scientists that they say is 100 times hotter than the surface of the sun. so, you think about those earlier days when we were talk about home computers, we hear about artificial intelligence, it s always hard to know where this goes, but they always say, amidst other benefits this could be a path in the long run to clean energy with no greenhouse gas emissions. in other words, might save the world. then you know where we re going, we won t need car pool lanes. yeah, i did it. i said it. i got our own dr. brown here, astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson with his book starry messenger . i read it. it s great. start by helping us understand doc brown and his invention? the fusion a major
that s when everybody started freaking out. a passenger who shot this video. check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. it s blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. he s meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. he s expected to press the president to step down. the meeting comes as 12 people were killed in syria today. thousands of antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in moscow. it s the first since vladimir putin s victory sunday. they are trying to keep up their momentum despite his victory and the arrest of hundreds of protesters. washington is pushing the reset button. president obama phoned putin to congratulate him. they discussed how the u.s. and russia can cooperate on trade. they touched on syria and missi
collapsed last year. the miners say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. and sears has a lot of disappointed shoppers today. online shoppers jumped on a deal for apple ipad 2s advertised for just $69. bear in mind they normally sell for more than $700. they said it s a third-party mistake and not honoring the incorrect price. people love their cars, traffic jams are part of the daily life, but this weekend, the closure of a big chunk of the 405 freeway is causing added worry. it is shut down for a construction project. and residents are so worried they re calling this carmageddon, but so far, we re not seeing it. no gridlock. let s bring in cnn s kareen wynter who is above the 405 there. and we know ten miles of the 405 is closed, so no traffic there. what about everywhere else? reporter: everywhere else from our viewpoint all looks good. now a short time ago, we checked out some of the alternate routes officials were encouraging the public to t
out a plan palatable to both sides, and there s a separate push for the balanced budget amendment. the president suggested this morning that the u.s. doesn t have time have for any proposals. we don t need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs. the constitution already tells us to do our jobs and to make sure that the government is living within its means and making responsible choices. so it this notion that we re going to go through a multi-year process instead of seizing the moment now and taking care of our problems is a typical washington response. we don t need more studies. we don t need a balanced budget amendment. we simply need to make these tough choices and be willing to take on our bases. everybody knows that. so august 2nd is the looming deadline. that s the day when the treasury warns the u.s. will have to decide which bills it will pay and which ones won t get paid. with no talks scheduled at the white house today, house republicans offering up their o
she shun the media spotlight or will she try to capitalize on her supposed fame? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama back at the bully pulpit for the second time this week to make sure ameripay bill. he went before reporters to keep pushing raising the debt ceiling limit before the august 2 deadline. he seems to be softening his terms somewhat. let s go to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian has the very latest. he said it time for law makers from both parties to make tough choices. he says he s been willing to put entitlement programs on the table, but even so, there s no deal tonight. and some republicans are saying it s time for the president to put his own plan on the table, not make another speech. president obama still thinks the so-called big deal option is the right deal. what s important is that even as we raise the debt ceiling, we also solve the problem of underlying debts and deficits. i m glad congressional leaders