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Nbc nationalist Correspondent Peter joining me now where were expecting the greek Prime Minister to pull up, so well watch that. First of all, all the confusion. We see the president there in the doorway of the portico to the west wing entrance as the car pulls up, and were going to see the greek Prime Minister. Greece, of course, has been in financial turmoil. It has been part of the European Union crisis financially and economically and is also right in the region where migration has been a cr...

James lankford is releasing his annual look at government spending. it includes almost $474 billion in what the senator and many of his colleagues consider wasteful and inefficient use of your tax dollars. highlighted in this years report, the irs rehiring more than a hundred people previously terminated due to conduct or performance issues. in the pentagon unable to track down more than a billion dollars in equipment purchased for iraqi security forces. $7 billion, thats how much you and your f...

Of the rich, the 1 percenters, as he called the very wealthy, are not going to get. do i want to find something that stimulates the economy and gives us something on a more regular basis? we talked to ivanka last night. shes concerned, were all concerned about that. the average worker is having a hard time surviving raising a family, taking care of a family, paying their bills. today i voted against a budget for one reason and one reason only. the budget that the republican legislature, the sena...

ahead, 477 for what? the lopsided prisoner exchange between israelis and palestinians taking place overnight. hamas calls is a great day. some israelis say the price for a captured soldier is just too high. a live report just ahead. and im christine romans, getting congress to pass the jobs bill piece by piece. some say the presidents trip is more about one job. saving his own. now president obama is responding on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good ...

wednesday october 12th. american officials are outraged and say iran will pay. this texas used car salesman is the unlikely suspect in an alleged assassination plot backed by iran. the u.s. claims that mons orr arbab arbabsiar was going to kill the ambassador of the united states. saying ar baubs yea wanted to blow up a restaurant killing the diplomat and potentially many americans right along with him. officials gathered in washington and gathered the diplomatic corps at the state dep...

at least its a plan and that resonates with voters, but most economists say it wouldnt be and forcing to use tear gas good for the country, and it would hurt the poor, actually, to control rioting inmates. in this country. >> reporter: right. yeah, and when you put these im carol costello on this questions to herman cain he b w "american morning." blows them ot and says your -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com analysis is incorrect. you dont have the facts straight. last night he o...

>> with all that talk about the 999 plan last night, kyra. i thought it was the plug for the 9:00 show. no, you could probably read the thought bubble coming out of mitt romneys head last night. he was basically saying i could get used to this because so much of the attention at this debate was focused on herman cain, the former ceo of godfathers pizza. probably felt like one of his own pizza because his rivals that table were turning up the heat. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> herman cain fi...

times for people who arent rich players or owners. take san antonio. the spurs are the only major pro sports team. some 4,000 people depend on them for a living. and then cities like sacramento, orlando, portland, salt lake city, the nba is the only major pro sport in that town. well see the economic impact there for sure in those cities. so, lets talk more about this with mike pesca from mpr. mike, its a complicated money dispute, no doubt. what is the main sticking point at 9:01 east...

>> all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. >> the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnns deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? >>...

The presidents push to pressure congress and so the 474 billion jobs bill will pass. the president said it will give the economy the jolt it needs and challenging any senator that votes against it. >> so any senator who will vote against the jobs bill needs to explain why they would oppose something. if the republicans in congress have a better plan they should prove it because one of the same independent economist who looked at our plan said their ideas wouldnt do much for the economy in the ne...