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August 10, 2011
program which provides the majority of the aide to somalia and kenya, they say they only have three weeks left or less. three weeks of food supplies, much more on that tonight. were going to talk to a lot of folks about the situation on the ground here in somalia. reporters who have been covering it for us for weeks. we begin with breaking news out of washington. harry reid becoming the first member named to the super committee, they are patty murray of washington state, max baucus mon...
August 10, 2011
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. im carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this "american morning." all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today...
August 10, 2011
republicans already sniping about a democratic choice for the congressional super committee. democrats have named senators patty murray, max baucus, and john kerry to the debt panel. and republicans are complaining that murray shouldnt get a seat because shes too political. shes in charge of fund raising for democratic senate candidates. and 12 lawmakers are supposed to be named to the committee by tuesday. theyre there to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by late november. 1...
August 10, 2011
really to blame for americas downgrade. t. boone pickens, where america goes from here. how bad is all of this for president obama. started to hear the white house in the kennedy years. dan rather. ever seen washington or wall street like this? and anarchy in the uk, whats behind the days and nights of rage in london and other uk cities. where will it end? this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening on a busy news day around the world, thousands of police on the streets of london an...
August 9, 2011
at least for the moment. stocks bounced back in early trading today, after mondays 634-point plunge. right now, dow blue chips are up by 201 points. investors are psyched over todays fed meeting, and theres speculation it might announce a new stimulus. to boost the economy. president obama sits down with treasury secretary timothy geithner. thats happening this afternoon. theyre going to size out the new market turmoil that is fearing -- that is fully feeding fear of double-dip reces...
August 4, 2011
bank, their equivalent of ben bernanke gave a speech had morning and they said their economic growth is slowing, and traders took it as a note to say things are more serious than we thought. you combine that with the fact that the japanese central bank intervened to prop the yen up, and theres a fear that everybody is doing badly and nobody is there to pick up the slack. basically is that what is happening. money is coming out of the stocks. when you see that happening, it comes out of...
August 4, 2011
streak, tiger woods returns to the pga tour. in less than five hours he tees off in the bridgestone invitational. congress celebrated its long overdue deal on the debt crisis by racing out of town for summer recess. lost in that cloud of dust, funding for the faa and thousands of workers who now cant be paid. >> personally, this is devastating. ive spent -- i spend most of my day trying to figure out what -- what can i not ay, what can i pay, where can i get extra cash. were pretty m...
August 3, 2011
and the emotional moment everybody is still talking about. tonight, the astonishing, unexpected return of gabby giffords. ill ask her best friend in congress whats next. >> gabby melted everybodys heart last night. >> and glenn beck said he also could be assassinated because of what he wrote in his last book. so whats he written now? ill ask him. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. president obama signs the debt deal. the country dodges a bullet avoiding the frightening spect...
August 3, 2011
a ton of money. this hour, how hes dealing with the new messes that the country simply cant afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." sort of vacation right now, theyre on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new ange...
August 3, 2011
now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and ...