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another recession. and adds new urgency to the political debate here in washington over new jobs initiatives. the dow jones industrial average was down just short of 420 points or 3.7%. the nasdaq down 5.2%. the s & p 500 down 4.5%. it is what drove the markets down that is again stoking recession fears. overseas more jitters as europe struggles to contain its debt crisis. here at home, data some see as evidence of a new downturn. weekly unemployment claims rose much more than expected...

sales of existing homes dropped. and manufacturers had been expecting a modest increase. and inflation on consumer goods was up. add in collapsing consumer confidence and you get sober advice like this -- >> 2012 could be a very difficult year. im on the camp that we have more chance of being in recession than avoiding it. so, they should be conservative right now. their confidence should be down because theres every reason out there that they shouldnt feel confident. >> getting us sta...

anderson. >> he was giggle. >> thats the first time i have ever seen him completely lose it. it was funny. >> a lot to talk about this morning. we have breaking news. a suicide truck bomber targeting the u.s. military base in afghanistan. it happened in the city of gardez a few hours ago. officials say the truck ripped through the main security gate. killed two afghan guards. nine others were hurt. and the taliban is taking credit for the attack. >> less than two weeks after downgradin...

>> hey, fredericka. the losses are holding steady. the dow down about 436 points. theyre off their lows of this session where we saw the dow down as much as 500 points. this is coming after morgan stanley kind of set off an alarm bell saying that the u.s. and europe are looking like theyre getting close to going into a recession. morgan stanley also downgrading its growth forecast globally for this year and next. also not helping we got a bunch of economic reports here in the u.s. one ...

europeans and the americans might have to have more central bank intervention into the markets and also said that there have been policy decisions in europe and the united states that have been poor, and then on top of that, that was enough. that was already bad, brooke. then we got some economic reports right here in the united states. slowdown in housing, slowdown in manufacturing, and, you know, not a great report about new jobless claims. basically it all piled on. people ran out o...

you can tell these people are not praying enough. thats whats wrong. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >> good evening, president obama is out on the trails today blasting republican rivals and urging americans to send a message to congress. he sat down with wolf blitzer for a one-on-one interview. wolf joins me now. wolf, congratulations on your scoop interview. what was the most striking part of it from your point of view? >> at one point we started talking about the tenth anniversa...

state of illinois. hes been talking to people about the fight for americas future, even as he steps up his own fight for reelection. >> when i travel through down state illinois, iowa, the midwest, i am absolutely confident about this country. and the reason is because of you. the reason is because of the american people. because as tough of a time as weve had theres not a country on earth that would not ready change places with us right now. >> the president told me just yesterday in ...

>> good evening, president obama is on the trails blasting rivals and urging americans to send a message to congress. he sat down with wolf blitzer for a one-on-one interview. wolf joins me now. wolf, congratulations on your scoop interview. what was the most striking part of it from your point of view? >> at one point we started talking about the tenth anniversary of 9/11. and im very worried, piers, i dont know about you, but im very worried having studied terrorism in the middle eas...

presidential election. >> the caucuses arent until its winter, until snow on the ground. >> at least its been entertaining. up first texas governor rick perry on the attack in new hampshire. hit the ground running and hitting president obama hard calling his handling of the economy a disaster. hes not backing down from his verbal assault in iowa this week on fed chairman ben bernanke. heres what governor perry said. >> if this guy prints more money, between now and the election, i do...

whether you see the state of america with the economy so completely tanking, youre a successful businessman. >> is it going to come to praying again? >> praying does help. at least i have a prayer. >> do more! do more! you can tell these people are not praying enough. thats whats wrong. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >> good evening, president obama is on the trails blasting rivals and urging americans to send a message to congress. he sat down with wolf blitzer for a one-on-one in...