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hemmer, welcome here, busy day already martha. martha: good morning, everybody, im martha maccallum. after saying he has a september announcement on a new jobs plan, president obama told cbs news where he thinks this economy is now headed. >> i dont think were in danger of another recession, but we are in danger of not having a recovery thats fast enough to deal with what is a genuine unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there and thats why we need to be doing more. bill: o...

unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there and thats why we need to be doing more. bill: others say another recession is very possible, dow futures are way down, we could be facing another bloody day, a rough day on wall street. stuart varney from the fox business network starts with us, whats happening out there stuart? >> there is a great deal of skepticism about the future of the u.s. economy and theres a good deal of lack of confidence in the ability of the president to...

are more than 10,500 syrians already sheltered by the turkish red crescent in camps on the border. >> until now the syrian government repeatedly refused cnns request to be allowed to cover the situation inside the country, but in a dramatic reversal today, the syrians let cnns arwa damon visit the capital city. she joins us from damascus. it seems like youd never know theres bloodshed and revolt in other parts of the country from damascus. >> reporter: joe, the image we managed to get ...

.. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon everyone. we had i think a very productive meeting with the president today. we appreciate the opportunity to be here. at the presidents request. we had a conversation about jobs and the deficit and the debt that is facing our country. this morning i released a letter signed by the 150th congress who agreed that if we are going to get serious about creating jobs in america we have got to reduce some of the uncertainty. sum of that uncertai...

>> thank you, madam secretary. i want to thank you and president obama with the many efforts he had invested to bring this to this moment. my friend, senator mitchell, thank you for your consistent effort for you and your staffs efforts to bring a lasting and durable peace to our region. president, as i said yesterday in our meeting at the white house with the president of the united states, the president of egypt, the king of jordan, i see in you its partner for peace. together we can...

answer questions put to me by court order. i am by training and attorney, former u.s. attorney in chicago and chairman of a law firm and my role as an examiner was to determine what the facts are, put the cards face up on the table and to the extent that the facts from those facts are can draw a conclusion whether there was a colorful claim to play that out and as i undertook that responsibility that included everything that might exist for those colorful claims so anyone reviewing the...

answer the question. >> i am very supportive of financial reform of trying to make sure that the fed is unsubject to transparency and disclosure and oversight and the chairman of the federal reserve has worked with many members in congress in helping shape reforms that would achieve that outcome. in doing that, though on. >> ill take that as a yes. >> it is very important that we protect the federal monetary policy issues and it would abe grave mistake for the country to threaten that ...

im going to be the person to block it for another 15 years. >> in all respect, it is not the kennedy seat. it is the peoples seat. >> the race is next week. gene robinson, the republican candidate here has been running ads with jack kennedy calling for tax cuts saying hes for tax cuts. hes been saying if i get in there ill vote to kill health care. he has a shot at winning this race in massachusetts. a shot. >> this could be one of the most interesting contests coming up. >> whapt happ...