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Working people, a commitment to fight the war on poverty doesn't mean you have to -- >> bill: let me play devil's advocate. i think everybody understands black americans vote for the democrats because of entitlement spending. i think they all have that. but has entitlement spending really worked? if you looked at the trillions that have been spent since 1964, the poverty level in african-american precincts is down 2, 3%. that's all. unemployment rate under barak obama, 17% for black americans. these policies really haven't worked. so what i think mr. cain is saying is that if you would go to t...

bipartisan plan would increase the debt limit through the end of next year, beyond the election. cuts and spending caps are still on the table. and house speaker john boehner apparently is planning a conference call sometime soon with house members. so we have up to the minute coverage of what's happening in washington. cnn's kate bolduan is on capitol hill. dan lothian at the white house. let's begin with you, kate. senate leaders in both parties say they are, quote, very close to a deal. we know they are still negotiating. what have you been able to find out about? what is in this ...

has been recovered. federal investigators are hoping a $10,000 reward will lead them to the weapons or to whom ever may have taken them. the awol private accused of plotting an attack on soldiers stationed at ft. hood in texas is now being held without bond. naser jason abdo was in court yesterday. he was arrested after being tipped off by a gun store clerk. officials say they found bomb-making materials in abdo's motel room. they also say abdo admitted he plans to set off bombs at a restaurant popular with soldiers. texas is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in its histo...

netanyahu. the two world leaders very much at odds over the future borders of israel. the aftershock of arnold schwarzenegger's bombshell is now affecting his movie comeback. his acting career now on hold while he deals with his personal mess. speaking of bomb shells, a former teammate told cbs that lance armstrong took performance enhancing drugs. he says he has taken hundreds of drug tests and did not fail a single one. the former head of the international monetary fund can leave jail at any moment e has been staying at rikers island in new york indicted on several sex charge...

With the latest. >> for hundreds of miles along the mississippi river, battles are being fought. some big, some small in some cases there are hard decisions being made that protect whole cities flooding crops and farmers. as the mississippi river continues the slow rise heading for gulf of mexico and more homes are getting swallowed by the raging water, u.s. army corps of engineer and governor in the delta seem resigned to open flood wave for the second time ever to relieve pressure on levees that protect new orleans and baton rouge. >> it's extremely likely that the corps decide to open up th...