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♪ 23 minutes after the top of the hour. just about two hours astronauts will begin their space walk to repair a pump outside the international space station. its been broken a week. they need it. todays mission should last six and a half hours. the pumps are necessary but those astronauts are not in any immediate danger. thats good. new video of former president george w. burke in haiti checking on the current relief efforts. he assured farmers and factory workers buildings in aid will conti...

Protect our soldiers. in times of war, factory workers have been called on to supply goods half a world away. and this is part of the proud tradition. >> nothing is more important than protecting our troops. >> ramping up production each week, the company is printing out 250,000 yards of the multipattern designed to blend in diverse backgrounds. >> you could be in diverted sand rock area one minute. you could be thick vegetation one minute and it does a great job of protection. >> he serves in t...

To help u.s. troops blend into the afghan terrain. they can do much more than just camouflage. one american company going all out to meet the militarys demand. molly lion with that story in boston for us. molly. >> u.s. soldiers and afghanistan patrol a war zone textile workers here at home are literally working around the clock to print out this new camouflage the army believes will better protect our soldiers. in times of war, factory workers have been called on to supply goods for battles hal...

And he loves these workers. so dont bet against the american worker. dont bet against the american people. we got more work to do. its going to take some time to get back to where we need to be, but i have confidence in the american worker. i have confidence in you. i have confidence in this economy. we are coming back. thank you, everybody. thank you. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> a rousing speech there, some 25 minutes in length, as the president addressed factor...

Finally report on a positive economic story and this is a really good one. general motors has invested over $800 million in a new york engine plant in buffalo for a new line of ecofriendly engines as well as a new v-8 line. 300 workers who had been laid off when times werent so good at g.m. are going to be brought back in to help get these motors running in about 400 brand new employees are going to be hired as well. >> a year ago, the company was in bankruptcy, these workers did not know whethe...

Jack cafferty is here with the cafferty file. >> well, what if this time its different? what if 10% unemployment is the new normal for as far as the eye can see? "fortune" magazine has a sobering piece that explores whether in todays economy theres no fix for high unemployment. in addition to all of the jobs that have disappeared overseas never to return, its all about technology. weve already seen computers and robots wipe out lots of manufacturing jobs as well as clerical and administrative jo...

Years. >> popcorn is food. so are we going to point a finger at her because she is eating food two to three times a day? it would be simple -- the manufacturers do know the people who make this stuff were having a problem, it wouldnt be difficult for them to put a warning on the bags and say this tastes great but you better be careful if you are scarfing down two to three bags a day. this woman may not be alone in suffering from something -- shell need a lung transplant from eating popcorn. i th...

Education means emancipation. they recognized that education is how america and its people might fulfill our promise. that recognition, that truth, that an education can fortify us to rise above any barrier, to meet any test, is reflected again and again throughout our history. in the midst of civil war, we set aside land grants for schools like hampton to teesm farmers and factory workers the skills of an industrializing nation. at the close of world war ii, we made it possible for returning gi...

>> browns disastrous day. >> a crash and burn moment at the least a self-inflicted wound. >> reporter: an hour later at browns next campaign stop, a radio station, the prime minister was surprised to hear his own words played back to him. >> shes just a bigoted woman. >> reporter: realizing his campaign was in peril, at 3:00, brown tore up his afternoon schedule and diverted to duffys home to apologize. 45 minutes later, brown emerged alone on her front step and apologized again. >> stephanie go...

Whether its the senate seat in illinois or the senate seat in missouri or the governors race in iowa. all of them in a way will be a reflection in some form on the presidents standing, chris. >> do you think theyre trying to create a "nightly news" picture, the split screen, heres the president out with factory workers and real people. and then on the other side of the screen is these guys in new york who arent exactly ready for primetime. and that contrast between regular people that make thing...