captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast on a friday. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. the clock is sticking. there s still no end to the debt ceiling crisis, and this has investors nervous. really nervous. just 30 minutes into the trading day, the dow down about 100 points already. this comes after a heated night on capitol hill where john boehner failed to find enough votes within his own party to push his plan through the house. as we said, we re expecting to hear from the president in just a short while. we ll get the latest from washington and wall street just ahead. also ahead this morning, a children plot to kill u.s. soldiers foiled near ft. hood in texas. investigators say the alleged attack was imminent and that a fellow soldier was behind it. we ll get details from ft. hood coming up, matt. and we want to tell you about another royal wedding in britain. the queen s eldest granddaugh
come. i m dave clark. i m claudine wong. just within the last hour, the white house announced that the president will give an announcement at 7:20. we have more about this latest setback for house speaker john boehner s debt plan. oosh oar there was a lot of unsort as republicans were short on votes. they today they re meeting at this hour just down stairs house republicans gathering for a closed door meeting. senate democrats down stairs in their on meeting. everybody trying to figure out what the way forward is before that tuesday deadline on the debt limit. we ll have a statement in 20 minutes. a lot of people on the republican side probably not too interested in what he has to say as the finger pointing rolls on. i d like to say there would be some kind of resolution but at this point in time looks like another late night and long weekend in the house and senate and at the white house as well. thank you. of course, stay with us for continuing coverage. also, book ma
even though the deadline is coming up soon. instead there is blame going around. back and forth accusations, president obama even stepped in almost as a disciplinarian to try to get everyone to straighten up. he said it s time for a deal on the debt crisis. there are plenty of ways out of this mess. we are almost out of time. social checks and government contracts. if the country defaults it will set off a string of problems. john boehner is having trouble getting his own party to vote for his bill. he has had several meetings with 25 republican holdouts. he says he can t do it job if you aren t there to support him. this is most important vote yet. the question is today s republicans break away from the shrill voice of the tea party. harry reid announced that he can t wait any longer for the house to get something done and going to start pushing his own bill through the senate. there is no more time. do i wait tomorrow to see if there is a goodwill coming f
they have several events around the bay area. i ll have more details coming up. thanks for joining us. i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. we are talking about a memorial service for a murdered marin county sheriff s deputy. that is expected to bring hundreds if not thousands to san rafael. john alston has a preview. reporter: the sun is now up. doors will open here at 10:15. the event is open to the public. about 800 to 1200 people expected here. the actual service begins at 11:00 a.m. and event is expected to run until 4:00 in the afternoon. the mourners will be gathering here will be paying their respected to jim mathison a sheriffs deputy that works at the civic center for the past nine years. he was killed about a week and a half ago near petaluma. he had gone to a friend s houses ho whose daughter was being harassed by an ex-boyfriend with a history of violence. that ex-boyfriend showed up and then shot the deputy who was off duty and unarmed at the time. when
around. back and forth accusations, president obama even stepped in almost as a disciplinarian to try to get everyone to straighten up. he said it s time for a deal on the debt crisis. there are plenty of ways out of this mess. we are almost out of time. social checks and government contracts. if the country defaults it will set off a string of problems. john boehner is having trouble getting his own party to vote for his bill. he has had several meetings with 25 republican holdouts. he says he can t do it job if you aren t there to support him. this is most important vote yet. the question is today s republicans break away from the shrill voice of the tea party. harry reid announced that he can t wait any longer for the house to get something done and going to start pushing his own bill through the senate. there is no more time. do i wait tomorrow to see if there is a goodwill coming from the republican side? of course, i would. amid bills there was some de