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really do. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com were following new developments in the alleged iranian terror plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. among the latest, the u.s. has slapped sanctions on an iranian airline it says provided materials support for the plot. in tehran, the foreign ministry is protesting the allegations to a swiss diplomat in tehran. switzerland represents the two countrie countries. sa...

researchers believe you may be doing yourself more harm than good. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." im carol costello joining you live from new york. president obamas $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the presidents senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wro...

We have to get this done. then in the next breath he basically had a not so subtle warning to republicans that if they dont take bold action and support this jobs bill in his words they are going to be run out of town by voters. take a listen. >> i would love nothing more than to see congress act so aggressively that i cant campaign against them as a do nothing congress. >> the problem for the president though is it doesnt look like he moved any votes either with this news conference or his trav...

the dark. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is on capitol hill looking into the story. kate, whats going only here? this was not supposed to be like this. >> reporter: hey there, wolf. im standing out front as people are passing by. behind me is this nondescript room. this is where the super committee will meet again this evening behind closed doors which has some government watchers, since this committee has such a huge job before them, some government watchers are calling ...

a look at these pictures coming in to cnn. helicopter has crashed into new yorks east river and a dramatic rescue operation is now underway. were told by the fire department of new york, a spokesman saying that at least two people were seriously injured in the crash. the chief coast guard petty officer eric swansen tells cnn there were at least three people on board when that helicopter crashed into the east river in new york. in an interview with a local affiliate, a former fdny commi...

powerful allegations about murrays actions and inaction. lets go to ted rollins in los angeles. whats the latest, ted? >> well, joe, it was a compelling day in court so far. it continues this afternoon here in los angeles. all day, it has been alberto alvarez, the director of lodgistics for michael jackson and he has taken the jury inside the jackson house during those critical moments of chaos while jackson was lying on his bed. he describes the scenario where he gets a call, rushes i...

african-american voters. the president alluding to the employment crunch during his third annual back to school speech here in washington, d.c. >> more than 60% of the jobs in the next decade will require more than a high school diploma. more than 60%. thats the world that youre walking into. >> some black voters say the president has let them down when it comes to education and job creation. the obama campaign is trying to address those concerns as the election gets closer. lets turn ...

militant group that may be as big a threat to the united states in afghanistan as al qaeda or the taliban. the obama administration appears ready to formally call the haqqani network what so many people believe it is, a terrorist organization. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department, shes been digging on this story. what are you learning? >> wolf your know, the political pressure here in the united states has been building to put the haqqani network ...

that the nation has been on brink of this kind of crisis. lets go straight to capitol hill, our congressional current kate bolduan baldwin is standing by. >> the ability to finally fand a way out of this impasse and to avoid this looming government shut down and how this could all come out has to do with the big focus on the fema funding. the additional funding for federal disaster relief that democrats and republicans wanted to put in this short term spending bill. fema came out today...

ties to the terrorist group in afghanistan. top officials have indicated this week that there is evidence that pakistans intelligence agency is supporting what is called the haqqani network and now going one step further saying they believe that the support is coming from the agencies highest ranks. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is standing by with the latest. barbara, a lot at stake right now, and what are the officials saying? >> well, wolf, pakistan is supposed to be one ...