US Ambassador Killed in Libya, 11 Years after September 11 Ambassador Chris Stevens was considered a hero who helped liberate Libya from Moammar Gadhafi, but he died last night in an armed attack in Benghazi, the first such incident of its kind in 20 years. Three others were killed along with him. The US embassy in Cairo was also beset by protesters after a film, ridiculing the Prophet Mohammed, appeared on YouTube with Arabic subtitles. The film was produced in the US by a man claiming to be a developer in Los Angeles with dual US and Israeli citizenship. He's told the Associated Press that 100 Jewish donors provided $5 million. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have condemned the incidents, but Mitt Romney is criticizing the Administration for its response.

Can the Republicans Weather More than One Storm? To the Point is in Tampa this week, where Tropical Storm Isaac has forced the Republican National Convention to wait a day before getting down to business tomorrow. Yesterday, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee addressed the Faith and Freedom Coalition with other religious conservatives. Today the Convention will be gaveled to order by Party Chairman Reince Priebus and then immediately recessed until tomorrow. The GOP faces some heavy political weather, with Ron Paul refusing to get on board and social issues clouding the focus on the economy. As the carefully choreographed TV show has now shrunk to just three days, convention planers are struggling to coordinate their messages. With polls still showing a virtual dead heat, this is the last major chance for the Republicans to get a leg up on President Obama before the televised debates. We hear from outside the arena and from inside the Convention Center. Can Mitt Romney heal his party's divisions? Is Paul Ryan making a difference? (In addition to our guests, we hear the voices of Mike Huckabee, Ron Paul, Chathryn Walters and others.)

Obama Releases Election-Year Budget President Obama released his latest budget today, a familiar document framed with familiar rhetoric. "We can settle for a country where a few people do really, really well, and everybody else struggles to get by.  Or we can restore an economy where everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of rules -- from Washington to Wall Street to Main Street." Major Garrett is congressional correspondent for National Journal .

President Obama Urges Compromise…Again In the absence of legislation to hold off a debt-ceiling crisis, President Obama said today the issue's more urgent than ever, and repeated his call for Americans to demand action. He urged them to keep the pressure on Washington by contacting their congressional representative and urging them to find a bipartisan compromise "that can pass both houses of Congress" and that he can sign. As Speaker John Boehner struggled to round up enough House Republicans, Harry Reid, the leader of Democrats in the Senate said he's willing to compromise."

Party Leaders Meet with President on the Debt Ceiling Congressional leaders went to the White House today to discuss the debt ceiling, but President Obama made good on his promise to introduce "something big." Tax reform and major changes to entitlement programs reportedly have been put on the table. The President said he'd reconvene congressional leaders on Sunday "to start engaging in the hard bargaining that is necessary to get a deal done." Major Garrett is Congressional correspondent for the National Journal .

Was the 'Gang of Six' Undone by the Threat of Compromise? The date when the US will no longer be able to pay its bills is now set for August unless Congress agrees in the meantime to lift the ceiling on debt. One instrument for bipartisan compromise has now been weakened by Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn 's withdrawal from the Senate's so-called "Gang of Six." Saying the group is at an impasse, Coburn explained, "We can't bridge the gap between what actually needs to happen and what people will allow to happen." Major Garrett is Congressional correspondent for the National Journal .

Analysis of an Unpopular Congress Last week the tax package was signed into law, and some called it a bipartisan moment in the lame-duck session of Congress. Over the weekend, repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" passed and was sent to the White House . But the DREAM Act , which passed in the House, failed in the Senate, and ratification of the New START treaty with Russia could be in big trouble. As Congress limps toward a close, public approval is at an all-time low : 13 percent in the Gallup Poll, comparable to used car salesmen. The House and Senate have been much in the news and media coverage has shone a bright light on the sausage-making process by reporting on earmarks, filibusters and partisan gridlock. Has familiarity bred public contempt? Is it the state of the economy, or does mistrust of government go all the way back to the Founding Fathers?