even though the recession, our paychecks don't show it. take a look. from december 2007 to june 2009 median household incomes fell by 3.2%, but june 2009 to june of this year, the the median income fell another 6.7% to just below $50,000. those numbers, of course, confirming what many americans are feeling, that there's been no real recovery in terms of household incomes. one reason for the drop, it's taken people longer to find a job and once rehired, they're usually taking a pay cut, settling for a whopping 17.5% lower salary. president obama is back at the white house and preparing for two big pieces of his jobs puzzle to come together tomorrow. he'll meet with business leaders in pittsburgh while the senate finally takes up his $447 billion jobs bill. nbc's kristin welker is live at

the white house. what's the latest? >> hi there. president obama has been in close contact with senate democrats and met with them as recently as friday. as you remember, the president initially recommended increasing taxes on families making $250,000 or more. senate democrats said they weren't going to support that, so harry reid tweaked the plan as it stands right now and it would include a 5.6% surtax on families making $1 million. as of right now democrats have 52 votes. that's still not enough, of course, to get it to the chamber. they would need 60 votes and a lot of republicans say they're not going support any plan that includes tax increases. they say that it could ultimately wind up hurting small businesses. so that's where we stand heading into tomorrow's vote. it is unlikely at this point according to a lot of people on the hill and this bill will make it through the senate.

what's more likely, chris is that we'll see bits and pieces of this plan pass over the next several weeks including possibly slashing payroll tax extending unemployment insurance. the bill also calls for investing in infrastructure projects and the president has been taking his case to the american people and he'll head to pittsburgh tomorrow and will likely give another one of those fiery speeches that we've heard from him recently. >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you. the u.s. military is working to track down the source of a computer virus that's infected a group of computers with top-secret information. those computers controlled unmanned drones that military uses to spy on and attack terror targets abroad. i am joined by nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. what can you tell us about this? >> it was discovered at the creek air force base where pilots from half a world away are able to control drones that

are not only surveilling, but actually attacking targets in southwest asia, the persian gufrl agulf and now in africa as well. u.s. military and administration officials tell us that, look, there's no sense that this virus which has infected these pilot systems, operational systems has gleaned any kind of classified information or cause good damage, but several attempts to get rid of it have been unsuccessful so it has raised some alarms, but people so far in the military, in particular, who are involved in this program say, look, we're very much concerned. we're trying to get rid of it and we're trying to find out where it originated, but so far nobody's panicked, chris. >> what do they think is the source of this? do they even have a clue? >> if they do, they're not telling us. one of the official statements out of the air force is we're not going to tell you everything we know of what we're doing because we don't want to tip off any potential adversary who may

be trying to tap into this system. >> jim mimiklaszewski, thanks s much. more than 250 tips and no significant leads in the search for lisa irwin. she was asleep in her crib in her home in kansas city, missouri. police are focusing on the area around the home. nbc's peter alexander with the latest now from kansas city. >> reporter: at the irwin home this weekend investigators tried to recreate how an abductor might have gotten inside as the parents have suggested, crawling through a window over and over, recording the entire thing. sunday investigators also went door to door here, asking about a local handyman who hasn't been seen since before lisa disappeared. police haven't declared him or anyone else a suspect, but the detective's questions have neighbors speculating. >> especially maybe someone who works next door has something to do with it, has played with your kids, has seen your kids, has

talked to him, they know him. it's scary. >> reporter: meanwhile, detectives scant irwins' front and backyards with metal detectors and safrpd nearby land phil. >> bring her home. we need her. we are not a family without her. she's everything to us. >> reporter: after several desperate pleas last week lisa's parents, jeremy irwin and deborah bradley did not speak publicly this weekend. last week police said they stopped cooperating, but this weekend the parents met again with investigators. >> we're all at the same table right now and that's the best thing for the investigation. no doubt about it. >> lisa's parents reported her missing last week after jeremy returned from works his first overnight shift as an electrician and on a night that deborah says she can't remember lock the front door. >> lisa's heart broken relatives have stepped up their own efforts, handing out hundreds of flyers sunday to nascar fans at

the kansas speedway. >> she was kidnapped out of her home monday night and the cops don't have any tips and don't know where she is. >> that was peter alexander reporting. fascinating details about steve jobs' biological dad in today's "wall street journal" abdel fatah jandali was born in syria and has a ph.d in political science and still works, managing a casino in nevada. he only found out he was steve jobs' father in 2005. he wrote a few e-mails to his famous son in the last year. simple messages like happy birthday or hope your health is improving. receiving just two short replies. the two never met. jobs did have a relationship with his biological mother and his sister. on the day john lennon would have turned 71, paul mccartney married for the third time.

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a new attack ad from the perry campaign tries to paint mitt romney as a flip-flopper who is like the president. >> time and again the white house has pointed to the massachusetts law as a model for its obama care. >> i agree with mitt romney. he's right. >> jimmy carter is behind mitt romney. >> the path that we pursue -- >> i like the mandate. >> in my book i said no such thing. i stand by what i wrote.

>> no real surprise, former white house chief of staff and now chicago mayor rahm emanuel gave a lot of credit to the president for doing what's right for the country long term. >> i often advise the president about doing the quick political thing and he looks at the long term and he rejected the quick and political because it wasn't in america's interest. that's both true about financial reform, health care and the biggest decision and he's never lost his fight to america. 150 business leaders have now signed a pledge to skip campaign donations. the push was started by starbucks ceo howard schultz. he wants to send a message to washington that they're unhappy with gridlock and partisan shp. michele bachmann is in new hampshire which up until now she hasn't done much campaigning. she's concentrated most of her early efforts in iowa, but she's

fallen in polls. >> it appears that your campaign is imploding. why has there been such a downfall in the national polls as well as in the state polls for you. >> your assessment is completely inaccurate and not correct at all. his mormon religion. a texas pastor introducing rick perry called mormonism a cult. >> rick per se a christian. he's an evangelical christian, a follower of jesus christ. mitt romney is a good, moral person, but he's not a christian. it has always been considered a cult by the mainstream of christianity and it's the difference between a christian or a non-christian. >> let's bring in jo reid and tim carney. good morning to both of you. thank you for coming in on the holiday. what do you think? should romney confront this head-on? what should he do about this? >> the mormonism is a sleeper

issue that hasn't come up yet, but it's one of the reasons that rick per for all his stumbles is still viable. he's an evangelical christian and in the base of the republican party it's been politics, but i think it does matter. >> should i play, first of all, what romney had to say about this. let's play that. >> poisonous language doesn't advance our cause and it hasn't softened a single heart and changed a single mind. the blessings of fate carry the civil and respectful debate. the task before us is to focus on the conservative beliefs and the values that unite us. let no agenda narrow our vision or drive us apart. >> you know, tim, the one thing he didn't say was the word mormon. does he need to go beyond that statement? >> he does and he did in the past. four years ago he gave a great talk on that, but an important point, there is a gallup poll asking people would you have problems voting for a mormon, there's a higher percentage of

democrats said they would have a problem, versus 20%. romney can win the nomination even if there is some anti-mormon bias. >> really? even if it's one out of five? >> i think it will get lower because of the points he's talking about there because if he is with me on the issues i care about they'll get over it. a lot of people use something like a mormon as a sort of place holder for some other reason they disagree with the person. >> all right. well, let's look and see what some of the other candidates are saying. i don't know what they're saying in their war room, but publicly, here are the statements they had to make about this. >> i'm not running for theologian and chief. i'm a lifelong christian and what that means is one of my guiding principles and the decisions i make is i start with do the right thing. i'm not getting into that controversy. >> this is so inconsequential as far as this campaign is concerned. we have religious talent in this

country and we understand people have different views on their faith. >> think none of us should sit in judgment on somebody else's religion and i thought it was very unwise and very inappropriate. >> rick perry was asked a couple of times is mormonism a cult and he said note. does he need to come out and condemn this pastor a la jeremiah wright? >> find it hard to believe that he'll do that overtly, but it's interesting that you'll listen to the sound bites about religious tolerance when there's been an undercurrent of is obama a muslim and that whole issue. that poll showed 20% that there was an issue and there is an issue of self-reporting. self-reported bias is more than bias. they're so important even in the tea party. i think if mitt romney didn't have other problems, if he didn't have other flip-flop issues including on abortion he might be able to slide through this, but because he has so many other things keeping people from

supporting him this is just one more reason for people not to trust him. >> given where we are with the economy and we've all said it many times, that's obviously the issue, jobs, what your paycheck is. we just had this new reporting out about this gap. is this going to make a difference in the end even if 20% of republicans said this is an issue for me. >> you have to come down and look at the state by state. iowa, it really does matter. in iowa it matters both in the primary and conceivably in a general election, but i think your point, is it will happen on the margins. so if perry and romney it will matter. everybody, all these republicans are looking for somebody besides romney to support and they never seem to grasp on to anybody so they might just settle for romney. >> and nevada, there are some primaries where it's helpful to him with a big mormon population, but is it positive in nevada. >> it's a tiny negative, it

could tip a very close race. >> right. >> there's an exaggeration and a ten-point population that he'll lose because he's mormon. the alternatives, no one has been able to consolidate an alternative. even though he's at 17%, 18% he still really does have a strong grasp on the nomination potentially unless someone really strong emerges. >> can we look very quickly at the values voters summit? both romney and perry did horribly. look at ron paul, herman cain, rick santorum and then you see perry any romney were down below michele bachmann at 4%. here's my final question, in any way, shape or form do you see herman cain as the real deal? >> i actually don't think that herman cain will get the nomination, but the fact that he's doing so well says a lot again about the the rejection

that the party has to mitt romney. they're looking for a reason not to nominate him. >> i agree. i really like cain. he's not acting as if he's running a campaign. >> he acts as if he's selling a book. >> i was watching him on the chuck todd show, he's not building up campaigns teams in iowa. he's not building up big donor bases. i like that he's getting throughout and having his voice heard and pushing the party to the right on a lot of issues, but i don't see him as a serious contender. they'll play the tape back when he wins the nomination sounding like a pool. >> or v.p. >> he's not raising money. he will not have the mron toe compete. there will be five caucuses in january and he won't be able to compete and he'll uses this fame to sarah palin himself on to the ticket. >> joy ann reid and tim carney, thank you. now we know who collected the $2 million reward from the fbi. remember this, tipping them off to the whereabouts of james

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>> well, some good news here. the dow looked up appreciably this morning on word that germany and france have pledged to come up with a plan to solve the euro zone debt crisis. so we'll keep our eye on what's going on and have an update and what's moving your money in a few minutes. meantime, terrified by alabama's strict new immigration crackdown parents living in that state illegally say they're doing something that was absolutely unthinkable days ago. they've been asking friend, relatives and even co workers to

care for their children if they're arrested or deported. i'm joined by hector flores, former president of lulac, the league of united latin american citizens. good morning. it's good to see you. >> good morning. >> what is your reaction? are you surprised that there are actually parents signing documents allowing others to take their children if they're deported? >> not at all. they're terrorized at the moment feeling that perhaps this law may not be implemented, but obviously, you know, that parents are, you know, strong decide whether it's worth staying in the state of alabama or having to go back home or go to other states that are more friendly to people that are basically preparing many of their meals, picking all their crops and doing all of the heavy lifting with the agricultural economy in the state. >> on friday the justice department asked to block enforcement of this law, but the argument that a lot of folks

make in these individual states is they have to do this because the federal government isn't doing its job. what's it going to take comprehensive national immigration reform? >> well, hopefully this light at the end of the tunnel in that we value the people that are here with or without documents that are contributing members of different community, but particularly where there's a need for labor-intensive industries, agricultural being one of those. but also in manufacturing and other areas where these are the jobs that are dangerous or low pay, but are very labor intensive. so i think that normally our industrial base recognizes the fact that we have these labor needs and how are we going to address those? we know that from experience in states like california where the department of labor and the farmworkers organization actually opened these jobs to americans and very few, if any, apply to some of these jobs so

we than there's a great need for the labor force this year. obviously, they wouldn't be here. >> let's talk about what's going on in california? because the second part of the dream act has been signed into law by jerry brown. illegal immigrants can apply for state scholarships and state aid at state universities. critics have been complaining that this new law will undermine immigration laws and it will encourage illegal immigration and we'll have a flood of people thinking they can go to college for free. what's your reaction to those critics. >> well, first of all, i think we're jubilant that california is a progressive state from other times in its history where we have many other law were very anti-immigrant laws that were passed by governors and have really hurt the state. not only that, but we know that the children that are here, the the children of parents that are working and they're undocumented

are here through no fault of their own, but that these same parents that we're trying to deport are also the ones paying into tax coffers. so it seems reasonable that these children should also have the same opportunity to grab the ring or get the apple of a good, quality education and it should be done at the same level as residents of the state. they graduated from our schools and our society and our country in that stateme already have an investment in the children. even in the hard economic times we're suffering these are going to be our leaders. obviously they're preparing themeses academically. they're not out there being gang bangers and other things of that nature. these are some people that are reaching for the american dream, and i think it's something that other states should consider instead of all those anti-immigrant laws that have been passed like alabama and other states. >> hector flores, thank you very

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i'm weather channel meteorologist carl parker and we're watching wet weather in the southeast. let's take a look at the radar picture and show you the tropical hybrid of a system coming into northern florida and georgia. those are the areas that really do want that rain and there is a tornado threat as well. along 95 in southeast georgia and a lot of rain coming into parts of south carolina today along with a fair amount of wind and that will be climbing up the coast the next couple of days. in the west, stormy morning i-5 and crescent city and eureka and we'll get into the north bay and stretch across the rest of the

bay area and finally clearing the area by the middle of the day tomorrow. a beautiful day today, again in the northeast, very warm once again. that's going to change starting tomorrow and 84 in new york and well above average. scattered showers and storms and some severe weather, a little bit of rain across the middle of the country and 82 in san antonio and there's your rain in the west about 60 in portland and 74 in los angeles. chris, back to you. >> it's been beautiful here, carl. thank you so much. let's take a look at other stories people are talking about right now. egypt is seeing one of its worst violence since the february -- at least 24 people have been killed and 200 wounded in clashes between christians, muslims and security forces. it started as a peaceful protest over recent attacks on churches in southern egypt. a terrifying survival story from the florida keys. a weekend trip went very wrong when a boat capsized. an 80-year-old woman drowned. seven other his to tread water

in choppy seas for 20 hours. rescuers say a 4-year-old girl was kept afloat in something like a cooler. the u.s. coast guard rescued them near marathon, florida, and they were not wearing life vest sgloos an autopsy is being performed on a north carolina firefighter who collapsed just 500 yards before finishing the chicago marathon. he later died. 35-year-old captain william cavanis was a marathoner. he was raising money for burn victims. miners in the state of california will not be allowed to use tanning beds anymore. a new law bans tanning beds for anyone under the age of 18. the the law will go into effect in january 2012. nba players and owners are meeting in a final attempt to reach an agreement to end the lockout. today is the deadline david stern set that the season would not be able to start on november 1st, equalling a loss of of $325

million in basketball-related income. tiger woods isn't quite the hot dog he used to be on the golf course or at least one fan seemed to think so. we'll explain when we go down to the wire in 20. netflix has hit the rewind button. it's decided to kill its plan to split up the company into streaming and dvds. cnbc's brian sullivan is here with what's moving your money and, boy, this sounds like the new coke back in the '80s. the customers hated this new idea. >> yeah. believe it or not, chris, newt coke actually lasted longer than quickster. long live quickster. quickster is dead. netflix realized hey, we made a mistake and admitted that on its blog. that's how the ceo tends to communicate with the world. we'll just go back to the old model which is one website, one price. you can stream or you can get your dvds. the market likes it. the an lives are saying this is confusion and i'm not sure

anybody knows what quickster was and he was excited and not the best day for him. >> i'm looking that the woman stuffing the envelopes and thinking, that job, wow! that would drive me crazy. anyway, i don't know. but she has a job so she's probably happy about that, and everybody's happy who has money in stock markets and looks pretty good on wall street today. >> we're actually in the middle of the best five-day rally that we've had all year. we're up including today about 900 points over the past five sessions and we've gotten close a few times and that's a very, very powerful rally and we've had a few, chris, and they haven't lasted. i just want to throw that out there. we've had nice runs and only to drop the european optimism. i don't think netflix is moving the overall market, but i know you're excited for earnings season, chris. i can see it in your eyes. >> you -- >> i know you're going to celebrate somehow, just buy some aluminum. >> i never celebrate at night. i go to bed too early, and can i

say about that woman, look how good she is at what she does. >> you get fast. >> you know who else has to be happy about this decision? the post office. they've got some struggles and i'll bet you they're happy about this. they want people to -- >> she's unbelievable. >> she is quick. what is that 60 to 100 a minute? >> i don't know. that's impressive and cnbc's brian sullivan, we digress. thank you so much. >> the senate is set to vote to open debate on the president's $450 billion jobs bill and it faces a steep uphill battle despite a millionaires' tax. i'm joined by correspondent kelly o'donnell. kell, good morning. what are we expecting tomorrow? >> we know the senate won't work as fast as the netflix lady at the speed of light there, but what they want to do is give the opportunity to bring the president's jobs bill to the floor for debate, but it's not

one the president wanted to outline himself in the big address to congress. democrats in the senate have been very reluctant, a number of them to go forward with it and they've done their own retooling and theya added the millionaire surtax and that's 5.6% on top of earnings above $1 million and that will be able to do what at least democrats think can be a more sellable way to pay for the president's jobs plan, bringing in enough revenue to cover the cost of the program. the problem is how do you get even a few republicans to go along and that's where democrats will have a roadblock. there was a friction between senate democrats and the white house over how to pay for this plan to begin with. >> last week there was a big to-do over trying to get a vote on the original plan. that's something republicans wanted, so every step of this has its twists and turns and won't be easy, but there will be a lot of focus this plan next week and if they can't get it to go forward they'll go another

way to attract more votes. they did get democrats to come along. mary landrieu of louisiana. >> ben nelson of nebraska, he's a democrat but will vote will more conservative ideas and more taxes is not what he believes the answer is. he believes there should be additional cuts in spending. so it's the classic battle. when the president has been out on the campaign trail and making appearances around the country saying pass the bill and make the bill, they're one step toward attempting to bring it forward. >> kelly o'donnell, thanks to you. a 56-foot high sculpture with a political message in missouri has been creating controversy. it stands right from the federal reserve bank of kansas city and made of 117 cargo and storage containers carefully aligned to spell iou, facing the bank and u

sshus usa on the other side and attracting anti-wall street protesters. he joins me now from kansas city. good morning. you said the message is open to interpretation, but it is hard to ignore the symbolism, right? >> yeah. that's true, chris. the original idea is based on the debt issue, but myself and the organization that helped create the piece feel that it's a good idea to keep it a little open to interpretation. >> well, the occupy wall street protesters have been using this as their backdrop for their protests and i understand you spoke to them last night? >> i did. about 6:30 they had a gathering, i'd say about 300 or 400 people and they had a number of speakers including myself and some economists, and the response was fantastic.

>> what was your message? >> well, my message was that two years ago i had a crazy idea, a concept to present and i think what the interesting thing is this coalescence has kind of given this project a heart, soul and human face which i'm grateful for. >> i'm wondering what the response is. did you have a chance to talk to people there? what are people telling you about this work of art? >> well, most of the people there were actually expressing gratitude for making the piece. there have been some negative comments on the internet and -- and online and in other places and i'd say, but the majority of the reaction has been really positive. >> yeah. people say it's too expensive.

shouldn'tmoney. what's the point, right? >> right. >> what do you say to them? >> think it's kind of turned into maybe for the folks here in kansas city, a bit of an icon for the occupy people and i'm happy to have provided that backdrop for them. >> john, thank you so much for talking with us. >> you're welcome. boxing robots knocked out the competition at the box office this weekend. hugh jackman's "real steel" took the top spot bringing in more than $27 million. george clooney's political drama "the ides of march" debuted in second place, just over $10 million. last week's number one, "dolphin tale" in third and "50/50" rounded out the top five. infinicel, that forms to your body and absorbs up to 60% more than kotex regular ultra thin. always infinity.

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more than 100 cities are now part of the occupy wall street protest. the largest one, of course s in new york city where these protests have become more organized three weeks in. demonstrators capitalizing on the angry and the frustrated in the country over the economy, jobs, corporate greed and the divide between the haves and the

have notes. incoming washington bureau chief from "the new york times" david leehart joins me. good morning. >> good morning. >> they always been the gap between the rich and the poor in america, but the gap is pouring into the streets. could this discontent turn into some sort of change? >> i think it's hard to know at this point. it certainly could. you saw relatively small events in the summer of 2009 basically turn into the tea party movement which is a significant movement and it could end up being the equivalent on the left. >> if the tea party had at least something very specific that they were for. they were for smaller government. they were for lower taxes and less intervention. it's not as clear as exactly what the occupy wall street people want. >> i think that's right. it's not as clear, although there are similarities and the tea party wants smaller government and lower taxes and

they've not come out in cutting medicare and cutting social security and cutting military and the tea party has lofty goals and smaller government without specifying how they want government to be small. so you canny see there's something similar going on where people want equality and a smart, less profitable wall street and there aren't a whole lot of specifics about how they want to get there. >> you've written a lot about this income gap and what i've been down there that's something a lot of people are focusing on and here's what the republicans say. if you're an innovator and small business owner and you're a job creator, why should you be targeted for being successful? >> i think there are a few issues here. one is americans historically have not cared so much about inequality as long as everyone was doing well. the problem is we're now at a decade where median incomes and incomes for most families have not risen and i think you see frustration in the right and the left and the tea party and maybe now occupy wall street over this

fact. the fact that there's a relatively small portion of the population that's been doing quite well over the last decade or even well at all. so i think it's true that the americans like the notion of punishing success and they like the notion that people who do what they're supposed to do are aren't rewarded with rising income over time and that's the tension between these two issues. >> let me play a clip from "meet the press" yesterday. this is paul ryan. >> i think the rhetoric is divisive. i think it's troubling. the social unrest is not what we do in america. >> think he's preying on the emotions of fear, envy and anger and that is not constructive to unifying america. >> well, that's a message that a lot of republicans are hearing, that politicians are sowing the seeds and the fact is that the divide is greater since the '20s.

>> the pre-tax income divide has widened. most families have not gotten a raise over the last decade and a relatively small raise over the last 30 years. folks at the top and below that have gotten a substantial raise relative to inflation and the second thing that's happened is the tax rates have fallen much more at the top than they have in the middle. so if you're at the top, every dollar you've earn side taxed much less than it was 30 years ago whereas if you're in the middle that's not the case and the tax code has exacerbated some of the pre-tax income trends that are more the result of technology or globalization or other forces that are outside government. >> now we're watching all of it and as it's playing out on the streets of america, david leonhardt, it's good to see you. >> thanks for having me. tiger's hot dogs, michael's jacket and a moose on the loose. we go down to the wire. so we probably could have done a dramatic re-enactment and we're not allowed to show you the pictures, but a fan got arrested for throwing a hot dog at tiger

woods over the weekend. the security said thshgs is my favorite quote, it wasn't a chili dog. it could have been really bad. here's what woods said. >> when i looked up the hot dog was already in the air. the bun kind of disintegrating there. >> obviously no injuries. >> michael jackson's children appeared at the tribute concert this weekend, prince, paris and blanket said they were happy to honor their party. 13-year-old paris wrote a replica of the jacket and completed the look with a single glove. about a dozen manchester police and fire fight hers to use ropes to coax it out of the backyard swimming pool. it took more than four hours to free the 700-pound moose. talk about a hazard. golfers are being warned to steer clear of a shark-infested lake. heavy flooding recently allowed the bull sharks to wash into the

lake, some almost 10 feet long, getting too close to give new meaning to the term hole in one. there's a growing contest, best beard. it got hairy, but lancaster, pennsylvania, combed the country for the fullest, longest, most interesting beard. you be the judge. a very different contest in washington, d.c., major league eating hosted its chili-eating competition and the winner, yes, joey chestnut. you want to guess how much? two gallons of chili in six minutes. does that make you hungry or sick? and that will wrap up this hour of jansing and company. i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is next. i'll see you back here tomorrow. [ female announcer ] the humana walmart-preferred rx plan gives you the lowest plan premium in the country... so you can focus on what really matters. call humana at 1-0-808-4003.

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campaign? they're calling it the arab autumn. clashes are up in cairo one day after 24 people were killed in the worst violence that country has seen since the ouster of hosni mubarak. where is baby lisa? there is bombshell new revelations as police go door to door questioning neighbor about the baby's disappearance. i hope you had a great weekend. i'm thomas roberts. happy columbus day. a shocking blow coming to american households. average household income has fallen twice as much over the recession officially ending than during the recession itself. while the economy has been improving since june 2009, household incomes have dropped 6.7% during ret session. salaries fell 3.2%. so this grim report could also have major political implications as the senate is set to vote on president obama's jobs bill this week. joining me now is nbc's kristen

welker from the white house and peter morici and former chief economist at the u.s. international trade commission. good morning to both of you. peter, i not and you can help all of us understand this because the economy has been getting better over the past two years, so why are incomes getting worse? explain why this isn't evening up? >> essentially the economy's been getting better so we believe there's not enough demand for american workers and employers don't have to pay them very much and they don't, so wages are falling and even more importantly, inflation continues along so on a net basis, it lost 6% or 7%. there are a few at the top doing well and the rest are doing poorly. >> if we look at the average amount of time that jobless workers have remained in employed. in 2007 it was 16 weeks and then 24 weeks in 2009. now jobless americans is unbelievable. they can expect to be on the unemployment sidelines for more than 40 weeks.