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both parties trading barbs during this latest round of political pro wrestling while both parties continue to ignore the obvious barriers to job creation in a flawed tax code that incentivizes the removal of money from this country, not the investment in country, rigged trade, which does exactly the same thing, and too big to fail banks that are bigger than ever, that, by the way, also help to remove money from america. no one wants to deal with that. they just want to play rich man, p...

next on "msnbc saturday," storming the coast. tropical storm lee makes its move, but is it as bad as forecast? also ahead, tears and fears. millions of unemployed americans running out of benefits and out of patient. will the presidents job plan offer hope? it is steer crazy. a pinlt-sized motorist at the wheel. her parents along for the ride. good morning, and welcome to "msnbc saturday." just past 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. out west. lets get to whats happening out there...

being the key jobs, but in this economy, jobs are not available whether youre educated or not. >> i think it is a great rhetorical device. it makes perfect sense, given what were looking at now on the economy, but i do not know if he is going to be able to make the sale in terms of convincing anyone in congress that this kind of investment is going to be what they need to make. >> let me also ask you about the reauthorization of the child left behind. he is very critical of congress no...

no breakthrough at this afternoons white house session. the president will reconvene the talks tomorrow. lets discuss the stakes and politics with jessica yellin and gloria borger. the sound we didnt quite have there was the time saying its time to rip off the band-aid, eat our peas. he spent a half hour with the key negotiators in the room. what happened today? any progress? >> no breakthroughs, but the way its been described to me is that they essentially turned the floor over to eri...

obama administration. how can we really move forward if were always looking at the past? also, youve heard of money laundering. how about honey laundering? show starts right now. if you were just reading the headlines, todays job report sounds promising. unemployment dropping to 9.4. >> the trend is clear. we saw 12 straight months of private sector job growth. thats the first time thats been true since 2006. >> well, the trend in the right direction, yes. but not nearly enough and f...

>> some of÷v the headlines this morning include "obama declared a two-year freeze on federal pay." the deficit, the federal debt, and a federal employee pay freeze. we have a line for independence and those of you thought are federal employees. -- that are federal employees. "the new york times" front-page newspaper "obama demands a two- year freeze on federal pay." sam youngman is the white house correspondents joining us on the phone. thank you for being with us. lets begin first wi...

>> and a new report gives the stimulus high marks, praising it for doing its jobs and coming in under budget, but if its working so well, why are millions of americans still out of work this morning? our slogan this hour comes from chas in maryland, within of the best ways i know for my morning to start is to watch "fox & friends" weekend with clayton, dave, ainsley earhart. he nailed it. way to welcome. >> its "fox & friends." >> good morning, good sunday morning, now, you sent him a ...

then charge up the coast during the day on friday. so watch this carefully over the next couple of days. locally were doing fine. today is going to be another hot, sunny day with afternoon high temperatures back into the 90s. currently were 76 degrees at reagan national. humidity 65%. winds shifting later out of the south here at about 5 miles per hour. but all in all, not a bad day. 95 degrees the afternoon high with a lot of sunshine. one more hot afternoon and then well start a cool...

governors efforts to talk to muslim leaders -- next on "larry king live." first, we have breaking news. a milestone in the war in iraq. the last u.s. combat convoy is leaving the country. lets go right to cnns chris lawrence at the pentagon. in a couple minute, well talk with governor paterson. i thought the last date was august 31st. arent they still 6,000 troops there of combat level? >> yes, youre right. the last combat convoy is now pushing its way out of iraq, into kuwait. but thi...

first, we have breaking news. a milestone in the war in iraq. the last u.s. combat convoy is leaving the country. lets go right to cnns chris lawrence at the pentagon. in a couple of moments well talk with governor paterson. help me, chris. i thought the last date is august 31st. and arent they still 6,000 troops there of combat level? >> yeah, larry, youre exactly right. lets try to put this in some perspective. the last combat convoy is now pushing its way out of iraq, into kuwait. b...