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afghanistan. they wont say whether its the type that contains highly classified information. security experts say if it is that drone, the u.s. military has lost a lot. >> the important point to take away here is that the iranians now have a very sensitive piece of american military technology in their hands. i hope that theres a self-destruct button attached to it. after months of bloody crack jouns against protesters, syria now says it will let observers into the country to monitor...

Propose tomorrow a compromise plan to extend the payroll tax cut. >> shannon: senator kent conrad talking about a compromise plan to extend the payroll tax holiday but just what would it mean for you to extend that tax break? senior business correspondent brenda buttner is here to break it down for us. hello, brenda. >> hi, shannon. no question the pay check you take home now will be smaller if the payroll tax cut expires at the end of the year. a compromise will save you money. workers this yea...

millionaires to pay for it. republicans say they could live with extending the current rate, but only if spending cuts offset it. last night in the senate both parties plans were voted down so there is work to be done before the end of the year. in california, powerful winds are still in the forecast for parts of southern california. nothing like the winds that did this though. did you see this damage? gusts topping 140 miles an hour were measure in the mountains outside los angeles ...

The cut from last year from 6.2 down to 4, were going to take that even lower, so, in other words, youre cutting the payroll tax in half for workers and for businesses. this will directly and will directly and disproportionately in a very positive way impact lower income folks, lower and middle income workers and their families, so i think the president is on the right track. i just hope that we can get a few republican senators to join us in the senate to get more than 60 votes so we can do thi...

Passing this payroll tax cut is really important because what it -- what were saying is that the cut from last year from 6.2 down to 4, were going to take that even lower, so, in other words, youre cutting the payroll tax in half for workers and for businesses. this will directly and will directly and disproportionately in a very positive way impact lower income folks, lower and middle income workers and their families, so i think the president is on the right track. i just hope that we can get ...

Generating the economic activity and jobs we need right now, the government is about the only game in town. you take that out of the picture. you are going to have slower growth and higher unemployment. >> the specific experiment is clear to all of us. one final question, the house is considering a bill at this moment to reduce the tax by half from 3.1% to 6.2%. democrats want to fund this by a small tax on people earning over $1 million as you know. if the vast majority have an official $1500 t...

where are things happening today? hong kong, share prices there up more than 5.5%. we wont be going to for a away from the story on the markets. also today, world aids today. the world is marking 30 years since hiv was discovered. leaders, researchers and activists are pushing a very big goal -- ending aids forever. president obama today announced a $50 million boost in funding for hiv prevention and treatment in america. and also a goal of helping 6 million people access life saving t...

Most adversely impacted by this economy. thats another reason why passing this payroll tax cut is really important because what it -- what were saying is that the cut from last year from 6.2 down to 4, were going to take that even lower, so, in other words, youre cutting the payroll tax in half for workers and for businesses this. will directly and disproportionately in a very positive way impact lower income folks, lower and middle income workers and their families, so i think the president is ...

And hes got to quickly hire a whole bunch of people and set up shop and get individual strategies. so far, he only has an overall popularity. >> hes not even on the ballot in one of the key states which is missouri. he does have that problem in particular. well see if hes able to do it. remember, if you just go back in july, who was the hot republican ticket at the time? michelle bachmann. then we went to perry. then it was cain for a while. everybody has had a little bit of a surge and the rap ...

republican candidates gather in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it is the first test for newt gingrich as front-runner. cairo bracing for a million-man sit-in. police beating demonstrators on the fourth straight day of violence, and now late word three americans have been arrested. is there anybody out there? nasa relaunching a program to listen for alien life, searching for signs, on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- w...