officers responded but have not found anyone matching that description. the sighting was reported outside deitrick hall. a lot of sensitivity right here. we want to make it clear that this is not confirmed, it s not a confirmed sighting as of now, but instead authorities are acting on what eyewitness accounts have directed them on. we have kelsey hiter who s on the phone with us, she was the managing editor of collegiate times at virginia tech. so kelsey, what more can you tell us about what is believed to have taken place on campus. i m on the south end of campus closest to our main sbras on our main road over here, there s a lot of cop cars here, i haven t heard any sirens there, s no reports of an actual gunst sound. we are on an official lockdown, doors are completely closed. there are some guards around campus, but just the hustle and bustle of cop cars, news anchors and stuff like that. there s no reports of injuries, just a little bit of a scare right now. you said
for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. i ll talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about the weak economy and the debt deal that has done very little to reassure the markets. the dow has been down for eight sessions in a row now and has falling for the last eight sk t consecutive days. now the dow is down 70 points. so far u.s. rating agencies have not downgraded the country s credit rating. moody s and fitch both confirm the country s aaa status for now. but standard & poors has not announced it s decision yet. hosni mubarak was wheeled into court on a gurney and put into a cage
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17, and they have just schooled the boys at the first google science fair. wait until you hear what inventions got them to the top. we begin with the debt ceiling. while washington continues to try to figure out how to pay its bills, you might be as well. john is with smartcredit.com and car men wong ullrich the author of the real cost of living. carmen, a fantastic opportunity while everybody is talking about the debt limit and people keep using analogies to the american family and credit card limits, a good time to take stock of your life and how it compares to what s going on in washington. what s your view on this? i think there s a big difference between the two. so the comparison doesn t really ring true with me because we can t do things like raise taxes. only thing we can do is get job number three and four. it s important to, of course, look at your own budget and own debt levels. in terms of the government s situation, it s very, very different. i don t think th
and there s that clock that we speak of. just under two days away from a time when we re told by the treasury, this country will not be able to pay all of its bills. so let me give you the rundown of what s happening today. the house gets to work around noontime today. that s just about two hours from now. after some debate, they ll vote on a proposal from senate majority leader, harry reid. that proposal is expected to fail. then on the senate side, they open debate on that same reid bill at 1:00 eastern time this afternoon. the debate there could go on for some 12 hours. now, it may not be until a lot of us are asleep that the senate gets to vote on that reid bill. the senate has moved on to the reid bill after deciding not to vote on the bill from house speaker john boehner. the nays are 210, the bill is passed. without objection to motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. what you re seeing there is that speaker boehner s bill actually passed. it finally passed th