range of issues. but there was a new name on the stage last night. abc s scott goldberg is in washington with all the highlights. hey there, scott. reporter: good morning, rob and linsey. as rick perry said, the debate, for the most part, was a game of badminton, as he and mitt romney spent the night trading volleys. the debate picked up where thee economy, and social security. a plan that mitt romney says he wants to preserve and rick perry wants to turn over to the states. now, it s not the first time that mitt s been wrong on some issues before. and the bottom line is, we never said that we were going to move this back to the states. what we said was, we should have one of the options, the state employees, and state retirees, they being able to go off of the current system, on to one that the states would operate themselves. reporter: the exchange between the two front-runners was typical. it s different than what the governor put in his book. there is a rick per
braves and pirates played the longest game of the season. they had an editing controversy. scott proctor with a grounder. played the play. out by a mile. wait a minute. umpire jerry kneel says safe. that s got be the worst call of the year. naturally the pirates went palace tick. braves won it, 4-3. apparently jerry had breakfast plans. many d.c. something was really bugging the marlins, a preying man tins. he landed on his hat and crawled down. morris came over to say, watch out. he went from preying to attacking. morrison was going crazy. the man has turned out to be a good luck charm. finally vrks you ever gone to the swimming pool and forgotten your trunks, happened to the best of us. that s 14-times e gold medalist michael phelps. that s not his swimsuit.
longest game of the season. they had an editing controversy. scott proctor with a grounder. played the play. out by a mile. wait a minute. umpire jerry kneel says safe. that s got be the worst call of the year. naturally the pirates went palace tick. braves won it, 4-3. apparently jerry had breakfast plans. many d.c. something was really bugging the marlins, a preying man tins. he landed on his hat and crawled down. morris came over to say, watch out. he went from preying to attacking. morrison was going crazy. the man has turned out to be a good luck charm. finally vrks you ever gone to the swimming pool and forgotten your trunks, happened to the best of us. that s 14-times e gold medalist michael phelps. that s not his swimsuit.
we begin this morning with back to the drawing board. as the clock ticks down on the country s spotless credit rating, house speaker john boehner is scrambling to reite his bucket bill after the congressional budget office said his proposed spending cuts failed to meet his estimates. tracie potts joins us from washington with the arrest latest. reporter: good morning. everyone. boehner put off his plan after staffers determined it won t save as much as he thought. republican john boehner is digging for more money. he said his plan is $150 billion short on savings, so he s put off today s vote to get the numbers in line. it can pass the house, and it can pass the senate and i hope the president will consider signing it into law. the speaker s proposal cannot pass the senate, will not pass the senate, will not reach the president s desk. boehner can only afford to lose 22 republican votes. ten have said they re voting against it. i want a solution not a deal. does t
back to the drawing board. as the clock ticks down on the country s spotless credit rating, house speaker john boehner is scrambling to reite his bucket bill after the congressional budget office said his proposed spending cuts failed to meet his estimates. tracie potts joins us from washington with the arrest latest. reporter: good morning. everyone. boehner put off his plan after staffers determined it won t save as much as he thought. republican john boehner is digging for more money. he said his plan is $150 billion short on savings, so he s put off today s vote to get the numbers in line. it can pass the house, and it can pass the senate and i hope the president will consider signing it into law. the speaker s proposal cannot pass the senate, will not pass the senate, will not reach the president s desk. boehner can only afford to lose 22 republican votes. ten have said they re voting against it. i want a solution not a deal. does this end the batter. harry