>> singing the praises of a pakistani gunshot survivor who refused to give in or give up. it is tuesday, october 8th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. welcome in on this tuesday, day two. thank you for being with us. look at who's back. >> back and rested and ready to go. >> long weekend. >> got to love those things. >> always nice to come back on a tuesday because you don't have to worry about day one nonsense. >> and only four to go on the back. all good. >> you are already here so today doesn't count. it is like three if you look at it. >> i'll take it. rationalization to get through it all. >> whatever it takes. >> whatever it takes. let's get started. dire new warnings about the looming debt crisis. social security benefits for millions of americans could be put on hold in as little as ten days if the debt ceiling is not increased. china is warning the global economy could falter if the limit is not raised.