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>> how do we create jobs? even president bill clinton came out this week and said, excuse me, president obama, we need to extend these tax cuts, and the small business owner, i can tell you this, theres no certainty in our future right now. we dont know what our health care bill is going to be next year for our employees, we dont know what our tax bill is going to be next year for our employees, we dont know what our gas prices are going to be next year for our companies. so, what we need is, a ...

an appeal which is very unusual. rulings in britain are usually final. justice a landmark sentence for convicted war criminal and former president of liberia, charles taylor. hes been sentenced to 50 years in prison by a special international court. hes convicted of supporting rebels in sierra leon who slaughtered thousands of people during the countrys 11-year civil war. taylor armed rebels in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. mitt romney unofficialing clinching the rop nomin...

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...

Influence policy that ends up with upsidedown outcomes like that. are we oversimplifying it when we look at this and say, how could we possibly -- with policies that are as upside down and inside out as you just described, punishing savers on and on and on, and the causality that auction? >> well, the point, i think we know by now, is that wall street dominates the fed. the fed is basically running a policy to reward speculation, to give free money to the carry trade, and basically trash the dol...

With the truth, and that the truth in and of itself will give a clear choice to the american people. all of the polls that i have seen. let me show a "the washington post" poll on who the american people trust to create jobs. lets give you that example, for one, because i think when you say truth, people at home will say, yeah, that sounds right, but i think the american people are already clear. who do you trust to create jobs? 49% say they trust president obama. only 34% say congress. so clear...

Michelle obama was fundraising. the guy is on a very, very full fundraising schedule right now. >> the guy is going to raise a billion dollars. >> you think he would be doing things like solving the economy, job problem. >> this sounds like israel-palestine. you say unilateral disarmament? no, no. democrats will raise money and if you think republicans arent raising money, youre -- i dont know -- >> hes the president! >> and in the first quarter of the year before the election, president bush di...

To begin is with a foreign trip to brazil when you have a trade deficit that is the largest that it has ever been. in other words, you have to pri prioritize. >> the day that he went, there were articles and papers in kansas, new jersey and florida talking about the importance actually of opening markets in brazil to specific companies in each of those states. >> and i think thats wonderful. >> to me theres a more direct line. >> we need 30 million jobs -- >> okay, b in terms of sgloe so the ane...

Be truly established. >> all right. of the president himself, david said thatless some $2 trillion in cash that corporate america is sitting on. what does it take get employers to spend that money and hire? >> one aspect might be to go to what ken is talking about, changes in the tax code. there are particularly of that $2 trillion, a big chunk of it is overseas and corporations argue if you would let us bring it back and reinvest it and we dont have do pay the high rates when we come back, were...

Thoughtful but i was most taken by what jamie dimon said. hes, of course, the chairman and ceo of jp morgan chase, dimon and his company emerged unscathed from the financial crisis. in fact, with both their reputations enhanced. you want to hear what jim mee dimon had to say about the state of the u.s. economy and the job problem and europe and why he thinks he and his foel low bankers get a bad rap. >> there is still, if you know, if you look at polls in the united states, still a widespread fe...

You just cant fix one piece of it or think you are, and thats going to take care of everything else. it is a comprehensive effort that the business community is looking for, from both the house, white house and the congress. >> but, david, you know, the optics are still pretty. a lot of the companies have offshored an awful lot of jobs, weve documented it over the years and now the president is saying almost a jfk moment, ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your...