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forum all week. i had a chance to sit down with the former president bill clinton for an extensive interview. part of it will air this hour. part in the next hour. i want you to stand by. only a few blocks away at the united nations, president obama s on a major diplomatic mission of his on and a number of critical issues are on the table. let s bring in jessica yellin. she s with me here at the clinton global initiative. a huge day today. maybe even a more important day for the president tomorrow. that s right. but first today, it was a major day of diplomacy for the president. today, he met with the new leaders of a post gadhafi libya. emphasized that the u.s. will be reopening its em bah sbassy in this week. the president also sat down with afghan president hamid karzai. the first time the two lead rs have met face to face since the administration announced it would start drawing down troops. also, the president has had a meeting with turkey s prime minister. now, ....
about his advice for perry and the state of the race right now. also, we re learning the back story behind ron paul s drama. he s getting flak for an answer to a health care question. turns out the scenario is similar to a real life death in his political family. and president obama s attempt to promote green jobs turns into a bigger embarrassment. first, the company he visited went bankrupt, now, it s been raided by the fbi and u.s. taxpayers may be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he s been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry s campaign in depth. he s joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. wolf, the texas governor is not just runni ....
the center of a lot of political activity for republicans over the last few days. president obama is keeping the spotlight on this day. he s here getting ready to come into iowa from minnesota. it s the second stop of his three-day three-state bus tour in the midwest. talking to voters about jobs, the economy and the debt crisis facing the united states. also on his agenda, a one-on-one interview with me tomorrow. much more on that tomorrow. we re standing by, though, for the president s town hall meeting here in the next hour. we ll have live coverage. right now, though, i m joined ey brianna keeler. i catched the town hall meeting. he s getting more feisty in lashing back at the republicans. that s right. he really stepped up the rhetoric. he s really lambasting the paralyzing political climate in washington and really blaming republicans specifically looking back to the bruising debt ceiling battle. of course as he s facing a lot of criticisms from republicans on j ....
i ll ask about red hot democrats. stay here and hear how it plays out. i m wolf blitzer here in the situation room. we ve been expecting the house to vote on raising the debt limit. but it has not happened yet. the debt deadline is looming larger than ever. the deal would raise the debt limit $900 billion in the short term and green light spending cuts of roughly the same amount over ten years. offset dollar for dollar by more spending cuts. there s a lot of huge ifs involved in making all of that happen. let s go to capitol hill. kate baldwin is standing by. what are we toll about when it will take place? of. the timing is very fluid, wolf. the question is, will this compromise bill pass the house? speaker john boehner in a press conference wouldn t answer the question when i asked him if he had enough votes. but the paul ryan seemed pretty confident this afternoon. listen to him. some have various concerns, whether it s going to prevail. i think we have a majo ....
country s coveted aaa credit rating could be compromised. the unpresence dented consequences for all of us. and why some lawmakers argue the looming august 2 deadline isn t the armageddon the president says it is. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re only five days away from what could lead to unprecedented default in the united states if the political sparring between our elected officials here in washington doesn t stop. and we can t emphasize enough how devastating the repercussions could be, not only here, but indeed around the world. interest rates could go up, mortgages, car loan, student loans could become more expensive. meanwhile, the country could lose its prized aaa credit rating for the first time in recent history, a move many analysts think could plunge the u.s. into global economic distaster. our congressional skorz kate baldwin is up on capitol hill. the political battle there is brewing not only between democrats and republicans, but ....