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so the opportunity zones will allow cities like detroit to qualify for additional exemptions relative to the first nine. right now in the first nine you can deduct purchases if youre a business. you can deduct capital expenditures and net exports. but for those cities that qualify as opportunity zones, you will also be able to deduct a certain amount of your payroll expenses. so you will be insented to put people to work. the other thing about the opportunity zone, is that it just does...

>> does the u.s. have a clear idea who is in charge in libya right now? >> yes, the tnc is in charge. its the on authority claiming to be in charge in libya. and. i would refer to what the president said will the process going forward once liberation had been established. the commitments the tnc made in terms of moving forward with the transitional government and a democratic future for libya. >> do you have any concerns about what may not know? >> its been 7 months, i believe, since the nato mi...

Take away in what u.s. foreign policy should be in dealing with the uprisings in syria for instance and in yemen? >> well, it might give a little more leeway in the case of other countries. but lets remember, whether it is 100 people in uganda last week or whatever our involvement in libya was. wasnt much after the first two weeks. you gotta remember, were spread pretty thin by our involvement in afghanistan right now and a few other places where the war on terror is going on. so we gotta be ver...

Siemens has hired hundreds this year, sears is increasing the numbers in their workforce by 10%. they just made that announcement this week. the chamber of commerce has hosted job fairs for veterans in cities across the country. and then companies like kmart and sams club have promised us if a military spouse who works at their stores has to move to a new duty station, they will do their very best to have a job waiting for them when they arrive. [ applause ] so these are bold commitments. and th...

is, we cant be discouraged by what is, we have got to keep pushing for what ought to be, the america we ought to leave to our children, mindful that the hardships we face are nothing compared to those dr. king and his fellow marchers faced 50 years ago. >> the ceremony was supposed to take place in august, but was postponed because of hurricane irene. the u.s. military withdrawal from iraq will be complete by december 31st, a slight change from the original plan to keep one army brig...

without controversy. change depends on persistence. change requires determination. it took a full decade before the moral guidance of brown versus board of education was translated into the enforcement measures of the civil rights about and the voting rights act. but those ten long years did not lead dr. king to give up. he kept on pushing. he kept on speaking. he kept on marching until change finally came. and when the civil rights and voting rights act was passed, americans still fou...

I would never raise doubts about such commitments. obviously she is not what she signed up for. she said happy birthday, apparently she was told before, remember to say happy birthday. it was one of these occasions where she was swept up, adding to this scandal is that there were rumors that fuelled the performers of one of the events. usually there is video of some sort that comes out if a person does perform like jean claude van dam. no word that he was actually there, but controversy if he wa...

Election, one of the commitments we made was to listen to the american people and to follow the lead of the american people. trust me, we are continuing to listen to the american people. and the american people are telling us, heres what you need to do. stop the regulatory onslaught coming out of washington. fix this tax code so that american companies can be more competitive in a worldwide economy, and thirdly, stop the overspending that is serving as a wet blanket over our economy. so we are w...

malveaux. the u.s. says opening korean markets to american automakers and farmers will create 280,000 jobs. more next hour when president obama and lee hold a news conference at the white house and youll see it live here on cn this. in libya today, the battle for sirte has come down to a few streets. [ gunfire ] >> sirte is among the last towns to keep fighting for muammar gadhafi, the former libyan ruler. its his tribal home and fiercely loyal. it will declare them liberated once ...

were talking about the occupy wall street movement, now in its sixth week in cities across the country. large crowds have taken to the streets in philadelphia and boston and elsewhere. theyre protesting income inequality and the lack of jobs. last week, herman cain said those fired up over americas economic troubles had no one to blame but themselves. heres what he told "the wall street journal". >> dont blame wall street. dont blame the big banks. if you dont have a job and youre not ...