it relentlessly, we got it to the point where by july the president had convinced the country that yes, the debt ceiling needed to be raised, and when those polls actually added to the responded, the information about what the debt ceiling actually was, the numbers went even higher, so jonathan, the president had succeeded in the education he needed to give to the public. he succeeded in turning the public against the republicans position on excludeing tax revenue, yet he never stepped up and issued what would have been the necessary veto threats in order to get his position forced into this final agreement. well, i m not sure the veto threats would have been credible given the deadline, given the timing. look, there are going to be a million monday morning quarterbacks, historians will be busy whether he should have taken the 14th amendment off the table, that would have been a good hammer to have over their heads in negotiations, no reason
impact nationwide on an all fragile recovery. a default and the ripple effect i think would be impactful and representing our consumers, we think that that would be very, very difficult for the american economy to withstand at this point in time in our history. that s here at home. then there are global worries. concerns that a default or even a close call here could rattle international markets and international economies like that domino effect back after the big wall street meltdown a few years ago. the united states is the largest economy in the world, one that matters, one that has spillover effects, not just around the borders, but on a complete basis, globally. so, the stakes, they re obvious. the path to the solution, however, not nearly as clear. is it today, is it tomorrow, is it friday? magic things can happen here in congress in a very short period of time under the right circumstances. now, by right circumstances we assume leader reid means conver
crisis. and a man who has strong opinions on just about everything, from casey anthony to president obama, to harry potter and the space shuttle. what will he say tonight? i ll ask the opinionated new voice of the new york times. this is piers morgan tonight. good morning. time magazine calls prince alwaleed bin talal the arabian warren buffett. when he talks, the business world listens. tonight prince alwaleed bin talal joins me from the four seasons in paris where he s on vacation, to share his unique perspective on america s debt, the middle east, and the news corp. scandal. your highness, thank you for joining me. let me start right from the top by asking you of your impression of america s economy right now. where do you think it is? where can it get to? and what is your advice to the guys in washington about how to get america incorporated back on its feet? it s a pleasure to be on your show, my friend piers. as for the u.s. economy, as we all know, the 2nd of
downgraded, every interest rate in america will go up. two senators, democrat and republican, who think they ve found a way out of this country s $14 trillion debt crisis. and a man who has strong opinions on just about everything, from casey anthony to president obama, to harry potter and the space shuttle. what will he say tonight? i ll ask the opinionated new voice of the new york times. this is piers morgan tonight. good morning. time magazine calls prince alwaleed bin talal the arabian warren buffett. when he talks, the business world listens. tonight prince alwaleed bin talal joins me from the four seasons in paris where he s on vacation, to share his unique perspective on america s debt, the middle east, and the news corp. scandal. your highness, thank you for joining me. let me start right from the top by asking you of your impression of america s economy right now. where do you think it is? where can it get to? and what is your advice to the guys in washing
remains. so the testimony is valid and the autopsy was perfectly well done. that s what we expect to hear from the witnesses. we don t know when court will resume. we don t know when the judge will say we will work throughout the holiday weekend. anxiously awaiting this one. thank you. savannah guthrie is co-host of the 9:00 a.m. hour of today. a legal eagle team we have. savannah, i want to start with you. after resting yesterday, defense rested by excludeing a certain prosecution witness so the defense can interview the witness. explain the strategy when we are so close or we think we are so close to the jury getting the case. this is the theme we have had throughout the hour. both teams surprising them with testimony.