this american morning. . busy weekend. good morning, august 1st. a lot going on today. it was an agonizing weekend and we were all up late last night. e-mails flying at midnight. it was busy. but things are a little brighter today than they were last night and saturday night and a little brighter. tiny bit. we start with that possible break-through in the debt ceiling crisis. in a few hours the house and senate are expected to vote on a plan by president obama and congressional leaders to raise america s borrowing limit in exchange for massive spending cuts. i want to announce that leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default. the default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy. a sense of what the agreement looks like, going to increase the debt ceiling by up to $2.4 trillion. that is enough to get us through 2012, we hope. the plan also includes $917 billion in immediate spen
harmless to the west coast. they are worried in hawaii about the tourism industry. all of these rumors flying around will hurt the tourism industry. we had that with the oil spill. we are, i think we had computer models from some agency that took the parts of the oil spill wrapped it around florida and brought it all the way up to ireland. i remember that happening. similar type of scare. and that never came to fruition because perhaps in theory and reality are two different things. i hope people remember that. thank you, rob. as rob said, the united states is not supposed to see a dangerous radiation spike but people get nervous looking at photos like these out of japan. radiation scans and big white suits and face masks! so we have enlisted a doctor from the american cancer society to debunk some radiation rumors. r household, purina tidy cats scoop helps neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. keeping your house smelling like it should. purina tidy cats scoop. keep your home
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