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try to sell dems on the plan. new video of the taliban showing a private, he vanished from the combat outpost in afghanistan about 18 months ago. this is the first video of him we have seen hins april but it's not clear exactly when it was taken. and as we just heard on "american morning," live pictures right now. it will be one small step for cash today. the first commercial spaceship heads for orbit. this is only a test by the way. no astronauts on this flight. we're following the live pictures. john zarrella is there. we start this morning saying good-bye to e less beth edwa...

when it comes to creating jobs, government hasn't got an job done. >> the mayor short on specifics but long on ideas, outlining six guiding principles ranging from trade and taxes to u.s. immigration policy. the speech, sparking new speculation on a possible third party presidential campaign as bloomberg hammered home the need for new ideas and quite possibly, new leadership. >> both parties follow the mood of the moment instead of leading from the front. they incite anger instead of addressing it for their own partisan interests. we need our leaders to inspire the whole country, not...

like they were included enough in the negotiations leading up to the president's tax cut deal with republicans and after a meeting of democratic leaders in the capitol late last night, they expressed their frustrations. >> there are elements in this package that are good but there's some things that should not be in there. i think the one that people find most egregious are the provisions that provide a huge bonanza to very wealthiest of states in this country. >> it's a real concern to everybody in that room, estate tax in particular. the provisions is something nobody here is comfo...

bill: republicans are saying no spike in taxes for everyone, period, saying the president shoo be listening to the message of -- should be listening to the message of the voters. >> it is up to the president to say we're not going to agree on everything but one thing we can agree on, this election is about the time for washington to deliver results, and priority number one is jobs for americans and i think if you are comfortable with that, as are most members of congress and most american people, you would then naturally say look, no tax hikes, right now, while we have such unemploym...

in the meantime, two nations in an international standoff, the united states caught right in the middle, president obama pledging to stand shoulder to shoulder with south korea, and that's where we start, i'm shoulder to shoulder with jamie colby in "america's newsroom". good morning. jamie: good morning, bill, good to be with you. i'm in for martha maccallum. great to see you. as the u.s. scrambles to back up south korea we are getting a new look at the damage that's being done. take a look, these are incredible pictures from the south korean island, complete destruction, homes were...