coming from courageous syrians who work very hard to get the story out. remi was one of those people until yesterday. he is shown here with his 18-year-old daughter. rami was killed yesterday in the heavy shelling of homs. his death came as he was trying to help a family flee the bombardment. in afghanistan, a deadly day. after began owe kwigss say five people were killed, four by police who opened fire on the demonstrators. some copies of islam s holy book were burned by mistake this week at the air field. the u.s. commander of nato forces in afghanistan issued a formal apology saying in part the incident was an error and immediately stopped when discovered. the political spotlight is on arizona tonight as the republican contenders for the white house square off in a debate sponsored by cnn. with his surge in the polls, rick santorum could be the main target by his rivals saying that satan is waging war against america. here s what he said about it yesterday. i m a per
if they fail and that s expected what happens? reporter: it seems that despite the very we call it the super committee and they had super powers. this committee written in law had the power to bypass many of the procedural hurdles that slow down and hold up legislation up here on capitol hill. despite having the power these 12 committee members were not able to bridge the gap on a philosophical difference on what they believe. a big issue that s held up negotiations to this point, the issue of taxes. democrats increase the tax revenue increased taxes need to be part of any final deficit deal, any deal to reduce the deficit as part of a balanced approach as they like to say. it s no surprise republicans on the flip side are very opposed to tax increases unless it is part of a broader effort to reform the tax code that would bring down tax rates. that s really what it seems this has come down to. they were not able to bridge the divide on that issue. if they don t reach
overwhelmed. i spent almost the past decade in solitary confinement. so i m not used to being around anyone, much less this many people. it s kind of overwhelming. it s not perfect. it s not perfect by any means. but at least it brings closure to some areas and some aspects. you know, we can still bring up new evidence. we can still continue an investigations we ve been doing. we can still try to clear our names. the only difference is we can do it from the outside instead of sitting in prison and do it. even when you re in prison, you have to worry about your own safety. it doesn t matter what crime it is, you got to worry about your safety regardless. jason, how about you? i didn t worry about someone else would do. i worried about people who loved me and care about me and trust. we can t live our lives in fear. this was not justice. in the beginning, we told nothing but the truth that we were innocent and they sent us to prison for the rest of our lives for it. then
live on capitol hill correspondent. you ve been following ins and o outs. i want to begin with the one offered in the last hour we heard from senate majority leader harry reid. what s in the latest plan. i was realizing this is $2.7 trillion in proposed cuts, brooke, on two sides of a piece of paper. obviously details need to be filled in what they are proposing raise it by this month, cut by this month. the cuts include $1 trillion immediately in discretionary spending. also a lot of money from war money. he s saying as afghanistan and iraq wrap up, there s about a trillion dollars in savings. that s kind of controversial, brooke, because republicans don t count that money. but bottom line, $2.7 trillion all in savings cuts. you might like all them. that s what he s saying. he has a longer term committee in here but it would just make recommendations for long-term reform, really would have a vote on that but wouldn t force those reforms to happen. so i want to look at th
and travelers squashed by major airlines. but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling america s national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nation s debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade america s debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. let s get all the angles. we ve just learned the president will be addressing the nation later to. kate baldwin is up on capitol hill. first to you. what s the very latest, the thinking behind the president s decision to address the nation and the world tonight? wolf, the thought was that the president like lly today ha to come out put and exclamation point on a very busy day. fruns and senate democrats, laying out their plans. already today, we saw a statement from the white house press secretary jay carney, endorsing senate majority leader reid s plan. and i ll save the de