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of greece s bailout and concerns about slowing growth in china. china has been a very big engine of economic growth for the rest of the world while the u.s. has been taking a back seat and worrying about jobs here. all these major trends and factors are still in play here. also, moody s downgraded some of the greek banks. so, we re still watching the banking system in europe. still watching the european wildcard and, again, we ve been talking to traders and analysts who have been saying to close out a week, a very bad week in stocks at this point, people still looking for some reason to try to buy in. i will tell you, the last couple of days have been two of the worst days for the dow since those bad old days of 2008. you ll feel all of this this week in your 401(k). kyra? okay, i wish we could get some better news. christine, thanks. me, too. the politicians that are out there promising to fix the economy, and virtually everything else. nine republicans, as you k ....
thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bull s-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and let s begin with word of a new endorsement we re hearing about this morning. reporter: that s right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark to help his campaign, he may have gotten it this morning. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty has announced that he is getting behind the former massachusetts governor. so that is good news for mitt romney. but this debate comes this evening, kyra, as a new cnn/orc poll shows that there is a big lead for rick perry. the race is basically boiling down to rick perry and whoever can keep up. texas governor rick perry has ditched his cowboy boots for his running shoes, staying far ahead ....
how about you? oh, i m a bears fan. she s a chicago boy. i ll give you the highlights. there you go. okay, drew. thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who s over in afghanistan. let s get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. our special coverage, obvious, beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern. republican front runner rick perry made his debate debut last night. quickly, it became clear that he and former massachusetts governor mitt romney were willing to slug it out. we created more jobs in the last three months in texas than he created in four yeast in massachusetts. it s is a great state. texas has zero income texas. go ....
shook up. the bachmann campaign pressing on with a new man at the helm. big changes at the top and the questions they re raising about the congresswoman s campaign. i m carol costello. president obama offering up one hint about his highly anticipated jobs plan. his proposal to put americans back to work on this american morning. all right. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, september 6th. welcome to american morning. what s going on with the weather? i know. from earthquakes to hurricanes to wildfires. we need some locust. all we need is locus and it will complete the picture. it is going crazy. mother nature is piling on. as christine said, fires, tornadoes, flooding, across the south. in texas, dozens of dangerous wildfires are burning across the state fanned by winds from tropical storm lee and fueled by the worst one-year drought in the state s history. nearly 500 homes have been destroyed, thousands of people have been evacuated. in suburban atl ....