seems like a success story. next up, hanging together. we ll take you deep inside the relationship of this odd couple. why castro and chavez will likely be friends till the end. finally, an opportunity to hear from one of the greatest historians writing today. david mccullough gives us perspective on the nation s current political problems, president obama, and the american mood. first, here is my take. watching the extraordinary polarization in washington today, many people have pointed the finger at the tea party. it s ideologically extreme, refuses to compromise and cares more about purity than problem solving. i happen to agree with much of that critique, but it doesn t really answer the question why has the tea party become so prominent? why is it able to dominate washington? we ve had plenty of ideologically charged movements come to washington before. think about barry goldwater or george mcgovern. but once in washington the system encouraged compromise and gover
york city to say their vows. new york passed its marriage equality act last month. a state set up a lottery to handle a crush of requests for marriages today. a live report from new york city in a few minutes. and six people shot dead at this skating rink near dallas, texas. a man opened fire during a family birthday party last night. he killed five members of his wife s family and then himself. four other people were hurt. also, family members. police say a fight between the man and his wife escalated until he began shooting. the king and queen of norway openly weeping led their nation in mourn ing. the 93 people killed in friday s bomb and shooting terror attacks. most of the victims were teenagers attending a summer camp. police say the man they have in custody has confessed. translator: there s no progress on the question of what the motive was for the bombing and the shootings. he has admitted and not made any changes to what he said. he insists that he was alone.
would walk out of the meeting with the president that he would lead calls two days in a row to try to come up with some other plan and their deadline would be by 8:00 this evening? reporter: well, not specifically. you know, that s kind of it feels like past history at this point. what they re trying to do is come up with something that could come up with a plan by tomorrow, which is monday, that would give them time to post some type of plan, get a vote on it, and hit that deadline of august 2nd. and then also, you know, you do have some flurry here because of the markets in asia trying to at least get an idea that things are moving. it appears all of the sudden after an entire day of kind of waiting and watching that something might be afoot. jill dougherty at the white house, thanks so much. appreciate that. all right. the king and queen of norway now were seen openly weeping leading their nation in mourning the 93 people killed in friday s bomb and shooting terr
national tragedy. the leader of norway s lutheran church argued against giving interfere. translator: our future is still ours. we will not resign. then the evil forces will win. but immediately we feel the fear that other people feel daily. do not let the hearts be gripped by fear. these words may seem a little distant. police say the suspect claims to have acted alone. media has identified him as a 38-year-old norwegian. celebrations in new york as gay couples legally tie the knot for the first time. kitty lambert was the first in the state to be wed. today s the first day ceremonies can take place. in washington cutting a deal on the debt is the focus. house speaker john boehner has scheduled a conference call with all republican house members at 4:30 eastern time today. he and other congressional leaders are trying to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling before the asian markets open tonight. we ll have a report straight ahead. and six people are dead a