welcome back to first look . i m amara sohn. here are some of your top headlines this morning. republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann says she is running for president, not her husband. at the national press club the minnesota congresswoman refused to answer questions about her husband s christian counseling clinic which attempts to convert gay patients and has accepted government funding. the rebel military campaign against leader muammar qadhafi was shot and killed on thursday. polygamous sect leader warren jeffs will be representing himself in his criminal trial after firing his defense team. in opening statements a prosecutor says they ll present audio recordings and dna evidence to prove jeffs raped a 12-year-old and impregnated a 15-year-old. a delaware man convicted of killing a woman with an ax was executed this morning. robert jackson was put to death by lethal injection. the state s first execution
welcome back to first look . i m amara sohn. here are some of your top headlines this morning. republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann says she is running for president, not her husband. at the national press club the minnesota congresswoman refused to answer questions about her husband s christian counseling clinic which attempts to convert gay patients and has accepted government funding. the rebel military campaign against leader muammar qadhafi was shot and killed on thursday. polygamous sect leader warren jeffs will be representing himself in his criminal trial after firing his defense team. in opening statements a prosecutor says they ll present audio recordings and dna evidence to prove jeffs raped a 12-year-old and impregnated a 15-year-old. a delaware man convicted of killing a woman with an ax was executed this morning.
today we begin with vote failure. house speaker john boehner has been dealt a major blow from his own party with the clock ticking on the looming default of the nation. yesterday boehner was unable to coral enough support to bring his debt ceiling bill to a vote. tracie potts has the latest details from washington. tracie, good morning. reporter: americans are getting nefrk us. the white house is concerned. lawmakers are frustrated, some of them furious with the tea party. one lawmaker called it pretty scary. what s going on in the house is crazy. it is an outrage. the republicans are holding hostage the credit of the united states of america. do you have the votes? reporter: he didn t. it may come up again today, but speaker john boehner had to postpone a vote on his $1 trillion deficit plan because he couldn t get enough votes from his own party. the last thing we need to do is be playing around with august the 2nd. tea party conservatives blocked it. this i
failure. house speaker john boehner has been dealt a major blow from his own party with the clock ticking on the looming default of the nation. yesterday boehner was unable to coral enough support to bring his debt ceiling bill to a vote. tracie potts has the latest details from washington. tracie, good morning. reporter: at this hour, amara, good morning. the americans are nervous. the white house is concerned. lawmakers here on capitol hill frustrated. some of them furious at the tea party. one lawmaker called it pretty scary. what s going on in the house is crazy. is a disgrace. it is an outrage. the republicans are holding hostage the credit of the united states of america. do you have the votes? reporter: he didn t. it may come up again today, but speaker john boehner had to postpone a vote on his $1 trillion deficit plan because he couldn t get enough votes from his own party. the last thing we need to do is be playing around with august the 2nd. tea party
been dealt a major blow from his own party with the clock ticking on the looming default of the nation. yesterday boehner was unable to coral enough support to bring his debt ceiling bill to a vote. tracie potts has the latest details from washington. tracie, good morning. reporter: at this hour, amara, good morning. the americans are nervous. the white house is concerned. lawmakers here on capitol hill frustrated. some of them furious at the tea party. run u one lawmaker called it pretty scary. what s going on in the house is crazy. it is an outrage. the republicans are holding hostage the credit of the united states of america. do you have the votes? reporter: he didn t. it may come up again today, but speaker john boehner had to postpone a vote on his $1 trillion deficit plan because he couldn t get enough votes from his own party. the last thing we need to do is be playing around with august the 2nd. tea party conservatives blocked it. i can t vote for a b