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no one cared that he was gay. >> a legal network for them estimates 14,000 were booted from the military because of dont ask, dont tell. authorities could decide whether a condemned man lives or dies. troy davis was convicted of murder in 1989. if the state does not intervene he will be put to death at 7:00 p.m. eastern. davis supporters say he is innocent and the officers family says justice is overdue. both sides spoke before the parole board. >> no time is easy when you have to go...

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...

wolf blitzer is off tonight. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected president of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. dont wait, dont delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. we how is it going in new york right now, mary? >> you just heard the president speak about this hurricane. new york had asked the president to declare emergency assistance. and the president did...

the sea walls, but i think the worst here is orr and it passed. amazing how well theyve weathered this here. we have not seen any damage. just a quick ride through downtown nassau, and it seems that theyve got lucky and their preparations really worked. some of the southern islands in the bahamas didnt make it well. we have reports of serious did he have tags in some of the settlements down there and even some of the biggest islands, cat island that are both popular tourist islands had...

kind of a day will it be? another wild ride? well, some wont mind if its wild in the right direction. though, we have seen a historic week of volatility. also huge changes at the u.s. postal service. administrators there are asking congressional approval to lay off 120,000 people. you heard me right. also across in great britain and all across great britain now the riots die down a little bit now and maybe life getting back to normal in london. nearly 2,000 people have been arreste...

split, 6-6 along party lines. theyll have until thanksgiving to come up with a package of cuts and/or taxes to get the $1.5 trillion. now, congress would then vote up or down on the entire chunk. they have to vote. but remember, the supercommittee was set up to do what congress and the white house failed to do. keeping them honest tonight, its not like this is the first time politicians have decided to set up a committee to do what they themselves have failed to do. in targets we have ...

leaders each get to name three members. meaning the panel will be evenly split, 6-6 along party lines. theyll have until thanksgiving to come up with a package of cuts and/or taxes to get the $1.5 trillion. now, congress would then vote up or down on the entire chunk. they have to vote. but remember, the supercommittee was set up to do what congress and the white house failed to do. keeping them honest tonight, its not like this is the first time politicians have decided to set up a co...

trillion in cuts over ten years, raises the debt ceiling about about the same amount, sets up a bipartisan committee to find other ways to trim another trillion and change from the deficit. think of it as a deficit posse. it calls for both chamber of commerce eventually to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. they dont actually have to pass it, they just have to vote on it. and the president and house speaker admit that the plan is not perfect, but hey, theres a deadli...

self-imposed deadline for a deal and still there is no deal. some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for this big deficit reductions package theyve been talking about and just find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. >> you know, it seemed like there was some enthusiasm and some progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even fu...

becoming an abnormal crisis. what happened today? >> reporter: well, there was a lot of process, sanjay. and a lot of discussion and still no break through is the bottom line. we are less than two days away from the presidents self-imposed july 22nd deadline for a deal. and still there is no deal. and now some on capitol hill, some of even the presidents allies are saying this is now in their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package theyve been talk a...