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we shouldn't get anywhere close to it. >> well, here's the thing, mr. speaker, we're very close to that deadline. take a look at the clock. 33 hours to go before the u.s. runs short of its money to pay its bills. right now the only beacon of light we have is this framework of a possible compromise. you like how i have to couch that. possible compromise. this a bill being worked on by house republicans. don't get too excited here. the white house has already said, uh-uh, they've already rejected this. senator majority leader harry reid, who is still working on his own bill with his re...

0 former u.s. army captain who risked his life to save others on the battlefield in afghanistan. just reading through this man's story, it's incredible. so we will play that for you. you will hear it. you will see him. we'll take that ceremony live for you on cnn. but first, after weeks and weeks here of this back and forth, the tedious game of chicken, the question on capitol hill right now, deal or no deal? >> our leadership team met with our members today trying to find a way forward in a bipartisan way that would continue to provide fairness to the american people under obama care. there a...

0 be trying to parse this down for our viewers. i'm not sure what degree you need to have to explain what the heck is going on. it might not be a bs degree, but the bottom line is there is a lot of talk about what is going on. i think you framed it perfectly at the top. 24 hours ago it looked like both sides were coming together. bottom line is what is new is that house speaker put a new plan on the table today. it would do some of the things that the president wants. it would extend the debt ceiling to early february. but the negatives in the white house's estimation is that there are strings...

for a few more days. darcy spencer has a look at how they're coping. darcy? >> reporter: at the height of the storm pepco had 45,000 outages. they're made progress, but obviously it will take some time. take a look down here. this is newton street in bladensburg and this was the hardest hit area, and there is debris all over the streets and pepco crews are doing all they can. if you come back over this way, just to give you an idea of the sheer fort of the winds, this white thing is the roof of a nearby apartment building that flew about 200 yards and landed here on an suv. so they h...

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