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Everybody take them seriously? >> if theyre doing this to veterans, what are they doing to other people? were a canary ray in a coal mine for our society. if were americas heroes and getting treated like this, it should force all americans to ask hard questions. this foreclosure issue runs deeper than that, too. folks are coming home and have to move pretty frequently. we have a veteran in our organization who came home from afghanistan. his baby was born while he was there. got home and found o...

issue many people thought would settle. im wolf blitzer. youre in the "the situation room." president obama is going around congress for his latest plan. he is out west focusing in on the ongoing housing crisis that continues to drag down the u.s. economy. he wants it make it easier for a homeowners who are under water to refinance and he is unveiling his plan in one of hardest hit housing markets in the country. we are talking about las vegas nevada. jessica is joining us now with d...

That some of the smoother politicians whether it is romney or perry who was certainly smoother tonight. just let me say one quick thing about the mormon vote here if i could in nevada, and it is interesting, because here in the nevada, the mormons are only 7% of the population, but they vote in big numbers in a republican caucus. and that could be an issue for him. nationally, it is changing a little bit. back in 2008, 36% of the people polled said they would not vote for a mormon. that is down ...

Campaign, but he sounds better as a normal person than i think that some of the smoother politicians whether it is romney or perry who was certainly smoother tonight. just let me say one quick thing about the mormon vote here if i could in nevada, and it is interesting, because here in the nevada, the mormons are only 7% of the population, but they vote in big numbers in a republican caucus. and that could be an issue for him. nationally, it is changing a little bit. back in 2008, 36% of the peo...

>>gerri: it is not just the federal government but, also, state government since they have come to a resolution on the foreclosure issue. >>shepard: demand it? >>gerri: the basics are that people who are behind on, rather, underwater, but not behind on payments, could get a new loan from their bank at the low, low interest rates and this would help them avoid foreclosure. now, the question is, will banks go along with it? frankly, they have not gone along with a lot of proposals we have had for ...

republicans set gridlock aside, just once, and help millions of americans who cant find jobs? sadly, the answer at this moment is no. look here, live pictures of the united states senate where a key vote on a major democratic jobs plan is just moments away. stay with us for that live coverage. we begin with breaking news that sounds like a far-fetched spy novel or a hollywood script. a braising plot to assassinate saudi arabias ambassador to the united states at a crowded washington ...

Cover. youre five months into your term. and theres no question that the economy is a big reality that you face. how tough is the national economy being in such distress is it for you here in chicago? >> well, theres no doubt in peoples lives its difficult. we have a foreclosure issue. we also have an unemployment issue. and even for those who are working theyre on the razors edge, which means their paycheck going from the beginning of the month and end of the month and trying to make it stretch...

Term. and theres no question that the economy is a big reality that you face. how tough is the national economy being in such distress is it for you here in chicago? >> well, theres no doubt in peoples lives its difficult. we have a foreclosure issue. we also have an unemployment issue. and even for those who are working theyre on the razors edge, which means their paycheck going from the beginning of the month and end of the month and trying to make it stretch all the way through. thats why as ...

Community leaders tried to work with people to help save their homes. >> it would be a very, very big potential help. first of all, in this economy, that would give us a chance to breathe while i get employed again. >> reporter: those numbers in some of these places like sacramento, stockton in californias central valley, specifically, as home prices continue to stay low, are saying that the end of the foreclosure issue in this region isnt anywhere in the near future. jenna: we talk so much abou...

In foreclosure, and i guess if wed only bailed himself, none of this would have happened. >> the media refuses to take the brave and politically incorrect and obvious line, hes a muslim, from pakistan, a country filled with people who hate america, even though we help them get nuclear weapons, of course the media is not allowed to say that. it has to be because the foreclosure issue, because of some perm issue, look, the guy was a militant islamist, there are millions of americans whose homes ar...