says a tentative agreement is in place to raise the nation s debt ceiling averting a potential default on the united states financial obligations. it s just been amazing to watch and see the president come out on a sunday night like this, wolf. we ll have complete coverage on every single angle of this story, what s in the deal, lou it finally came about and how all the various players in this debate are reacting tonight. several asian markets already opened, others will be opening soon. we ll take you there live to see how the traders are reacting to this. it s been an amazing day, don. i must say. earlier today the senate democratic leader harry reid signed off on the deal with his final approval dependent on the support of fellow senate democrats. just a little while later nancy pelosi, the democratic leader in the house of representatives, said she would take the deal to her caucus tomorrow. but that she wanted to see the final product before committing her support
also, you may not know the story of the monford point marines. the men who integrated mat reenz yooms. welcome to the men and women serving us in uniform and thank you for being here and what you do. let s talk about three important deadlines that we are keeping an eye on today in this whole debt ceiling debate. a vote is scheduled this afternoon in the senate on majority leader harry reid s plan. that s the vote that was supposed to take place overnight but it was delayed in the evening. the second deadline is at 8:00 eastern time today. why that is important? because that is when the asian markets open. the u.s. stock market as you may know had its worst week last week in over a year. what happens today in asia could set the tone for what could be another rough week on wall street. also, the last deadline is tuesday, maybe the most important one. that is when the federal government says it does not have enough money to pay all of its country s bills and the country coul
and the role of government. dan akerson, the ceo of general motors, the largest consider manufacturer in the world back from bankruptcy with a bang. then the new head of the imf, france s former finance minister christine lagarde on the fate of america, greece, the euro and more. also the knight s tell particular. why in the world is an 800-year-old religious organization being cited by murderers on at least two continents? finally, what is this green blob attacking china? first here is my take. i know you heard so much about the debt ceiling that you re probably exhausted. i think it s important to point out a few facts because this matter has been so clouded by rhetoric. did you know there is only one other country in the world that even has a debt ceiling? that s denmark. it s a strange anomaly because its debt ceiling is deliberately kept very high so it will never need to be raised. why does no one else have a debt ceiling? because when a legislature votes to autho
reporter: i think it s a step in the right direction in terms of reaching a compromise. the big question remains while we have heard that harry reid signed off on the deal, where do republicans the key republican negotiators in this whole deal, where do they stand on the issue? in the house as well as in the senate. well, we re still obviously looking to get guidance on that. we have heard from one top senate republican leadership aide who said at least at least right now they re not there yet saying the agreement is not done and that they re still working on it. so it seems that while harry reid, he s onboard. seems at least for the part of senate republicans, seems there needs to be a little more work to be done before to get them onboard as well. okay. a little more work. do you have any idea about the timing? or we just don t know? it happens when it happens? to be honest, i don t think anyone really knows about the timing. this story has changed from moment t
we are dedicated to providing you with up-to-the minute cov coverage on the debt crisis. tomorrow night we re bringing you a special report. beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern wolf blitzer and i will break youn the hurdles and options as we near the deadline for reaching a deal to avoid defa t default. tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. those are your headlines this hour. stay tuned. i m don lemon. see you back here at 10:00 p.m. eastern with the latest on the negotiations in washington. tonight, george lopez, one of the funniest guys on late night tv. i have a bone to pick with him. when i was on his show, this happened. wait a minute. old man sitting on his ass? i thought they were screaming so loud oh. old man sitting on his ass. one of us is in his 50s and the other isn t, ladies. well, tonight, you re on my show, mr. lopez, old man. let s see what happens, shall we? is it a good thing being single at 50 or is it frot with pitfalls and potholes? we