vote this evening, but the speaker ...

Their districts. they'll stay in washington. let me guess, august 7th or 8th we get a deal. real quickly, we take in $172 billion per month. you can take care of military funding. you can service the debt. you can take care of all social security payments, take care of medicare, medicaid, and have a little bit left over to play around with whatever you want. who doesn't get paid, federal workers. my hunch, at some point they'll say -- >> that is exactly why i wish everybody would stop using the d-word, default. we are not going to default, whether it's august 3rd or august 10th. the united sta...

for those of you too young to remember that is a a 1970s movie. >> i want you to go to the window, stick your head out and yell, i'm as mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore! >> now that sounds like how a lot of people feel these days. this time, instead of the late actor peter finch, it was president barack obama who will people to take action. >> i'm asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. >> and so ...