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these are all organizations opposed to the death penalty. but what this case different from others in the past as we approach the 11th hour -- there are hundreds of thousands of people. you saw their signatures on those petitions that were delivered. these are people, a lot of these people may not typically be against the death penalty. these are people who are looking at the case thinking that there are doubts here and that an execution needs to be stopped. theres a lot of people push...

pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just havent telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that theyre concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that th...

that congress approve government regulations that have a significant impact on the economy or small business, lowering the tax rate for businesses and individuals to know more than 25%, passing free trade agreements with columbia, panama and south korea. they say that will create up to 250,000 jobs and increasing domestic energy production. the pentagon says the dont ask, dont tell policy in the military officially ends on tuesday. the defense secretary has been asked to hold off on re...

good morning. it is thursday, september 15th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." im carol costello. get ready for the president response to president obamas jobs bill. he and the rest of congress have had a few days to leaf through the jobs plan, the obama jobs plan. so now well just have to wait and see whether boehner picks a fight over the plan or offers an olive branch. president obama is already taking indirect swipes at congressional republican. listen to what he told the congress...

koulson quit the job in january, and was arrested last month. now, the prime minister is now in the mood to apologize. >> what the public expect is not pedestriany political point scoring, but -- [ jeering ] what they want is to solve the issue out once and for all, and its in that spirit i commend this comment to the house. >> just yesterday rupert murdoch, his son james, and top british executive for news corp, rebekah brooks, were in front of the committee. of course, theres the pri...

Personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. jack is joining us with the cafferty file. >> question this hour, should tenure for school teachers be done away with? b.j. writes -- yes, it should. it should be like other unions. seniority based system that protects you some but not totally. bob in florida -- yes, jack. nowhere else can you be guaranteed employment regardless of your performance. we increase...

have known where osama bin laden was hiding. well talk to peter king about his hearing next week into the death of bin laden and what he hopes to learn. im wolf blitzer and this is "the situation room." lets begin with breaking news on the case involving the head of the international monetary fund jeffrey toobin is getting new details on what is going on. jeff is joining us on the phone. what are you picking out, jeff? >> it looks like the defense will go back to court tomorrow to as...

Education secretary arne duncan said he would prefer to put his own school age children in a classroom with 28 students led by a fantastic teacher rather than one with 23 kids and a mediocre teacher. does teacher quality trump class size? >> absolutely. absolutely. it does. they tried this in california, reduced class size, so small, they had to hire a bunch of new teachers, hired marginal teachers and the result was failure. lets look at the positive side. i think we can put some of this togeth...

Hours, pensions, stuff like that. but that is not all of it. teachers unions also bargain about class size and resources for students. in the case of police unions, well, for example in the city of cleveland, things have been tough for the police department recently. last seven years, the police force in cleveland has shrunk by 300 officers. cleveland by lined a story today, cleveland police department was also forced to shut down street crimes unit. they have had to shut down their car theft un...

Teachers through the internet. what happens to kids when they dont have this in the school? >> its very frustrating. when these children have that kind of ability and we dont do anything to nourish it, they will never make it to the potential theyre capable of without help. its like an athlete. what would have happened to our great football players without a coach? >> this is a program that one could argue 90% of the population doesnt participate in. >> uh-huh. >> does it benefit the whole schoo...