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anything but a holiday for americans reeling from extreme weather. lee is weakening to a tropical depression, but still a massive rain maker that could make travel across much of the country a nightmare. storms' winds have helped fuel wildfires in central texas. at this hour, a thousand homes are in danger near austin. and later today, hurricane katia will unleash its first impact on the east coast. we're tracking this storm and tell you where that's headed in a moment. first, we want to begin with the flooding rains pounding the gulf coast since lee made la landfall in louisia...

allow the president to raise a debt ceiling and avert crisis. a vote on that could happen this week. the fallback plan would likely pass the democrat-controlled senate but face a bigger challenge in the house where republicans hold the majority. let's get the latest with brianna keilar. are we any closer to a deal? >> on a deficit reduction plan, kyra, it doesn't appear so. no announced meetings between the white house and congressional leaders over the weekend, there were staff-level meetings and a lot of focus has to do with this fallback plan you mentioned. it's sort of the brainc...

we begin with the resignation of a key executive in the rupert murdoch media empire. rebekah brooks is out. many people were outraged when brooks kept her job after the newspaper was shut down for scandalous reporting tactics. and as brooks steps down, the investigations ramp up. the fbi now investigating the murdoch empire right here in the united states. lawmakers demanding the probe amid reports that murdoch's journalists hacked the cell phones of 9/11 victims and their families. susan candiotti in new york with the details now. susan? >> reporter: hi, kyra. good morning to you. y...

awaken to elton john, first singing and then delivering a message of personal thanks. rupert murdoch built a media empire on the power of selling a scandal but now it's his mighty news corporation that is under siege from london to washington. a prominent u.s. senator jay rockefeller wants to know if u.s. citizens fell victim to sleazy or illegal news gathering so he is calling for an investigation amid reports that victims of the 9/11 attacks are among the nearly 4,000 people who had their phones hacked. the outrage is crushing. over the past week, the media giant has lost nearly ...

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