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we went to afghanistan went up in the mountains, changed the vehicle, blindfolded. i calculate it was around midnight that bin laden finally showed up. >> mr. bin laden you have declared a jihad against the united states. can you tell us why. he essentially said it was about american foreign policy in the middle east. we said who is targeted? he said well, we're targeted u.s. soldiers. if american civilians get in the way, that's sort of their problem. >> what are your future plans? >> translator: you'll see them and hear about them in the media, god willing. >> i was like, okay, we ...

president obama's just finished a 32-minute speech to a joint session of congress laying out $447 billion legislative plan he calls the american jobs act. the centerpiece of his proposal is cutting the payroll taxes for workers and employers. the president is also calling on congress to extend business tax cuts and to inject much more federal money into infrastructure, construction, and repair projects. president obama said everything in the plan has been supported by both democrats and republicans and that everything in this bill will be paid for. joining me now is nbc news politica...

jobs plan. how long do you think it will take the republicans to find something? >> the question is whether in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and do something to help the economy. for everyone who speaks so passionately about making life easier for job creators, this plan is for you. it's not just democrats who have supported this kind of proposal. 50 house republicans have proposed the same payroll tax cut that's in this plan. you should pass it right away. this idea came from a bill written by a texas republican and a massachusetts democrat...

with this, police have stepped up security checking cars, trucks and taxi cabs. the experts say that the threat may involve a car, truck or cab bomb. while there are no details of the threat, officials are taking all action. pete williams is they say they have a source in pakistan who has reported hearing from others that there was a plan to send three men to the united states to set off car or truck bombs either tomorrow, sunday or monday. around the 9/11 anniversary. that is what they know. in terms of who the men are, they don't know that. there were no names connected to this int...

in terms of who the men are, they don't know that. there were no names connected to this intelligence. how they would come here was a little uncertain. they might try to conceal the fact they had been in pakistan and that is what we are dealing with here. it is considered credible baugsz the source has given the u.s. dependable information in the past, but it is uncorroborated because nobody knows whether it is true. nobody knows whether there is such a plot, three men actually came here, and that is what they are trying to find out. so on one hand you have the preventive measure in ...