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Appreciate it. in just a couple hours, its going to be the senate that will take up the issue of whether or not to extend unemployment benefits for more than 1 million americans who need this. our christine romans tells us, there is likely going to be a really tough showdown. >> reporter: suzanne, president obama back from vacation, and the big push this week, extending emergency unemployment benefits for 1.3 million americans. those benefits expired last week. they are on average about $300 a...

Preserver. we want to have that in place. so i think republicans and democrats understand that. >> yeah, and im just checking some recent numbers here, sir. unemployment in the state of pennsylvania there is at 7.3%. look, theres the senate and then theres the house. does this have any hope in the house? >> well, its hard to tell there, alex. im not a vote counter in either chamber, but i think in the senate we can get it through with bipartisan support. it starts from a position of bipartisan s...

Their issue is they have to pay it. $6 billion over three months. do you cut off saturday mail delivery? do you get savings in the fund? this could run into real trouble in the house. >> you guys, quickly, after this year, the emergency program is over, isnt it? >> my sense is maybe we will get one or two more extensions. a year from today, with unemployment close to 6%, there will not be more emergency jobless aid. >> i agree with greg. >> thank you so much, gentlemen. i think we can safely ass...

Out there that many republicans are thinking along these lines and, in fact, the roll out problems and the political price that thats cost democrats i think has made republicans even more eager to kind of beat them over the head with it rather than come up with a viable alternative. maybe that works in 2014. but longer term i think its a problem for republicans. >> theres no doubt, you meet something with nothing in off year elections you can run against the party thats running the white house a...

Called on the first pass, unemployment compensation. 98-99 weeks now. why dont we drop pretense and say its going on forever. were now in the second half of the fifth year of a recovery. hes saying not now, too soon. >> were hoping the economy is turning around. i dont think doing it throughout half of next year is unreasonable. >> weve got to test spurling and say well give you three months. we build into it a wind down so theres a final date so the temporary emergency program finally ends. >> ...

The problem is that republican politicians especially with an eye on 2016 dont want to alienate their wall street donor base. >> eleanor, you think its likely when they come back in january, this three-month extension by congress will happen? >> its a big if the democrats can find a way to pay for it. thats sort of the program was created as an emergency program. nobody has ever had to pay for it before. it started under the bush administration. so i think if the democrats have to pay for it, it...

the white house called the killings a vial testament to an illegitimate regime that responds to peaceful protests with unspeakable brutality. the video of some of the 34 children killed has surfaced online. the images are simply too graphic to broadcast, showing children under the age of 10, some with missing limbs, and severe head wounds. the syrian government denies responsibility and blames al qaeda terrorists for the attack. well, this was a scene in several syrian cities today. pe...

that he is running. also, youve been hearing the threats of a possible double dip recession. you need to be ready. weve got your recession-ready tips coming your way. but lets start with that breaking news we are getting in from the cnn newsroom. this comes to us from pennsylvania where one person is still trapped right now in an overturned greyhound bus. this happened in lancaster county on the pennsylvania turnpike. at least 23 people were told in all have been injured. some had ...

to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. >> cnn political correspondent jim acosta is at the red state conference in charleston. he joins us live now. jim, the impact that perry may have on this presidential playing field. any guesses? [ inaudible ] >> well have to work out the audio because youre not the only one who is not hearing jim acosta. well try to re-establish that in a moment. there is another major political story going on right now in iowa. the nation...

with the support of my family, an unwavering belief in the goodness of america, i declare to you today, as a candidate for president of the united states. >> so just who is rick perry? heres a quick biographical look. hes a republican, and the 47th governor of texas. hes a graduate of texas a&m. perry has signed budgets that reduced the general revenue spending in texas. on education, he introduced the largest teacher incentive pay program in the country and on immigration, governor pe...