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security to a ponzi scheme. will his performance in his first presidential debate come back to haunt him? the chilling words of the lead high-jacker of 9/11. while the attacks were in progress. stand by for unforgettable audio, some of it never heard before. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." president obama certainly knows full well what he and the american people have at stake this evening. there will be an urgency in his voice when the president goes before a joint session of congress less than two hours from now. we're getting late word that the jobs package he...

"situation room" starts now. thanks very much, brooke. happening now, republicans pouncing on president obama and a horrible new unemployment report. this hour, the numbers and the politics and what it all means for millions of americans who need a job now. plus, i'll talk to a republican congressman who plans to boycott the president's big jobs speech before a joint session of congress next week. also, a new worldwide travel alert as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. national security insiders tell us what they know about the risk of a terror attack. revenge, as far as al...

August 5th the plan has paid $668 billion of the 830 billion designated. that equals 889 days averages out to $743 million spent every day since 2009. and $30 million spent per hour. unemployment last month was at 9.1%. it was not at 7.5%. when the president signed the bill it was actually at 8.2%. let's listen to the president now on what -- we expect this to some economic and job focus. and we'll see if we can learn more details on what he plans to do for the economy between now and september. >> where is lisa? is that lisa? because secret service had to shut down the road and do all this st...

Their level best to come out of their circumstances and they've got this giant obstacle in the way. it is this president's policies. >> greta: joining us karl rove. author of "courage and consequence." nice to see you. >> great to see you greta. >> greta: joke or wisecrack and admission of failure? >> well, i suspect it was meant as a joke. but the joke is on us. if anybody looked at the stimulus bill, 830 billion dollars, they would have seen out of the total 5.7%, 47 billion dollars was allocated to the federal highway administration, the mass transit authority, high speed rail or the faa. w...

At a bad joke. >> they knew from the get-go out of the 830 billion dollars in the stimulus bill 47 billion dollars went for shovel-ready projects. some of those shovel-ready projects are the high speed rail projects that are not being built and won't be. not even all of the 47 billions has been spent. not all has been obligated. certainly we haven'«tten the kind of jobs that we were lead to believe we had. >> greta: karl, thank you. >> you bet. >> greta: tears flowing today in the casey anthony murder trial this time not casey, but her mother cindy. prosecutors call cindy anthony to the stand...