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Office has released a new stimulus scorecard. its independent analysis finds that the administration's commitments will cost $27 billion more than expected for a total of $814 billion. the program continues to boost economic growth. it's also saved or created as many as 3.3 million jobs from april to june of this year. federal safety officials have opened an investigation into older models of the popular jeep grand cherokee. a consumer group asked the agency to determine whether its gas tank too easily catches fire. as abc's lisa stark demonstrates, it could be a fatal flaw. >> reporter: the...

Battle against republican upstart marco rubio. and florida governor charlie crist, who left the republican party to run as an independent. rob and vinita? the economy will be the hot topic in this fall's elections, including just what the stimulus funds have achieved. a new analysis finds that the stimulus commitments will cost $27 billion more than expected. the total bill should be $814 billion. but the program is boosting economic growth. it's also saved or created up to 3.3 million jobs in the second quarter of this year alone. sales of existing homes fell to a record low last month an...

-- plot. new figures just out show president obama's stimulus plan will cost $27 billion more than originally projected. >> what? >> the c.b.o. saying it will cost $814 billion over a decade instead of the $787 billion price tag originally said. now report says the economic package added as many as 3.3 million jobs between april and june. those are your headlines. >> let's talk a little bit about mayor michael bloomberg. he has been very clear from the get go as soon as this became a national story on where to build that mosque, that islamic center near ground zero. he came out and said look, ...

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>> greta: 10.1%, gallup. we are going to wait tomorrow for the government numbers. gallup was much more optimistic in august than the government numbers. can we expect that tomorrow or is there no way to tell? >> no way to tell in fairness, the best number we get is the government number. there are several other sources of information about unemployment. there's a report out of the data processing company adp which handles a lot of payrolls for companies which is somewhat reliable. gallup is not considered unreliable but it is not relied upon as much by economists as the day it comes out of th...