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Issues, the american public takes the liberal position on the majority of them, whether against the war, whether equal rights for women, whether its a strong environmental laws. last months poll for the first time ever 54% of americans saying that they believe gay marriage should be the law of the land. so americans are actually quite liberal even though they may not call themselves that. and i think what happened today was exactly what weve been wanting president obama to do. and he has to do m...

street. but it is trying to negotiate some compromise so that it doesnt come to that. thats tough enough. and now add in this in your face political chal friend the republican presidential front-runner. texas governor rick perry who came to new york city to accuse president obama of fumbling middle east diplomacy and undermining israel in the process. >> we are equally indignant of the obama administration and their middle east policy of appeasement thats encouraged such an ominous act...

no one cared that he was gay. >> a legal network for them estimates 14,000 were booted from the military because of dont ask, dont tell. authorities could decide whether a condemned man lives or dies. troy davis was convicted of murder in 1989. if the state does not intervene he will be put to death at 7:00 p.m. eastern. davis supporters say he is innocent and the officers family says justice is overdue. both sides spoke before the parole board. >> no time is easy when you have to go...

lost the ability to inspire confidence in the american people here? >> the entire country is show-me state. they have heard for some time from the very beginning before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. theyve heard a lot of things that didnt happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than anyone thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever th...

time, since before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they have heard a lot of things that didnt happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than what they thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever the reason is the american people are now skeptical that washington, including president obama, can do much to change things. i think thats whats ...

be part of a possible terror plot against the u.s. planned to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary. government sources say they think two of these three people are american citizens. we will have the very latest in a moment. republicans running for president getting ready for monday nights big debate in tampa. cnn and the tea party express teaming up and sponsoring this event which will feature questions from the audience. we are just minutes away from nasa heading to the moon. a sch...

eastern. piers morgan starts right now. good evening, youre looking live at washington and new york where two huge stories are breaking tonight. well get to the presidents speech on jobs in just a moment. first i want to go right to whats being called a specific, credible but unconfirmed terror threat against this country tied to the tenth anniversary of 9/11. its believed to involve three individuals, at least one of whom is a u.s. citizen. wolf, what do we know? there have been swi...

continues. we will see t. j. holmes from new york on 9/11 as well. >> on sunday, yes. >> and you are in now for randi kaye. >> yeah, and i will see you tomorrow. what is your show called, the saturday afternoon -- >> were just here. lets stick with the news room, how about that. you at least got the cnn part right. >> got that right, okay. i am in for randi kaye at the top of the hour here. new yorkers have been through a lot and have seen a lot. here we go. something else they have to...

we begin from drought stricken texas where people have died as a result the wildfires. a 20-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter were killed when flames took their mobile home. one is now threatening 1,000 homes. central texas dealing with the worst fire season ever. a record 3 1/2 million acres have burned. tropical depression lee has gotten weaker, but it is unloading lots of rain as it marches north from the gulf. louisiana and mississippi have seen flooding and power outage...

today, who or what will move the u.s. economy out of its stall? we begin with jim demint and jim hoffa. and as we near the anniversary of 9/11, mike rogers and senate homeland security chairman joe lieberman and all things political with peter baker of the "new york times" and mike duffy of "time" magazine. im candy crawley, and this is "state of the union." first, president obama is going to unveil his new jobs plan on thursday, and its a critical speech with the disappointing jobs nu...