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People of putting money and socking it away? >> the first one is realize that basically you are in charge of your retirement. benefits are going to have to be cut, social security and medicare and medicaid entitlements are the biggest part of our growing debt. those are going to be cut. you really are in charge. i think four out of five workers don't have traditional pension plans anymore where a company paid you a monthly income. now you have your 401-k and you have to put the money away. that is the main thing. don't worry about where you are putting it. put it away. ifer not putting money i...

Next. iran has shown off suicide drones that are packed with explosives. they could fly them into israel with potentially deadly accuracy. jon: bring up more attention in that part of the world. leland vittert, thank you so much. jenna: in regards to tonight's debate, the romney camp is focusing on the days ahead. the big speech will be on our nation's soaring debt. we will have a preview of that. and then canada president obama. where are both sides on this growing debt. on the front lines in afghanistan. >> somebody watch the northwest sky. it looks and they're trying to maneuver over here. ...

Everything on the table. >> what do you put on the table and how do we move forward? again, understanding we have to balance our national security concerns with our greatest national security challenge and that is this growing debt. >> what we put on the table this year was a freeze. last year, i did a freeze by myself, got i think 75 republicans, 65 dems. barney a little later put up almost the exact same amendment got more democrats than republicans and we looked at each other and said this was almost the same amendment, a lot of same people didn't vote for both of them, they should have, so...

why congress may have breathing room when it comes to raising the debt ceiling on this "american morning." and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, july 27th. this is "american morning." a lot going on today. let's get to it. >> it does feel like dueling bangoes, doesn't it? when you hear both sides of the debate they're dug in but insist they're right. >> and a growing number of americans want them not to be. >> they all say god bless america. how we get there is the question. >> two maker developments in the debt crisis, following minute by minute here. six days until the dea...

Government had a budget surplus. but, instead of using it to payoff our debt the money was spent on trillions in new tax cuts. two wars and an expensive prescription drug program were added to our nation's credit card. as a result, the deficit was on track to top one trillion dollars the year i took office. to make matters worse, the recession meant there was less money coming in and it required us to spend even more. on tax cuts for middle class families to spur the economy, on unemployment insurance. on aid to states so we could prevent teamers, firefighters and police officers from being la...