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Outgrowth of the sluggish economy. chief white house correspondent ed henry is following that story. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. the white house got good news today as unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since april. but the vice president said that the economy is still in bad shape and acknowledged that the white house owns it politically. >> reporter: vice president biden was sent out to sell the jobs bill at police station in battleground state of virginia, as commerce d...

Understandably so, okay, because there was a lot of questions about that case, but shouldnt we be as fired up about this case which provides us in a maccab way to show an example of what we stand for with human rights and faith as a country. can we expect something from the white house and hillary clinton to speak out on this? >> i hope we can. if theyre going to stand by the words that president obama stated at the u.n. last week that he was applauded for and the u.n. is actually going to be ab...

Outgrowth of the sluggish economy. chief white house correspondent ed henry is following that story. good evening, ed. >> good evening, bret. the white house got good news today as unemployment claims fell to the lowest level since april. but the vice president said that the economy is still in bad shape and acknowledged that the white house owns it politically. >> reporter: vice president biden was sent out to sell the jobs bill at police station in battleground state of virginia, as commerce d...

He didnt want to talk about health care at all. he went after him on social security. i think it was smart. its clearly been effective. but i think he would like health care to go away as an issue until the general election. >> e.j., the supreme court, understandably, has a way of settling things. they reach a decision then thats it. at least thats it legislatively. no one tries to make any real moves after that. but this decision is going to be made right in the middle of a presidential campaig...

Intrusive law. it was basically telling conservatives, dont have the courts do your political work for you. thats what conservatives are supposed to say. >> how do you suppose the mitt romney camp feels about this right now? here is the individual mandate going to the supreme court during the presidential campaign. the individual mandate that is virtually identical to the one romney supported in massachusetts. and made law in massachusetts. >> i think anything that puts health care at the center...

>> e.j., the supreme court, understandably, has a way of settling things. they reach a decision then thats it. at least thats it legislatively. no one tries to make any real moves after that. but this decision is going to be made right in the middle of a presidential campaign where one campaign, the republican campaign, is going to say, if the court doesnt rule it unconstitutional, the republican candidate is going to say, repeal it. i mean, even romneys position is repeal it, get rid of it, thr...

Bill riley would probably stay home. the idea if you raise the tax rate at the margin, not on every dollar you earn, at the margin on the highest earners from 35% to 40%, that the 40 vice presidents would suddenly start playing golf on friday and not coming in trying to ascend to the next job on the corporate ladder. thats fiction. there are lots of rewards for doing good work other than the extra dollars. they get extra dollars as long as it isnt 100%. we are nowhere near that margin. >> the ne...

nations general assembly is underway. >> absolutely. because the streets are clogged. president obama and the new libyan leadershiping for face-to-face talks at the united nations and the stakes could note be higher. moammar gadhafi reportedly starving citizens. the president arrived in new york yesterday. front and center at the united nations. cnn senior correspondent, u.n. correspondent, i should say, richard roth joins us this morning. so this would be the first face-to-face meetin...

December? >> the white house is still frustrated and understandably so. the republicans arent saying how theyre going to make up the difference here if they dont go for new revenue. so i think what the president thinks is different is the super committee has to meet that number. good luck to anybody reaching that number -- >> excuse me, haleprin, wasnt there more of an opportunity to do this about an year -- to make this happen, and now it seems like this is being proposed when it wont happen. a...

spending cuts, much of it from medicare and medicaid but also the 1.5 trillion in tax revenue, more than 1 trillion in war savings as operations in iraq and afghanistan draw down and interest savings amounting to more than $400 billion. texas governor rick perry may be asked more about this on the campaign trail. census data shows more than 18% of texans live below the poverty line. thats 3 points higher than the national average. the state also has the highest share of people withou...