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to the disaster unfolding on wall street. the dow was tanking before and after he spoke today. >> the president: we didnt need a rating agency to tell us that the gridlock in washington over the last several months has not been constructive to say the least. markets will rise and fall. but this is the united states ofthi america. no matter what some agency may say, weve always been and always will be a aaa country. >> hmm, i dont think partisan gridlock led s&p to take action. the pres...

as ever to this down grade and to the disaster unfolding on wall street. the dow was tanking before and after he spoke today. >> the president: we didnt need a rating agency to tell us that the gridlock in washington over the last several months has not been constructive to say the least. markets will rise and fall. but this is the united states ofthi america. no matter what some agency may say, weve always been and always will be a aaa country. >> hmm, i dont think partisan gridlock l...

home grown terrorists. this morning, four people are dead after a homicide bomber attacked a memorial service for the half brother of afghanistan president hamid karzai. 15 others were hurt in this attack on a kandahar mosque. wally karzai was assassinated on tuesday. he was shot at close range, apparently by a confidant. the taliban has claimed responsibility for his murder. thousands paid their respects for an 8-year-old boy murdered in his brooklyn, new york, neighborhood. he went m...

theres a major sticking point, republicans digging in against any tax hikes. >> there was never any agreement to allow tax rates to go up, in any discussion ive ever had with the white house. not once. bill: democrats pushing for those new taxes to bring down the debt. republicans calling for deeper spending cuts. the president calls for a deal by july 22. thats ten days from now. that way, congress has time to pass it before the august 2nd deadline. thats when many in the administrati...

questions about the koran burning and more in manhattan. and cnn and piers morgan. rves as a televised why on talent shows. how much do people know about his controversial tabloid past? well have a fullreport. and david west resigns as president of abc news after cutting a quarter of the staff. can the broadcast networks overcome tough times and sinking ratings? im howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." it wasnt very long ago that terry jones was an obscure pastor in gaine...

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Voters re-elected barack obama, but they arent giving him a pass on benghazi. a recent fox poll showed more than 7-10 american voters want congress to continue investigating. congress has. and so have we. we begin with peter boyer, who finds one piece of common ground between obama supporters and critics. both agree that to understand benghazi, you must go back a few years. >> any clear-eyed examination of this matter must begin with this sobering fact. benghazi joins a long list of tragedies fo...

Voters re-elected barack obama, but they arent giving him a pass on benghazi. a recent fox poll showed more than 7-10 american voters want congress to continue investigating. congress has. and so have we. we begin with peter boyer, who finds one piece of common ground between obama supporters and critics. both agree that to understand benghazi, you must go back a few years. >> any clear-eyed examination of this matter must begin with this sobering fact. benghazi joins a long list of tragedies fo...

20% say he has the right characteristics. 31, no, hes in the minority now. but look at newts numbers here right now. only 17%, what, one in seven, are confident he has the right personal characteristics to be president of the united states. by the way, the public is pretty aware of this guy. and a whopping 42% say, no, he doesnt. that lack of confidence in gingrich on the part of the american people shows in the general election matchup where its obama, 51, gingrich, 40. an 11-point spread. pete...