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trillion in cuts over ten years, raises the debt ceiling about about the same amount, sets up a bipartisan committee to find other ways to trim another trillion and change from the deficit. think of it as a deficit posse. it calls for both chamber of commerce eventually to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. they don't actually have to pass it, they just have to vote on it. and the president and house speaker admit that the plan is not perfect, but hey, there's a deadline tomorrow. here's what the president said, then you'll hear from a freshman republican who, by t...

and the role of government. dan akerson, the ceo of general motors, the largest consider manufacturer in the world back from bankruptcy with a bang. then the new head of the imf, france's former finance minister christine lagarde on the fate of america, greece, the euro and more. also the knight's tell particular. why in the world is an 800-year-old religious organization being cited by murderers on at least two continents? finally, what is this green blob attacking china? first here is my take. i know you heard so much about the debt ceiling that you're probably exhausted. i t...

quite bizarre. people like breivik are trying to resurrect the idea of a modern day crusade, a real clash of civilizations against what they see as islamic invasion of europe. in fact, muslims make up only 3% of europe's population and that's likely to rise to between 5 and 8% by 2025 and level out at that point. but that doesn't change the reality of the anger, hatred and the violence. ironically, in breivik's nostalgic view of the medieval world, it resembles nothing so much as al qaeda, another terrorist organization fundamentally opposed to the modern world. we still don't know i...

what could be the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. good morning to you all. thank you for spending part of your weekend with us. i'm t.j. holmes. we do need to start with a debate that was supposed to be over already. we are less than three days from a possible u.s. default. this clock is still ticking and a deal is not done. we are expecting a lot of action on capitol hill today. both houses in session, but whether there's going to be any real progress, that's anybody's guess. this is what we've got going on today. the house starts debate at noon with the likely vote ...

this reid plan sometime this afternoon. expected to vote it down. it will be just a demonstration that the reid plan as is is not going to pass the house of representatives. meanwhile, the question is, what's going to happen in the senate, were there any meetings? no meetings scheduled among the leadersh leadership, a top republican leadership aide telling me mitch mcconnell doesn't want to meet with the democrats unless a representative from the white house is involved because the democrats don't have permission to sign off on anything unless the president says so. i also talked to ...