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was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the worlds finance ministers and leaders meet to talk about money. i think its fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burde...

now "my take." the european crisis you have been reading about in the newspapers is worth watching very carefully. it has now morphed into something much bigger than a european crisis. it could batter the entire global economy, which is pretty fragile anyway. you read a lot about greece. the real problem is italy. you see, greece is a nano state and makes up about 2% of the european unions gross domestic problem. italy, on the other hand, is one of the seven or eight largest economies ...

that plane to go down, obviously the focus is on the tail of that aircraft, almost immediately after the crash, photographic evidence emerged that a piece of that tail came off during mid-flight and thats something that ntsb confirmed during their news conferences and when crews went to take a look at the debris field, they actually found a chunk of the airplane and ntsb officials talked about that yesterday. take a look. >> it just happened so fast, a split-second event. you think, is...

the reality is that employers will hire, if theyve got the right incentives. but the incentives have to outweigh the costs. as an example, businesses arent going to hire someone because the governments going to give them a $4,000 tax credit. if the government mandates that are imposed on them cost a lot more than that, temporary credit. in recent years these mandates have been overwhelming. private sector job creators of all sizes have been pummeled by decisions being made right here i...

that is simply nonsense. instead of bizarre conspiracy theories, the arab world needs to focus on the dire statistics they highlighted almost a decade ago. the arab spring is a first step for those countries that it has touched. but it needs to be a spring board for 300 million arabs to look deep within and address the fundamentals that the leaders have neglected for decades. education, womens rights and economic reforms, jobs and real freedom. and we will be right back. >> it was a fo...

because your choice didnt win or you want to checkup the other runners up, go to suzanne malveauxs page,. and its the big story today. today is the big day for president obama. that long awaited jobs speech on congress. it was planned for last night. you know the republicans were debating last night and had to be moved to tonight, the presidents speech. here we are six hours away from the speech. he is expected to propose more investments and tax breaks that will cost $3 billion. the...

ilgts is ten minutes past the hour. back to your quote of the day. quote -- that was former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. he said that to piers morgan and said it just last night. he was talking about a presidential bid and if he might, you know, kind of ran, he could probably win. apple, and nike, are making our high-tech headlines at this hour. lets head straight to hong kong and kristie lu stout. this apple thing is getting weirder and weirder. >> weirder and weirde...

thank you for waking up with us. im live in new york. lets start in texas, shall we? its a dry, scorched burning place this morning. its wildfire problems are getting worse. more than 60 new fires broke out over the weekend. the biggest and maybe the most dangerous is the one youre looking at in bastrop county, 30 miles from downtown usa. p lets go to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. were going to get to chris welch whos in texas just a bit. i wanted to talk to you first about t...

good morning to you. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? this is your a.m. "wake-up call." this is carol costello joining you live from new york. its a big day. the presidents big speech on economy will be a week from tonight. he wanted to speak a day earlier but house speaker john boehner said there wouldnt be enough time to do a security sweep of the house chamber. others complained it was on the very night of the republican presidential debate. he could go head to hea...

worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters havent been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas...