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than the testimony in court? none. none. >> he's set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the president's jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. it's the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaster general is outlining a plan that could cost 150,000 jobs. they want to close more than 300 mail...

air force one is about to land here in just a bit at raleigh-durham national airport, north carolina. an important battleground state, as you know, in the 2012 election. president obama is going to visit a small business. one that the white house says will benefit from his new jobs bill. after that, the president will press congress once again to pass his plan and pass it immediately when he delivers a speech at north carolina state university. also republicans picking up a new york congressional seat that's been in democratic hands. get this -- since 1923. queens businessman and pol...

public. is this a referendum on the obama presidency? >> there had been polling done ahead of this election and it showed that the economic recovery was the number one theme. the fact that bob turner, who was a former cable tv executive, has never been a politician before, although he's run in some other races. the fact that he could beat a democrat in this district where the democrat was really expected to win this race easily until the past few weeks. democrats became increasingly nervous. this is a district where democrats outnumber republicans 3-1. it's not as liberal as many peo...