go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. good morning. i'm chris jansing. sensing that hope and xhang is quickly being replaced by anger and frustration, president obama continuing his tour in iowa. with his own job on the line, the president has said he's working on a post-labor day plan to fix the economy. >> moving forward, my basic attitude is we know what to do, i'll be putting forward when they come back in september, a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs. >> nbc white house correspondent chuck todd is traveling with the president, and joins us from dubuque. good morning to you. just for the record, the white house insists this is not a campaign trip. >> reporter: right. you could fool me.

it feels like a campaign trip. it certainly walks like one, it quacks like one, and politics comes up in it. even in the president yesterday talking about this plan he's going to unveil in september, he said, and if congress doesn't pass it, he'll campaign against them. so the campaign is stitched throughout this trip. >> you know, yesterday all over the front pages of the newspapers, "los angeles times," "new york times," there was a discussion about this split in the white house about whether the president needs to get more aggressive, more specific. what are we going to see from him over the next couple days heading into september when he's going to unveil this in plan? >> i think we got a taste of it yesterday, in that he wants to be aggressive with congress, not quite ready to engage fully with

the many presidential field, but in that -- look, the numbers don't lie, we saw in that same gallup poll that's shown the president as low as 39% job approval, it's up to 41 today, that's three times higher than the job approval rating of congress. so he has a bit of running room for the next couple months to pick that fight sort of as the republicans have their intraparty squabble, which clearly is coming on the presidential level. why would he wants to get into that mess at all, and instead keep focused on congress. but the other issue, he's made this big promise of a big plan that's going to create jobs, grow the economy, deal with the debt and deficit. if it doesn't get passed, that's an issue. if the plan doesn't feel new and big and look like it's something that truly will, that people think will actually create a

bunch of jobs, how much does that hurt him, hurt his credibility right now as a leader? that's been a quotient right now when you see the polls, the issue of this leadership quotient. the white house and democrats i spoke to are nervous about this perception that the president doesn't appear to be leading in washington. >> all right. chuck todd, always good to see you, thank you so much. chuck todd out on the noncampaign trail with the president. the republican hopefuls are back on the trail officially in key early primary states today. just a couple minute from now governor perry will be touring a roofing factory in iowa. michele bachmann is in south carolina. romney and perry traded jabs on jobs. it's not just four years as governor, but also the 25 years that i've lived in the private sector.

>> romney took a swipe at you today saying he has private sector experience and that makes him better qualified to create jobs. >> give him my love. >> what do you think about that, though, sir? >> i think oranges and apples. running a state is different from run ago business. >> i'm joined by msnbc he's getting pretty snarky already for this early in the campaign. what are we, on day two or day three? like "give him my love." what was 245 snimplts he's not going to change his style. >> for people who don't know, what's his style? >> pretty much what you just saw. he says what's on his mind. he said a number of things yesterday which already got him in trouble and distracted from the jobs message. he's taking the fight to mitt romney. up until three days ago it was largely a question of what's going on with mitt romney, can anyone take mitt romney on? now we have an answer.

rick perry plans to in the early states, it leaves romney with a lot of interesting tactical and strategy is decisions to make. >> how did this totally remake the field? >> mitt romney i think was hoping someone would win iowa, like michele bachmann who wouldn't net represent a mortal threat. i think right now if perry can launch well and raise enough money this is headed toward on two-person race. others will have to try to fight their way back into the contest, but this is going to be a struggle between mitt romney and rick perry auditioning for republicans who want to beat the president. let me talk about those two things that are always so key, i'm going to ask the control room to skip ahead. i want to go to the one from the iowa state fair yesterday. to me this was vintage perry.

he was sampling some of the local cuisine that all of us have had at one time or another at a state fair. listen to this clip. >> six for every person. >> reporter: how is it, governor? >> that is plenty good right there. that's plenty good. >> do they have pork like that in texas? >> they probably do. you just have to chase them down on the river. >> reporter: skinny this year? >> skinny this year, that's for sure. we have too many feral hogs we're trying to get rid of. >> that's something you don't hear a lot about, but that folksy kind of charm, is that what won him so many votes in texas? >> it is and it's what's won him a pretty good launch in south carolina, new mexico and iowa before his controversial remarks of yesterday, he was blowing people away with how good a retail politician he is. he can work a room better than

mitt romney can. that doesn't always decide who wins, but if part of politics is relating to people in small groups, particularly in the early voting states where people do have direct contact, rick perry is as strong a performer out there on the field. >> substance, a lot of talk has been about what he's done for jobs in his state. when you look at the big headline, they've gained all these jobs, but the devil is in the details, isn't it? >> there's plenty to criticize about his record in texas. yes, one third or so of the jobs that have been created have been created in texas, a lot of them are minimum wage jobs, but there are no perfect candidates in this race regarding job creation. the president obviously has struggled to create jobs without any caveats. mitt romney's record as governor in massachusetts, there are things to cry size, by my guess in the end the fights are going to come down to less what has their report been in the past, and more about their ideas in

the future. i think that's what voters look for and with good reason. >> originally when it was talked about would perry get in the race, much of the conversation was about perry versus michele bachmann, because they're both these very conservative candidates. >> i think the on us is on michele bachmann to prove she can keep up, but organization, media buzz. you haven't heard that much about michele bachmann in the last couple days even though she won the straw poll. she's been a better candidate than a lot of people thought she would be, but she may have trouble keeping up. the biggest strategic question is does mitt romney try to wing iowa. he would rather not have to compete there, but that's where a lot of the focus will be before new hampshire, iowa votes first. he runs the risk of losing -- if perry wins iowa, romney runs the risk of perry coming out of iowa with momentum. that may have to be something to

stop, but the question is big, why isn't he fighting hard in iowa. mark halperin, great to see you. a judge agrees to hold the man traveling with robin gard r gardner. a major case of a woman in australia who was terrorized. a man forced her to wear what she thought was a bomb around her neck in an attempted extortion plot. now the investigation has brought this case halfway around the world to this man, paul douglas peters in kentucky. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me with the latest. what can you tell us? >> he was arrested late yesterday in a suburb of louisville after australian police tracesed him to the u.s. he was arrested, the fbi says, at the home of his former wife, though officials say there's no case she was involved in what australian officials say was an

extortion plot. they say on august 3rd, peter walked into the home of an 18-year-old girl studying for her high school tests. he was carrying a baseball bat, they say, wearing a mask, and he attached what he told her was a bomb. it was later that the police discovered it was a fake, but it took them ten hours -- ten terrifying hours to get it off this woman. court documents unsealed thork, and he'll bed in court in louisville in about 20 minutes, cord documents say australian police tracesed him through an e-mail account because he had a note attached to this fake bombs in which he made demands apparently for money. they say that's what ultimately led them to him. he was unknown to the police at the time of this plot, that he left australia five days after attaches this fake bomb to this young woman, and they ultimately traced him on a flight from australia from sydney where he's from, through chicago, ultimately to louisville, and then to the home of his ex-wife,

where he was arrested, the authorities say, without incident yesterday. >> what do we know about this? from what i've heard, he's the least likely person anyone would have suspected of doing something like this. >> they won't say if there's any criminal background, but he was educated in australia, he's a businessman, international businessman. so whether he has any connection to this young woman's family is something the australians police have yet to say. there's no obvious or apparent connection. now the extradition process starts, the arrest was based entirely on the australian charges, so it will go through court, take a couple months to try to get him back. >> pete williams, thank you so much. no indiana agency appears to be responsible for inspecting outdoor stages, like the one that collapsed in indianapolis, killing five people over the weekend. the state admits there's no regulations or permit requirements.

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being mentioned with the other top gop contenders. the snub caught jon stewart's attention. >> there's a top tier of bachmann, romney, and we haven't mentioned and we should -- >> thank you. >> rick santorum who did surprisingly well. >> he didn't get half of what ron paul got. he lost to the guy who lost so bad he dropped out of the race. >> so he got a little there, but paul's campaign is fighting back, flooding the inboxes of journalists with information about the campaign, so stay tuned. the fbi says a group of suspicious packages sent to lawmakers in alaska does not contain any dangerous substances. the federal building in fairbanks had to be evacuated after the packages arrived. a white powder in two of the mailings turned out to be concrete powder. a judge has ordered an american

tourist held for another 16 days in the mysterious disappearance of a woman he was traveling with in aruba. 35 years old robin gardner has not been seen for two jeex. janet shamab janet shamlyian joins me. >> reporter: this is a setback for the man. as for prosecutors they have 16 more days, but even they admit this will be an uphill battle for them, and they admit this is an uphill point. with a shirt pulled over his head and trash bag of personal items. gary giordano left the local jail for aruba's prison. prosecutors asked for and received another 16 days behind bars for giordano as they gather

evidence. the prison is just a few miles from the beach where he says robin gardner, his traveling companion, went missing, as he says they were snorkeling together. >> can you proceed with prosecution without a body in this case? >> i can only give the general answer to that. it's always harder to try a case like this when you don't have a body, but it's not impossible. >> aruba solicitor general tells nbc news that the evident present to do a judge includes witness statements and details on how what investigators found at the beach is not consistent with giordano's version of the events. >> i believe we're paying more closer attention to details this time than last time. >> jessie manser is the publisher of aruba's newspapers. he believes investigators learned lessons, but face the same issue, a missing woman and no body. >> i think he needs a body in order to take the case to court. if he can find the bondy, i

don't floe how he'll take it to court unless he's a magician. >> reporter: giordano's attorney said his client is innocent and had nothing to do with gardner's appearance, but the attorney had very little to say except to say he will not be released. >> he's detained for 16 days. >> reporter: gardner's mother issued a statement, saying we are confident in the decision made by the aruban authorities to keep giordano in custody. we are still hoping to find out what happened to our daughter, as we have not given up hoe she may still be alive. it's a sentiment shared by those on the beach where gardner is said to have gone missing, a disappearance many have said just doesn't make sense. >> i mean that you're a girl on vacation, you put attention to your partner, i mean, to me it's

strange. >> investigators asked giordano for a dna sample. he refused to give them one, so prosecutors sought and received from a judge a court order to take one from him. that goes against his claim and his attorney's claim that he has been cooperating with this investigation. where do we go from here? 16 days from now there will be yet another court hearing, and prosecutors are likely to ask for a 60-day detention at that point as they prepare their case, but they will need more evidence going forward to get that granted. chris, back to you. >> janet, thank you so much. today is the 34th anniversary of elvis presley's death. fans of the king are remembering him. last night a procession at graceland that ended el vision week, an annual gathering each year in memphis. ndfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language.

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getting out of washington and hearing from ordinary americans, but he may not like everything he hears. >> they say we're recovering, i've yet to see it, at least in this area around here. so, yeah, i might be frustrated as well at this point. >> i would like him perhaps to be a little more -- show a bit more leadership and less compromising. >> presidential historian alan lickman joins me. good to see you. >> good morning, chris. >> i wish i had every article that was written about the president's leadership. do we even know, when someone says i want him to show some leadership? >> well, the president has a difficult spot here. he is beset be an implacable opposition and great deal of unhappiness within his own base.

ronald reagan found unhappiness in his base to push social issues like abortion, but in those days he could work with democrats. the problem for obama is he faces a republican leadership that wants to see him fail action and then within the republican party, a tea party movement that wants to see him fail catastrophically. so his base wants him to be bold and not to compromise, but that, of course, means getting absolutely nothing done, and that is the obama dilemma. that's why would you have seen his poll numbers decline. >> the lowest ever for him, below 50%. harvard professor wrote as interesting op-said piece in "the washington post." i want to real a little bit. obama's lack of action and a strong voice has created an enormous leadership vacuum. political vitriol, brinkmanship and widespread uncertainty have poured into this space.

is there any historically perspective for this divide? >> of course, there have been enorms on divide, before the civil war. in the 1930s, people thought franklin roosevelt was leads us dow the path to communism, but certainly in recent years we have not seen this kind of political polarization. obama got his health care bill through congress without a single republican vote, the first time in the history of the country. on a straight-line party vote. where i do think that obama has failed is that he has let others control the debate. we saw that early on with the debate over health care. they threw is into congress. that's like throwing it into the black hole. he had great magic during the campaign, established a mystic bond with the american people that only presidential candidates and presidents can do. that's been -- i think that's

what the op-ed piece was talking about. >> but there's a lot of history of presidents with great ups, great downs and recovered. is there anything to learn from history about how he can come out of this, and from democrats' perspective, i think they would say preferably before the fall of 2012. >> yeah, well, ronald reagan came out of it. ronald reagan said he was -- his approve ratings were it is in the 40% ranges. and he came back, i think, because number one, he stuck to his principles, and number two, of course, the economy has improved. obama has to forget about austerity. cutting spending is not going to help you get jobs, it's not going to help you jump-start the economy. in the short run, as richard nixon did, another president who recovered from a low point to win a landslide in 1972, you've

got to have the jobs, and if you don't, all the rest of it doesn't matter nearly as much. >> al allan lichtman, also good to see you. >> all right, chris. wall street erased last week's losses yesterday. we're going to talk about how the market is good. this is my band from the 80's, looker. hair and mascara, a lethal combo. i'm jon haber of alto music. my business is all about getting music into people's hands.

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welcome back. i'm carl parker. we have our eyes on a couple systems today, one in the middle of the country, and then this lingering storm here in the northeast. boy, just incredible amounts of rain. we still have a bit of rain today. mostly lighter in nature, not as big of a deal, showers around the litchfield hills in the hudson valley, and maybe a bit of thunder. the next storm is around the northern plains, coming into the lakes tomorrow, so chicago,

peoria, champaign, urbana, could be a rough day tomorrow, and it will bring a reinforcing shot of cool air, while that high pressure ridge is really holding tough across the southern plains, talking about 103 in dallas today, so 3 in san angelo. more of the same on wednesday as well. widespread 100s, that continues into thursday. chris, back to you. >> carl, thank you. now let's look at other stories people are talking about. the man charged with murdering breeann rodriguez is in, this is news video of shawn morgan entering the courthouse. police say he confessed to suffocating breeann, but her body still has not been found. >> reporter: good morning, chris. we are expecting a very dramatic day here in court. the family of breeann rodriguez,

the victim, told me last night they want to be present in court to see the man who they think killed their daughter breeann. we don't know if mr. morgan will have an attorney or court will appoint one for him. in the meantime, 15 minutes away from this courthouse, authorities continue to search for breeann's body in the waterways. now, the little girl disappeared august 6th while riding her bicycle in front of her house, and this case has rocked this community, and you cannot believe how. going back to. >> telemundo's angie sandoval, thank you for the update. another child homicide, this one in louisiana, where investigators say a father admits he de-capitated and dismembered his own disabled 7-year-old son, because he was tired of caring for him. majoritiy larett had cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair.

police say he confessed to the murder, apparently so the boy's mother would see if. he's being held. connecticut police are looking for five men who tied up three members of a family in a brazen home invasion robbery. a 3-year-old boy was in his bed throughout the five hours they ransacked the house looking for valuables. they took off in the family's pickup, and police believe this was a random crime. protesters took to the street and caused chaos on the b.a.r.t. system. they're demonstrating against last thursday's shutdown of cell service to thwart organizers who were planning to protess. the move also ignited an international debate about free speech, public safety and technology. and just when we thought things were getting back to normal in the stock market, take a look at what's going on in the early going. a down side slide for the dow,

s&p and the nasdaq. melissa francis is here with what's moving your money. what's going on this time? >> we saw weakness in the market earlier today, because germany came out with gdp figures, and germany has been the engine keeping europe going it turns out the economy has all broadband stalled, under the circumstances by 0.010, and it carried over here. we had some good data. production and housing starts were better than expected, but really a mixture out there. you can see the dow is down 60 points. the nasdaq is down 24, cook worse, but had been up by a lot more. we're seeing mortgage rates down to near historic lows. >> yeah. and the obama administration may be working on a plan to give a boost tots market? >> yeah, there was an article in the "the washington post" this morning talking about you how president obama has a task force

out there trying to figure out how to save fannie mae and freddie make, and they allow you to get that 30-year fixed mortgage out there and allow a lot of home buying. they have been struggling since it is housing bust. opponents say maybe this isn't the healthiest way to have an economy, maybe this promolted home ownership to an extreme. he has a couple plans to keep them in place, something that the home market is following closely. that would keep interest rates lower for longer. >> melissa, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> thank you. there has been a deadly surge in violence in iraq, in afghanistan, but in libya, there's hope of a game-changing breakthrough in the 6-month-long civil war. richard lui has the details. republican it appears the interior minister and his family left libya in a plane overnight,

signaling the first high-level defection in months. there's still pressure, perhaps a factor of rumored new negotiations in a hotel in tunisia, and the enjoy to libya also visiting the capital there, and with the use of a scud missile by gadhafi forces two days ago. the stress could be hightening for libya's embattled leader. 42 attacks in iraq, apparently coordinated, this is just one of the ones we were talking about. one iraqi official say insurgents attacked as though iraq's counterterrorism intelligence forces did not even exist. 89 people killed on this one day alo enthat we're talking about, adding to the tens of thousands that are dead since 2003. worries that al qaeda sales have renewed capability lime over

discussions if troops should stay in iraq. the al qaeda rumblings happening there. on the u.s.'s third front, afghanistan, another consecutive day of violence. a federal worker was killed today by a motorcycle that drove up, shot her in the head as she got in her car. yesterday a few tanker, a nator military base in the south was put on alert as a nearby depot was attacked by a suicide bomber. and then two days ago, you'll remember leer, chris, six suicide bombers with bomb vests storming a provincial leader's compound, killing at least 22 people. thank you so much, richard. after billions spent, thousands of lives lost, what is next in iraq and afghanistan? i'm joined live by retired army general barry mccaffery. general, did morning. >> hi, chris. what's going on in afghanistan right now? >> well, i think it depends on which time frame you want to

look at. in the long run i think we're facing immense difficulties. we have a new team, new ambassador, a new cg. the problem is we said we're coming out by 2014, we're starting to withdraw this summer. there's no reason intellectually why they should leave a stable afghanistan if we're actually withdrawing in that short a time frame. i would say it's problematic whether we're going to pull this off. iraq, different situation, a very institutionalized army government civil service. they may make it, but their problem, of course is internal civil war. can they paper this over with politics? doubtful. we should get out, by the way, of iraq, in my view, not stay with a minimal u.s. presence. >> yeah, 70 iraqis killed yesterday, that certainly doesn't bode well. >> by the way, i hate to hear

the world al qaeda and iraq used on this. i think what we're dealing with is civil war, you have a sunni minority, maybe only 16% that thinks they may be get slaughtered by a shiite army and police, so i think a lot of this is instigators trying to provoke internal struggle. well, let's go back to afghanistan for a minute. we do have these intervening months before the withdrawal, and i'm wondering, what can be done? what should be done? i mean, to make sure, you know, that the taliban doesn't take over as soon as the u.s. leaves? >> the struggle, of course, is the pasch tun, there's criminals at work, lawlessness, no central

government that works. there is, however, an afghan army, and that's the bright spot. it is possible, i suppose, that in the coming couple of three years, they'll step up, and maintain security without u.s. support, but the time factor i think is probably what concerns most of us that watch that situation. >> retired army general mccaffery, always good to see you. thanks. >> good to be with you. we're getting live pictures from cedar rapids, iowa. rick perry is speaking at a roofing company warehouse, and of course it's all about jobs everywhere we go, all the candidates we hear. we'll be right back. p, clear, u. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the advanced filtration system of brita.

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>> yeah, go ahead. >> just last week when it surpassed platinum. >> it doesn't make me stop wishing i had bought it when i was in your shop just a couple years ago. nevertheless, what are you seeing? >> people from all walks of life are coming into beverly loan company and pawn shops across the country looking to get collateral loans against their gold. it's a win/win for the pawnbroker and the borrower. most people, their cost basis in their gold is not $1700, $1600, $1500, it's $300, $400, we in the pawn industry are happy to give them the up side. >> tell me some of the things people are bringing in. i wouldn't by surprised to hear about watches or wrings, but what about some other things you are seeing? >> you know, in general it's

gold, gold, gold. being in beverly hills, having vault security, the discreet nature of our business, we see diamonds, signed pieces. we also do fine art and a bit of entertainment memorabilia, but right now gold is what everyone is fascinated with. >> i have also ahead and i can't believe it happens in beverly hills, but people are actually selling the gold out of their teeth? how much can that be worth? >> i don't know. that seems a bit of folklore we see. mostly we see bracelets, necklaces, earrings. what i have found with the uncertainty, the debt market, people are much more comfortable holding tangible personal property in the form of gold than they do in investing in

paper moan oar stocks and i can't blame them. >> so tell me, i'll put you on the spot. how high do you think it will go? have we hit the heights of gold for a while? >> everyone is talking about 2,000. i try not to prognosticate. as a pawnbroker, i somewhat have to. i have to guess where gold is going to be, but the sky's the limit. >> jordan, good to see you again. >> great to see you. come visit us soon. >> okay. the congressional black caucus is holding the second of five job fares across the country. they're hoping to put a dent in the 16.2% black unemployment rate. jeff johnson joins me from detroit. a big crowd there, almost 5,000 people turned up. what are we expecting there today? >> i think we have nearly 5,000

people that are already here, and there are over 70 companies here that have about 2,000 jobs available. so the cbc i think has increased what it is they were able to do in cleveland with numbers already. we know that in detroit the jobless rate is about 21.6%. the mayor and others are say the real numbers are around 50% unemployment. i think one of the things we're encouraged by here in detroit is when you look at the 2010 census, 24 to 35 years old graduates have increased in population by about 59%. and so it says that there are educated and skilled folks here prepared to work. i think it's about doing what the cbc is doing, which is engaging employers to be able to find the jobs and connect them with the people who are skilled for them. >> is it the case that if people are going to be there, they actually have to have jobs to offer? >> well, i think the point is,

yes, the 70 companies that are here do have jobs to offer. i think the last thing that is you set people up to sell wolf tickets to bring in a company that isn't even looking to hire to add false hope. >> jeff johnson, it looks like you have your work cut out for you. good to see you. >> absolutely. good to see you, too. major league history for jim thome. >> high fly ball, left field, going back to the track, to the wall, it's good! and jim thome has become the eighth player in major league history to hit his 600th home run. only the great babe ruth reached the 600 home run mark in fewer at-bats. the talk on twitter today is not just about the milestone but of the character of the man who hit

it. jimmy rollins says -- congreats to my big homie, jim thome, on his 600th home run, and jeremy guthrie tweeted congratulations to good ballplayer and better man jim thome on joining the club. you couldn't have done it without me.

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nick smith's name was called, but he wasn't around, so dad subbed in his twin who made a miracle hockey shot. he sunk a puck 89 feet into a 3.5-inch goal. but now that they have come clean, they might lose the cash. oh, what to get your ex-wife on her birthday? a small-town mayor delivered a rock, a big rob, but not what you think. he parked a 20-ton boulder in her driveway, top with a pink ribbon and now he won't move it. the unhappy couple just ended the relationship in a public, bitter divorce. the family that bonded, then split on reality tv has been canceled. the last episode of indicate plus eight will air next month. and imagine getting married and everyone knows about it, but you. this woman in canada thought she was going to a retirement party.

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campaigner in chief. president obama taking his economic message and attacks on congress to iowa. but do voters think he is serious about solving their problems? the gop's new superstar, rick perry, the texas governor is slamming the president. his gop rivals, but does he rhetoric go too far? and the boy wins $50,000 with that amazing shot right there, but there's a problem. his twin brother was supposed to take that shot. will the switcheroo cost them all that money? hello, i'm craig mel burn in for thomas roberts this week, presiden