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They have restored a four-decade policy to allow voter registration as late as election day. republican lawmakers wanted voters to enroll two days before election. in mississippi, voters rejected an amendment that defines life begins at conception. new political drama unfolds in europe. in italy, prime minister silvio berlusconi is promising to step down once his nations parliament has packed a package of economic reforms. many investors see him as an obstacle in italys efforts to resolve the gr...

Mr. grim, why did you sign the letter? what was the message there? >> i think it was the reason i whats elected to congress. the people on both sides of the aisle want us to deal with this debt, and admiral pheupbl even said this imullen said this is the number one problem for the united states, the number one threat is this unbelievable burden of debt. we have to answer the call of the people and step up and do what need to be done. i realized in my ten months the only way well do this is by wo...

Moving and the after effects keep going and going. martha: incredible. we had an earthquake on the east coast, hurricane irene. makes you wonder, right? >> bill: not supposed to happen that way, right? >> martha: whats going on out there. bill: we have a union in ohio undergoing a critical vote in that battle ground state. whats on the line and how it could affect so many other states. were on that story. martha: lets go big or go home. that is the bold message from some lawmakers urging the sup...

union." the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. >> the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. >> no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the presidents re-election bid and there is cause for concern. "usa today" and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found th...

Depression. and america is involved, first of all, because of the loan defaults, to some of the international banks, but even more so and hidden, the derivatives, the credit, default faults that ensure the loans. if the loans default that hits major banks of the second, if there is a real net to the euro which is now the second currency not world, and the largest economy, if that goes into depression that will hit america. and there will be a flight to the dollar which will drive the dollar very...

Thing ripples and goes to smith reasons. i want to switch to a small err subject. rob has actually solved the problem. that is a macro fiasco, but on the ground you have a hypothesis for economic growth that has been -- has been immune to the greek debt problem and then some. >> thats right. i went to asheville, north carolina this weekend for a rock music festival named after the guy who invented oag synthesizers, fairmans and geeky electronics. there were people doing air knobbing, air knob, l...

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electricity. volunteer crews from other states are helping utility workers clear frozen limbs from power lines. and we have a clearer picture today of that deadly attack in kabul. military officials in afghanistan now say five nato troops were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into their armored bus. four of them were american. one a canadian. the taliban claims responsibility. australias qantas airways says it could be again flying again tomorrow afternoon....

the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. >> when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the presidents re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the eur...

the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. >> when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the presidents re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the eur...