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has finally pass the debt reduction plan. as you saw a moment ago, the senate now in the process of killing it by effectively tabling it, because democrats are in charge over there. you heard harry reid speak moments ago, a big thumbs down over there, and then -- then -- we will move on. but the number of votes on either side really doesn't matter so much as this number. the number of days and hours now left until the money runs out. this is what we've been warning about for weeks and weeks. still, the vote today was enough to al lookout low the republica spike the ball into boehner'...

we'll be live when it hams. yesterday speaker boehner told the troops to "get their asses in line". apparently not enough republicans have, and now his credibility is on the line. most of the opposition coming from tea party supporters, raw, open, direct rebellion. >> we want to make sure we never get here again. i want to support something that makes sure we never get here again. >> the deal that is on the table makes the hole deeper. and so don't -- you shouldn't expect people who believe that we should balance the budget to vote for a deal that makes the hole deeper. >> i can't su...

hands. >> keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart. we're in rough agreement about how much spending can be cut responsibly as a first step towards reducing our deficit. we agree on a process where the next step is a debate in the coming months on tax reform and entitlement reform, and i am willing and ready to have that debate. if we need to put in place an enforcement mechanism to hold us accountable for making the reforms, i will support that too if it's done in a smart and balanced way. so there are plenty of ways out of this mess. but we are al...

already for so many people. so it's unbelievable. we just don't know. we're at a point where there is a lot of concern because it is so uncertain. 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...

>> tonight the white house the right and the left and the clock. countdown to crisis. >> we are simply four days away from one of the worst financial catastrophes that could face this country. >> this is "piers morgan tonight". good evening, we start with break news. it's been an extraordinary couple of hours on capitol hill. speaker john boehner's debt plan remains stalled in the house without sufficient support from his own caucus to get the bill passed. he couldn't even put it to a vote tonight. meanwhile, this country moves closer and closer to an almost unthinkable national de...