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the process, for that, i want you to take a look here. i will not try and walk you through it. it's a mess. the bottom line is 917 billion dml spending cuts with a special committee in charge of finding $1.5 trillion cuts by the end of the year, and the debt limit rises by $900 billion now, and $1.5 later. already, there is one potential wrinkle here. the nonpartisan budget congressional office says the plan would cut spending only by 1.5 trillion, not 2.4 trillion. we are following all the claims and repercussions as only cnn can. by colleagues join me, and if you don't believe this...

this "american morning.". busy weekend. good morning, august 1st. a lot going on today. >> it was an agonizing weekend and we were all up late last night. e-mails flying at midnight. >> it was busy. >> but things are a little brighter today than they were last night and saturday night and a little brighter. >> tiny bit. we start with that possible break-through in the debt ceiling crisis. in a few hours the house and senate are expected to vote on a plan by president obama and congressional leaders to raise america's borrowing limit in exchange for massive spending cuts. >> i want ...

Established. they have a working relationship. so, they can direct the forces much more efficiently. in addition, as i have said, you have the reagan now, or as you mentioned earlier, the ronald reagan is offshore and, other naval ships are coming in which will be critical and these are expeditionary forces and plus all of those marines coming up from okinawa, used to doing this. we will have to have combat engineers, rebuild these roads, temporarily, just to get people in and out. and, emergency supplies. we have medical teams that will go in there and, have communications people and even peo...

>> i'm really looking forward to it, actually, to be able to go over there and serve. it's essentially why a lot of us enlist, to serve your country. >> combat engineers like will and demetrius are the soldiers who do everything from building bridges to the more dangerous work of setting and disarming bombs. they'll have several months of advanced training while they're there at ft. stewart. it's good to see demetrius back in the fold. he learned a valuable lesson of what he did wrong but good to see him back in the fold. >> they probably realized they didn't want to lose somebody that had tha...

Following will's journey. >> it's been incredible to watch his progression all the way along. he no longer 18, 19. when we last saw will he had completed his basic training in missouri, but in order to become a combat engineer he's had to move on to more advanced training at ft. stewart, georgia. >> company. ready. begin. don't give up. don't quit. >> reporter: with basic training behind them, will and the other soldiers in his company are now starting advanced training to become combat engineers. >> stop talking and listen. you got to get this stuff so you can do your job. >> let's go. >> rep...