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Anything passed. >> if it's not accepted in the house, we can't extend the debt ceiling. >> even if we default on august 2, they will be not worse off than africa. >> michele bachmann surges in the polls, so republicans attack her. >> michele bachmann is doing well, in fact, surging. >> michele bachmann is rising. >> in our latest nbc news "the wall street journal" poll. >> i prescribe medication. >> the story claims bachmann suffers from incapacitating migraines. >> will not affect my ability to serve. >> causes her to miss two days of voting in >> michele bachmann says migraines will not int...

shuttle. we are now less than one hour away from the final space shuttle landing. just in the last half-hour, we got a go for landing from nasa. the deorbit burn took place in the last couple of minutes. in the burn, the shuttle's engines are fired to help it slow down before it hits the atmosphere. in less than 30 minutes the shuttle and crew will start to feel the effects of the atmosphere. they'll be about 80 miles above the earth at that point. as the shuttle comes through the atmosphere, it heats up to about 5,000 degrees on the outside. when it breaks through the atmosphere, ma...

keep the government from defaulting. early this afternoon bulletins went out via the "new york times" and the "wall street journal" that president obama and house speaker john boehner were close to an agreement on debt reduction on a deal there, but the white house is shooting those stories down. listen up. >> the breaking news report that you all probably received is incorrect. there is no deal. we are not close to a deal. the fact is that there is no progress to report, but we continue to work on getting the most significant deficit reduction package possible. >> you can see that i...

>> well, we really aren't raising taxes. we are lowering rates to help generate revenue. >> reporter: still, the plan would lower reduction for mortgage interest and health insurance and savings for retirement. taxpayers would pay $1.2 trillion more in the next decade. on the house side, on democrats voiced interest and most of them are not persuaded. >> there are a lot of questions because there aren't details about the prose subpoenaed the content. an 11th hour situation. >> reporter: at the white house, budget aide said there is still time to get it through congress before the august 2 dead...

right here in the united states. and a war of words between two florida lawmakers. democratic party chairwoman debbie wasserman-shultz joins me to respond to a congressman's rant calling her vile, unprofessional and despicable. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." right now, six u.s. senators are giving new momentum to talks aiming at avoiding a national catastrophe in the united states. their bipartisan compromise to slash the deficit. only 12 dpas left, president obama is due to meet this hour with house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor. this just...