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that it is on the right track. merkel reaffirmed her confidence. we expect to hear from president obama about the drop in the jobless rate just minutes from now. the president is also going to be outlining a plan to upgrade buildings, make them more energy efficient. the administration says it will create tens of thousands of construction jobs. the president speaking about 11:10 eastern. well take you there live. senators trying to figure out a compromise today to extend the payrol...

and good morning, everyone. its friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. im christine romans along with alina cho on this "american morning." >> so glad you got the memo. >> i know. were both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. hes heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wifes hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether hes in or ou...

Maybe its the pulitzer prize thing. >> its true, but its natural because its the narrative that is presented every day and all that. but if we are going to turn the growth numbers around at all. if were going to change the graphic you just showed up, its going to take as julie was saying about new orleans, its going to take a long-term investment. and we talk about the marshall plan or sputnik. because it worked. >> you have to have something like a war or biblical flood coming and put it in mot...

european markets fell. the ftse down more than 2%. dax down more than 3%. no surprise, folks. dow futures are down this morning. now to preday on wall street. a 2.4%. the european debt crisis weighs heavily on investors minds and wallets. the only one to finish on the up side, walmart. amanda knox and her family are expected to return to seattle as early as today. knox broke down in tears after a jury overturned her murder conviction yesterday for the stabbing death of her british ro...

Actually. >> the sheep farmer was shook up. nobody got hurt. the australian government billed nasa $400 for littering bees of skylab all over australias desert. nasa never paid the ticket. an american radio station took up a collection and paid the money in 2009. before skylab, a 20-pound piece of the soviet unions sputnik satellites crashed into a sidewalk in mant urk wauk, wisconsin. nobody got hurt and they hold a festival including the dramatic re-enactment of the finding of the debris. ♪ ...

ground zero where it was heavily damaged. the white spots turned gray. it had rips and tears. all this year jeff and his group, new york says thank you, have been going around the country repairing it spot by spot with flags that have flown over other disaster sites and things like that. this portion of the flag flew over pearl harbor when it was bombed. this section right here, this flew at martin luther king jr.s funeral. that was the georgia patch. you can see on the far side there ...

Defend that and get away from it? it sounds like romney will continue to attack the president, maybe not so much perry. listen to this. >> this president really has a -- i call it a pay phone strategy for a smart phone world. hes locked in the technology of the past and the economy of the past. hes trying to stuff quarters into a pay phone. that pay phone isnt connected anymore. we got smart phones. we have to have an economic strategy which is modern, updated, structured for the new economy. >>...

saying hell fight for tax increases as the deficit spending debate enters its next chapter. a powerful new special congressional committee charged with finding an additional $1.5 trillion in savings over the next decade. the low-key signing ceremony at the white house came two hours after a 74-26 senate vote that sent the compromise plan from capitol hill to 1600 pennsylvania back after weeks of partisan sniping and jockeying in washington that we know leftmost of you disgusted. a new ...

Some thingser are just for fun but think about that shark taking a bite out of this tire. okay. so maybe that truck doesnt get very good gas mileage like maybe one mile per gallon but they do make their own power and in fact it would have to be big. okay. so i admit not everything has to be big to be cool, like the inside of a cockpit of an airplane or for this entire helicopter sitting right here that you can even look at the engine and something that i thought was really big when i was a kid, ...

and i know that they are deceased and they know they are at the temporary morgue so we are in the process of identifying those people as quickly as possible so they know that theyre not unaccounted for. they know where they are. >> the number of dead reached 139 today. 105 people remain missing. president obama is set to visit joplin tomorrow for a memorial service. the president of poland hosting the president of the united states today in warsaw. president obama said countries in t...