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for this week in politics, i'm jonathan karl. christiane. >>> jon will join us on the roundtable in a bit. the week's big story was the total collapse of the supercommittee. washington is now once again in crisis mode. facing yet another ticking clock. it's enough to lead the most upbeat americans confused. joining me now is former supercommittee member pat toomey, republican of pennsylvania. thank you very much for joining us. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> i just wanted to ask you, you know, the ranking republican on the supercommittee said that he really worries for the country and wonders how long this country has to actually put itself back on a sustainable plate. do you think anything is going to happen? before the 2012 elections in this regard. >> i certainly hope so. i'm terribly disappointed. i think our country would have benefited enormously from a constructive agreement by this committee. the silver lining is the $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction. which was the goal of the legislation that created our comm

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jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> hard to believe someone would get paid that kind of money andt be some political sway on capitol hill. seems to be hypocrisy. >> and to attack other people for doing similar things. >> while on the payroll for eight years. >> yes. >> the question, will it hurt the surge? >> i wonder. i wonder. >> because he's having a good november so far. >> really peculiar at best. >> politicians find a way to make their money. >>> well, at least four people are dead this morning after a vicious storm system barreled through the southeast. the wicked weather packing rain, hail, heavy wind and even some tornadoes. the system stretched from louisiana to north carolina, leveling homes and businesses, knocking down power lines and uprooting trees. electricity is still out across much of the area. >> the good news is that today the southeastern storm system is clearing out. but it will be much chillier today. expect showers from washington north into maine. and in the northwest, rain and up to 2 feet of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. >> from fargo east

. >> this week in politics, i'm jonathan karl. >> thanks again to john karl. >>> and president obama was overseas this week at the g-20 summit. he comes home to tidal wave of voter angst. our new poll out today puts the president's job approval at just 44%. what's more, just 13% of americans say they're better off than they were when he took office. and 74% say the country is on the wrong track. the president isn't the only one feeling the heat. 80% of americans are frustrated with the federal government these days. of that number, 31% are down right angry. one reason house republicans are pushing back against accusations that they're do-nothing obstructionists. john boehner brannished this flyer, showing the job creation he's passed. i asked the speaker how compromise has become such a dirty word on capitol hill? mr. speaker, thank you very much for being here. let's talk about jobs. you talked about trying to find common ground. at the moment, there doesn't seem to be much. infrastructure can't get through congress. >> we have seen some common ground. we passed three trade agreemen

. -- jonathan karl. an anonymous woman has come forward, karen, a spokesperson now what the treasury department, she has now come forward. her allegations, someone working in the u.s. government, is she lying? >> to the best of my recollection, since you mentioned that particular name, that is the one that i recall that filed a complaint, but it was found to be baseless. let's separate something. the accusations were made of sexual harassment. they were found baseless. there was no legal settlement. there was an agreement between that lady and the national restaurant association and it was treated as a personnel matter because there was no basis for her accusations. those are the facts. >> [inaudible] >> when she made her accusations, they were found to be baseless and she could not find anyone to corroborate her story. the restaurant dispositions handled it. they went through a process to get to the point where it ended up being an agreement, not a settlement. let me clarify that. i have been criticized

with this week in politics, i'm jonathan karl.christiane sf. >> thank you, jon. >>> now, rahm emanuel brought the house down in des moines last night at the iowa democratic party's annual jefferson jackson party. he delivered a sustained attack on mitt romney. >> republicans fought him every step of the way. but because of his leadership, millions of young americans have been given a better chance. that is the change that we believed in. that's the change we worked for. that's the change president obama delivered. >> and mayor rahm emanuel joins us now from des moines, iowa. thank you for being with us. so, you gave this speech, the beginning was a hilarious if scathing standoff of the republican candidates. newt gingrich, herman cain, rick perry and the others. are we to assume that president obama can't believe his luck given these opponents if. >> somebody's going to be the republican nominee, up to the choice that's presented to the american people. but, what's interesting regardless of the personalities all of them are exposi

he said this in an interview with jonathan karl over at abc news.know, brooke, one day after sharon bialek held that news conference with gloria allred. here's what cain had to say to abc just a while ago. >> let's be clear. you're saying that she is lying about this? >> yes. i am saying that. in as nice of a way that i can. i don't know any other way to say it because i would first have to recognize who she is. >> you don't remember having drinks with her back in 1997 or giving her a ride in your -- >> absolutely not. i reject all accusations. >> so there you go, brooke. not a lot of wheel room there. if evidence comes forward, if there's video or audio of any of that kind of evidence, that's going to be a problem form hermn cain. he says that he is innocent of these accusations and i assume we'll be hearing more of this from him, as you said, in about 80 minutes at this press conference in arizona. so we'll be watching. >> not just that he's innocent but that she's lying, lying. jim acosta, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> sure. >>> bill cl

. ♪ oops, i did it again >> reporter: for "this week in politics," i'm jonathan karl.eep. >> so, an eventful week on the campaign trail. >>> but not enough to eclipse a story that continues to shock america. the unfolding scandal at penn state. the ouster of the an esteemed coach and university president that looked the other, as an alleged pedophile preyed on children. yesterday, the nittany lions took to the field for the first time since the sordid story spilled into the open. at kickoff, a moment of silence, as players dropped to their knees to honor the young alleged victims. this morning, emotions around the campus and the state remain raw. pennsylvania governor, tom corbett, was the attorney general who began investigating jerry sandusky. thank you for joining me. >> thank you for having me on, christiane. >> let me ask you, why do you think it took public shaming for the university to finally act? why do you think everybody, basically, hid this thing for so long? from the president to joe paterno? >> it's hard for me to talk a lot about the past. we have to loo

. ♪ oops, i did it again >> reporter: for "this week in politics," i'm jonathan karl.eep. >> so, an eventful week on the campaign trail. >>> but not enough to eclipse a story that continues to shock america. the unfolding scandal at penn state. the ouster of the an esteemed coach and university president that looked the other, as an alleged pedophile preyed on children. yesterday, the nittany lions took to the field for the first time since the sordid story spilled into the open. at kickoff, a moment of silence, as players dropped to their knees to honor the young alleged victims. this morning, emotions around the campus and the state remain raw. pennsylvania governor, tom corbett, was the attorney general who began investigating jerry sandusky. thank you for joining me. >> thank you for having me on, christiane. >> let me ask you, why do you think it took public shaming for the university to finally act? why do you think everybody, basically, hid this thing for so long? from the president to joe paterno? >> it's hard for me to talk a lot about the past. we have to loo

jonathan. an international show. people don't realize it. dylan had a panel with karlnd chrystia and aren't they so pretty and smart. they are foreigners, people, okay? we've got a canadian. these are foreigners. >> and proud to be canadian. >> grateful for my green card, but i love canada. >> and i love my visa. >> listen, the conversation is better for it for ten reasons, and we appreciate it. thank you, guys. the conversation we just had, reason enough to get money out. 94% of the time the money wins. you can't deal with what we're talking about if you don't have the money out. as you know,ç tuesday, we shar the exciting news that the movement is growing in resources and diversity. the get money out foundation merging with the democracy fund to form a new circle called united republic. we are basically going from a few people with a few hundred thousand dollars to more than a dozen people with millions of dollars and multiple resources. check out their website at unitedrepublic.org. i'm really excited to help them. their first campaign will be get money out. as alw

jonathan karl, thanks very much. oh, i'm sorry. i was going to go to robin. >>> i'm going to go to josh. >> you don't have to apologize going to me, george. i'll wait. we have all the time. romney's had five years. so -- away we go. we're going to begin with the economy. word expected this morning that the unemployment rate has not budged in the last month. holding steady, now, still at over 9%. so, we're asking, is there any hope for the millions of americans looking for work? weekend "gma" anchor, bianna golodryga, is looking into that for us. joins us now live from washington with the latest. good morning to you, bianna. >> reporter: good morning, josh. the government's jobs report for the month of october is due out this morning. and it is expected to show that the unemployment rate stayed the same last month at 9.1%. but we are expecting to hear that 90,000 jobs were created last month. and that's an indication that the economy is growing, but slowly. now, we've seen few positive trends over the past few weeks that have led mo

more on that from jonathan kar karl. >> he's the center of attention now.the poll but he's also facing first crisis of his campaign. >> as a result of today's big news story really know what it feels like to be no. 1. >>reporter: alleges first published by political is that he sexually harassed 2 women back in the 1990's when he was head the national restaurant association t.specific include conversation filled within yo youen do. he asked quest of sexually suggestive nature and that he invited one of the women to his hotel suite. speaking at the national press club cain called it all a witch hunt. >> i have never tl sexually harassed anyone. >>reporter: he said he had been falsely accused and an internal investigation cleared him of wrongdoing. >> i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it went for much because i didn't do anything. >>reporter: but in an interview to air tonight on fox news with greta cain said there was a settlement of about three-month salary ichltd i was standing cholesterol to her and i made a gesture fuvr the same height of my

karl marlantes. tomorrow on "washington journal" jonathan alan discusses whether the reduction committee can work out a recommendation by november 23. ann stock and allan goodman talk about the 2011 open doors report on student exchanges and international and rahman. then rob mandelbaum on school programs. it is like every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i want to make sure we have taken every step possible to bring peace of mind to the family members of our fallen heroes. and for that reason this review commission will look at the processes and procedures there and make sure we are implementing the highest standards in dealing with the standards in dealing with the remains of our