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When things are hard. it is about doing whats right. so lets do whats right. lets prove that the best days of america are still ahead of us. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. good afternoon. its wednesday, november 30th. weve just been listening to president obama delivering remarks in scranton, pennsylvania, referring to the determination of the people of scranton. he said, we are tougher than these times and we dont give up. we get up. he called on congress to extend...

Fought over a broken engagement on "the peoples court." smith was named a suspect because of his refusal to take a lie detector test. a gun club in scottsdale, arizona s letting families take a picture with san tan holding high-powered guns and military style rifles. the they say its not meant particularly for children but he lets parents include children. were told the guns are not loaded. 34 days until the iowa caucuses and still anybodys game. lets check in with nbc political reporter who...

overshadowing the game -- on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, november 30th. ali velshi is off im christine romans along with carol costello. good morning. >> good morning. the dismantling the occupy l.a. camp is under way right now. hundreds of riot police moving in. more police officers than protesters by some accounts. police issued several ten-minutes warnings throughout the night, that were pretty much ig...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin with breaking news on wall street. a dramatic rescue and equally dramatic reaction on wall street. the stock market skyrocketing today on new that is the federal reserve and other central banks are taking direct action to prevent a financial meltdown in the euro zone using the their resources to keep money and credit flowing amid the staggering debt crisis. its the largest coordinated move ...

stock index climbed 4.3%. the nasdaq up 4.2, all after the federal reserve and a handful of other central banks announced theyd make it easier for global financial institutions to borrow dollars, which are in high demand as investors are get more skittish about the oar re. cnns richard quest is among the market watch who see it as a pain reliever than a lasting cure. >> richard quest, central banks around the world make clear theyre ready to help, markets love it, all around the world,...

Staffers, volunteers and advisers around the country that he was going to take a look at all of this, and hed let them know what he was thinking in the next few days, jon. potentially, a big change for herman cain who is no longer saying he absolutely will stay in the race, now he is assessing his candidacy and the state of his campaign. jon: a very brief statement, but it could have a lot of implications. carl cameron, i know youll stay on top of it for us. thank you. just past high noon at l...

>> i do. bill: you do. >> the president traveled more than his predecessors have. lets be clear this is something presidents of both parties have done going back several years, decades even. president obama just done it more often than george w. bush did, more often than bill clinton did. bill: hear is the record now. 1995 on the screen. president bill clinton at this point in his first term, rather, 40 events, 24 days. 2003, same for george bush. 49 events, 34 days for president barack obama. 5...

Jobs will which is going nowhere in the congress, but its an interesting question about scranton. the president won pennsylvania, and he might, if things change, win again, but hes not likely to win parts of pennsylvania like scranton. i think its part of, hes taking the advice of people who are telling him that he should go where he cant win and stand up for his agenda anyway and for his principles and take, you know, take the message to the republicans in congress and try to put them on the de...

Carefully calibrated. he almost never goes to a non-swing state. this will be his 56th event in swing states since coming into the presidency. frankly its to raise money. scranton, this is a place in north eastern pennsylvania where president obama needs to be able to win or at least come close. this is white and working class voters where he struggled back to the primary against hillary clinton. ohio and pennsylvania. he struggled to win over the voters. this is the reagan democrats. he got ple...

President obama makes a new push this week to extend and expand the payroll tax cut. hell do it on wednesday, in vice president joe bidens hometown, scranton, p.a., a state crucial to their re-election. we can expect to see more of biden himself in pennsylvania in ohio and florida. battleground states where democratic strategists say he could be a stronger asset than the president himself. im joined by cnbc chief washington correspondent john harwood. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> ...