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>> the best part of the job is coming to places like this, right here in iowa where you can talk to everybody and everyday americans. there's plenty of fear and anger right here in america's heartland and indeed across the country right now. i sat down with the president just a little while ago for an in depth interview about job, the economy, the 2012 campaign. the war on terror and a lot more. specific about the short-term plans for boosting the economy and how it could make or break his reelection campaign. >> you said if you don't turn around the economy in three years it's going...

the center of a lot of political activity for republicans over the last few days. president obama is keeping the spotlight on this day. he's here getting ready to come into iowa from minnesota. it's the second stop of his three-day three-state bus tour in the midwest. talking to voters about jobs, the economy and the debt crisis facing the united states. also on his agenda, a one-on-one interview with me tomorrow. much more on that tomorrow. we're standing by, though, for the president's town hall meeting here in the next hour. we'll have live coverage. right now, though, i'm joined ...

could affect all of us, including our own mail delivery. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." jtsdzer. it all begins in iowa. right now many of the republican presidential candidates are in that state, a state that holds the lead-off contest in 2012. they're working the crowds at the state fair before tomorrow's pivotal iowa straw poll. and they're taking direct aim at president obama's handling of the debt crisis and the u.s. economy. listen to some of the republican hopefuls, including sarah palin, who insists she still hasn't decided whether to run. >> i think the q...

a ton of money. this hour, how he's dealing with the new messes that the country simply can't afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." sort of vacation right now, they're on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new anger and fingerpointing over the partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. senator...

now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and we'll get to those in a minute. question number two, who will make the cuts. the debt deal left a ha...