republicans already sniping about a democratic choice for the congressional super committee. democrats have named senators patty murray, max baucus, and john kerry to the debt panel. and republicans are complaining that murray shouldn t get a seat because she s too political. she s in charge of fund raising for democratic senate candidates. and 12 lawmakers are supposed to be named to the committee by tuesday. they re there to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by late november. 10,000 extra police officers kept a lid on the violence in london last night. but rioting and looting spread to birmingham, manchester, and liverpool. police will have all tools available to stop what he says are the thugs as he put it. a cnn ireporter describes the scene. you can hear at least ten of them. sounds like i m in beirut or some i don t know, some middle eastern conflict. and i have never witnessed this in the uk. i could have never imagined this. this looks like the gaza stri
for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. i ll talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about the weak economy and the debt deal that has done very little to reassure the markets. the dow has been down for eight sessions in a row now and has falling for the last eight sk t consecutive days. now the dow is down 70 points. so far u.s. rating agencies have not downgraded the country s credit rating. moody s and fitch both confirm the country s aaa status for now. but standard & poors has not announced it s decision yet. hosni mubarak was wheeled into court on a gurney and put into a cage
can pass it in the next day or two and avert the first default on our national debt in history. i am worried about the size of defense cuts that may be contemplated, but that doesn t mean i m therefore rejecting the agreement. i m just worried. this is a head scratcher. stocks take a tumble after the debt relief rally that happened earlier this morning. the dow surged more than 120 points, but a weak manufacturing report, just sanction the market. stocks posting the worst weekly performance in more than a year in a debt stalemate last week. the dow is at 12:07. down 70 points. new reports of gunfire after what s described as a nationwide offensive against government protesters. sunday s clash killed more than 70 people in that country and at least 50 of them in the city. security forces were responding to armed groups who terrorized citizens by firing from the roof tops of buildings. that s according to government there. egyptian security forces shut down protests in ca
the country will not have enough money to pay all of its bills. tough decision also have to be made. the stakes right now are enormous. the president will lay out his case within a minute or so. two minutes after the president features finishes what s expected to be about a 15-minute speech to the nation, two minutes after that, we ll hear a separate speech from the house speakeren. boehner. he s up on capitol hill. he ll make his case why the president right now is wrong. why the republicans are right. both of them presumably will say the stakes for the united states are enormous right now and the country must do everything possible. everything possible to avoid default. they ve been negotiating publicly and privately now for weeks and weeks and weeks. and unfortunately, for the country and indeed, for much of the world, unfortunately, the negotiations collapsed over the past few days. still possible, they might be able to work out a deal. the stakes are enormous and you
the grammy-winning talent found dead. also, another new deadline set for the debt talks. house speaker, john boehner, says it s time to get this done, in a manner of hours before the asian markets open. hello to you all. i am t. j. holmes. today is the day where many can wave the 24-hour standard waiting period so they can get married right away. many are starting to collect at city office around the city. and suzanne candiotti joins me now. what is it like around the clerk s office this morning? reporter: there is no missing the nervous energy and excitement that i think any couple that is about to get married is facing, and beyond that, t. j., this is a day that many gay rights activist have been waiting for for a lifetime. you can see the couples lining up and have been here for a couple hours. some women in wedding gowns as well. a lot of tuxedos. and there are 800 couples getting married here, and more than half here at city hall. i spent some time yesterday helpin