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Unintended consequences of the lacy act that we feel are damaging to our industry and the economy. i asked lamar alexander of tennessee about that. he was a co-sponsor of that amendment. he says changes may be needed here. >> its not unusual for laws to have unintended consequences and when they do we say, we didnt think of that, that may be a problem. lets see if we can fix it. >> reporter: we reached out to the democratic co-sponsor and he did not want to talk to us. his office accused us of w...

Dream. bill? bill: wendell goler at the white house. wendell, thanks for that, on the north lawn. martha: from the north lawn, on president obama this is coming from mitt romney. former governor of massachusetts speaking at a town hall in the key primary state of new hampshire. lashing out at the president once again from the campaign trail. here is what he had to say. >> i love this country. im convinced that the future is righter than the past. but were going to have to do the right thing. and...

Well, some powerful labor unions, throwing their support behind the wall street protestors camped out in lower manhattan. demonstrations are now going into their third week as police in new york city made hundreds of arrest this is weekend after protestors marched on the brooklyn bridge. now new protests are springing up in other cities. david lee miller is here with the latest. david lee. >> reporter: megyn, these copycat protests taking aim at big business have taken place across the country b...

Lowered the estimate for married and unmarried same-sex households across the country in 2010 and says some opposite sex couples were miscounted as same-sex. the new estimate for same-sex households is 646,464. that is down from about 902,000. the census department says it discovered an inconsistency in responses that artificially inflated the number of same-sex couples. reports say it was due to confusing questions on a new form. finally, al-qaeda is lashing out at iran. over its presidents b...

african-american voters. the president alluding to the employment crunch during his third annual back to school speech here in washington, d.c. >> more than 60% of the jobs in the next decade will require more than a high school diploma. more than 60%. thats the world that youre walking into. >> some black voters say the president has let them down when it comes to education and job creation. the obama campaign is trying to address those concerns as the election gets closer. lets turn ...

Hallmark cards have introduced layoff sympathy cards. thats how bad things have unemployment rate in this country is near 15%. gotten in the country economically, so the president african-american community unemployment near 18%. is lashing out and well get its a legitimate question. into this later, fighting with are you better off with barack the black congressional caucus, obama as president and you know, for his -- he got the majority of the black vote and then some. and on the one hand, how...

Losing 3-0. this is the story here, with the red sox, for a long time it was like the red sox cant win when they have to. they thought they turned around history and 5-18 right now in september and theyre on pace to have the worst month of september and miss the playoffs since 1926. >> harris: wow. okay. pete, good to see you, thank you very much. on this day in 1965, speaking of sports, baseball legend satchel page became the oldest to play in the major leagues, took the mound at 59. page playe...

Does the same hold true, once a cutter, always a cutter? can you stop and then go back to it again? >> i dont think its possible. i dont think ill ever be able to stop cutting myself. being in prison and having a mental illness is not for everybody. some people cant handle it. you just got to -- me, i just try to learn the best way i can cope with it without hurting someone else. thats a lot of time when i cut myself. i get mad and angry and want to hurt something, ill turn on myself. >> but som...

individuals. they claim that only their views, approaches or prescriptions can save humanity and the world economy. their colleagues and friends dont you think that the root cause of the problems must be solved in the prevailing international order? or the way the world is governed? i would like to draw your kind attention to the following questions. who abducted tens of millions of people from their homes in africa during the dark period of slavery making them a victim of their materi...

standing ovation. the general assembly overwhelmingly accepted to vote for the credentials of the countrys new leadership which promises to form a new government in ten days. those are the headlines. im zain verjee, and "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london, im nina des santos. >> this is "world business today." these are your top stories on wednesday, september 21st. a disastrous day for insurers, earthquakes and extreme weather send lloyds of london deeply...