attention to getting republicans elected. go to cnn politics. go to the political ticker at cnn.com. kiran, it s getting exciting. it sure is. and president obama is also talking tab right now. he was on the campaign trails we ve been talking about in iowa. full campaign style. but the president is admitting in an abc news interview for new ideas for jump-starting the economy, it may be too late, too little for his party in the midterms. if the election is a refuser ren dumb on are people satisfied by the economy as it currently is, then we re not going to do well. because i think everybody feels like this economy needs to do better than it s been doing. cnn s jim acosta has more on the democratic dilemma, so to speak. he s live in washington for us this morning. we talk a lot about this, jim. the president candidly saying it might not be enough at this time. are they fully prepared there s a pretty good chance they might lose the house?
time now for cnn equals politics. we have a few stories we re opening with this morning. the toughest sheriff in america may be considering the white house. joe arpaio s bold moves have caused controversy before. this may be the most jaw dropping one. also, tim pawlenty logs a lot of miles on what appears to be an early campaign for the white house. now he s headed overseas. here s political editor mark preston. what else is crossing right now? well, let s talk about sheriff arpaio. he s tangled with the white house over illegal immigration. look at the story we have here up on the cnn political ticker. sheriff arpaio from oklahoma is heading to the presidential proving ground of new hampshire. i ll tell you, his political
you know it s okay. but, no, i think it s important. especially, my children are from a lot of these countries. i want them to understand. i want them to understand what s happening in africa. and the boys can understand what s happening if there s something current in their countries and for all of them to know about each other s country and just the world in general. i do try to teach them as much as i can. sanjay gupta getting together with angelina jolie. coming up, we ll take you live to islamabad. cars larssen follows hard-to-reach areas of pakistan. veterans taking on risky life situations and getting it done with half the people half the time. we look forward to checking in with kaj. meanwhile, the developer of the islamic center of the mossic being built by ground zero speaking exclusively with cnn
exclusive at that world is waiting to see and now reacting to soledad o brien s riveting one-on-one with imam rauf. the mosque is being built near ground zero in manhattan. the imam has not talked about this until now and telling cnn that he regrets such pain but it may be dangerous to back down now. soledad was up late last night and she s here now. what did he have to say? i think this is a person that s well-known for being a moderate. in the muslim world, there are many people who find that this moderate position, the fact that he supports america so much is say problem with them. so he sort of navigates his tricky middle path. and i think he s dedicated his life to finding peace, bidding bridges and talking about tolerance. those things are all true but in
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