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international wonders if they have faced widespread pressure. opposition fighters have also been accused of crimes. meanwhile, sources tell cnn that syrian president bashar al-assad has rejected the latest peace proposal. 28 people are dead following a bus crash in switzerland according to the swiss news agency, 22 children and six adults died when the bus carrying belgian tourists collided with the wall of a tunnel. it happened on the border of italy as the tourists were returning fro...

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...

dealing with our debt crisis theyre wrong. theyre wrong. we cant afford to just do one or the other, we have to do both. >> president will roll out the entire job growth proposal early next month in a speech. it will probably be a combo platter of tax cuts, investments in infrastructure and long-term health for the unemployed. what will governor rick perry say today? you know youre dying to find out. hes not backing down about his treason comments about fed chair ben bernanke. he say...

Energy production. >> and that means, by 2035, 80 percent of our electricity will come from renewables like wind and solar, as well as efficient natural gas, clean coal, nuclear power. we can do that. >> reporter: one of the ways he hopes to achieve that is through $8 billion in subsidies in the next fiscal year. some say its a wise investment in an uncertain future. others way its a waste -- others say its a waste of your money. >> this is really about creating u.s. jobs, creating u.s. companie...

Red at some points, green at others. for certain, oil will be playing into trading today and gasoline as well, as you mentioned, higher prices at the pump certainly constrain the consumer. and then that trickles throughout the economy. whether its consumer discretionary stocks. the economy in general. or any number of factors when we talk about reining in spending, controlling spending on a consumer level. so definitely oil is really the big economic event in play today. i mean, there really isn...

Hatchets from the beginning. what is it theyre so afraid of, why are they fighting so hard against it. >> over the past 30 years theres been a radical experiment in financial deregulation across the board. at the consumer level, theres just a new wild west situation out there, where the banks, the payday lenders, the rent to own stores, the used auto dealers have just basically had very little oversight and theyve profited from that regime. >> right. >> the financial crisis has absolutely shown ...

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