friend, andrea mitchell reports. bye-bye. somewhere in america, there s a doctor who can peer into the future. there s a nurse who can access in an instant every patient s past. and because the whole hospital s working together, there s a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we ve already answered some of the nation s toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. right? get out. i know! who knew? i mean. exactly! really. that s what i mean. [ mom ] what? shut the front door. right?
elected to office, and yet they play worse than 3-year-olds. i d fire them all. what would it take to get a deal done? i ll ask the white house and the republicans. plus, what this crisis is already costing you. and adam levine, rock star, maroon 5 front man. he s sold more than 15 million albums. he s conquered tv on his first season of the voice. christina takes things to a whole new level, right? you can level with me. i can t on national television. but tonight his biggest challenge yet. i m getting him to do something you ve never, i mean never seen him do before. this is so dumb. i don t know why i can do it. that is incredible. the amazingly multitalented adam levine. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. we begin tonight with america s debt crisis. it s not just republicans versus democrats. it s now house republicans battling among themselves over speaker boehner s debt plan with days to go until the august 2nd deadline. is there still a r
hour. the details just coming in. an awol muslim american soldier now in custody in texas found with what the fbi is now saying is a large amount of bomb-making material near ft. hood. barbara starr is all over the story and will join nus a few minutes. first, debt debate but no deal. it all comes down to numbers. i don t mean 13-digit numbers with dollar signs in front of them. i mean this number. take a look here. five days until the treasury says it will run out of borrowed money. five hours, give or take, until the house votes on the so-called boehner plan, and it needs 217 votes to pass, and it s a slam dunk, right? wrong. 60 republicans are tea party members that want huge cuts in spending and no hike in the debt ceiling. here is where the big numbers come in. the republican speaker has staked his leadership on the plan to let the treasury borrow $900 billion right away, while cutting $915 billion in future spending. contrast that with the senate plan from majority lead
it either. kate baldwin looks ahead. reporter: if it does pass in the house, it has the potential of hitting a huge road block as soon as it gets to the senate. at the same time, that house speaker john boehner s office was putting out this release, the good news about the cost estimate, senate democrats released a letter at almost the same time with 53 signatures on it saying they don t support the plan in the senate and really essentially making clear that it cannot pass. so while all eyes are still on the house to see what happens with john boehner s plan in the house, it has serious problems in the senate if it gets there. you figure the democrats wouldn t be friends, that s just politics but this bill is make something republicans cannibalize each other. we re seeing the difference between republicans who play the game and the new tea party favorites who say the game helped us get into this mess. listen to these two republicans, old school and new school. that. is
and because the whole hospital s working together, there s a family who can breathe easy, right now. somewhere in america, we ve already answered some of the nation s toughest healthcare questions. and the over 60,000 people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers.