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President obama is set to speak shortly on the situation in libya from the east room. the first since the u.n. action last night. msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com, chris cillizza. >> welcome back. i thought to greet you i would be here in person. >> i am privileged. this is dicy, because the american people doesnt seem focused on libya or wanting another war. >> no. >> nor does at least half of congress, including members of the presidents own party. he is caught in the...

Support. above all, persistently high unemployment threatens his ability to convince americans they are better off than they were four years ago. usually the critical question in presidential campaigns. so while weve been pointing out with charlie cook today that there is a boost, he is getting a little wind, the wind in his sails after the speech last week and the lame duck session, he still has a very hard road ahead, especially since unemployment is not going to come down appreciably between ...

But be also have manufacturing number out there, that are looking a little bit more positive. so youve got cross-currents in the market and it is leading to a nice move for the dow, early in the day, up 214 point, rigs. well take it, right. bill: flip a coin, folks, right? in a moment here, violence hitting a vacation destination south of our border. a popular cancun bar hit by molotov cocktails. this is not a border city, folks, this is cancun. several women are dead. as drug violence hits a tr...

Cuts. i would like to point out that everybody should relax a little bit. the amount of increase in the tax rate is minimal compared to tax cuts or increases we have had and talking about some impact on the margin but not nearly as much as some people suggest. >> speaking of rhetoric, a mans tax cut is another mans tax hike depending on who you ask. real quickly, john harwood, the republicans argue that when you cut taxes, its spurring economic growth. and thus, pays for the taxes but other econ...

And ten of disapprove of the job hes doing. he cant really expect them to thank him any time soon. if they really care about taxes, then the president has a case. he cut taxes for the vast majority of americans but that isnt really what motivates these folks. they are united in their hatred and dislike there and disagreements with barack obama. but there are other cross currents that theyre really protesting about and, yeah, its the size of government, yeah, its about taxes, but its also about c...

Welcome back to the most news in the morning. 27 minutes past the hour. recently the transportation industrys security screening procedures are under intense scrutiny by the federal government. amtrak believes it is using something effective and affordable. in our cnn security watch today, jean maserve takes a look at our detectives. >> reporter: let me introduce you to any must best friend, the next generation in explosives detection. a dogs nose sample the air many times a second. this dog sni...

Recently the transportation industry security screen procedures have been under intense scrutiny by the federal government. but amtrak believes it is using something both effective and affordable and boy it is cute, too. we take a look at amtraks army of specialists, highly trained to sniff out dangerous explosives. >> reporter: i introduce you to my next best friend, the next generation in explosives detection. a dogs nose samples the air many times a second. this dog sniffs it for explosives. ...

Do you see this as a big deal? >> no. you know what megyn, the constitution permits it, every president does it, and the fact is the party out of power always hates it. barack obama is going to probably make a recess appointment like george bush did 179 times, bill clinton did 131 times, and to the same board ronald reagan made an appointment. the political cross currents here are all the republicans oppose it and only a couple of democrats oppose it like a blanche lincoln who is in a state wher...

Is still the ultimate issue to most americans. and i think the real political -- the core political problem they face is that americans believe that the principal beneficiaries of everything government has done to try to repair the economy has been the same people who broke the economy. i mean, there is a big anti-government backlash. but its right about 40% of the electorate. i think the remainder -- the remaining piece that is turning away from the democrats are not people who are ideologicall...

One of those mixed messages on the job front this morning, the unemployment rate, surprisingly dropped below 10% to 9.7%. thats the good news. the bad news, 20,000 more jobs were cut last month, adding to the 8.4 million jobs that have disappeared since this recession began. >> meanwhile, washington is working overtime to look aggressive on this issue. the president is pitching small business help today in maryland and senate democrats are looking to pass a jobs bill, perhaps as early as next we...