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reminder of the grim economic reality we're all facing. jon: those new weekly jobless claims just out today came out higher than expected, 418,000 americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits. wendall goler live at the white house right now, explain the president's offer for this short-term extension of the debt ceiling. >> reporter: well, you pretty much had it. the president won't agree to extend the time of the august 2nd deadline for lawmakers to reach a deficit-cutting agreement, but if they agree on a deal, he'll give them a few more days to turn it into legislation an...

short-term extension of the debt ceiling. >> reporter: well, you pretty much had it. the president won't agree to extend the time of the august 2nd deadline for lawmakers to reach a deficit-cutting agreement, but if they agree on a deal, he'll give them a few more days to turn it into legislation and put it on his desk. and the best hope, it appears, for a bipartisan compromise appears to be the so-called gang of six proposal which would trim the deficit about $3 be.7 trillion -- $3.7 trillion. it includes more than a trillion dollars in increased tax revenue, but the president, the ...

speaks to the leaders of tomorrow in south africa. she tells the young women that their generation can banish the hunger and aids virus that has plagued that continent. ♪ it's the longest war in u.s. history. today, president obama turns our attention toward ending it. his prime time address will provide long-awaited details of withdrawing the first u.s. troops from afghanistan. according to a congressional source, 10,000 u.s. troops will be pulled out by the end of this year. another 20,000 will be withdrawn by the end of next year. but nearly 70,000 americans in uniform will re...