this short-term process ends, if you will, before august 2nd, whatever compromise we reach to lift that cloud, to make sure that we re locking in some significant deficit reduction, this conversation will continue. because what those in spite of the fact that the speaker walked away from the negotiations twice, they did outline together real areas of potential compromise for doing something significant, for tackling our deficits and debt in a way that would strengthen our economy, put our fiscal house in order, strengthen our entitlement programs, simplify our tax code, you know, a lot of really hard, good things. and the president will keep fighting to do that. you ve used i ve heard before about trains heading into the station. it seems like the only train heading into the station is the boehner bill. that s absolutely false. because the senator the senate majority leader has a bill that significantly cuts deficits more, reduces spending
treatment for responders who got sick after 9/11. last night at a town hall in new york, from us at a tiustrated cs sounded off about what happened to them after the dust settled. i want to show you something. sometimes i have to eat through this tube because the muscles in my neck don t work to swallow. i breathe and talk through this tube. and i m the lucky one. a public appearance today by the hotel maid who accuses dominique strauss-kahn of sexual assault. ded dialnafissatou diallo will visi christian center for thank her her supporters. prosecutors are trying to decide whether to proceed with the case. they net wimet with diallo for than seven hours yesterday. in texas, opening statements could begin this hour in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader warren jeffs. jeffs has pleaded not guilty. the jury of ten women and two men will hear the assault case. jeffs will be tried later on the bigamy charge. streets look line rivers in illinois. heavy rain se
nation is dealing with in terms of our debt crisis. people want to know, where is this country headed? imagine a train heading towards. and it s a long way away. but if the track is straight with nothing block the crack, the train keeps getting closer and clears to you. that s what s happening the debt crisis. it should not be a surprise. it s just that the train is getting close and there is nothing to stop it from running us over. that s a scarey situation for the nation and for individuals. martha: what do we do? cut spending but that s not very much. most of the federal government spending is on mandatory things. it s not much that can be cut. we are going to have to raise taxes. i hate to say the, i don t like paying taxes but we have to pay more taxes especially on wealthy
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10,000 people that went through about 20 evacuations. much of those people have been told they cannot go home. if their homes are standing, otherwise, they have to wait for the evacuation unless other arrangements have been made. we ve been standing, literally in the middle of nowhere, we are here, i should say, with hundreds of other people who are just trying to get north. trying to get home to make sure that their houses are still standing. so this is a pretty tough time for people who know what has happened. they ve seen it on television. they ve heard the reports on the radio. they just want to go home and make sure their house is in one piece. kiran, i might add that we spoke to a resident in telly, one of the hardest hit areas. she said the most terrifying moments of her life. and that the sound of the cyclone was like a train heading towards her. just imagine what she and so many other people went through. it s been an extraordinarily