newt gingrich insisted he is the one that can beat barack obama appeare. >> because i am a student of history, and unlike the president i studied in american history. >> mitt romney was in florida praised by cuban american leaders and his son craig who speaks spanish. long before the florida primaries, january 31, the political fate of herman cain could be clear. >> but if the current polls are accurate, herman cain is not on track to let -- when any of the early contests. from washington, i am steve handelsman, wbal tv news. >> investigators want to know what happened to this suspension bridge in indonesia that caused it to collapse. >> lawyers for bob erlich said it targets the whole entire republican party. >> covering the world tonight, hundreds of protesters stormed the british embassy in teheran and burning a car. six people were held hostage by protesters until they were freed by iranian police. they were angry over a new british sanctions over their countries' disputed nuclear program. the iranian embassy here has condemned the attack. and number of people killed in the collap

of the committee issued a statement saying "some individuals have interpreted images of barack obama that appeared within the e-mail as intending to portray the president as the victim of a violent crime. nothing could be further from the truth and we sincerely apologize." >>> water crews are making repairs on a broken water main in chevy chase. several lanes of the east west i will be shut down. >>> the clinton family mourning a matriarch. dorothy rodham died in her home. she is the mother of secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. secretary clinton canceled a planned trip to london and istanbul to be at her mother's side. the family is planning a private memorial service. >>> coming up, a life-saving call. a violent attack with a shopping cart a 12-year-old under arrest. >>> time to stock up on peanut butter prices are skyrocketing. >>> >> two 12-year-old face criminal charges. police say surveillance video shows the two boys pushing a target cart off of a fourth floor walk away. one of those ended up crashing onto the head of a woman. the victim is in critical condition. her son was with her

in a party that is dying to beat barack obama, he appears to be the one guy at that they feel could go toe to toe with obama. mitt just isn't the guy they want to go home with. >> this was not as nasty or as damaging totally to anybody as the previous debates, although at one point herman cain called the moderator will blitzer -- wolf blitzer "blitz." >> isn't there are rain here called -- a reindeer called blitz? >> these debates are not good for the republican french aids. it doesn't matter that herman cain is a lesser candidate -- these debates and not good and for the republican franchise. i suspect something similar at will happen to newt gingrich. as happened to michele bachmann and others. the reason president obama is creeping up in the eight polls is this is what people are seeing on a weekly basis. >> with which of these candidates would you be most comfortable? >> probably everyone except ron paul, who was living in the 1920's, who thinks we can have a moat around the united states and if we ignore the world, the world what it ignore us. i don't think there is a lot of the d

apparently, some individuals have presented an image of barack obama that appeared within the e-mails intending to portray the president as a victim of violent crime. nothing could be further from the truth, and we deeply and sincerely apologize to the president and anyone who viewed the image, if that was the impression that was left." the e-mail also contained a zombie picture of house minority leader nancy pelosi. reporting from leesburg, jackie bensen, news 4 today. >> the secret service says it's also aware of the controversial graphic but did not say if it's taking any further action. >>> president obama wants congress to put construction crews back to work as he pushes for a key piece of his jobs bill. the president will use the key bridge here in the district as the back drop to the speech tomorrow, urging congress to invest in infrastructure projects across the country. the key bridge is in need of repairs and could benefit from this piece of legislation. president obama says the bill will help put americans back to work. >>> doctors say that president obama is once again, q

barack obama. the 21-year-old appeared in court today after he was arrested yesterday in pennsylvania. according to documents filed in washington, he drove to d.c. from idaho with an assault rifle after telling people he needed to assassinate the president. ortega hernandez is now accused of firing nine rounds at the white house. one of them cracking the window of the first family's living quarters. the president was not home at the time the shooting occurred. the charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. >>> a california congressman is calling for an investigation into the child sex abuse scandal at penn state university. george miller is a top democrat and wants to discuss possible changes to federal laws which are designed to protect children and students. meanwhile, mike mcqueary the penn state assistant coach who says he saw jerry sandusky allegedly rape a young boy in a campus locker room spoke out today. >> some day we'll -- i'm not going to go into details, but i think it's obvious i tried to do the right thing. >> he says he told penn state officials as well as local

of shooting at the white house is charged with attempting to assassinate president barack obama. 21-year-old man appeared in a federal court today to hear the charges against him. the police say he fired two shots at the white house last friday night with a semiautomatic rifle. one bullet was stopped by bullet proof glass. president barack obama was not there. if if convicted they could be sentenced to life in prison. >>> one day after cal state approved a 9% hike teachers held a one-day strike at two campuses including cal state. the techers say they have not gotten a raise they were promised in 2008. >> we are being asked to teach class thaes are -- have hundreds of students in them. we are not equipped to do that. we don't have the kind of resources to do that. it diminishes the student's education. >> a source says the teachers should focus their anger off campace at the government. >>> the supporters of the occupy movement took their protest to walnut creek. 100 protested at north main street at 11:30 this morning. the demonstrators raised their voices in support of the 99% and encouraged people to

barack obama. i mean they appear. joe bbden appears in like news footage and, and stuff.the actual, the, the action is really. >> smith: and, and the storylinee ú&'s really fooused on that. >> heilemann: the storyline is a very tight narrative and it's really about palin and mccain and steve schmidt the chief sttategist who. >> smith: right. >> heilemann: .was more responsible for ringing her onto the campaign than anyone and uutimately felt the most guilt and responsibility for having done that in the end. >> smith: what happened. >> heilemann: yeah. >> smith: when does she -tart attacking julianne ú&ore on facebook? >> heilemann: oh, i think probably before this show airs. >> smith: you think so? >> heilemann: yeah. >> smith: excellent. >> heilemann: but i got to tell you, i've seen the film and the -- the actors are as good as you an imagine. people will be astonished. >> smith: yeah. >> heilemann: .by julianne moore's sarah paain. they'll be astonished by how great she is in it. she's just, she's fantastic. >> smith: can't wait. >> heilemann: yeah. >> smith: in one.15

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barack obama as the devil, the anti christ. he allegedly said that he had a deal with president obama. as far as the court documents are concerned, it would appear to be the motive. interestingly, we have seen some seen some interview -- we have seen some interviews with the relatives. the attack took place on the of >> 11th. he said that he had an obsession with that particular date. he had a belief that he was jesus christ. this points to a rather disturbed person. >> burma's along political isolation could be coming to an end. >> burma is slowly being welcomed back into the international fold. burma will chair its regional group in the year 2014. one year on of the release of the democracy leader, we have been to burma to meet aung san suu kyi. >> burmese people is -- burmese people look at aung san suu kyi in reverence. she is mobbed everywhere she goes. some are waiting for reforms. many will decide to register the party and run. there is no doubt which way the leader will vote. >> actually, i am not entirely sure what will happen. a lot of people will go in for registration. >> what sort of reforms are we seeing? how do you see these chang

obama message that jobs, jobs, jobs. then you have the president doing these excepty orders. i think that the republicans do have a messaging problem. they do appear to just want to stop barack obama from getting reelected more than they want to help the country. the other people, because members, these tend tore very wealthy people. they don't seem in touch with the suffering of ordinary people while rhetorically, at least, the president is putting himself on the side of being more in touch. >> in fact we reported in the last couple days that their income has gone up as americans' income has gone down. to robert reich's point, who will the republicans put up against barack obama. let's just say a bad week for herman cain, but a brand-new poll saying his support is not wavering. this was done after this controversy broke, but the front page story in politico today las a lo lot of details about the nature of the sexual harassment allegations, so let's bring in alex burn. tell us what the learned about these sexual harassmentments the other things reported was that a second accuser, contrary to herman cain's recollection of what went on between him and her, had told members of

leading republican contender to challenge barack obama in next year's presidential election denied fresh allegations of sexual harassment. herman cain appeared on a late- night talk show just hours after a former employee described in vivid detail and alleged encounter with him 14 years ago. mr. cain's campaign rejected the allegation and he said he would address it personally. steve kingston, from washington's. >> please welcome, the man who but the no. 9 back on the map, herman cain. >> he was appearing on a late- night comedy show. but multiple claims of sexual harassment are no laughing matter. he told jimmy kimmel that the allegations are false. >> the feeling that you have a when you know that all of this is totally fabricated, you go from anger, and then you get disgusted, and then you try to control yourself to make sure you watch this thing all the way through. and i was listening very closely. and when it was all over what i said, well, i know we got to do, because there is not an ounce of truth in all of these allegations. >> four women say they were sexually harassed by mr. cain, a former businessman and the fast- food industry.

and a french celebrity blog went further, "barack obama has openly and publicly ridiculed the physical appearancey. that is not very cool for the french president was humiliated in public." seriously. okay. all of this is probably a jealousy thing that goes back to 2009 because then in a poll of 3,000 women president obama was voted the sexiest world leader and nicolas sarkozy came in second. this inspired us to look at photos of the world leaders in the office today. on the men's side, in addition to obama and sarkozy, we're not going to pick between the two, our staff couldn't resist the always shirtless vladimir putin. and norwegian prime minister jens stoltenberg. oh no, is that his wife? in case you're wondering, silvio berlusconi didn't make the list, but we noticed he has a really good eye when it comes to the female leaders of the world. so here's silvio leading with danish prime minister helle thorning-schmidt. yeah, yeah. you see that? he checks her out. okay. and here he is at this g-20 summit meeting with australian prime minister julia gillard. so we'll show you that. yeah. yep. that

and a french celebrity blog went furkts "barack obama has openly and publicly ridiculed the physical appearancecool for the french president was humiliated in public." seriously. okay. all of this is probably a jealousy thing that goes back to 2009 because then in a poll of 3,000 women president obama was voted the sexiest world leader and nicolas sarkozy came in second. this inspired us to look at photos of the world leaders in the office today. on the men's side, in addition to obama and sarkozy, we're not going to pick between the two, our staff couldn't resist the always shirtless vladimir putin. and norwegian prime minister jans stoltenberg. oh no, is that his wife? in case you're wondering, silvio berlusconi didn't make the list, but we noticed he has a really good eye when it comes to the female leaders of the world. so here's silvio leading with the danish prime minister. thornig-schmidt. yeah, yeah. you see that? he checks her out. okay. and here he is at this g-20 summit meeting with australian prime minister julia gillard. so we'll show you that. yeah. yep. that would be a look down

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appear to embrace the dominance of the u.s. and china he now ranks second between barack obama and huge untile in forbes list of the world's most powerful people those stories online and r.t. dot com. u.s. and u.k. officials have been quick to deny they're seeking military confrontation with iran statements were released by spokesman from both sides fairly media reports of a potential operation aimed at tehran's allege and you can hear weapons facilities however they did say the west has no intention of easing pressure on the islamic republic and would use what's described as a wide range of means at their disposal the likes of the u.s. and britain are expected to seize upon the upcoming i.a.e.a. report on iran's nuclear program it will reportedly reveal new intelligence about the alleged atomic activities and author agency says these threats are nothing new for iran. this has been going on for almost for more than four years now we used permanent threats against iran on the part of israel who are calling for a preemptive strike. on yahoo said or these two days ago and it all coincides with the débâcle is route israeli attack o

oscar ortega-hernandez appeared in front of a judge in pittsburgh for the first time since his arrest. he was charged with attempting to assassinate president barack obama or his staff. prosecutors say he called obama the devil and said he needed to be killed. if convicted, he faces life in prison. >>> we are on storm watched as the conditions are windy and temperatures are dropping. a short time ago and arlington but the question now how cold will it get? >> bob ryan is standing by to tell us how low it will go. >> we are on mitten watch. gusty wind earlier today. on the radar nothing going on right now. there were snow flurries in the mountains. the current temperature, still in the 30's. later tonight there will be spots in the 20's. washington about 30. outlying suburbs, it will be called. more about the forecast and the travel day. >> the dreaded mitten watch. >>> 7 on your side with an alert of your woman in your late thirties or early 40's. the number of adults 35-44 killed by heart attacks has risen in the u.s., particularly among women. researchers blamed the country's obesity epidemic. they also say that more than one-third of teenaged girls h

. >>> wow, a 20-year-old video of barack obama has surfaced and it's become a youtube hit. the future president appeared in a black history minute public service announcement for tbs. let's take a look. >> the distinguished lawyer charles hamilton houston was born in 1895, eight months before the supreme court's separate but equal ruling in plessey versus ferguson. he spent his life fighting to overturn that division. i'm barack obama membering charles houston and celebrating a great moment in our history. >> obama would have been about 29 years old at the time of that videotape we'll be right back. mary? what are you doing here? it's megan. i'm getting new insurance. marjorie, you've had a policy with us for three years. it's been five years. five years. well, progressive gives megan discounts that you guys didn't. paperless, safe driver, and i get great service. meredith, what's shakin', bacon? they'll figure it out. getting you the discounts you deserve. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> some people want to convict me in the court of public opinion. but the thing about it is the peopl

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that's barack obama. >> rick perry, michele bachmann and ron paul appeared. >> the answer to this mess> iowa is strong across the country and you've been a wonderful host to each of us who are presidential candidates. >> the reporters asked me if i'm tired. i said, heck no. i'm energied. i'm energied by going out and talking to the great people of iowa. herman cain appeared and cain critics have been going after the financial and political ties after the duo. >> just so i can clarify the media, this may be a breaking news announcement for the media. i am the coke brother's mother from another mother. yes. i'm that brother from another mother and proud of it. >> for each program that we have in the government, i'm going to look at it one by one, i'm going to ask this question. is this program so critical, so essential that we should borrow money from china to pay for it? >> rick perry's wife spoke to reporters that her husband's new headquarters and commented on the allegations surrounding rival candidate herman cain. >> i can't judge mr. cain. you know, you read it on the internet. ric

and the president, barack obama says, first of all, i don't know the facts but given what i do know, will i say this is racial discrimination? no. but he does say that it does appear it was a stupid action that the professor had given proof this was his house. he said it was stupid. stupid. there are people who immediately went on the attack to accuse the president of the gauging playing of the race card to mention in glenn beck a well-known tv personality said he showed barack obama has a problem with white culture the president did not say anything about race to the rest did not accuse the police officer engaging in racial discrimination but a black professor, why police officer and the immediate jump aim of the conclusion the president of the united states would show racial favoritism. that and did very badly. the president had to retreat , had to have the summit to invite the police officer to the white house and henry louis gates to the white house and that showed how all wallets i'll race is. remember the representative that shouted you lie to the president? the representative yelled you lie. >> host: now was viewed as an attack on the presidency. you don't

appeared on television and vowed to stay in power. the protests continued to grow into february, and military and security forces continued their violent crackdown. on february 4th, u.s. president, barack obama announced that he called mubarak and told him to resign. politicians in egypt began negotiations on a couple of days later. on february 11th, more than two weeks after protests began, mubarak agreed to step down. the egyptian military took power and promised a stable transition to civilian rule. some political change to tell but in yemen now. another country swept up in this year's arab spring uprising. the country's vice president has told its opposition leader to form a national reconciliation government. mohammed basinda will launch the new government within two weeks. and voters will take a successor for the president ali abdullah saleh. he agreed to end his three decades in power. >>> and syria is another country that became caught up in the arab spring. its leader, president bashar al assad refused to step down and now the arab league is imposing economic sanctions on the government because of its violent crackdown on protesters. the organization made the decision on sunday in a

appearance in u.s. district court in pittsburgh. the secret service believes he is the one who opened fire on the white house last friday possibly hitting the building twice. >>> president barack obama continued his two-day trip to us a australia where he addressed parliament, welcomed troops open and plafnlts add true at the -- planted a tree at the u.s. embassy. >>> today will abmemorable day for troops returning homeland. volunteers from operation welcome home will greet those troops arriving on three flights throughout bwi at the airport. >>> you ever been told you need a body scan at the airport? some people are demanding a study be done to prove the safety or lack thereof. airport officials, what they're saying about recent test results. >>> just how to stay safe while staying at a hotel. the unique way experts say you can protect yourself and your belongs. >>> an overweight father gets a blunt dose of reality when doctors said to him when he got to the hospital that snapped him into action. confidence, with depend in color. now available in gray. looks and fits like underwear. same great protection. depend. good morning. great day. confidence. available in color. depend for w

. >> president barack obama is accusing the so called congressional super committee for refusing to budge off their rigid position, six republicans and democrats appear dead locked they must reach a deal to slash the nations deficit by a trillion dollars by november 23rd if that does not happen automatic cuts will kick in starting 2013. president repeated his call for a balanced bridge that would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations making cuts to entitlement programs and elsewhere. >>> president obama also addressed the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. >>> sarah simmons is back with the latest. sarah. >>> well, president obama has not been shy in voicing some of his opinions on this scandal that rocked penn state university. while in hawaii he called the case that ended the career of long time football head coach, joe paterno, heart breaking and protecting children is more important than shielding institutions. >>> it has been said that evil can thrive in a world by good people standing by and doing nothing, and you know, all of us i think have occasion, where we see something that is wrong, and we've got to make sure that we step up th

appears mitt romney is leading in michigan. the michigan governor getting 46% compared to 41% for president barack obama. but it also revealed that mr. obama has an apparent lead over newt gingrich, 45% to 41%. and it showed him leading herman cane 50% to 36%, 14% undecided. the president carried michigan in 2008. some good news this morning just in time for the holiday travel season. gas prices drop, falling nearly five cents over the past two weeks. that puts the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.38, according to lundberg survey fuel prices. albuquerque, new mexico, had the nation's lowest average price at $2.96 a gallon. san francisco had the highest at $3.78 a gallon. >> and the rush to get out of town for thanksgiving is expected to start a little earlier this year. 11 news reporter kim dacey live in north baltimore with more on what travelers need to know. good morning, kim. >> good morning, mindy. the wednesday before thanksgiving is notorious as one of the busiest travel days of the year, but this year travel experts say that rush could start as early as tuesday. the mbta is expecting n

to throw his support behind him in iowa today during a campaign appearance he says romney has the record to unseat president barack obama. >> time now 7:11 a.m., on wednesday morning more bloodshed and violence in syria. >> caught on camera allegedly taking bribes, still ahead new under cover video that could help land jack johnson in prison. >> are you still working on that thanksgiving day menu? holly morris is here to help with simple recipe ideas. we will check with her after the break. >>> speaking of the break, let's take a live lookout side traffic heavy across the area, rain, maybe an earlier commute for some hoping to get a jump on the weekend. tony has that forecast coming up 7:12 a.m. >>> making headlines we begin over seas in syria, violence continues to escalate the death toll from a day of security raids has risen to 28. the latest bloodshed that comes with a key un committee calling for an immediate end to all violence nearly 4,000 people have been killed in military crackdowns in the 8 month up rising. >> close tore home an investigation under way seattle after a 19-year-old woman says she suffered a mis

barack obama. a justice correspondent joins us now. what happened? >> he has been formally charged with attempting to assassinate the president. oscar ortega who appearedl court in pennsylvania and was formally charged with this offense. it's a serious offense that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. the same charge against the man who fired several shots outside the white house in the clinton administration. what discreetly service said is they talked to two friends of ortecha's who have known him in idaho. 1 said he is agitated over recent months and concerned that there is a government experience against him and he wanted to hurt president obama and referred to him as i quote from court documents, as the anti-christ and told his friend that ortega said to kill him. a second has known ortega for six years said his opinions about the president have grown worse and he called obama the devil and said obama needed to be taken care of. that's the essence of the charge here. it is attempted assassination and legally it doesn't matter whether the president was in the white house or not. he was not there at the time. the point of the government is t

and the president, barack obama says, first of all, i don't know the facts but given what i do know, will i say this is racial discrimination? no. but he does say that it does appear it was a stupid action that the professor had given proof this was his house. he said it was stupid. stupid. there are people who immediately went on the attack to accuse the president of the gauging playing of the race card to mention in glenn beck a well-known tv personality said he showed barack obama has a problem with white culture the president did not say anything about race to the rest did not accuse the police officer engaging in racial discrimination but a black professor, why police officer and the immediate jump aim of the conclusion the president of the united states would show racial favoritism. that and did very badly. the president had to retreat , had to have the summit to invite the police officer to the white house and henry louis gates to the white house and that showed how all wallets i'll race is. remember the representative that shouted you lie to the president? the representative yelled you lie. >> host: now was viewed as an attack on the presidency. you don't

. >> well, it appears off of what tina said, what you just said, it appears you can make a case that barack obamas. >> right. absolutely. >> who would today? i mean, i think -- >> well, you know what -- come on, if you don't like medicine, don't be a doctor. if you don't like politics, don't put yourself out there to run the free world, mika. >> politics today. >> stop the apologizing. >> i'm not apologizing. >> you're apologizing. you know what? he is running the free world, he better know a lot of people love politics. bill clinton loves politics. fdr, loved politics. ronald reagan, loved politics. great leaders love what they do. >> isn't it really also about the other work of politics is just doing what it takes to get it done. one of the things that's interesting about obama and i think he does believe in this, that his idea as being a transformative figure who can cross many persuasions and orientations and aisles, and yet when it has taken to reaching out and really bringing that in and trying, i don't think that he really does. >> he doesn't do that. he doesn't do that. >> the analogy of

saturday night debate when barack obama made probably his biggest gaffe of the debate and said hillary was likable enough, it helped her come back and win new hampshire when he appeared to have it and the race possibly sewed up that early in 2008. >> do you think it is going to help either one of these two, cain or santorum or not get the play, but, you know -- >> i don't think -- i don't think it is as big. i don't think this is as big a moment as for hillary clinton. it was out of type for her and made her a much less distant figure for many voters. i think watching santorum and cain is, to me, more interesting to see how politics itself has changed and that it really is acceptable for candidates to show that kind of emotions. i think still tougher for women. i think women candidates worry more about showing emotion than male candidates do because they worry some voters will view them as not strong. male candidates get an easier ride and sensitive, the strength is assumed by gender. >> ron, more from you later in the hour. will tensions and emotions run high as the republican contenders discuss the economy and national security? tune in tuesday night for the cnn de

appears to be a narrower target. this is the issue of the entrenchment -- enrichment activities. we go back to 2009 we had barack obama least i got a name. we appear to have a real serious offer that the west would provide nuclear fuel that is useful for the reactor. it have been converted some years ago. this is a reactor that provides medical isotopes. this is not any kind of aspect of the weapons program. this is used for medical treatment. maybe we're trying to be too clever. we are creating this bargain where we only provide material if they were to take out the equivalent amount. two years ago it seemed like a pretty good deal. the point was to get out of it to delay the onset. it wound up getting rather complicated. they got involved in 2010. that muddied the water. washington was not pleased. then the deal fell apart. that gave them a green light. we're going to forge ahead with the 20's term. -- 20%. we have gotten to the point where they say that this time we are serious. we really do need that material. we're going to try to go ahead on our come. we might be able to do it. they are struggling. the point is

american people that you're a person who can go on the stage with barack obama and convince the american people. host: jennifer, her work has appearedpolitico graduate of uc perkly blogs for the "washington post." a limping of "washington post".com is available on our website. jamal simmons is a graduate of moore house college and harvard, worked for a number of campaigns, also a political commentator. next arlene joining us from orange, massachusetts, democrats line. welcome to the program. kiverageds thank you. i would vote for barack obama because he's trying to do something for the people i can't hear you i've got you turned down. host: you're going to vote for the president? you think he should be reelenthed? caller: yes, i do. guest: there you go. host: let me use that, george condone has this piece tuned out. and they quotes marlin fitswater. then there are a couple of photographs on the tonight show, on david letterman's program and wondering whether or not people are tuning out this president. guest: i think that is a problem. they invested a lot in the rhetorical skills. he won a big election. he was the underdog and natur

barack obama and sarkozy. the point was that we appear to have a serious offer that we would do some kind up swap. the west would provide nuclear fuel to the 20% in wrenched -- 20% enriched level. we had been working with argentina to get that 20% in rich level. this is not any kind up aspect of a weapons program. this is a device that is used for medical treatments. we are trying to create this bargain that we would only provide that material if iran would take out the equivalent amount of low enriched uranium. it seemed like a pretty good deal. they had not stockpiled that much low enriched uranium. the point was to get out the materials from iran to further delay the further enrichment. it was complicated. turkey got involved with iran in 2010. that muddied the waters and there were mixed messages sent back and forth. washington was not pleased with what brazil was trying to do. then the deal fell apart. that gave iran be apparent green light. the west is not serious about this deal. we will forge ahead with the 20% level. the couple of months ago mahmoud ahmadinejad and other iranian leaders s

>> the third accuser is not making public appearances and will reportedly release a statement later today. >>> turning to the economy and president barack obamamit in france he arrived overnight for the g 20 summit the twice a year meeting of world leaders, the president just got an official welcome from the president of france nicklas sarkozy for the the next two days they will discus the global economy topping the agenda is the greek debt crisis. >>> senate is expected to vote today on whether to take up the president's $50 billion transportation measure the bill is part of his jobs plan that stalled in congress. the president stopped by the key bridge yesterday because it is among the bridges and roads in need of repair republicans blocked the americans job act for far of more federal spending. >>> more startling numbers about the rising rate of severe poverty in the u.s. more than 20 million americans are among the poorest of the poor that is defined at living at 50% or less of the poverty level for a family of four that means $11,157 a year. this poverty rate is the highest in 35 years the district has the highest rate of the poorest poo

take on what appears to be a somewhat narrower topic, but one that was a keen interest and still is, this issue of 20% enrichment activities. we go back to september 2009, when we had barack obama and other, you know, sarkozy, i'm there's a britain, i missed another one. but i blanked. i'm joking. cameron, right. brown, right. sorry. >> you got a name spend at least i got the name. but the point was we appear to have for a period of time a real serious offer that we would do some kind of swap, that the west would provide nuclear fuel, just about 20% enriched level that is useful for the tehran research reactor which was originally provided by deny states, had been converted some years ago working with argentina to get to the 20% enriched level. this is a reactor that provides, produces medical, summit on the order of 800,000 or more iranians. so this is not any kind of aspect of a weapons program. this is a device that is used for medical treatments your but -- treatments. we are trying to greatest bargain where we will only provide the material if iran would take out the equivalent amount of low enriched uranium. and two years ago it seemed like a pretty good deal because at t