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Political panel: What is the status of the White House budget negotiations?
Congressional leaders will return to the White House today for further negotiations after Republicans and Democrats were unable to reach an agreement this weekend on a deficit-reduction deal that will pave the way for a hike in the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.
At 11 a.m. today, President Barack Obama is scheduled to hold a press conference in the White House briefing room about the status of the negotiations.
Susan Molinari, former Congresswoman and Republican analyst, and Jennifer Palmieri, former White House Deputy Press Secretary, join Kiran Chetry this morning to discuss the concessions each side seems willing to make to advance budget talks and to weigh in on if a deal could be reached by next week.
Rep. Tom Price: 'No tax increase ever created a job'
After a 75-minute negotiation session yesterday, congressional leaders are set to meet again today to attempt to come to a deal on deficit-reduction.
Republicans have been pushing for a combination of drastically reduced spending and no tax hikes before they agree to raise the nation's debt ceiling.
Obama has responded to their requests by saying that he backs an ambitious plan to reach $4 trillion, mostly through cuts but also with revenue increases.
Representative Tom Price (R-Ga), member of the House Ways & Means Committee, joins Ali Velshi today to talk about the status of the negotiations and where the GOP stands on various compromises proposed by the Democrats.
Rep. Steve Israel: 'No one is talking about cutting entitlements'
House Speaker John Boehner said this weekend that he cannot sign on to a $4 trillion debt-reduction package because the White House continues to insist the package include some tax increases.
Despite this, the White House has said that it will continue to push for the biggest deal possible, although a meeting last night between President Obama and congressional leaders adjourned without any signs of progress.
Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) joins Kiran Chetry this morning to talk about where the Democrats stand on potential cuts to entitlement programs and to weigh in on the status of the budget negotiations.
How does American tabloid journalism compare to other countries?
After 168 years in circulation, The News Of The World released its final edition yesterday amid allegations that the newspaper hacked into the voice mailboxes of over 4,000 people, including royal aides, sports stars, celebrities and politicians.
Most notably, the paper hacked into the phone of 13-year-old Milly Dowler after she had been abducted, deleting phone messages and leading friends and family members to believe that Milly was still alive, when in fact she had been murdered.
In the wake of the hacking scandal, Lloyd Grove, editor for the Daily Beast, joins American Morning today to take a look at tabloid journalism in the U.S. and the methods American journalists employ to gather information.
Question of the Day: Is it fair to ask employees who smoke to pay more for health insurance?
On July 1, Macy’s joined the growing list of businesses that have started charging smokers steeper premiums for health coverage, asking its employees who smoke to pay $420 more per year in coverage than their non-smoking colleagues.
As health care costs soar and a struggling economy keeps corporate earnings under pressure, more and more business leaders are taking a hard look at ways to control health insurance costs and grappling with the possibility of imposing higher premiums on smokers.
American Morning wants to know: Is it fair to ask employees who smoke to pay more for health insurance?
Post your response here. Your answer could be included in this morning's broadcast.
CNN Heroes: Grief-stricken mom found a new family after tsunami
Phuket, Thailand (CNN) - When Southeast Asia was rocked by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2004, Susanne Janson was glued to her television in Stockholm, Sweden.
Her two daughters - 14-year-old Eleonor and 12-year-old Josefin - were vacationing in Thailand at the time with her ex-husband and his new family, and she hadn't heard any news of their whereabouts because phone lines were unreliable.
With such a lack of information, it didn't take long for Janson and her partner, Hans Forssell, to hop on a plane.
"I was so sure that when we arrived in Thailand, I would have a (text) message telling me that I could come back home because we missed each other in the air," Janson recalls. "Unfortunately, I didn't have that message."
When Janson and Forssell arrived in Khao Lak, the city her daughters were staying in, they learned that it had been one of Thailand's hardest-hit areas.
"There was nothing left ... everything had disappeared," Janson said.
Eventually, she had to face a tragic reality: that her daughters had perished along with their father and three other members of his family.
"When I realized I wouldn't bring them back home alive, I wanted to die," said Janson, 47.
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