answers. what s going to happen in the future? am i still going to have a father that s going to be able to have conversations with me? are we going to be able to hang out anymore, just chat? but i have no clue. reporter: if he survives, nick will likely never patrol the baton rouge streets again, but for his family, his refusal to give up, to keep breathing is a miracle. ed lavender ra, cnn, baton rouge, louisiana. 95 days. still with us. thoughts and prayers to that family and hoping that we get to stel the story of the day he wakes up. yeah. listen, that s it for us. we ll see you back here at 10:00 a.m. eastern for an hour of news room. don t go anywhere, though, smerconish is with you next.
threatened. when you tell me you re going to light me up? i feel extremely threatened and concerned, and i m not going to get out of my car. brianna, just to recap the significant development, the sheriff here in waller county saying when sandra bland was brought into the jail she told jailer she had previously attempted to commit suicide, a significant piece of evidence. the family said they have they are conducting their own independent autopsy. we thought those results might be released today. we still don t know when and if those results will be released. ed lavender ra thank you. i want to get more insight on this case. i m joined by former fbi assistant director tom fuentes. we have slate staff writer here and we are former atf special agent in charge matthew forrest. so let s talk about this. if her death was in fact a
between sergeant bergdahl and his parents. and, you know, that s obviously been of great interest over the last few weeks. as far as we know, no kind of communication has taken place. ed lavender ra on top of the story for us, thanks very much. rupert murdoch s 21st century fox tries to buy time warner, which owns cnn. it was a massive offer that was rejected. so will rupert murdoch give up? we have the story. and the governor of maryland doesn t want the federal government to send immigrant kids back home to certain death but he adds that parts of his own death wouldn t be suitable for them either. we ll explain. stay with us. (vo) you know that dream. where you re the hero? hey. you guys mind warming this fella up for me? i m gonna go back down, i saw some recyclables. make it happen with verizon xlte. find a car service. we ve doubled our 4g lte bandwidth in cities coast to coast. thanks! sure.
marketsite. american morning starts right now. no vote on the debt plan again. i m christine romans. as the u.s. economy lurches closer to a financial crisis, the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. i m kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along the southern coast today. and it s happened again, a muslim-american soldier in police custody for allegedly plotting to kill fellow soldiers at ft. hood. a live report from texas on this american morning. good morning. it is friday, july 29th. this is american morning. a lot going on to get you caught up today. it s interesting there s a report from credit suisse that says if the u.s. were to default, u.s. stocks would fall 30% over six months to a year showing you just how serious this
or two for fingerprint genius or three for return of the fannypack. chaos and shouting in madison, wisconsin, that s happening right now as protesters are locked out of the statehouse, just a few minutes ago they were trying to force their way in. ed lavender ra joins us live with the latest. give us a sense of what is taking place. there s a lot of frustration. what s happening right now? reporter: suzanne, the video you were shown took place right here. this entire area had been jammed as a protesters barrelled their way in through that door over there. they ve been able to pry a