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Peel back the onion in this case. they certainly did. as a result, he was convicted. the recommendation is 263 years. well see what the judge does in january. im pretty confident that based upon the circumstances and the nature of these offenses, hell never see the light of day. >> theyre horrific offenses. joey jackson, thank you very much. still to come in the "newsroom," a steep drop in the polls, is the ben carson camp in chaos right now? toto the nations capitalut to support an important ...

The person everyone want to get in the race they feel sweet on. when he gets in and starts talking and campaigning we may see a different story. we dont know at this point. i want to put up this number. hillary clinton down 16 points since june against her opponents. and steve, this may be, the last take we had on her and how she sacked up against republicans she was beating them. she is no longer beating the candidates in head-to-head gop match ups. >> this is a pretty steep drop. not just a gr...

Egypt. he says he would put a hold on the funds until he sees egypt moving toward democracy. earlier this month the obama administration suspended most aid to egypt but pledged to maintain some assistance but that appears now to be blocked. now to the latest jobs report. the economy adding 148,000 jobs since september. a steep drop from the jobs gains in august. and october numbers, well they may be even worse thanks to temporary layoffs during the shutdown. now to san francisco, apple unveiling...

>>shepard: thank you from the white house. >> the labor department is reporting a steep drop in the number of americans applying for jobless benefits, down by 35,000 last week for 353,000. that is a new or nearly a now year lower but temperature factors could cause the dramatic ups and downs we have seen recently. and now to gerri, anchor of the willis report. how reliable are the numbers? >>gerri: not so much. the automaker shut downs in the summertime are taking less time off and it is throwin...

And say these votes were nothing more than a classic game of senate politics, shep. >> shepard: rich, whats the latest on the presidents tax cut plan? >> well, its stuck. senate republicans say they are waiting for democrats to produce a written proposal. and even if they do, it may not pass the senate and will not pass the house. republics want to maintain current rates for all federal taxpayers for one more year to give congress time to overall overhaul the tax code. serious discussions to res...

The dow opens at 12,482 after gaining 60 points yesterday. the s&p added four points. the nasdaq rose 17. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 84 points while in hong kong the hang seng nudged up 59. investors return to work tuesday to slight but significant signs of improvement overseas. stocks got an early boost from modest improvements in chinas economy, while surprisingly solid interest in debt auctions in spain, greece and europes bailout fund eas...

hauled before congress and impeached. newt gingrich outlines his solution to so-called activists and ignites a huge controversy. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. its a rogue isolated nation on earth. now the state is in transition now with the death of their leader, kim jong il. a tearful woman announced the news on state television saying kim jong il died suddenly of heart attack at age 69. >> north korea is built on a cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty and...

good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, im carol costello. here are this mornings top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach whos taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying thats not ...

>> all right. thats good stuff. glad you hung around for that one. see you tomorrow. a steep drop in deadly accident on americas roads. who is taking part of the credit and how did the recession help possibly? s on americas roads. who is taking part of the credit and how did the recession help possibly?

>> bill: president bushs first term he averaged in the polls 6% approval rating. you were in the seat then as his advisor. his second term all the way down to 36.5%. bad poll numbers. obviously you saw what happened. mr. obama won the election. what kind of a psychological effect does, you know, the polls going from 62 to 36, there is a steep drop, but you almost have the same steep drop with obama. he started out at 69. he is down to 41. what type of psychological play is that on a president? >...