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Transportation sector was a negative, lost jobs. >> that's right. >> you think that will be an impettis to get the house and senate to come together and get something passed. >> i really hope so, chuck. the manufacturing jobs news has been very competitive. i do think we are making good progress in that diron the senate, the two-year, $109 billion transportation bill is something that's been endorsed by the u.s. chamber of of commerce and the aflcio. it managed to get out of the senate and is languishing over in the house. it is my real hope when we get back to work this month, the house will ...

And put america back to work. [ applause ] the ideas in this legislation are supported by the leading organizations of republican mayors, supported by mayor gray who is here, the idea would be a big boost for construction and is, therefore, supported by america's largest business organization and america's largest labor organization. the chamber of commerce and the aflcio think this is a good idea to move forward on. and they don't agree on a lot. and when 72% of the american people support the ideas in this bill, 72% of americans agree with this, republicans, democrats and independents, there...

but what's going to prevent terrorists from buying and using them? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com he entered the race at the top of the polls, but rick perry has been watching his numbers slide and slide. his momentum rather slow. now, with a closely watched speech, the texas governor is trying to reverse his declining campaign fortunes. jim acosta is joining us now. he delivered what his campaign described as a major speech today. >> that's right. the speech was called the energizing american jobs and security speech, wolf, ...

Together of the 99% that they are talking b. >> there is a new poll out showing public, the public in this country has a favorable opinion of this movement. rasmussen poll. view of occupy wall street, favorable 33%, up favorable, 27%, 40%, they have no opinion. how do you get those people? it would seem to me that you would have to stay on the job, on the site and continue to tell the story. >> i think spread it around the country. just as people all over the globe stood up and fought back this year it is time for americans to stand up and fight back what we intend to do not only our union but...

in america officially is 14 million people. the situation is getting dire. but i want to give you a bigger perspective. it's hard to live in the moment and make decisions. let's go back to the beginning of 2009. that's when president obama first took office. we were losing in excess of 700,000 jobs in the month that he first took office. through 2009, things looked to get substantially better. according to experts, the recession ended in 2009. 2010, boy, we were building in the beginning of the year and then started to lose jobs again. and then we started to get the shaky job creatio...