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also, would you ask your boss' wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? we'll explain this and you've been chiming in on it this morning as well. let's start with the senate. open for business today. they'll be in session. first on that agenda is extending the payroll tax holiday. this is a compromised keel that appears to have been reached. it's just an extension that goes for two months. it means we have to come back and do this all over again in 6 house today. athena, the white house at least happy to know that the taxes for a lot of folks...

Narrative the president set out. the whole thing about the car was in the ditch, we have to put it in reverse and get out of the ditch. we can't be held responsible for the bush administration. this cuts through all of that. it's us. >> we've run our tow truck to the ditch three years ago. so look at us. >> he wanted off the company -- >> thank you, mr. vice president. so what are the polls saying, mika, about this? >> a new gallup poll showing 52% of americans think the president and congress are doing worse than their predecessors. and 33% said about the same. latest gallup poll. >> those ar...

That rick perry said he could cross. so mitt romney this time, his second big fund raising quarter still has more than rick perry, that's going to be a tough narrative for rick perry. he was in texas getting all of his low-hanging fruit money, the easier checks. the people were waiting to support him. didn't have the full three months. but it was very important for him to make a big start. in the next couple of days, that's what people will be watching. michele bauchmann says she's going to disclose her money at the last possible day they can wait until october 15th. she says she's going to. i...

The california education department, just to give you a couple of statistics here, 72 percent graduation rate, and those are for the students that finish, okay? because a lot of the schools, about 48 percent, have a 60 percent dropout rate, all right? so that's just the kids who actually make it all the way through the school system. i'm joined by dr. john dacey, superintendent of the los angeles unified school district and daniel barn heart works for the california federation of teachers. gentlemen, good to have you here this morning. >> good morning, great to be here. martha: it's great to h...

Switch tower. -- power, so we're going to be back to where we were in april-may 2003 in iraq and that's what concerns me. this has been always the end game, and i'm delighted to hear by the way that the president is concerned about it as well. but you're going to have a counterinsurgency there, and who is going to counter that? clearly the rebels have shown that they're not strong enough to do that. martha: you raise great points about who these rebelses are composed of, the al-qaeda influence and the drawn out war on the ground, a lot of things though contend with. thank you very much. great ...