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would walk out of the meeting with the president that he would lead calls two days in a row to try to come up with some other plan and their deadline would be by 8:00 this evening? reporter: well, not specifically. you know, that s kind of it feels like past history at this point. what they re trying to do is come up with something that could come up with a plan by tomorrow, which is monday, that would give them time to post some type of plan, get a vote on it, and hit that deadline of august 2nd. and then also, you know, you do have some flurry here because of the markets in asia trying to at least get an idea that things are moving. it appears all of the sudden after an entire day of kind of waiting and watching that something might be afoot. jill dougherty at the white house, thanks so much. appreciate that. all right. the king and queen of norway now were seen openly weeping leading their nation in mourning the 93 people killed in friday s bomb and shootin ....
in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nation s debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the c ....
that s the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now it s a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say they ll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he ll veto it. in other words, it s doa which is why a lot of democrats are calling it a stunt and a waste of time. earlier today a bipartisan group of senators called the gang of six came out with a proposal of their own that is being taken seriously, including at the white house. and so for us today, democratic fors acknowledge that we ve got to deal with our long-term debt problems that arise out of our various entitlement programs. and for republican senators to acknowledge that, revenues will have to be part of a b ....
reconsiders laying on the table. that s the house tonight passing h.r. 2560, better known as cut, cap and balance. now it s a republican and tea party sponsored measure calling for massive spending cuts, a spending cap, and congress passing a balanced budget amendment. only then would the debt limit be allowed to go up, ending the current crisis. the measure was passed with just five democratic votes. senate democrats say they ll defeat it. if somehow they fail, president obama says he ll veto it. in other words, it s doa which is why a lot of democrats are calling it a stunt and a waste of time. earlier today a bipartisan group of senators called the gang of six came out with a proposal of their own that is being taken seriously, including at the white house. and so for us today, democratic fors acknowledge that we ve got to deal with our long-term debt problems that arise out of our various entitlement programs. and for republican senators to acknowledge that, rev ....
british parliament hearing today in london but they were upstaged momentarily by an intruder who somehow managed to get very, very close to the murdochs, too close as you re about to see. watch. so no official word yet as to who exactly that guy in the plaid shirt was. we know he was shouting you greedy billionaire, but he pushed a plateful of shaving cream into rupert murdoch s face before he was grabbed, first by his wife, if you watch it, not in this shot but you can see she was wearing that bright pink jacket, and then by authorities. they did take a quick break. he then continued jacket off to answer questions before parliament s committee on media, culture and sports. so the members wanted to know this, how much did rupert murdoch and his top executives know about the phone hacking by reporters on his payroll, how closely he followed day-to-day operations. the newspaper closed because of this whole thing. and how responsible he feels about this entire affair. do ....