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spent the last two days trying to reign in skeptical tea party members, who say the cuts are still not enough. >> it's time to call the questions. >> the democrats say speaker daner's bill has no chance of clearing the senate. but that does not mean republicans will have wasted their time. there's still a chance of final compromise could be crafted and ended before the august 2nd deadline. >> senator harry reid says his man represents a true compromise and is the best choice. >> democrats are not willing to put our economy on the line. >> reporter: u.s. treasury officials have alread...

wasted time. there is still a chance a final compromise could be crafted from speaker boehner's bill. >> senate majority leader harry reid says his plan is the best compromise and the best solution. >> holds many of the same as a technical default. democrats are not willing to put our economy on the line. >> reporter: u.s. treasury officials are already starting to decide which will trade and which won't. in washington, jay dow, wjz eyewitness news. >> here now is another live look at the floor. house. senate majority leader harry reid says if the house passes speaker boehner's bill,...

israel, who has three children, thought, i can't sacrifice myself. >> i was puking. the smoke was crazy but i just wanted one more time. he needed one more time. >> reporter: but 16-year-old j.t. kept the momentum going. >> i think he is a big deal. he really is, because i was ready to quit. >> reporter: j.t. said the training he received in the u.s. naval cadet corps kicked in. what surprised him was finding the rock he used to break the window. >> it's a lot heavier than i remember. but yeah, when i picked it up, it felt like it was paper. i guess that's what adrenaline does to you...

>> we cannot let a small block of house republicans lead the whole nation off a cliff. >> reporter: the democrats' competing plan also fell short of delivering all the promised savings in its congressional budget office review. the main difference with the gop plan is that it raises the debt limit in one step instead of two. >> there's only one bill in congress that is a through compromise -- true compromise. we're running otoof time. it's time to get serious about finding that compromise. >> reporter: both sides need to reach agreement before next tuesday or the government could fac...

inferno of flames and smoke. now of discriminates burned. firefighters fought the six- alarm fire. three of the firefighters were treated for minor injuries. this happened at macro plastics in a light industrial area northwest at travis air force base east of i-80. anne makovec reports it may be weeks before we know if the air, soil or ground water was contaminated. >> reporter: it looks like a two-story building on fire but really it's thousands of plastic crates stacked almost two stories high that turned into a 5-acre inferno at macro plastics. it appears to have started as an emp...