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End of the recession, no one knew it was a recession back then. we were feeling the pulse really across the country. one coast to another on the cnn express. so, you really, you know the politics and you know the country. the president is out there. what is the politics of what hes doing? >> yeah, and, of course, you said it, you know, its buttoned up. he had congress pass the legislation. he sold it to congress. now he needs to sell it to the country, ali. the fact of the matter is, he barely g...

He tried to negotiate a deal. it fell apart. but theres a chance some people think there could be some wigging room getting bob corker over. some people think it will never pan out, but thats where the game is still in play. a lot of moving pieces here, ali. >> i would say in 1,300 pages, im sure we can find some wiggle room in there. thank you for covering this so well, christine romans, my co-host on "your $$$$$," and jessica yellin, you can see her all over this network. all right, when we ...

>> exactly. >> reporter: by tapping that knowledge, hes more than doubled his business almost every year since it started six years ago, creating 30 jobs, along with a reason, and a way, for that talent to stay. and you heard the mayor say there, theyve just started this fight. this is a realization here. you talk to young people all over this town, theyll tell you this town is not there yet. they havent really created that really strong core that will make younger people all want to stay here. ...

Locking the doors to this hotel, so folks could not come inside the hotel. so, they were concerned, at least for a brief period of time, that this was going to get out of control, that people would start to storm the hotel, but in the end that did not happen. a few detentions, you could call them, ceremonial arrests, i would call them, for a few moments and the folks were released. but essentially there was a big, noisy protest. we dont see these a lot in washington these days, but -- especially...

More, a bigger part of the economy going forward, couldnt we? >> yeah, definitely. i think what were seeing is this is the way that people are going to be working into the future. and just for the reason that you said. >> when we talk about freelan freelancers, we hear a lot of people describing themselves as contractors. when i went across the country on the cnn express, i heard a lot of small businesses saying if the obama health care plan forces me to get health care for my employees, i am sw...

She is not to be underestimated at this point. she can certainly make a lot of noise in this campaign and she seems to be doing that right now, joe. >> touchdown dances. thats a pretty good way of putting it. thanks, jim acosta in gettysburg. well be watching you. so tonight on "john king usa," john king is aboard the cnn express, hes following sarah palin around. if anybody can figure out whether shes inching closer to a run, it will be him. "john king usa" tonight, 7:00 eastern right here on...

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>> reporter: troubling new numbers on the economy. take a look at this, this is from cnn, the research pin corporation, our brand-new national poll. we ask how you rate the economy. 44% of those we questioned say they rate the economy right now, they describe it as very poor. thats up 7 points from july. who do people blame for the current commission conditions? our poll suggested more people blame the republicans rather than the democrats. 44% say the reaps are more responsible for the current ...