concerns of a melt down. debra villalon is live to tell us what s next. reporter: many lawmakers wanted a deal before the asian markets opened that didn t happen. this federal building is home to many services and employees and now like so many others it s on the bubble. this is the first time in 19 years that i feel that something can be done very simply is being held hostage for a very high stakes game. reporter: there is blame and bluster. shouldn t we be worried about the country. reporter: but there is no deal. and the deadline for lifting the nation s debt ceiling is a near nine days away, august 2nd. top democrats reed and pelosi, briefed president obama this evening while house speaker boehner carried out a long conference call with republicans. both parties are scrambling now on rival plans to avert the first default in u.s. history. our plan is to get congress to raise the debt ceiling on plan. that s not a plan. that is the plan. it will happen this
markets opened that didn t happen. this federal building is home to many services and employees and now like so many others it s on the bubble. this is the first time in 19 years that i feel that something can be done very simply is being held hostage for a very high stakes game. reporter: there is blame and bluster. shouldn t we be worried about the country. reporter: but there is no deal. and the deadline for lifting the nation s debt ceiling is a near nine days away, august 2nd. top democrats reed and pelosi, briefed president obama this evening while house speaker boehner carried out a long conference call with republicans. both parties are scrambling now on rival plans to avert the first default in u.s. history. our plan is to get congress to raise the debt ceiling on plan. that s not a plan. that is the plan. it will happen this time too. reporter: but the devil as always is in the details. republicans won t accept more debt without spending cuts. democr
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the west over nuclear weapons. this morning iran s president offered the same tired, false, and sometimes wild accusations against the united states and other parties at this conference, but that s not surprising. woodruff: we look at the proposal to merge united and continental airlines into the world s largest airline with travel writer rudy maxa. brown: and ray suarez talks to poland s foreign minister about his country s future after the air crash that killed its president and many other leaders. this tragedy was really a shock and a reminder of earlier times that we thought had been confined to the past. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program w
brown: margaret warner reports on the showdown at the united nations between iran and the west over nuclear weapons. this morning iran s president offered the same tired, false, and sometimes wild accusations against the united states and other parties at this conference, but that s not surprising. woodruff: we look at the proposal to merge united and continental airlines into the world s largest airline with travel writer rudy maxa. brown: and ray suarez talks to poland s foreign minister about his country s future after the air crash that killed its president and many other leaders. this tragedy was really a shock and a reminder of earlier times that we thought had been confined to the past. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world.