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Always for guiding us through that. chinas top leaders have pledged to step up policy support for their economy amid a tortuous post—covid recovery, focusing on boosting domestic demand, signalling more stimulus steps. joao da silva is following the story from our asia business hub in singapore. how are they planning to do that? the fact is, the statement that came out offers very little in terms of specific policies. this was a closely watched meeting, because it was the first meeting by chin...

>> greta: senator orrin hatch goes on the record in 60 seconds. but first to our new york newsroom. >> reporter: two young american hikers held in an iranian prison since 2009 are now one step closer to coming home. sean bauer and josh fattal arrived in oman earlier today where they were greeted by family members. it is not known yet when they will be back in the u.s.. they were convicted of espionage and faced eight years in an iranian prison. the government of oman paid a bail of one million d...

Economic growth should improve in the second half but a lot of things that hurt economic growth earlier in year, like the japanese earthquake and the spike in oil prices were temporary shocks that are subsiding now. but he sounded more worried than ever about jobs. the financial health of struggling consumers, among other stimulus steps. bernanke said the fed could announce plan to keep the current interest rates lower for longer. bret? >> bret: peter, thank you. now talks on extending the debt ...