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Fitch, you say it is a big deal, but, you know, its not like a further downgrade from aaa, right? its just all three of the major credit reporting agencies saying, you know, we all agree, you suffered a downgrade. >> yeah. but aaa is something important. it says a hot about our country. -- a lot about our country and about our inability to make decisions at the highest levels in our government. so it speaks volumes because, you know, weve got the debt issues, obviously, but now what these agenci...

Way to treat the mexican government fighting literally for their countrys life for these drug wars in mexico. the legality of this is one thing. the other thing who is accountable for this botched program. how did wide receiver somehow morph into "fast and furious"? why did we even need "fast and furious" if wide receiver was still being executed. so, a lot of questions. bill: understood. senator, thank you for your time. we will all wait and watch the testimony when it begins with the attorney ...

They reached to solve the debt crisis. 50% loss on the greek debt. the leaders also agreed to boost the fund to $1.4 billion as debt issues in ireland, portugal, spain, and italy as well. melissa francis is the coanchor of power lunch. at least on the headline it said euro deal long on intention and short on details. we seeing a positive reaction? >> we are seeing a 50% haircut on greek debt. that means everybody owes money to agreed to forgive half the debt. banks are going to recapitalize and ...

kyra. they were there for about two weeks and authorities in oakland had thought it had gone on long enough and they thought it was a si safety situation over there and health problems with people living in those tents for so long. they decided to disband those protesters and cleared everyone out yesterday afternoon and a few hours later about 7:00, 8:00 at night about 500 protesters decided they wanted to take that area back. so, they started rallying towards city hall and thats where...

and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. frances president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a si...

Next year before we start to see improvement. jamie: cecilia, as we were told it was a summer of recovery, and if you ask folks around the country, i travel a lot, and i talk to them about how theyre doing, they just never felt it. did we have some sort of recovery, and how would we miss it? >> well, the summer of recovery was what the vice president was referring to last summer of 2010 when we had a lot of the infrastructure investments, and i can tell you driving around the country there was a...

up of mostly 20-somethings, theyre angry about fat wall street paychecks, war, environment, you name it. the protests have been going on for three weeks now and now have spread to other cities. americans absolutely fed up with congress. new numbers leave no doubt that a washington post/abc news poll found just 14% of the public approves of the job that congress is doing. congresss lowest rating ever. amanda knox says right now, she just wants time with her family. knox is home in s...

kerchers family is backing the prosecu prosecutors plan to appeal the case. they say justice would have been served if the jury followed the evidence, not the media hype. >> you cant forgive somebody if they havent admitted something, so what would they be forgiving. if as was decided yesterday they are innocent, then we say fair enough and all try and move on in that respect. >> a third person convicted in kerchers death in a separate trial is serving a 16 year sentence. knoxs haurs s...

It. we have 14 million people out of work. so it does make sense. its a way to show that youre compassionate, helping people out, recognizing the job loss. nevertheless, a job loss is such a personal thing that some people are embarrassed by it. its like losing your house or falling behind on your payments or running into debt issues. its a really sensitive, sensitive area. hallmark is selling them and other greeting card companies are doing the same thing. >> im not sure about that. awkward. >>...

jet in 172 dressed as a priest. the fbi says wright then forced agents to deliver $1 million ransom dressed only in swim trunks to prove agents had no guns. he flew to algeria and vanished, until now. he was living in a resort town and is now fighting extradition. for a second day workers are hanging outside the washington monument at the very tippy top, checking each marble block. that earthquake that shook the east coast last month did more damage than first thought. >> these engin...