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House correspondent john harwood and kirsten bowers. good evening. john, mitch mcconnell finally offering democrats an out to avoid the first ever default in u.s. history. this debt ceiling mess is not over yet. where do things stand on capitol hill tonight? >> well, first of all, have to say that what mitch mcconnell and the republicans did today was good for the country, good for the economy, good for the global economy to avert the rising risk of a crisis. i have always thought in this situation that it was going to turn out okay because mitch mcconnell is a rational actor who understands t...

Interesting because it does test this notion of how texas is trying to evade review all together. so i think by the end of this supreme court term in june we are going to know whether the justices are overturning roe v. wade and we may know how they view the shenanigans out of texas as well, which, by the way, has proven to be a copycat type of situation where other states are looking to evade federal court review in the same way texas has here. it would be important for the court to speak on that as well. >> always a pleasure. thank you so much. i want to turn to the latest on capitol hill ...

Explanation. thanks very much. wall street clearly worrying about the debt ceiling mess. nervous investors sent the dow down another 136 points today. the s&p and the nasdaq indices were also down almost 1%. so what's the answer to the shutdown stalemate, the debt ceiling dispute? joining us now, two members of congress. republican jeb hensarling of texas, the chairman of the financial services committee, democratic congressman steve israel of new york, he chairs the democratic congressional campaign committee. i just want to make sure both of you agree with that dire scenario, congressman hen...

>> neil: it would explain even if you want to just cynically step back from this, it would explain the posture like on the cliff deal that was whatever it was, 40 plus to one tax hikes over spending cuts because they didn't see the need for spending cuts report need to address the underlying problem with entitlements when so many blocks of democrats ultimately decided don't touch it and this deal doesn't touch it. now, a word from a key group of democratic senators meeting with the president when it comes to the debt ceiling thing we will give you the is power whether it is the 14th amendment ...

this year. there you can see him. it's an extraordinary turn-around in the fortunes of hosni mubarak, from long-time iron-fisted ruler to inform, elderly defendant. he faces the death penalty if found guilty. cnn's mohammed jamjoom is in cairo and he joins us. what can you tell us about these developments? >> reporter: we can't stress enough just how historic this is. it's unprecedented a ruler like hosni mubarak, the deposed leader of egypt would be in that courtroom wearing a prisoner's uniform in a cage on a stretcher as a defendant. it's shocking to people here in egypt. many peo...