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hour. the details just coming in. an awol muslim american soldier now in custody in texas found with what the fbi is now saying is a large amount of bomb-making material near ft. hood. barbara starr is all over the story and will join nus a few minutes. first, debt debate but no deal. it all comes down to numbers. i don't mean 13-digit numbers with dollar signs in front of them. i mean this number. take a look here. five days until the treasury says it will run out of borrowed money. five hours, give or take, until the house votes on the so-called boehner plan, and it needs 217 votes...

And yelling at him and they finally arrested the him. >> the her is nicolas cage's wife. cage is out on bond right now, has to appear again in late may. he is in new orleans filming a new movie. first round of the nba playoffs tipped off yesterday, chicago bulls, team with the best record in the league this season had a tough time with the eighth seed indiana pacers. the chicago bulls didn't lead until the final minute, finally pulled ahead and beat the pacers. it was an ugly moment tie low hansborough took to the head. looked like he was knocked out cold, had to be taken back to the locker ...

States get to set marriage laws. every state's been a little different. why can't a state set one lay and another state set another law. that's what doma says. >> and they can, even after the president's action today, in theory they can do this. the action today relates to benefits and a challenge to the benefits section of the law which says the federal government doesn't have to pay benefits -- >> so that's the part of the law that -- >> that's the part of the law he's not defending. >> not the good faith and credit kind of thing? >> i think it will lead -- >> as you know, one says if you're...

Why can't a state set one lay and another state set another law. that's what doma says. >> and they can, even after the president's action today, in theory they can do this. the action today relates to benefits and a challenge to the benefits section of the law which says the federal government doesn't have to pay benefits -- >> so that's the part of the law that -- >> that's the part of the law he's not defending. >> not the good faith and credit kind of thing? >> i think it will lead -- >> as you know, one says if you're a virginia, you don't have to deal with connecticut and iowa, and the o...

Different. why can't a state set one and -- that's what doma says. >> and they can, even after the president's action today, in theory they can do this. the action today relates to benefits and a challenge to that section of the law, which says the federal government doesn't have to pay benefits. that's the part of the law he's not defending. >> not the good faith and credit kind of thing? >> i think it will lead -- >> as you know, one says if you're a virginia, you don't have to deal with connecticut and iowa, and the other says the federal government for its purposes will not recognize -- yo...