let s get focused on growing jobs in america. get the economy going again. stop living crisis to crisis budgeting in washington. we need a long-term solution for the country so we focus growing jobs in the country. jon: both these events, government shutdown and potential lifting of the debt ceiling that is where republicans thought to have their leverage. if you extend it out without any concessions from white house we re not doing that we re not doing that, so. this is an offer that predicated on serious negotiations and it s a limited offer. it only goes out six weeks but says let s not have the country go into default. now that we re having a conversation that we hope leads to negotiations, let s try work this out. we re giving breathing time, some room to come around the table. i would tell you that having seat through the hour plus meeting with the president, the vice president, secretary lew, i walked away thinking there s an opportunity here. i think all of us in the house
political reasons, that they will have to say yes to an american jobs bill that will, as his plan is projected, create up to 1.9 million more jobs next year. that s 158,000 more jobs per month if president obama s plan passes as projected by independent experts. well, we ll be watching, and it will be moments away. gene sperling, thanks for coming on the show tonight. thank you. joining me now, senator sherrod brown, democrat from ohio. senator, thanks for coming on the show tonight. good to be back on. thanks, reverend sharpton. in your estimation, is this june the latest example of what the republicans are doing to ignore the american people? is this just their way of saying we don t care what the american people want? well, i think it is. i think you saw back in the summer when they were willing to see the country go into default, the united states government had never done that.
a ton of money. this hour, how he s dealing with the new messes that the country simply can t afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. sort of vacation right now, they re on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new anger and fingerpointing over the partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. senators went on break yesterday without extending the agency s funding. today the president is urging them to get back to work and solve this expensive and very embarrassing problem. let s begin our coverage this hour with cnn s ted rowlands joining us live from chicago s o hare airport. this is an outrage, ted, what is it like out there? well, wolf, people around the country are absolutely disgusted
could it still fall apart? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . it s been a day of dramatic changes in washington s debt crisis. within the past few hours capitol hill s angry partisanship gave way to serious negotiations, and then to predictions of an agreement within the very near future, one top republican, the senator minority leader mitch mcconnell declared and i m quoting, he s confident and optimistic. moments ago harry reid seemed to throw some cold water on the new found optimism. rets go to capitol hill. our congressal correspondent kate bolduan is following this. what do we know? reporter: it s changing minute by minute. we did see what could be a significant step in the negotiations just a short time ago when the top republican in the senate, he said, who is a key negotiator in whatever the end game s-he said that those stalled debt talks that were happening that have been sta
one republican plan gets a firm smackdown in the u.s. senate. and some surprising new movement in the republican presidential race. we re going to tell you who s suddenly making a strong impression on potential voters. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, a city known for peace making is reeling in terror. norwegian leaders holding a crisis meeting tonight after a deadly bomb attack in oslo and the shooting at a labor party youth camp outside the norwegian capital. at least seven people were killed in the explosion. at least nine were killed at the youth camp. there s been no official claim of responsibility. but local police say the two incidents are, in fact, linked. our brian todd is following the latest developments for us. brian, what do we know? wolf, officials say the explosion rocked the center of power in oslo. it occurred very near the prime minister s office and the oil ministry. both of which were severely damaged. this appears