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i'm craig melvin. we are covering the big news from coast to coast. the big story we're watching today, jobs now. >> they will be specific, they will be measurable, they will be paid for. >> the white house insists it's big, bold and urgent. >> i want you all to tune in on thursday. >> tonight, presidents obama unveils the american jobs act. >> so the president tonight will be -- will continue to be firm about action now. >> reportedly, it will include a middle class tax cut, infrastructure projects, housing help and more. it's now a high stakes, low expectations game for mr. obama mid the lowest approval numbers of his presidency. >> go ahead, make your speech. but i hope you have something to back it up. >> strangling america's economy. >> a band of feisty republicans eager to replace him. >> he's just over his head. >> so fed up, some republicans won't even bother to show up tonight. >> he's cheapening the very notion of a joint session of congress. >> is it too much to ask for a real plan? >> the d

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i'm craig melvin in for thomas roberts today.we start with the political football playing out in washington. president obama venting to house speaker john boehner on when to hold that major jobs speech. the officials insist they got the okay to address officials next wednesday, the same day as the republican presidential debate. but after john boehner says no, the president will unveil his jobs plan on the same night as the first day of the nfl season. >> our intention was merely for the president to address the joint session of congress as soon as possible upon congress's return of their recess. our interest is in not having a political back and forth here at all. our interest is in the president speaking to the people, speaking to congress about the need to do things, to create jobs and get the economy going. >>> nbc's mike viqueira is live on the north lawn for us this morning. vick, does the white house really believe that anyone is buying that they didn't know what they're doing? >> there's a lot of disbelief about washingto

msnbc's craig melvin live in brattleboro, vermont, along the connecticut river, which is rushing belowcraig, with a good sunday morning to you, i know crews are at work, trying clear miles of impassable roads. how much of a concern about any new floods which would cause quite a setback. >> reporter: the concern is great. yesterday we spent some time in jamaica, vermont, and there were officials there who were going door to door landing out flyers, letting folks flow if it did begin to rain significantly again that they needed to get out. of course those are warnings that don't fall on deaf ears around here these days. right now, brattleboro, vermont, six days later, the connecticut river, calmer than it was this time last week. we measured it, it's about seven feet lower right now than it was this time last week. the fear that is any of the new rain that you just mentioned that could come tonight and tomorrow as well, the last thing that the already-swollen connecticut river needs is additional rainfall. people have been cleaning up here for days in vermont. of course, 13 towns complet

i'm craig melvin.o american hikers jailed in iran say they have to wait until at least tomorrow for a second judge to approve their million dollar bail deal. >>> in his first interview, dominique strauss-kahn called the encounter a moral failing. >>> trial is under way for the second man accused in a deadly home invasion in connecticut. he faces the death penalty if convicted. >>> and today the military's controversial don't ask, don't tell policy in the military is officially repealed. >>> voting rights groups are sounding the alarm about new laws that could suppress turnout at the polls among minorities and the elderly. at the start of this year, these 20 states we highlighted here, these 20 states did not have laws requiring voter i.d.s at the laws. kansas and wisconsin enacted strict photo i.d. guidelines. voter i.d. laws were shot down in two states including california and new mexico. five states will take it up again next year. several states are trying to strengthen existing voter i.d. laws thi

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. >> i'm craig melvin. we are keeping our eye on the weather situation in the gulf. again, just minutes away from president obama's speech in the motor city. he is headed to detroit, michigan. we are expecting the president to celebrate the american workforce while actually talking about the u.s. economy. all of this just days before that major speech on jobs and the economy. nbc's kristen welker joinings us live from the white house this afternoon. kristen? >> reporter: hi there, craig. that's right we expect the president to speak momentarily. white house officials tell me he'll be talking about the importance to have middle class in terms of strengthening the middle class as part of this recovery. we expect him to put pressure on democrats and republicans to get behind that big jobs plan that he's going to unveil on thursday. we don't know exactly what's going to be in that plan. i can tell you that some of the things have have been considered are investing in infrastructure, extending the payroll tax cuts as well as giving tax breaks to companies who hire new wor

our colleague msnbc's craig melvin is live in lud low, vermont. you look around you, it's been a week since irene went there. how are the folks coping? >> reporter: you know, it really depends on where you are, alex. here in downtown ludlow, we're on main street. as you can see behind me, businesses here, followings here starting to get back to life as usual. this is one of the 13 towns where just a few days ago it was completely cut off from the rest of vermont in terms of electricity and in terms of the ability to get supplies in there. that was, of course, due to the 260 roads that were damaged throughout vermont. scores of bridges as well wiped away by those floodwaters. workers here have spent all week sort of rebuilding that infrastructure. then last night there was a charity concert not far from here, and the idea was to give folks who have been dealing with all of dhaj athat damage and destruction to give them an opportunity to get away from it all. but signs here, literally signs that life starting to return to normal. there are two major

i'm craig melvin.r president obama's $3 trillion plan to reduce the deficit. it calls for america's wealthiest to foot the bill for $1.5 trillion in new taxes and the battle lines have been drawn. >> this is not class warfare. it's mad. >> reporter: it's pitting president against speaker. >> giving the federal government more money would be like giving a cocaine addict more cocaine. >> governor. >> this notion that we're going to balance the budget without adding revenues is nuts. >> again governor. >> people will look for results and the main result they're looking for is do i have a job. >> and analysts against strategist. >> look, obama has put a stake in the ground. you can all call it class warfare if you want. you can call it another view of the world. >> the tax reform here has nothing to do with growth, which would create jobs and pay down the debt. it's politics. >> but talk is cheap. with unemployment above 9% and 46 million americans living in

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. >> i'm craig melvin. cha chuck todd is in for andrea. >> you could have cut into my time.n boehner set to call on the super committee to reconsider broad tax reform. we'll bring his speech live at the top of the hour, plus, does president obama have a case of blue state blues. and why are some calling florida the big ka hoona when it comes to the 2012 calendar? andrea mitchell reports starts right now. >> here's a look at your business travel forecast for today. i'm bill karins and fall is arriving in a big way in many locations. a very strong cold front is sliding through the east with showers and thunderstorms. airport delays are possible as the front blows through. temperatures already dropped in chicago and detroit. in dallas, highs in the 80s. enjoy. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. or crea

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i'm craig melvin. we're covering the big news from coast to coast. within the hour again the president will be pitching that $450 billion jobs plan in north carolina. he's urging congress to pass the bill now. but you republicans are saying not so fast. >> make no miss tak mistake. what the president proposed so far is not serious and not a jobs plan. >> the gop is not buying the americas jobs act. >> there is no free lunch and the expansion will do more harm than good. >> president obama has said about $60 billion would come from raising taxes on big businesses and the wealthy. >> the idea of more taxes, the idea that we're going to punish business and continue to do things in the past that have failed, will not continue. >> but the president says it's time to stop playing politics. >> this isn't about giving me a win, this isn't good giving democrats or republicans a win, it's about giving the american people a win. >> a new bloomberg poll found about half of americans think the jobs plan won't do anything to lower unemployment, but that did not st

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craig melvin, thank you very much. see you again. >> one of the biggest problems following irene continues to be the massive power outages in addition to those road problems. nearly a week after the storm hit, fewer than 1,000 homes and businesses are without power in vermont. then in connecticut 123,000 are still in the dark there. the state's utility companies say they hope to get that number down by sometime this evening. moving to new jersey, fewer than 25,000 remain without power. then in new york 97,000 are still not connected, which include 66,000 on long island, and another 29,000 in upstate new york. let's go now to the economy where the dow took a hit friday in response to the august jobs report. vera gibbons is joining us now with a deeper look at all those numbers, and with a good morning to you, let's get right to it. this just doesn't look good. >> the numbers are just not good, right? zero jobs created. we haven't seen this in years. we haven't seen it since 1945. the consensus call for 75,000, 80,000 jo

i'm craig melvin. we'll be back here money, noon eastern. 9:00 a.m. out west. next, "andrea mitchell reports." >> thanks, craig. and up next on "andrea mitchell reports," what will the death of anwar awlaki mean for al qaeda? and what will the political impact be for president obama. plus, is chris christie warming up to a presidential run after all? we'll cover all of this, plus radio talk show host michael interview the president live. we'll bring that to you live. it's game day, buddy, and, boy, are we in for a doozy. oh, man. mr. clean is dominating the competition! mr. clean is tackling mess like some sort of mess tackler. oh, and what's this? [ sniffs ] that's the scent of gain original fresh. that counts as a performance enhancer. i am complaining to the cleaning products athletics board. did you just make that up? yes, i did, and i'm the president. you're losing it, buddy. maybe you should hit the showers. mr. clean already did. they're spotless. i bet. [ male announcer ] introducing mr. clean with gain original fresh scent. victory over dirt's never be

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and msnbc's craig melvin is live for us in vermont. good saturday morning to you. nearly a week since irene hit vermont. what's it like there this morning? >> reporter: what a difference a week makes. we're on main street. you can probably hear some of these construction trucks going by. there's been a lot of those here. the rebuilding started. ludlow was cut off by storm damaged roads. 250 roads were completely cut off. then you had bridges. you had dozens of bridges that were completely washed out. worke erers spent the better paf the week rebuilding the infrastructure in vermont. meanwhile, there's also been a renewed sense of spirit among the folks here. the people who live in vermont. a lot of folks have been helping out their neighbors and pitching in and helping. there's a big concert last night i'll talk about in a second and we have video to show you of that. what's top of mind for a lot of business owners here in ludlow is fall foliage season where you have tens of thousands of people who descend on vermont to look at the leaves change on the trees. it's

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my colleague craig melvin has a look at what is next on "newsnation."itway. >> thank you, chuck. appreciate that. any minute, we are expecting to hear new comments from jay carney about the president's plan on jobs that he is set to announce next week. i'll also talk to a small business owner, and woman who has been out of work for three years now. we will talk to them about what they hope to hear from president obama. and we are also keeping an eye on new disturbances forming in the gulf of mexico, and the latest on hurricane katia, that is right, hurricane katia. "newsnation" is minutes away. e. no problem -- i can match that right here. oops -- i don't have the ad. you don't need it. oh, what about a coupon for these pens? yeah. easy. why does the glue not stick to the glue stick? well, it's very complicated, but it has to do with oxygen. i knew that. [ male announcer ] we're so confident in our low prices every day on everything for back to school, we back it with our easy ad match guarantee. get this graphing calculator for just $95. save money. li

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>>> welcome back, i'm craig m l melvin, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits is downe the beginning of august. we want to head back to the michael jackson trial in los angeles. this is day three, this is alberto alvarez on the stand talking about when he found michael jackson in the room there in his bedroom. let's listen in. >> as reflected in people's 22, was he on a particular side of the bed? >> he was. he was further to the furthest part of the bed. >> so as you look at the bed in people's 22, he was on this far side of the bed? >> correct. >> okay. was he laying as one normally would with his head in the pillow, headboard area and feet at the feet of the bed? >> that is correct. >> describe for us what you personally observed during this time in the bedroom of michael jackson's condition? >> i remember seeing him and he was laying on his back. his head was -- >> i'm sorry could we get the lights, your honor? >> thank you. he was laying on the bed which you describe as the far side of the bed. >> correct. he was laying on his back. with his hands extended out --