the same group, but i can tell you what s going on. majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell are working on an approach which will avoid this terrible deadline of august 2nd and a default, which would drive up interest rates and really hurt our economy. we will have a debate on the balanced budget amendment this week in the united states senate. we ve got to get this job done. the president is there standing by, willing to help us, but we have got to accept the initiative as elected leaders in congress to really solve this problem and move america s economy forward. before i let you both go, i want to ask you about the breaking news and the arrest of rebekah brooks and world of the news in great britain, and rupert murdoch and the media empire is something that s reached here in the united states. would you like to see congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you th
congressional hearings as to whether there s any tie here to the united states in this phone hacking scandal, senator durbin? yes, i would. i can tell you that there are questions about whether the foreign corrupt practices act has been violated by rupert murdoch and his news empire, and what s going on in england is startling to think of the extent that they went to to break the law to try to report a story. we need to follow through with the fbi investigation and also with congressional investigations. senator demint, what do you think? david, we need to let law enforcement work here. congress has got a big issue in front of us. we need to handle our own business for a change. and the focus this week is on the only plan we ve got, and that s cut, cap and balance. all right, we re going to leave it there. thanks to both of you. coming up, the debt deliberations are dominating the discussion here in washington, but the question that remains at the top of voters minds, of cou
yesterday. today, they re offering an apology. the big mistaking that had people thinking they had gotten the bargain of the year. but first, here are your options. resign or be fired. that is the ultimatum that was just given to nearly 200 educators tied to one of the largest school cheating scandals in u.s. history. it was just over a week ago, a state investigation revealed 178 teachers, including 38 principals, woulding at 44 schools cheated for students on standardized tests in atlanta. on monday, interim superintendent erroll davis replaced four superintendents and one principal in the atlanta public school scandal. now a letter has been sent to the 178 teachers, principals and administrators who were on the state investigative report as either confessing to or being implicated in the cheating. davis has ordered that educators resign by next wednesday or they will face termination. he says the culture inside the school district has to change. people failed children,
scrum in london visiting that family? no. that was shock and disturbing. it s an indication of quite the depth of anger because what s happened in britain is the public has come to realize that most of their politicians were in the hands of this man that he had enormous influence over them. that he had the power to reward some and punish others that every prime minister really over the past 25 years has felt inclined to visit him, hear what he has to say, take account of his views. and i think when all of this came out and they saw what his news empire was actually doing to ordinary members of the public, the public has erupted. that s why you saw what happened today. i think that i wouldn t advise him to walk down the streets in london at the moment on his own. there is a white hot feeling of anger about how families phones have been hacked of children who are dead of servicemen whose bodies were returned to the
she shun the media spotlight or will she try to capitalize on her supposed fame? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama back at the bully pulpit for the second time this week to make sure ameripay bill. he went before reporters to keep pushing raising the debt ceiling limit before the august 2 deadline. he seems to be softening his terms somewhat. let s go to the white house. our correspondent dan lothian has the very latest. he said it time for law makers from both parties to make tough choices. he says he s been willing to put entitlement programs on the table, but even so, there s no deal tonight. and some republicans are saying it s time for the president to put his own plan on the table, not make another speech. president obama still thinks the so-called big deal option is the right deal. what s important is that even as we raise the debt ceiling, we also solve the problem of underlying debts and deficits. i m glad congressional leaders