and lucky lucy. a 6-year-old girl who nearly lost her leg to a shark attack in just 18 inches of water talks about the horrific ordeal for the first time today, tuesday, july 26, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m ann curry. and i m matt lauer. boy, it s interesting to watch these two speeches in primetime last night. the president went first and delivered a tough message at the white house. he warned americans of an impending economic crisis if congress fails to pass a comprehensive budget deal in only seven days. and, of course, he pointed the finger of blame directly at the republicans. they describe what s happening in washington as a partisan three-ring circus. speaker boehner fired back saying even when a deal is within reach, the president, he said, would not take yes for an answer. the latest report live from washington ahead. also, where does the case against dominique strauss kan go from he
that we can trust and he has to live up to higher standards. all right. margaret wagner, president of the rock away republicans. thank you as well as michael blosen a constituent who supports congressman weiner. good discussion. thank you. right now let s take a look at the number from wall street. at the moment, we re trying to shake six straight weeks of losses. the numbers are down. we ve been watching it get a little bit of a red arrow up earlier, green arrow. red air owe down when we talk about the nasdaq. up 20 in points. that looks good right now as we are trying to rebound questioning the double dip question. right now president obama is meeting with some of the nation s top ceos and job experts speaking about the economy trying to find new ways to boost the struggling job market. nbc s christian welker is live in durham, north carolina. there is a new plan more details of a plan that s a proposal is
discussions about the issue of resignation? there has. i spoke to one democratic aide before i came over here. they said, look, they really do not want representative weiner to be within congress anymore he is so much of a distraction. they feel that his saga, plight, whatever you want to call it is really bringing attention oi way from issues that they sincerely care about. they had their first big win as a party in new york s 26 congressional district a few weeks ago using the issue of medicare. saying save medicare, vote democrat. that was starting to resonate with voters. that message has been completely muddled because of representative weiner. you re hearing things about democrats. they d like for him to get out of here and move along. it s a little bit of a sigh of relief for democrats that he didn t show up for work today. that would have been a media frenzy. no one knows what representative weiner is going to do or when he s going to come back to washington if at a
there. right now construction crews are manning bulldozers and clearing debris across six miles of the city that has been destroyed. over 130 people have been killed. a number of people are missing now stands at least at 39. president obama was in joplin yesterday for first-hand glimpse of the damage and called it a national tragedy. the main thing i just want to communicate to the people of joplin is, this is just not your tragedy. this is a national tragedy. and that means there will be a national response. all right. nbc s charles hadlock is live in joplin right now. charles, set the scene for us. describe what you see in joplin this morning and if you can walk us through the clean-up efforts under way right now. the clean-up efforts continue today, richard, under the beautiful blue skies here in joplin. it s windy which makes it dangerous because you have the potential for flying debris. volunteers as far away from illinois and western montana have come here to help
that s why we stopped the massacre in libya. and we will not relent until the people of libya are protected in the shadow of tyranny is lifted. nbc s christian welker is live in london. how was the president s speech received? reporter: in short, the speech couldn t have been received any better. both houses of parliament broke out into a rousing applause when he finished speaking. it was a sustained applause. prime minister david cameron smile willing from ear to ear, also applauding enthusiastically. president obama, once he finished his speech, took several minutes to shake a lot of hands, talked to people afterwards. so, it was definitely received well had well. received well.