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would never be able to take time off what i big project has to get done on deadline. funding the government, thats a big project with a very important deadline. and consider this. according to expedia.com, the average american worker gets 18 vacation days a year. 18. and they only use 14 of them. did i mention that since january congress has only been in session for 125 days? plus they divided 112th congress promises to be the least productive in recent memory. since january only 14 ho...

what ben bernanke said yesterday was exactly what the market expected him to say, we know things are weak, we know europe is a severe issue. him saying it even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried looking for something to hold on to and a little bit of hope. most people say this is a dramatic sell-off and you might see stabilization. that isnt the same thing as saying we arent in a real economic problem, we know we are. >> it seems the markets are underwhel...

what ben bernanke said yesterday was exactly what the market expected him to say, we know things are weak, we know europe is a severe issue. him saying it even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried looking for something to hold on to and a little bit of hope. most people say this is a dramatic sell-off and you might see stabilization. that isnt the same thing as saying we arent in a real economic problem, we know we are. >> it seems the markets are underwhel...

the debris, but the odds of it actually hitting you, we took this a step further. thats one in several trillion, trillion with a t. chad myers, so the news today, we are now in the strike zone. is that for now or for good? >> that will be for good, until it falls out of the sky and well know. we were doing this little tweet thing back and forth a little bit ago about how the earth is not round. the earth is not round. its fatter at the equator. so this thing will be closer to the atmos...

ties to the terrorist group in afghanistan. top officials have indicated this week that there is evidence that pakistans intelligence agency is supporting what is called the haqqani network and now going one step further saying they believe that the support is coming from the agencies highest ranks. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is standing by with the latest. barbara, a lot at stake right now, and what are the officials saying? >> well, wolf, pakistan is supposed to be one ...

economic forecast. lets get to alison kosik. shes monitoring everything today where at one point today, the dow tanked morning 500 points. whats going on? >> thats right. these worries about a recession were ampfullied today. not just in the u.s., but overseas as well. the federal reserve spooked everybody first. this was yesterday. the fed giving a really bleak assessment of the u.s. economy warning of significant downside risks to the economic outlook. translation there that the econ...

scene to investigate and was shot and killed. in 1991, troy davis was convicted for the murder based on eyewitness testimony. since davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. joining us from the prison in jackson, outside the prison, david maltingly, also senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, its about now three hours, i remember shortly after this delay was announced, watching, you say you f...

catastrophic failure of the justice system. georgia delayed the execution for four hours while the u.s. supreme court considered the case. davis declared his innocence until l the end. he lifted his head from the gournny and told the victims family they had the wrong man. >> and he said to the prison staff, the ones he said who were going to take my life, he said to them, may god have mercy on your souls and his last words were to them, may god bless your souls. then he put his head ba...

davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recap theed or changed their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. however, the d.a. in the case and the families -- the victims family insisted all along that davis got a fair trial deeptd six was the right one with. we are now joined, continue to have the live shot outside the jackson, georgia, prison, continue to show you if we can, maybe naught up on the screen, also the scene outside the supreme court that we h...

that we seek. the question is, how do we reach that goal? and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. ultimately, it is the israelis and the palestinians who must live side by side. >> immediately after that speech, the president met with israeli prime minister benjamin net...