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good morning to you. it is thursday, august 11 now. this is "american morning." lot going on today. let's get right to it, folks. >> good morning, good morning. so much for comeback. haven't seen these kind of wild swings on wall street since the darkest days of the financial meltdown. the dow diving 520 points yesterday. this time fueled by fears or at least triggered by fears. that france is on a verge of a credit downgrade. every day it seems to be something new trying terg sell-off or the buying. that's because this is a global economy. your investments feel it here. wild swings....

and travelers squashed by major airlines. >> but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling america's national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade america's debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. let's get all the angles. we've just learned the president will be addressing the nation later to. kate baldwin is up on capitol hill. first to you. what's the very latest, the think...

The world, right? why can't we do it here in the united states? >> glenn: that is a good question, dolores. why can't we be as good as cuba or venezuela? while the kids ponder that doozie, why not remind them, dolores of your theme for the day. here it is. [ inaudible ] >> republicans hate latinos, okay? republicans hate latinos. >> glenn: what a message of unity and hope. if only we could have been that unifying at 8-28 and not distorting dr. king's message. dolores really has it down. dr. king would be proud of her, i guess. so how did she get to the schools in the first place? because of th...

Recently back on august 13. it was a great party. everyone was there. hida solis, martin sheen, jodie evans from code pink. she was involved with bill ayers' wife, too, on the flotilla thing. oh, and carlos santana. now, there is one other person that was there. i mean, would any party really be complete without van jones? oh, yeah. and there was a taped tribute from president obama, himself. that's great. socialist. leader of the democratic socialist party. in the labor department. who is formally indoctrinating our kids on the wonders of hugo chavez and cuba, and the president sending her bi...

Trying to do harm to them as in the case of the rabbi is something you are interested in trying to find a way to do that. you know, will traffic problems work for the rabbi? >> that's the part that jumps out at me. that exchange is taking place, i think august 19. so august 13 is the date of the famous bridget kelly, time for traffic problems in ft. lee. now six days later they're texting. it comes up again. it's a very familiar point of reference for them. it just shows the premeditation that ewent into the lane closures. this was something very much on their mind. you wonder how many other r...