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offer the spending and deficit cuts that republicans thought it would. cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin spends the next 18 seconds giving us the big picture. >> reporter: what's happening now is democrats are waiting. they're just waiting to see what happens with the republican's bill before making their own move in the senate. the big picture here is neither the republican's bill in the house nor the democrats' bill in the senate seems to have the votes to get through both houses of congress. so we're back at stalemate. >> and so it's wednesday and there's no dea...

for those of you too young to remember that is a a 1970s movie. >> i want you to go to the window, stick your head out and yell, i'm as mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore! >> now that sounds like how a lot of people feel these days. this time, instead of the late actor peter finch, it was president barack obama who will people to take action. >> i'm asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. >> and so ...

one of us is in his 50s. and the other isn't, ladies. >> tonight you're on my show, mr. lopez. old man. we'll see what happens, shall we? is it a good thing being single at 50? or is it fraught with pit falls and potholes? >> well, i'm 50. so i think i'm fraught with pit falls and potholes. if you look at my face, i'm a little indian. a little sanjay gupta but then a little mexican as well. i'll not native-american enough to get a casino but do i black out when i drink occasionally. >> good evening. if washington can't get its act together and soon, this country runs a risk of unprec...

folks, it's july 27th. welcome to groundhog day. the only movement is closer to the august 2nd deadline. less than six days the federal government could run out of money and default on its bills. next hour on capitol hill, the doom's day scenario is laid out. executives from credit rating agencies will warn lawmakers of the far-reaching impact of a u.s. downgrade. one debt plan, backed by house speaker john boehner, is yanked from a scheduled vote. the congressional budget office says its savings were overstated and the numbers need to be crunched again. and senate majority leader mi...

getting the mage? we've got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we haven't got an deal yet. we'll tell you what we're talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehner's office. how may i help you? >> a summer avalanche of phone calls hitting the capitol. president obama asked for it in his address to the nation last night. here it is. house switchboard today getting nearly double the volume of normal phone calls, house speaker baine er's office reporting as many as 300 people on ho...