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Great Danes can grow up to weigh a whopping 175 pounds (79 kilograms) and be up to 32 inches (81 centimeters) tall, so that’s all the proof that you need that they’re huge. But reading facts is one thing seeing these canines’ size with your own eyes is another.
i ll get a live update from tripoli. in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. i ll have more on what he s saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a hero s welcome from man s best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. let s get right to it. we begin with libya where moammar gadhafi s government and rebels are offering very different takes on hats goi s w in that country. opposition leaders say they ve taken they are revolution in tripoli. one of gadhafi sons say they are losing every battle. cnn personnel say it seems like some of the most intense yet. before taking the fight into libya s capital, the rebels pushed government forces out of the key city, the oil refinery city of zawiya, about 30 miles from tripoli. cnn filealed this report and
would-be republican rivals rick perry and mitt romney, including one comment that some see as disrespectful to the president. and we talk about terrorism as the world prepares to mark ten years since 9/11. the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines, and jeanne moos, all straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama on a bus tour through the united states midwest. he s been reaching out to rural voters. but he took some time today to sit down with me for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. we talked about the political gridlock in washington, the field of republican challengers trying to oust him from the white house, and the terror threat a decade after 9/11. but we began with what may be the most pressing issue facing the country right now. here s part one of my interview with the pr
official that he will be unveiling his job plan when congress returns in september. they return early september after labor day. a senior administration official billing this as a major speech and telling us that this is likely to be a mix of tax cuts, of infrastructure spending, and something to address those that are the long-term unemployed. the thing to consider, kyra, all of those things laid out there are items republicans are flatly opposed to or opposed to the way in which the white house and democrats so far have said they want to execute those issues. in the meantime, we are three hours away from the president coming here to this hybrid corn seed warehouse in atkinson, illinois, where he is going to be draefg a croaddressing a cro already lining up to get inside to ask him questions in this town hall meeting. this will be his first it would have today in what we are expecting to be probably a largely friendly crowd here today. kyra? well, our wolf blitzer also had
years since 9/11, the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines and jeanne moos all straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . president obama on a bus tour through the united states midwest he s been reaching out to rural voters but he took some time today to sit down with me for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. we talked about the political gridlock in washington, the field of republican challengers trying to oust him from the white house, and the terror threat a decade after 9/11. but we began with what may be the most pressing issue facing the country right now. here s part one of my interview with the president of the united states. mr. president, thanks very much for joining us. great to be here. let s talk about jobs jobs jobs. issue number one. you re going to release a major new j