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with the country's debt. >> arthel: new information on what led a texas gun store owner to call the cops on an awol soldier who allegedly plotted another deadly attack at fort hood. >> rick: months after protests pushed our middle east strong man out of office, very few signs of democracy. thousands of protesters are signing off on military rules. >> arthel: we begin with the latest out of the nation's capitol, the debt showdown taking center stage, of course, as the clock is ticking down, down, down. the debates raging in the house and the senate. lawmakers are facing off over compe...

with the country's debt. >> arthel: new information on what led a texas gun store owner to call the cops on an awol soldier who allegedly plotted another deadly attack at fort hood. >> rick: months after protests pushed our middle east strong man out of office, very few signs of democracy. thousands of protesters are signing off on military rules. >> arthel: we begin with the latest out of the nation's capitol, the debt showdown taking center stage, of course, as the clock is ticking down, down, down. the debates raging in the house and the senate. lawmakers are facing off over compe...

He made headlines in 2009 refusing to deploy to afghanistan. >> i don't want to get deployed because i believe i can't both deploy and be a muslim. >> abdo was facing court-martial on child pornography charges when he went awol from fort campbell, kentucky. they alerted police that he had been actly suspiciously. hasan bought weapons before his alleged shooting spree. they think he planned the attack alone and they're no longer in danger. >> we today would have been giving you a different briefing. >> the gun store clerk that tipped off police, former marine and police officer ebert, that guy ...

the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. >> i'm kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along the southern coast today. >> and it's happened again, a muslim-american soldier in police custody for allegedly plotting to kill fellow soldiers at ft. hood. a live report from texas on this "american morning." good morning. it is friday, july 29th. this is "a...

and people are following it, they're talking about it. >> and they'll be doing that for the next two hours. hope fly we'll have something by the beginning of next week. live from studio 7, want to get you up to speed for this friday, july 29th. we're will thalmost out of time. those words from president obama. the deadline for raising the country's debt limit now just four days away. and congress and the white house still gridlocked over what to do. the president says there are plenty of ways out of this mess, but the clock is ticking. >> what's clear now is that any solution to av...