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word. >> the truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. >> as makeshift memorials spring up across norway, police and the public are searching for answers to fridays deadly attacks. the lawyer and suspect, anders breivik, the lawyer said his client is in insane. the suspects father, who doesnt want to be identified, agrees. >> translator: no, ill never have more contact with him in my darkest momen...

reached all the way to the royal throne. well, stocks are treading water today. the dow chips have been moving between positive and negative territory all morning. the dow jones down about 16 points or so. investors are perhaps taking a breather on negotiations over the debt ceiling playing out in washington. president obama says theres a groundhog day feeling at the white house. he and congressional leaders immediate again today to work on a deal to raise the nations borrowing lim...

cant sign into a deal unless we raise taxes on the wealthy and close corporate tax loopholes. the republicans say, no. were not going to be raising taxes in the wake of the jobs report. democrats say, were not going to be on board with any cuts to social security or medicare. we want those to be dealt with separately in the same way that republicans want to deal with taxes separately. it has to be revenue neutral. democrats say we are not cutting social security and medicare. and this ...

taxes in the wake of the jobs report. democrats say, were not going to be on board with any cuts to social security or medicare. we want those to be dealt with separately in the same way that republicans want to deal with taxes separately. democrats say, were not cutting social security and medicare. and this week, they got very upset when they heard reports that president obama may be considering a change in the way inflation is calculated which would affect the cost of living adjustm...

take a look at this though. >> reporter: "atlantis" and the crew of four are ready to make history minutes from now with the last liftoff of the u.s. space shuttle. >> it is at that moment when it is finally over that you will be able to exhale, and take a breath and understand the significance of the moment. >> reporter: but americans have been fascinated with space exploration for decades. >> i believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out o...

of those filed fields. compare that with education, social work, and the arts, tamara, even if 2011 grads were wise enough to choose one of these majors, competition is tough and buried under a mountain of student debt. >> everybody is scared because it feels like the american dream is unraveling before our eyes. we have a graduate class, 2011, $24,000 in student loan debt. this is the primary thing we tell people to do to get on the other side, the success side, go to college, but eve...

hopeful example of what a free libya could be. a place where the dignity and the desires of all people for freedom and opportunity are respected. u.s. predator drones are joining the nato campaign to protect civilians in libya. the remote-controlled planes can fly lower and pinpoint targets more precisely than traditional fighter jets. now, nato has been reluctant to bomb libyan troops in cities, fearing civilians will be killed. syrians poured into the streets in at least five cit...

Manufacturing and that sector, i would like to see more strong in the next month. >> well live it there. ryan mack, thank you. in a deadly attack on u.n. staff in afghanistan, at least 12 people were killed at the u.n. assistance mission after a protest over the reported burning of a koran in florida. you may remember pastor teri jones who stirred up disgust when he planned to torch the holy book on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. he followed through last month with little notice ou...

Stairstep trend in the right direction. were going up. the economy now has added 1.5 million jobs since early 2010. another good sign, the jobless rate is trending down, 9% at the start of 2011, now 8.8%, as you can see. that is the lowest in two years. where are these new jobs coming from? in march, business services hired 78,000 people and it was another good month for health care, leisure and hospitality and manufacturing as well. joining me to put these figures into context is a financial pl...

Employment again. >> who is finding employment, men, women, whites, minorities? >> well, a lot of the men right now have been some of the highest individuals who are unemployed. men right now, especially in construction, aloft these construction -- thats why a lot of the stimulus funding was very helpful in many states because a lot of the men were being laid off. that started to help. a lot of the women, especially in the health care sector, are some of the individuals who are funding the most ...