really more of a good thing here. extreme drought across sg(r f texas. much-needed rainfall. some spots as much as 8 inches. rob and tanya, back to you. >> all right, thanks a lot, jim. now the rest of your friday forecast. we have some rain from the gulf coast to little rock, memphis, nashville and louisville. thunderstorms around minneapolis, chicago, and detroit. stormy in the northeast from d.c. up to new england. and some heavy down pours in the southwest. >> mostly 90s in the rockikies. 105 in phoenix. upper 80s fargo to detroit. a wet 85 here in new york. now to that political firestorm over the federal debt. members of congress stayed pretty late last night waiting for a vote that never happened. >> it was the latest move in a political showdown involving both parties. abc's john hendren has the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. in the end house speaker john boehner could not rally the troops. after hours of trying to rally votes, he simply gave up. >> the bill's not perfect. i never said it was perfect, nobody in my caucus believes it's perfect. but what this bill reflects is a