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they got their fiscal house in order. euro zone leaders wanted a treaty change signed by up a27 eu nations. at 5:00 a.m. in brussels, a weary nicolas sarkozy confirmed that britain was not playing ball. >> translator: david cameron requested something which we all considered unacceptable, namely that there be a protocol written into the treaty which enabled the uk to opt out of a certain number of rules applying to financial services. we're not able to accept that. we consider quite the contrary. >> so the 17 euro zone members along with 6 others in favor must now press on with what'...

Each day, and that's likely to continue for at least the next ten days. alisyn, back to you. alisyn: i take it that whole town has been evacuated? >> reporter: not the entire city of vehiclesburg but certainly the lower lying area has been evacuated. there's one holdout still in his house on the corner, but all these people are gone, the electric power has been shut off. many of those people deciding to live with relatives until this storm goes away. alisyn: steve harrigan, you've painted a very vivid picture by showing us you in the boat there. thank you. all right. now let's get back to th...

Than 43.6 million people, that rate was up from 13.2% in 2008. take a listen to what president obama said about taxes during his speech yesterday. >> i say that at a time when the tax burden on the wealthy is at its lowest level in half a century, the most fortunate among us can afford to pay a little more. >> some folks might hear that number and say $250,000 for a family doesn't get you what it used to, especially if you live in an urban area or an area with a higher cost of living. >> how much more would the wealthy be paying under obama's plan in taxes? >> if we're talking about folks in t...

Pipe as well as the project. with high unemployment the number of people in the u.s. living in perty is on track for the first year of the obama administration, new figures come out this week, and shows at that poverty increased 13.2 percent. and 45 million americans or one out much everyone 7 people are considered poor. if that jump happens it would be the highest single year increase since povertyigures were indicated in 1959. today is septeer 12th. that means for the 9-12 rally and people descend and protest big government. a prayer serce followed by aow march down pennsylvania avenue to th...

Obama. >> all right what. is the game plan? >> the game plan of late has been to go local. try to run on local issues and put the national part of it aside. the problem with that is that let's take the great lakes area. the great lakes states were, and have become the kind of base of support for democratic party. how can you go local in michigan when the unemployment rates there is 13.2%? or in ohio, it's 10.7%? it's impossible to duck this problem. i think the reason for that, stewart is that president obama probably should have dedicated his presidency to addressing the economy. instead, cam...