just passed, that doesn t deal with spending, a missed opportunity. why? well, the sad part of it is that the mountain roared and gave birth to a mouse. this thing isn t going to do anything really. erskine is so correct. erskine and i have been working on and don t forget, in our commission we ve got five democrats, including dick durbin, five republicans, including tom coburn, and one independent how do you do any better than that? and the president ignored it, and the congress has ignored it, because they won t do the big stuff. and the big stuff has to get done. this other stuff is nothing. and as erskine says so beautifully, we re the healthiest horse in the glue factory right now. the trajectory of debt, deficit, and interest right now, the trajectory of debt, deficit, and interest will match any of the piig countries portugal, italy, spain match it, but, of course, we re lots bigger. and let me tell you, we know
just passed, that doesn t deal with spending, a missed opportunity. why? well, the sad part of it is that the mountain roared and gave birth to a mouse. this thing isn t going to do anything really. erskine is so correct. erskine and i have been working on and don t forget, in our commission we ve got five democrats, including dick durbin, five republicans, including tom coburn, and one independent how do you do any better than that? and the president ignored it, and the congress has ignored it, because they won t do the big stuff. and the big stuff has to get done. this other stuff is nothing. and as erskine says so beautifully, we re the healthiest horse in the glue factory right now. the trajectory of debt, deficit, and interest right now, the trajectory of debt, deficit, and interest will match any of the piig countries portugal, italy, spain match it, but, of course, we re lots bigger. and let me tell you, we know
healthiest horse in the glue factory right now. the trajectory of debt, deficit, and interest right now, the trajectory of debt, deficit, and interest will match any of the pig countries, portugal, italy, spain, match it, but of course we re lots bigger. and let me tell you, we know everybody out there in the congress knows exactly what we have to do. and when erskine and i travelled around for that whole year, we knew they were in congress, because i could see their button, i didn t know any of them, and they said, save us from ourselves. how s that for courage? well, but mr. bowles, i asked the president last week, there s so much frustration out there. there s a pox on both houses. and he and other democrats reject this idea that there is some sort of equivalency in intransigeance in washington. and this is how the president responded to laying the blame at the feet of republicans. let me play this and have you respond. the offers that i have made
where you book matters. expedia. the roar of a beast. that is the sound of the deadly tornado that ripped through joplin, missouri. officials say it killed at least 116 people. no u.s. tornado has taken more lives since records began 60 years ago, although a storm in michigan back in 1953 did match it for casualties. in joplin, 17 people have been pulled out of the rubble alive. gary tuchman takes a look at the search and rescue operation. reporter: here in joplin, missouri, the weather is horrendous, the rains are coming down. we see lightning flashing in the sky. but the rescue effort continues.
rain of fire. more than a dozen bombs fall on tripoli as nato launches a massive air strike on moammar gadhafi s compound. look at this trail of destruction. the search for survivors after a deadly tornado flattens a town in the u.s. midwest. it s an unpredictable situation. changing by the hour. british authorities are saying, watch this space as a voluntarily cannish ice cloud from iceland creeps further south toward the uk and main land europe. uk s official weather service told cnn the plume of ash will spread into all of british air space within the next 24 hours. thousands of people are waiting to see if their travel plans are going to be disrupted. dozens of flights to and from airports in scotland are canceled. one airline is challenging advice not to fly. irish carrier ryan air says restrictions are totally unnecessary. most airlines will review the situation around 1 p.m. gmt. let s go to emily ruben. what s the latest information you re getting? well, as you