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hell lay it out thursday night to congress and the nation. democratic sources telling us tonight it calls for about $300 billion in tax breaks, incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. its being described as a make or break moment for the president. well discuss it along with mitt romneys competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. >> reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been ...

incentives and other spending offset by equal amount of budget cuts. its being described as a make or break moment for the president. well discuss it along with mitt romneys competing plan which he unveiled today. first jessica yellin. >> reporter: democratic sources in discussions with the white house confirm that $300 billion figure has been the working figure for the jobs package for at least a week now. it would mean as you say 300 billion in both spending and then cuts. the white ...

today with different messages. a few hours ago, alri tv broadcast a defiant audio message from saif gadhafi saying his father and closest followers are hiding in tripoli suburbs and their morale is high. listen. >> the leadership is fine. the leader is fine. and we are fighting and we are drinking tea and coffee and we are sitting with our families. >> saif gadhafi also had a message for people he calls his brethren in tripoli and alibya. >> reporter: were saying to everyone move now. ...

today with different messages. a few hour agos al rai tv broadcast the message, claiming his father and closest followers are hiding in tripolis suburbs and their morale is high, listen. >> translator: the leadership is fine, the leader is fine, and we are fighting and were drinking tea and coffee and we are sitting with our families. >> saif gadhafi had a message for people he called his brethren in tripoli and across libya. trnti >> translator: we are saying to everyone, everyone has...

northeast are desperate to escape the flooding and the damage unleashed by hurricane irene. were tracking the rescues and the danger right now. and well put the arrest of the uncle in a dui charge. this hour, and whether they matter to most american. im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. up first this hour, a very tough political debate over national security that will unfold between president obama and his republican challenger, whoever that might be. the commander in chief...

and toothpicks, and then some people saying i dont want to try the cake because my mouth will get hurt. thats what is going on. >> this is something that we have been seeing over the last few weeks. is this really any different than the turmoil we have been witnessing? >> i think ali is spot on. you think back to just before the huge selloff and volatility last week, we had our own numbers that showed we had almost no growth. we have a new manufacturing number today, a regional manufac...

understand this financial crisis was the worst since the great depression, but ultimately they say, look, hes the president. we think he has good intentions, but were impatient and we want to see things move faster. i understand that. im sympathetic to it. well keep on putting forward ideas that will be good for the country. were going to need a partner from congress. on the other side of the political spectrum, listen to what governor rick perry said in iowa and hes not backing off....

>> hes running for reelection. hes sago owe im saying hes got a lot of explaining to do about the economy if thats what hes out talking about. i dont think the folks in iowa are going to be real excited about unemployment rate where it is and the number of americans who are out of work. this president has been an ab jekt failure when it comes to the economy. >> republican candidate michele bachmanns bus will be in dpreenville and spartanburg, south carolina, today. today is the natio...

isnt this august, not supposed to be a lot going on. >> dont you wish one day wed say theres nothing going on, go home. >> change the channel. a lot has to do with the economy, up first president obama talking jobs in the heartland of america. the president is in iowa this morning. no straw polls. no campaigns -- its a campaign stop. its a campaign-style trip through three mid western states. hell meet with a group of farmers and small business owners today. hes been making his pitch f...

that he is running. also, youve been hearing the threats of a possible double dip recession. you need to be ready. weve got your recession-ready tips coming your way. but lets start with that breaking news we are getting in from the cnn newsroom. this comes to us from pennsylvania where one person is still trapped right now in an overturned greyhound bus. this happened in lancaster county on the pennsylvania turnpike. at least 23 people were told in all have been injured. some had ...