the next few minutes that the president supports has supported the proposal. democrats supported it and republicans are bringing the vote to the floor. still no agreement and still this vote is expected to fail. this is what s going on. house of representatives brought a bill to the floor that would raise the federal debt limit by $2.4 trillion. estimated to allow the treasury to continue paying its bills through december of 2012. this does not have spending cuts attached to it. but because of that, the republicans are going to be voting for this and the point of this whole vote today is to demonstrate that there is not enough support to let a so-called kleenex tension pass through the house without some steep spending cuts which is something john boehner called for over and over again. interestingly also today, though, wolf, the number would democrat in the house, steny hoyer, now telling his colleagues to vote against this
columbia. that s why we are reporting from outside. there are major developments involving cell phones, information that you need to know from the world health organization about the possible danger of cell phone use and cancer. stand by. elizabeth cohen has a full report. we re also watching bin laden and the black money trail. new information coming in on money and bin laden. stand by for that as well. we ll have the latest on anthony weiner, the congressman from new york. our own dana bash is following up on this story. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. but we begin with major developments involving cell phone use and you. information that you need to know right now. the world health organization for the first time has raised a serious possibility of a link between cell phone use and cancer. here s our report. what did this world health organization report conclude? the who concluded that cell phone are a possible carcinogen for humans. this is a really