ththis is your a.m. wake-up ca. ir ip i m ali velshi fk . let us quickly eat our peas even though it is breakfast. we talk about the debate over the raising of the debt ceiling. if it were a movie, you could call it, dude, where is my compromise? the debate is getting testier and more partisan. president obama told cbs news if lawmakers don t have a deal in place by the august 2nd deadline, holder americans could feel it next month when the social security payments are due. i cannot guarantee those checks go out on august 3rd if we haven t resolved this issue because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it. republican congressman ron paul of texas who is running for president thinks the president is playing the social security card. here is what he said. that just isn t true. because the funds there for social security and these emergencies, the cash flow is good enough for that. if they really needed to, why don t they quit sending the interest rate p
china s economy cools slightly, but still hot enough to beat the forecast. uk lawmakers close ranks to try and block news corp s bid for bskyb. first up though here in the italian capital, the government is preparing to speak to parliament for a marathon debate over the next couple days, designed to gain the necessary approval for painful austerity measures. these are ones designed to prevent this country from becoming the fourth eurozone nature to go cap in hand to the imf, the eu and the ecb. pauline. european stock market investors are watching italy s debt crisis very closely. here is where they stand at the moment. let s take a look at the moment. the london ftse making some gains, so is the xetra dax t. zurich smi is pretty much flat at the moment on this wednesday morning. nina? pauline, of course, the effects of italy s debt crisis are being next right across the board. let s have a look at where the ftse is. the milanese has lost about 4,000 points in the last
actually he ll walt disney thing way back about the swamp fox. here is question number two. the hbo series the pacific won eight emmys about the world war ii. go, go, go. explosions] come on! come on! bill: which pacific battle was the deadliest of the entire war with more than 12,000 american troops killed? the answer is bokinawa. 0 for 2. i think it was iwo jima. take a big break. bill: they were all vicious. it was closest to the japanese main land.
actually he ll walt disney thing way back about the swamp fox. here is question number two. the hbo series the pacific won eight emmys about the world war ii. go, go, go. explosions] come on! come on! bill: which pacific battle was the deadliest of the entire war with more than 12,000 american troops killed? the answer is bokinawa. 0 for 2. i think it was iwo jima. take a big break. bill: they were all vicious. it was closest to the japanese main land. nobody would surrender.
main land. nobody would surrender. president obama commemorated memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. bill: memorial day started in the 1860s as a way to honor the civil war dead. what was the day originally called? be the answer is c, decoration day. doocy lunches. are you okay, maccallum? try to get one. just for the women out there watching. okay. because maccallum is a role model. i m glaring at you. i wish had you a tight shot of me glaring. the movie saving private ryan. you saw that was critically acclaimed for its realistic