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mate, congressman paul ryan. >> i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. i welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he is an articulate spokesman for governor romneys vision. but its a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. >> cnns athena jones is outside the rally. the president said the vision has something of the likes of fairy dust in it. >> reporter: it was a big 20 minute speech or so. the first public remarks we have seen fro...

major spike in cases of west nile virus. health officials say it is the biggest rise since 2004. so far weve seen 240 cases across the country with four deaths. the cdc says the cases have been in texas, mississippi and oklahoma. august is traditionally the peek month for wes nile. the virus is carried by mosquitos. to colorado now, where the university of colorado has hired an independent investigator to probe the schools handling of colorado theater shooting suspect james holmes. hol...

solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many of them. a simple answer would be the cleanest, the most convenient, out of control deficits or stimulus. its barack obama or george w. bush, but its not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, masked the underlying fact that lo...

solutions and right now, those solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many of them. a simple answer would be the cleanest, the most convenient, out of control deficits or stimulus. its barack obama or george w. bush, but its not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, mas...

has the ruling put jet blew on the hook for allowing him to fly that plane? lets go "out front. good evening every one. out front tonight, ooh, la, la, frances most porful woman sticking her knows in americas business. a doom and gloom message for washington today. >> economic recovery remains p tepid and down size risks have identified. what we see is clearly a risk that confidence be eroded. >> and she didnt stop there. she took on president obama, too. she called his $3.8 trillion...

the fbi and federal prosecutors say there was never any real threat to the public and they say the suspects were closely monitored and their would-be explosives were duds controlled by an undercover fbi employee. the feds say three of the five men are self-proclaimed anarchists and thats why they were busted. >> the fbi and department of justice are not conducting an investigation of any group and have not, will not conduct an investigation of any group. todays charges should not indic...

Senator, you cant tell americans who are feeling more optimistic about their economic prospects if their eyes are deceiving them. and when it comes to gas prices, sure, that hurts everybody. but its republicans, just like democrats, who have failed to provide the leadership to get any kind of leadership for this country passed. thats been going on for decades. >> well, david, you know, as someone who has been voting to open up a lot of areas for exploration and been repeatedly stopped by the rad...

Circumstances. >> isnt that setting up the blame game, saying that the here is something that the republicans say they are not supporting it and you are creating more grid lock. >> i think the grid lock is already in place. and the president is trying to make sure we have a level of bipartisanship, even angered democrats that thought he was playing too softly. im not one of them on that position but the president has to say, this is what im for and historically the republicans have been here too...

Bureaucracy. >> congressman, how do you think republicans and democrats with bridge the divide like the pay roll tax extension and extending unemployment and higher taxes on wealthy people? we have only seen grid lock and do you expect it to change in the election year? >> we have already seen compromise and already been able to do that and thats what the senate did for two mongs. i agree, that is too short. but it was a compromise. and harry reid said only way we will get it done is because of ...

newsletters written in his name from the past. questions coming up again as he rises in the polls on this "american morning." good morning. good to see you. >> you too. >> thursday, december 22nd. im ali velshi with christine romans. >> it could all be unraveling this morning. a wave of coordinating and deadly blasts rocking baghdad. four car bombs and nine roadside bombs went off within two hours of each other, killing at least 63 people and wounding close to 200. this a few days af...