american soldier. shepard: the handover set to be fully complete by september the 15th when the state department and the district of colombia take over the campus. that big heat dome still blasting central and southern plains today and advisories and excessive heat warnings in 11 states. forecasters warn there is more harsh weather on the way. and something new in the tropics rick reichmuth. what the in the world is going on. three named storms this season haven t really gotten any attention because they haven t affected anybody. not the case to the north of yucatan peninsula this afternoon becoming our fourth named storm of the year. this one is don. the track of this one pretty consistent that we are going to be feeling the effect of this across the u.s. border. by tomorrow afternoon here across the gulf by friday afternoon. says thursday it, should say friday talking about a storm very close here somewhere between galveston down towards brownsville, shep. shepard: they have go
is recovering tonight after emergency crews had to yank him out of a storm drain. not the most flattering photo here. this is what it looked like when the guy wedged himself into an 18-inch wide storm drain. he says he was trying to retrieve his cell phone. cops say the guy was drunk. either way the local reporter who reenacted the stunt did not have any such excuse. just about everybody is wondering how did this guy get into this storm drain. you can see that it is very heavy just trying to pull it off. and then look at the diameter. it s not that big. i can get my hands down in there but i don t know, oh my head, and my soldiers, yeah. that s how he got in. shepard: that s fascinating. she made it out without any rescue crews. updating a couple of top stories now. lawmakers have just six days to come up with an agreement on the nation s debt crisis. one they created. the stalemate on capitol hill hitting the markets hard.
is recovering tonight after emergency crews had to yank him out of a storm drain. not the most flattering photo here. this is what it looked like when the guy wedged himself into an 18-inch wide storm drain. he says he was trying to retrieve his cell phone. cops say the guy was drunk. either way the local reporter who reenacted the stunt did not have any such excuse. just about everybody is wondering how did this guy get into this storm drain. you can see that it is very heavy just trying to pull it off. and then look at the diameter. it s not that big. i can get my hands down in there but i don t know, oh my head, and my soldiers, yeah. that s how he got in. shepard: that s fascinating. she made it out without any rescue crews. updating a couple of top stories now. lawmakers have just six days to come up with an agreement on the nation s debt crisis. one they created. the stalemate on capitol hill hitting the markets hard.
people have been killed in two separate attacks in norway. police there say these two attacks are, in fact, linked. still a developing story. we ll have the very latest for you live in just a moment. we need to begin in washington, d.c. with that looming deadline on the nation s debt. you may have missed this last night but it was an extraordinary night in washington, d.c. the president and house speaker john boehner each holding news conferences, calling each other out for the break down in the debt ceiling talks. where are we right now? we talk about the debt ceiling needs to be raised but we actually hit the debt ceiling back in may. we hit the limit. the treasury secretary has been doing interesting math. his ability to move that money around runs out on august 2nd. what demonstrate want to do in order to get a deal on the debt ceiling they want to do away with some tax cuts and loopholes as larger control of this deficit. republicans say that s raising taxes. they say sp
covering today, critical talks on the debt that happening right now at the white house. and the horrifying terror attacks in norway, a bombing and a shooting rampage at a youth camp. we ll have details on the assaults and the suspect in custody. let s begin at the white house where president obama and congressional leaders are holding debt talks at this hour. president obama called the meeting after deficit negotiations came to a screeching halt yesterday. we have live team coverage. cnn s brianna keilar is at the white house. and kate bolduan is on capitol hill. let s begin with you, kate. what s going on on capitol hill where apparently a lot of the staff members are meeting. reporter: at this moment, they re meeting in the white house, congressional leaders and the president. as far as we know, the meeting is still ongoing. started just after 11:00 eastern time, of course. here on capitol hill, we re told that ever since this announcement really happened yesterday ev