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Sleep well, on the wings of lunesta. "world news now" delivers your "morning papers." for any woman whos ever bought an expensive pair of jeans, you know theres no steadfast rule when it comes to how often you should wash them. people have different ideas. some women say, no, if i wash them, they wont stay as tight. some men dont wash them at all or every day. >> where is this going? >> this kid, take a look at him. he basically said, im going to wear my skin-tight jeans for 15 months withou...

Down a little bit from its high right at the end of the recession. but still right up there. and it is stunning. and one of the things that makes you especially sad, when you look throughout the current recession, look at the flat line. it has stubbornly refused to go down. 9.4% back in may. its a painful, painful recession. lets take a closer look here comparing the recessions. i want to go back in time here. youll see a number of recessions ten different times when the economy dipped. the dark...

In the first two years of the obama white house he helped open up its visitors logs and persuaded the president to sign an executive order banning lobbyists from serving in the administration. now ison has been nominated as ambassador to the czech republic and the white house counsel, bob bauer, is taking over most of his funk, along with an official at the domestic house con sill. robert gibbs emphasized to our wendell goler that the administration is hardly losing its morale compass. >> there ...

Well, right now 31% say that. are things going badly? at the moment 69%. at this point back in 1994, 52%. the country is in more of a funk now than it was then. what happened back then? well, you had 50 democrats in districts in 1994 that had been carried by president george h.w. bush in 1992, so they, of course, were the moe vulnerable in two years later. in 2010, there are 40 democrats in districts that won by john mccain in 2008. you know those are the big republican targets at the beginning....

Now for our question of the week. heres what i want to know. who do you think won the economic debate you just saw? niall ferguson, who says we need to slash budgets, or robert skidelsky, who says whats needed is more stimulus spending? let me know what you think. and dont forget, we now have both a video and an audio podcast. to subscribe go to itunes or to our website, cnn.com/gps. and once you subscribe, you will never miss a show. and please remember, its free. now, as i do every week, i wan...

Democrats wish it would go away. >> and im sure that charlie rangel does, too, but as we saw in marys place, he is popular in harlem. >> but the biggest problem for charlie rangel a as whole is getting re-election. >> if he gets that nomination, he is the next congressman from new york and harlem as well. this is a week where we saw the president sign into law major legislative accomplishments and extending the unemployment benefits and reforming wall street, and you know what, he didnt get a wh...

"king obama, is that you?" it was tim. tim, hang on a second. i want to thank you for saving us on this and i want to send you something. good. we have an incredible show for you welcome to "red eye." it is like i am legend, if by ledge legend you mean hairless from the neck down. lets go to andy levy. whats coming up tonight? >> tonights show coming up, why wont the movie version of "captain america" be a flag waiver? the shocking story that will make you want to pufn hollywood in the face. a...

Millions of americans. i also think what were seeing is were seeing comprehensive but compromised legislation. significant. major achievements. also disappointments. compromised by entrenched corporate interests in washington. and a lot of americans dont see the that picture. i think for progressives, we understand that it takes more than one election. that we need to fix on systemic change to a system that is corroded by corporate money. got compromised democrats too, but its a long haul. i thi...

The economy? 40% approve, 4 in 10 americans approve, back in may 2009, 56% approved, so he has dropped 16 appoints in his handling of the economy, and the economy is by far the number one issue. i was talking to a top strategist today, and asked him, when is the date of no return? people think the country is in a funk, youre not going to change his mind, and he says that date is gone. this is the political climb youre going to run in. >> and how much lower do you get the unemployment number befo...

Edge with a weekend match-up with uruguayu, but the u.s. front line has not scored in two world cups. the referee handed out yellow cards, punishments, one red card. and the big star probably of the world cup will be remembered as paul the psychic octopus. >> who predicted correctly all eight matches. >> he was 8 for 8. he was served on the menus in spain and certain places. the winning team and losing team now return home today to their respected capitals. >> the dutch national funk? >> this is...