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all the world. everywhere i travel overseas, i hear about america being a leader in freedom from young people and business people. i get pleas for america to rise again because they still admire american ingenuity and, yes, even after the financial crisis, they admire american financial power. today the ultimate image of american power, not an fa-18. no. it is this. the iphone 4s. it had its own press conference today to debut. we did the numbers. there are 128 million iphones in the world right now and there isn't a child anywhere i've met who doesn't want one. in china, actually, i...

clear they oppose everything from bank foreclosures and job shortages to corporate influence and greed. now several labor unions are endorsing the occupy wall street movement and plan to join protesters today. we go live to wall street. susan, what's the latest on the unions getting involved? have you seen any union members there? >> reporter: yes, some of them are showing up here randi at this public park. this park population has been steadily growing as the morning goes on. and they expect upwards of -- they're saying tens of thousands of people. of course, they have made many pre...

energy and china when he was campaigning. he promised us thousands of green jobs. he shut down drilling in the gulf more or less. he hasn't replaced them with another industry. in china he simply hasn't acted. that trade debt is choking the economy, there's not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn't move forward. >> he doesn't have a compliant congress at the moment, specifically parts of the house of representatives. >> that's true. the reason he doesn't is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elected a congress that wants a ...

u.s. he simple hasn't aktd. that trade debt is choking the economy, there's not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn't move forward. >> he doesn't have a compliant congress, specifically the house of representatives. >> that's true. the reason he doesn't is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elect add congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn't seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in getting us out of this mess isn't fair. the republicans aren't providing a path either...

for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. i'll talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about the weak economy and the debt deal that has done very little to reassure the markets. the dow has bee...