pressure on the president. democrats are demanding a stronger response, as the markets plunge again on fears about the economy and the debt. credible sighting, a trio of siblings are spotted in colorado as the massive manhunt escalates. and they're calling it an ocean miracle. a young boy brought back to life after spending 20 minutes under water. his amassing story is ahead. thank you for joining us. i'm veronica de la cruz filling in for thomas roberts. the call is growing among nervous democrats for the president to do something major to boost the economy. right now the markets are in another big slide down triple

digits. we're looking at 400 points. investors worry about the overall health of the economy and the gridlock over the debt. in the meantime harry reid has announced his picks. three moderate senators, but will republicans also pick members willing to compromise. we have it all covered from the white house to the markets, to one of those critical battleground states the president will need for reelection. former new mexico governor bill richardson will join us shortly. let's begin with kristin walker. democrats want the president to do something to show he's on top of the economic crisis. they're looking for a grand gesture, if you will. >> that remains to be seen. one thing i can tell you is there's been rumblings, calls for the president to call congress back from the summer recess so they can tackle issues like new trade agreements and investing in infrastructure.

it's not clear if that's going to happen. i talked to some folks on the hill who say they haven't been contacted. there's also a concern that if he were to call congress backs, that you could wind up looking worse. he is going to be putting forth his own pros to that super committee that you mentioned veronica to get deficit reductions. that's something we expect to see later on, but as you mention, he's gotten criticism from democrats who say they want to see more action. then to the midwest next week where he will be fog. >> nbc's kristin kristen welker at the white house, thank you. is the fed doing enough?

ron assante joins me live with a look on the boards. the -- >> all you said we got a relief rally after the fed said it would hot -- and i suspect is the fed will probably do more in the relative new future. today slightly different story. we are less concerned about our own deficits and debt problems than we are about europe. there have been rumors about the solvency of french banks. theer heavily indebted, so the european dead crisis appears to be widening and deepening. >> cnbc's ron assante, thank you so much for keeping an eye on that. shifting now to the rest of washington's role in handling this crisis, let as bring in former new mexico governor bill richardson. he's a man with a long list of credentials, formerly secretary of commerce, u.n. ambassador and adviser to the clinton administration. thank you for joining us i6r7b8g9s nice to be with you.

thank you. >> governor, there's been a lot stef talk about congress coming back early from the august recess. do you think they should? in your opinion, what can lawmakers really do at there point? >> well, again, i'm not one of these panicers that think the president should cancel his vacation, call congress back immediately. i think what the president needs to do and the congress needs to do is shift away discussions from debt to job creation to boosting the economy, helping people with their homes, finding ways to work with the private sector to create jobs. i'm not one of those who thinks it has to be immediate. i think the president in the next few beaks should come up with a good, strong proposal, he should get the smartest people he can find that have created jobs and put forth an extensive

dramatic job creation proposal, go to the midwest, as he's doing, throw a little blame around. the republicans in congress will not let them get away with much in passage. he has to go to the people, to go to the business community to convince them to invest in jobs. he's resilient, to, this panic, we have to go immediately. i'm not part of that. let's talk about these 12 lawmakers, can they get anything done at this point? a deal wasn't reached under the 11th hour, so why now would lawmakers have an easier time? keeping the fog cuss on congress for a second. >> they'll have to. if they don't make the cuts, the

triggers say so these lawmakers will have a very tough job. i'm encouraged by those three moderates. now it's up to them to name moderates. but the good news is that there will be some proposals from the president. i think he should participate extensively, but the trigger mandates cuts, so lawmakers can't say we're going to put this off. they could, because automatically there will be cuts under the legislation. >> you just mentioned there should be some participation from the president. how so? is he not showing enough leadership here? >> no, he is. presidents have very difficult times with congresses. they have bakley come out and said we're not going to work with you. what he needs to do is go to the

american people, he's a good persuader. go to the private sector, go to the midwest, maybe fund the private sector to create some jobs. infrastructure, green energy jobs. i think there's a lot of proposals he has put forth that create jobs, associate himself with those. look, he's very resilient. those that are counting him out, i think they're going to be in for a very, very bad surprise. he needs time to clear his head, his advisers do. there's been a lot of pressure, take his vacation, come up with a set of proposals, and if they're extensive and before the congress has returned, call the congress back. put a little drama in this. but i'm not a panicer, i think the president will handle this

correctly. >> you just mentioned this a few moments ago, with you strategy that the president has taken so far is to remind people about the deficit that he inherited. many thing this reminder might be vital. others think it's time for him to move on, take strong leadership, and you worked with the clinton administration. bush took office, there was a surplus, then we look alternate what happened when obama took office. do you think that one strategy should be for him to continue to mention this? >> you can't avoid talking about the deficit, because it will be right upon us, what i would do is shift the message away from the debt. he's already agreed to ten years of cuts. shift the message to job creation. i'm going to concentrate on trade agreements that will bring jobs. green energy initiative, job creation, i'm going to go to individual state and district and see what is needed in terms of putting people to work. i think if he does that, and

says going to require a shift, it's going to send a message to the economy, to the american people, to the people that are hiring, you know, we've gotten away from this debt discussion, now the time has come for job growth, economic initiatives, america leading once again, and i think the president has the inspirational ability to do this. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. all right. governor bill richardson, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate you stopping by. >> thank you. breaking news out of the afc. a precision air strike killed at least eight taliban militants believed to be responsible for shooting down a u.s. helicopter last weekend. that marked the single deadlys incident in the ten-year afghan war. let's bring in atiyyah who's in kabul. >> hi, veronica.

they went after the group of plen that they were they were able to kill the leader and his men, mullah mohibulla. they were able to find them in the district, when they brought in the f-16s, they dropped the bombs and they killed them. the clarification that general allen wanted to give everyone was that these did kill those responsible for bringing down that helicopter, but they still can't find the insurgent leader that was being started on saturday when that helicopter came down. >> atia abawi, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. three siblings are on the run and considered armed and dangerous. have they taken their crime spree to colorado? and the fbi has joined the

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let's bring in clint van zandt. police describe these kids as being on a mission. what do they mean by that? do you think this is an accurate description of what they are doing here? >> i think we have to be careful. the boyfriend of lee grace, who some are describing as a stripper with a machine gun because of her last employment, she's 29 years old. she's with her brokers age 2s 1 and 26. i don't think it serves any purpose for her now exoff and on say or boyfriend to suggest they'll spend the rest of their lives in a cage. it's likely they're watching us. what they need to know is there's no reason for them not to come in. they haven't shot anybody, they haven't hurt anybody. their life is not ended. they're all in their 20s.

they all have a lot to live for. the last thing they want to do is confront a team and try to go in a blaze of glory. >> why is it do we think they're in colorado springs? they're driving cars with stolen plates, i believe the number is lcs 909. they're stealing plates off cars here. how much of a deterrent will it be? >> this is what's going to be done. and of course the fbi and police are tracking. anywhere along the path they might have traveled, any license plates stolen will be considered possibly related to the case. so the idea is they're either not going to keep the same vehicle or switching plates almost on a daily basis. you know that's not hard to do. you find a car that's sitting there, you swaupd a plate, it may be days before somebody knows those plates are gone, but unless they have done something like dyed their hair, doing

something drastically different, they're going to be seen, just like now they were spotted buying camping equipment which in a fugitive's minds makes sense. if they can't go to a cheap hotel and hide, because everybody knows what they look like, you go in the mountains, in the forest and try to hide out, but the reality is they'll run out of food, run out of money, a forest ranger will see them and they'll wind up in handcuffs. what they want to be careful is they don't get hurt and they don't hurt anybody else. their mother wants them back alive. they have every chance to come back alive if they don't do something stupid. i think the sister, lee grace, she's likely to be the leader of the group as far as the most maturity. hopefully she does the right thing, using the strong nurturing hopefully image she has and brings everybody back alive. clint, thank you. an amazing rescue. dale ostrander was swept out to sea by a strong rip current.

rescuers crisscrossed the ocean, desperately searching for him. they finally found him under water and unconscious. his lifeless body rushed to the hospital where days later, dale was able to deliver good news to his terrified parents. >> we were trying to get him to cough, come on, dale, and he coughed once. okay, you need to do it again "i don't need to" is what he said. and everything was like oh, my gosh, he spoke. it was amazing. >> doctors say him being alive and talking is something of a miracle. all right. when is it too young to send your kid to school? do they become more emotionally developed staying home with you or getting right in there with their peers? we'll look at both sides of the issue, next. ossibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ]

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we have some breaking news coming right out of washington. john boehner releasing his picks for the super committee. we're truck aing about the committee that reid has been in charge of, the one that will find a trillion in cuts. from the house republican conference chairman -- he is the house republican conference chairman, jeb hensarling, and chairman dave camp, a republican from michigan, and fred upton, he is a republican from michigan as well. we're getting this breaking news coming to us from the hill. our luke russert is there, and i'm sure we'll check in with him shortly to get more on boehner's

picks for his super committee. all this week msnbc has been focusing on early education, leading up to a two-hour special on monday "making the grade." many parents ask themselves, when should they start? while some educators say the sooner of better, others say it's better to wait. barbara, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. when enrolling your kids in kindergarten would require a lot of thinking, but that isn't the case anymore. >> it's true, particularly if you have a child whose birthday tends to be close to the legal age of cutoff. often there's a great deal of talk and the feeling, a sense you'll hold your child back, but

the thing to remember is that no matter where the state or community sets the cutoff date. some children will always be older in the class and some children will always be the younger. good schools, good teachers know how to accommodate that age of variati variation. 16.4% of children started kindergarten at the age of 6 and older, which is actually a big jump from back in 1993, when only 9% of kids enrolled were of that age. why is that the factor here? >> well, i think what that shows is there has been a movement in the states to raise the age of intrigue. in the '60s and '70s most states required children to be 5 by december or january before they could enter kindergarten, so some were enter at 4 or a little

beyond 4. states have gradually moved their ages back to most states now have a cutoff date some place in september, but some states in the midwest have moved it back as early as june or july. just by that fact alone, you will be getting children who are older because, again, you always have an age range of at least a year in terms of the children entering the kindergarten class. it's really an arbitrary date. that's where we believe, no matter where the date is set, we really encourage parents to send their children as they are, because again good teachers and good schools know how to accommodate a wide range of variability, because it will be in every kinder garden class. >> barbara willer, thank you so much. >> thank you. msnbc has a program called "stronger america, making the grade." lift this sunday at noon. it would be hosted by tamron hall, along with jeff johnson. she vanished without a

trace. what has happened to this missing missouri girl? we'll talk with an fbi agent involved in the search. and wisconsin democrats are starting away from a special elections setback, did they not topple enough republicans in yesterday's statewide recall to take back the state senate? what kind of ripple effect will it have for workers' rights? we'll take a look. is

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he's known as a true-blooded conservative, part of the leadership, very close to eric cantor, as we as has a good relation-with john boehner, and liked by a lot of the other members of the other side. he works with john larson, a democrat, also head of his caucus, if you will, but without doubt a surefire staunch conservative that a lot of conservatives will like him being selected to this. house ways and means committee chairman dave camp is from michigan. s that's the committee that does taxes. tax reform will be part of this deal. he'll be an important voice. s again very much liked by conservatives. however, he is open to making deals. he's shown his ability to do that over the last few budget fights here on capitol hill. while conservative, not extremely ridge i had in his conservative views. the last one, chairman fred

upton, also from michigan, somebody who was fairly -- actually when he was trying to get this chairmanship, viewed as a more moderate choice, however, he's looked at believable by conservatives. quickly, what can you tell you about the picks on the senate side so far? >> senate side is interesting. jon kyl, number two to mitch mcconned. he will be retiring after this term. he apparently would be willing to make deals, but very much again is trusted by loyal republicans. pat toomey is somebody who came into congress just recently, a freshman senator from pennsylvania, one who's very much been about the budget. he's actually more to the right of a lot of folks. he would be the person if you will, known as the tea party guy on this panel, that would be him. rob portman was budget director under george w. bush, once again someone very much trusted by

republicans. all three of these guys, when it comes down to bottom lines and deficits and numbers, if you wanted to sort of go into the house -- the senate republican conference, these would be your guys in terms of deficits and numbers and trying to get reduction. they're all trusted by conservatives, they all have prior experience with these types of negotiations, sort of what you would expect from mitch mcconnell. very middle of the road in terms of not going anywhere crazy, if you will. >> luke russert, i'm sure we'll check back with you in a bit. thank you very much. >> take care. here here is what's topping the new. according to the associated press, the administration wants to level tough any sanctions against assad and his regime after months of crackdowns. it comes as syrian tanks storm two towns near the border with turkey. the violence and unrest that gripped loaned evan for three nights, now spreading across the

uk. young gangs ransacked stores and set fire to cars and buildings. birmingham officials are investigating the deaths of three men in the riots. prime minister david cameron vowed to secure the country. >> whatever resources the police need, they will get. whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so. we will do whatever is necessary to restore law and order onto our streets. every contingency is being looked at. nothing is off the table. the man who became the first black secret service agent has died. charles go aheiddens joined in, he was 82. new questions this morning about the disappearance of 35-year-old robin gardner, who vanished while vacationing in aruba. police die tained the maryland

woman's travel partner from the airport as he attempted to fly back to the u.s. the man denies any wrongdoing and she disappeared in strong currents while the two were snorkeling on august 2nd. another nightmare unfolding for the family of a little missouri girl. bri breeann rodriguez was seen riding on a pink bike when she vanished. now a $45,000 reward is being offered. dennis baker is the special agent in charge of the fbi st. louis division and joins us by phone. agent baker, you put up digital billboards with her image. are there any new leads on her disappearance? >> yes, there are. we have several leads we are pursuing. we've had a lot of publicity about this. that has generated a ton of leads. i can say that -- i don't know that we're on a particular path right now, but we're on leads, and hopefully that leads you onto the right path.

>> does the fact that maybe her bike disappeared with her point that this is an abduction? >> absolutely. this is a small child, 3 years old, she only weighs about po poun30 pounds. this was not a small bike. there's no way she could have gotten far with that bike if she just wandered off with it. >> and breeann lives in a very small town, what, like 1600 total? >> 1600 residents. >> so how wide is the search? >> we have a radius of about five miles from her residence we are searching. we've searched by air, on the ground. we've had search dogs out looking. so we're still active engaged in doing a physical search. >> i understand you're also looking for a white van can you describe the van? >> it's one of the best leads. we've had several witnesses who

told us they saw a white van in the neighborhood. it doesn't have any windows on the side and a ladder in the back and a loud muffler, a white other cream-colored van. that's the only description we've had. we've had several witnesses who have seen that van. it's not someone they would orderly see in the neighborhood. so we're trying to track that do you know. >> all right. fbi's dennis baker, thank you so much, sir, for joining us. and again, call the fbi crimestoppers if you have any information. the information is there on your screen. the president's handling is drawing more than just discontent. some have gone so far as saying that secretary of state hillary clinton, his one-time opponent in the race for the white house, would have done a better job as commander in chief. in spite of that criticism, a new poll from the pugh research

center says 59% of rank-and-file democrats are not eager to see another democrat challenge obama for the nomination. leslie, thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. democrats are saying by almost 60% they want to see obama back in office. who are the voices of discontent you're talking about? >> i think that people who vote democratic and consider themselves liberal are going to vote for the democratic nominee, most of them. there's also a lesser turnout if there's less enthusiasm. but what i've been hearing, is that many people are muttering to themselves, you know -- >> what are they saying exactly? >> first that hillary would have been a better president. i think there's a perception that obama has not been tough enough, he's not asserted himself as a leader enough, and he's not voiced the case for his

policies effectively enough, and that he really didn't understand the implaquable hostility of the republican party, which has said it wants to see him fail. >> we saw the numbers 59% they want to see the president back in office. they don't want obama to have a challenger in 2012. who exactly were you speaking to? >> i spoke to people from a 22-year-old white new college graduate in new york city to a black woman in the bronx, to an 80-year-old and an 83-year-old. a lot of people who had voted for obama, some who had originally supported hillary clinton were saying we regret the choice we made, and i think a lot of people know that if you have a challenger to an incumbent president, what you get is a bloodbath.

teddy kennedy tried it in 1908, and jimmy carter lost. so i don't think that people are saying she should do this necessarily, though some people, judging from the comments on my story do feel that, but a lot of people are just sort of kicking themselves and having buyer's remorse. >> surely that wasn't the end of the conversation. they said, this is what we want him to do. >> one woman says i don't understand why he seems to weak. he as not come across in being effective in making his case to the republicans, and really many people i interviewed made a comparison to lbj. he was a creature of congress, he had tremendous experience and knew how to knock heads to get things done. obama, as one congress person said to me last week, obama was drive-by senator. he was there for two seconds.

there's a perception he doesn't understand how you get things done there. even if you understand, it's very difficult, because the republicans want to see him fail more than they want to solve the nation's problems. >> leslie bennett, and the article is in "the daily beast. "thank you. >> thank you. a major blow to organize d labor last night, with jessica king and jennifer schilling beating out the republican incumbents. this means the gop will continue to hold the majority in the state legislature. what does this mean for labor rights moving forward? joining me on the phone is stephanie bloomingdale, the secretary treasurer for the wisconsin afl-cio. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> go ahead. >> stephanie, i was just about to say this was a referendum of tripping of union rights for state workers. this past march there was a lot of anger in wisconsin.

tell us about these results. what do you think? what do these results mean? and what accounts for it? >> last night was a historic fight back for the middle class, and it will go down as in history as a win. we have two new senators, jessica king and jennifer shilling, who are bright starts in the wisconsin state senate. they are going to listen to the people, not corporations like scott walker, and they are going to make sure that scott walker's radical and reckless agenda to cut education, health care and destroy our middle classes checked. >> what do you think this means for democrats' ability to attempt that recall of governor walker in january? >> the recall of scott waller, this is up to the people in wisconsin. this has been a grassroots movement from the very beginning. that will be taken up by the

people of wisconsin. >> we've been talking about wisconsin, but let's talk about the national implications, you know, regarding labor rights here, what this recall election means. >> well, what this means is that people have woken up all across wisconsin, and the middle classes starting to fight back. when the middle class fights back, they don't give up easily. in wisconsin we are spunky, tennessee nationals. this fight is not over. this is just the beginning of our battle to re-claim the middle class for america. stephanie, how so? what can labor activists in wisconsin, other neighboring states across the nation, where do they go from here? how do they fight back? >> well, we fight back at the ballot box, and we fight back every day by educating each other, by having conversations with our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, about what

constitutes fairness in america, and what doesn't constitute fairness is they huge tax give-backs to the wealth,and super rich in our nation. this is not working. these kind of tax cuts for the wealthy are not working for america. it's not working for our future, for our kids, and we need to restore fairness in america. >> all right. stephanie bloomingdale in wisconsin, we do appreciate it. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. we are keeping our eye on the markets. let's look at the board. the dow is down 3425 points, investors taking the gloomy outlook yesterday and running with it. it's been a volatile past couple days in the stock market. we're going to continue to follow this yo-yo right here for you right here on msnbc. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables?

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the straw poll, an event which has earned the reputation of being the grim reaper of presidential bids. that's because the iowa event has been known to make or break

presidential campaigns. when it comes to iowa, the candidates are leaving nothing to chance, especially those with a lot to lose. tim pawlenty is spending over a million in organizing and hitting up to half a dozen campaign events a day, and it looks like michele bachmann is planning quite a party. >> come from 9:00 to 5:00. we have an air-conditioned tent, we've got chairs, we've live, country legend superstar randy travis live. we'll have a petting zoo for the kids, for a. i mean, it is fun and entertainment. joining me is politico's alex burns. all right. petting zoos, country bands, randy travis. this is sounding more like a state fair than a political event. >> in some case that's exactly what it is. at its core, the ames straw poll is a fund-raiser for the iowa republican party. for these candidates to bring in the business into the state and enthusiasm into the state party is a mission accomplished for

republicans in iowa. for folks like tim pawlenty and michele bachmann, the big event is the trial ballot, which is a big test, activist level momentum at this point. >> rick perfectly will show up on sunday, he officially hasn't announced his candidacy, but what will the quote/unquote perry factor have on pawlenty and bachmann? >> there's some move to get a rick perry write-in effort, so we'll see how much that registers, but certainly the fact that periodry looks like he'll enter the race as early as next week, perry is a conservative, tea party friendly candidates, somebody who expected to play well in iowa. whoever the winner is on saturday, in some ways they're earning the right to go head to head with the governor of texas. >> what happens, for instance, if pawlenty doesn't play in the top two, or if bachmann doesn't take the top spot. what happens?

>> for someone like pawlenty, this is a key event. he's put a lot of money and time into courting folks who participate in this straw poll. someone like bachmann, you know, if she falls short of that number one spot, it may lead people to ask questions. about whether she has the momentum. >> and how has she been doing? >> last thing we heard, bachmann was in the top tier with mitt romney and everyone else trailing far behind. even if we had a good press primary poll, it wouldn't tell us who will show up at this straw poll. a lot of this is about organizati organization, who candidates actually put on buses and cart to this event. >> we have time to talk about this, how devastating will it be

for the others to not place in the top three. herman contaain, for example, s if he doesn't get a top spot, it might be the road forbit. for him, rick santorum if they don't register at this point, it confirms what a lot of people suspect, it's not his year. >> there's always the perry factor to contend with. alex burns, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> you can catch all the excitement in iowa this saturday at 7:00 a.m. msnbc will be live all day covering the ames straw poll with a special edition of "the daily rundown" with chuck today from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. with the results. and the picture that people can't stop talking about, but "newsweek's" queen of rage isn't the first cover to create controversy. controversy. our flip side is next.

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we calm off a week where rage was all the rage, let's face it. we have been coming out of a period in politics which is so

hype polarized and so hype aggressive. michele bachmann is the face of the tea party right now. >> "newsweek" editor in chief defending her magazine's queen of rage cover. saying the wild eyed michele bachmann reflects the personal intensity that's driving her presidential campaign. which bringstous the flip side, our look behind the headlines. "newsweek" is getting a lot of push back over that cover. they're done it before facing accusations of sexism over a couple of sarah palin covers over the past few years. but politicians are no stranger to controversy. take this "new yorker" cover from the summer of 2008. the magazine's editor said it was meant to satirize the way the obamas were portrayed by the right wing. the obama campaign called it tasteless and offensive. this january 2007 issue of "text monthly" poked fun of then vice president dick cheney very accidentally shooting a campaign

contributor on a hunting trip. the photo shop image refers to a if the national lampoon" cover. "time" named the cheney picture the best mag cover of the year and bill clinton's pose on the cover of "esquire" in december 2000 was inspired by the lincoln memorial, but some voiced outrage taking it as a vulgar reference to the monica scandal. politicians on the cover stirring controversy and we're willing to bet selling lots and lots of copies. that does it for me today. i'll see you back here at 11:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. up next contessa brewer.a summe. ooo. sounds pricey? nah, with the hotels.com summer sale, you can find awesome deals for places nearby. interesting...

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and today down again. >> the markets are like the weather, you don't like it, wait a few minutes and you'll see things change. >> get ready for what could be another wild. >> all the gains yesterday giving back a lot of them in the early moments. >> the board is entirely red. >> early trading on wall street today saw stocks deeply in the red just like yesterday. >> no change in interest rates. no change in interest rates. >> then a quick turn around. a triple digit surge on news the fed will keep interest rates near zero until 2013. >> up 200 on the day. >> welcome to the wild world of wall street where sometimes what seems bad can turn out to be good. >> but the fed's also sending a message to congress and the president. >> two years to stimulate the economy to produce jobs. >> after all the bickering over the debt ceiling, some democrats are getting fed up with the white house. >> the democratic face