hair mother and stepfather charged with child abuse and kidnapping. he s also charged with sexual abuse of a child under 15. more charges are expected. and a growing backlash this morning from afghan leaders over president hard immediate karzai s refusal to sign the agreement with the u.s. before year s end. that will allow up to 15,000 u.s. and nato troops to remain in afghanistan after the formal end of combat operations next year. but karzai says he wants washington to agree to a series of es colating demands and says he won t sign it until after afghan elections next april. a bizarre incident here in ocean city, maryland. a man on fire runs into the offices of a local church sparking a larger fire that left him and a church reverend dead. a third person was bat badly injured at the church. it s still unclear how this man came to be on fire in the first place and whether it was deliberate. now he was said to be screaming
our national security. within two hours of the president s departure, a suicide bomber rocked kabul. at least seven people were killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the nfl suspended four players from the new orleans saints today. anthony hargrove, scott fujita, will smith, and jonathan vilma were all named in the so-called bountygate scandal. players were allegedly offered bonuses for hurting players. the league has already suspended sean payton for the 2012 season. hillary clinton is in china there to talk economic strategy, but the name on everyone s lips is chen. that s chen guangcheng who is now we are told at a hospital in beijing. chen is the blind human rights activist who was convicted and thrown in jail for leading protests against the government. he spent six days under american embassy protection after escaping house arrest. it s not clear if he left the embassy by choice. a friend of the activist said chinese authorities threatened
in this country, a new debt ceiling compromise seems to be getting traction in washington. six senators, three republicans, and three democrats are offering a plan to cut the nation s debt by about $3.7 trillion over the next decade. it includes spending cuts and about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. republicans have insisted on deep cuts and no tax increases before they ll agree to raise the country s borrowing limit. that debt ceiling deds line is now just 13 days away. minnesota s three-week government shutdown is over. democratic governor park dayton signed a budget bill today. he and republican lawmakers finally agreed to use accounting gimmicks to close the state s $5 billion shortfall. republicans refused to raise taxes. the shutdown left 22,000 state workers without a paycheck. and memphis public schools may not open august 8th as scheduled because of a budget fight. the school board says no classes till the city pace $55 million. the board says the city ow