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from getting dragged down bit euro zone debt crisis and many italians are unhappy with his leadership. the brute force of floodwaters is wreaking havoc around southeast asia. it is worse around thailand. the cresting river is expected to pass through the city at weekend. nationwide, 283 people have been killed by heavy rain and flood. occupy wall street protesters may be headed for another confrontation with police. new york mayor michael bloomberg says protesters must leave the pa...

gadhafi. they say they are on the verge of taking the port city of sirte. a spade of killings at a port on the mekong river has interrupted cargo trade between children that and thailand. at least 12 sailors were murdered in what may have been a drug traffic attempt. investigations are continuing. severe weather in new zealand is hampering efforts to corn taken an oil spill off the countrys north eye land. authorities are trying to pump the remaining oil off a ship that struck a re...

the senate vote will just end in the same gridlock that we seem to be getting used to? >> the way the legislation is put forward, the entire package that the president has put forward is not going to pass, not going to -- probably wont pass the senate. certainly wont pass the house of representatives where the republicans have a lopsided majority. elements of it are popular if they break out certain parts of it and find a way to pay for those popular parts. some of it could be passed b...

Three counties in southeast texas took advantage of an opportunity to on that out of social security, and by doing so, these three counties here, take a look, galveston, brezoria and matagora, had to draw up their own plans, they contribute 6.2% of their income and their employer, and in this case the county matches that, the money is pooled and financial institutions bid on that money, but institutions guarantee, guarantee an interest rate of 4 percent. but if the market does well, employees ge...

The promised land of the fair tax. >> lets talk a little bit about some of the pros of the 999 plan, it would lower the corporate taxes and lower the federal income tax but then when you look at the minuses suddenly the poor are going to have to pay a 9% sales tax. what do you think about that? >> well, the poor also are not paying payroll taxes anymore. now, the payroll tax, for instance, is 6.2% for social security, you have a couple of percent for medicare tax. i think were in the 8% range. t...

explained his plan today. >> we have to prioritize. both parties agree that we need to reduce the deficit by the same amount, $4 trillion. so what choices are we going to make to reach that goal? either we ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share in taxes railroor ask seno pay more for medicare. we cant afford to do both. either we gut education and medical research or weve got to reform the tax code so that the most profitable corporations have to give up tax loophole that...

thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bulls-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and lets begin with word of a new endorsement were hearing about this morning. >> reporter: thats right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark...

little son, and one of the bizarre twists in the case now known as the "memphis three." >> and you unleash us and tell us that you are readier for us to have this conversation. >> why congresswoman maxine waters is ready to unleash on the president, and does the presidents new promise to promote diversity have anything to do with the comment? we ask. it is all right here, right now on cnn. >> standby now. good evening, everyone, im don lemon. we start with breaking news out of libya ...

speaks out on behalf of the men found guilty of killing his little son, and one of the bizarre twists in the case now known as the "memphis three." >> and you unleash us and tell us that you are readier for us to have this conversation. >> why congresswoman maxine waters is ready to unleash on the president, and does the presidents new promise to promote diversity have anything to do with the comment? we ask. it is all right here, right now on cnn. >> standby now. good evening, every...

just one of the bizarre twists in the case now known as the west memphis three and its not over yet. >> we have 30 seconds. >> you tell us you are ready for us to have this conversation. >> why congresswoman maxine waters is ready to unleash on the president and why the presidents new promise to promote diversity has anything to do with her comments. we ask. >> camera three. >> it is right here, right now on cnn. >> good evening, we start with breaking news out of libya tonight. rebel ...