at forums and debates hammering mr. obama as an overspending, overtaxing liberal. >> we have raised taxes, mr. president. you raised taxes $500 billion. >> candidates who say they can and will bring the economy around. will mr. obama be able to get this jobs creation plan with all the costs past congress and past furious republican opposition? the outcome of this battle will be a vivid measure to have strength to have obama presidency just as he starts his bid for re-election. adam brooks, bbc. washington. >> let's now have a quick look at the market. fears that not enough jobs being created in america and that the economy will be falling into a recession. you also have concerns that europe's sovereign debt trouble is currently hurting asian stock markets. regional independence sis are down 3%. japan, south korea and australia are all in negative territory at this hour. worries in the united states and europe pulling oil prices lower in regional trade with crude trading between $83-$84 per barrel and brent crude at $110 per b

mr. obama told the u.n. general assembly he is frustrated by the lack of progress on israeli- palestinian peace but insisted negotiations must resume. >> and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. >> reporter: and mr. obama specifically said he opposed the palestinian leader's plan to seek statehood by smith a request directory to the u.n. security council this friday. >> peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy it would have been accomplished by now. >> reporter: mr. obama said the only way to avoid violence is for israel and the palestinians to settle their differences on borders, security, refugees, and the fate of jerusalem. >> each side has legitimate aspirations, and that's part of what makes peace so hard. and the deadlock will only be broken when each side learns to stand in the other's shoes. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose last meeting

mr. obama's overall job performance, and only 49% say they will vote for him in 2012. >> three things are behind president obama's decline in california, the economy, the economy, and the economy. >> reporter: at 12.1%, california has the second highest unemployment rate in the nation. it's why democrat alley shaddel won't vote for the president again. >> the middle class is suffering and the extreme poor is suffering and i want the president to be who he presented and to stand for me. >> reporter: independents and liberal democrats are also frustrated with the war in afghanistan and little progress on issues like clean air regulations and immigration reform. the president may need to spend valuable time just trying to hold on to golden state support, especially when it comes to fund-raising. hollywood is a major source of campaign cash. >> he's already lost wisconsin, and we're going to be very energetic make sure that happens. >> reporter: but recent history is still on the president's side. no republican presidential candidate has won california since 1988. ben tracy, cbs news, los ang

nor can mr. obama lose his focus. the reality is that his big problem may not be growth, but rather america's 75 million owner-occupied houses, 65% of which have a mortgage. if he introduces measures to help the quarter of these mortgages which are drowning in negative equity, he risks alienating the millions of hard- working voters who have diligently kept their heads above water. but if he does not fix the mortgage problem, the economy may languish for years. president obama is damned if he does, or doesn't, on housing. no wonder he'd rather talk about jobs. i'm stuart kirk. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, september 6. i'm tom hudson. good night everyone, and good night to you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. i'm susie gharib. good night everne. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt ca

if mr. obamancere about creating american jobs and closing corporate loopholes he must quit surrounding himself with men to ho could just that. the interview posted on bill o'reilly.com. talking points believes president obama is sincere that he wants the economy to get better and create jobs. in his own self-interest to want that. the problem is president obama does not see the big picture. i'm certain the presence of jeffrey immelt last night didn't even occur to the president. he just doesn't know what the big deal is he also doesn't realize to have the federal government control a major part of the economy isn't working and will not work. all american presidents make mistakes but learning from the mistakes is the key to the great image that a president seeks. right now, we have yet another stalemate over creating jobs. not god for the folks. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. very interesting back and forth between laura ingraham and nbc news white house correspondent chuck to

confused by the fact that it's a democratic president obama that is leading the move to the right mr obama is known to the right of the republican party the tea party people such as michele bachmann voted against the bank bailouts the republicans voted against the bank bailouts this is a democratic program and the democrats are very much like tony blair's labor party in london moving to the right of margaret thatcher that's the irony of the labor party's and social democrats throughout the world are moving to the right of the old right wing parties and what you call the right or tea party which is backed by the billionaire koch brothers in america are actually using a populist rhetoric their job isn't really to get elected their job is to make sure that a crazy person is nominated for the president who everybody will think is so bad that they would vote as obama seeming to be the voice of reason and of course he's not the voice of reason he's an ultra right wing. pro wall street anti-democratic republican but how do you make him look as if he is a democrat you have somebody so bad that peo

actually the replacement of of many western province and that is why mr obama will have to think twice what will you say reestablish good relations with israel and other countries are going to get but this is the big single year as well but the truth israel is pretty smart for many many years israel acts. like. a young. during the honeymoon she says it's not only your others it's either me or . all the other risks and it makes me watching them make make a choice isn't it. actually we're not discussing. the relationship between the united states and this film because it's a very very sensitive and a very complicated relationship but there comes. from the very beginning. and the jewish community in the not just the special feelings for israel and among them there was a very strong feeling for during the war you can be holocaust not just once again and make enough. to save european jews says professor remain as they get scanned from the institute of religious studies of the russian academy of science in the spotlight we'll be back shortly after a break so stay with us don't go. to. my las

people don't approve of the job the president is doing, before now, more people personally liked mr. obama than disliked him. but even that has changed. the new poll... when we asked in our poll for an opinion of president obama, not favorable was 42%; favorable, 39%. bob schieffer is our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." bob, what do you see in these numbers? >> well, when the president starts talking about his numbers are higher than the republicans numbers, i mean, that's like talking about what the highest mountain in kansas happens to be. scott, these numbers are so bad across the board that they go beyond disapproval of the president or the congress. these suggest that people are losing confidence in the government's ability to get anything done. i mean, think about it. 72% think that the country is headed in the wrong direction, and yet these numbers tell us that people have lost confidence that the government, that washington, can really do anything about that. and that's kind of scary. i can't remember when there's been that kind of feeling across the

mr. obamaheralded the bravery of the libyan people who stood up to gadhafi to put an end to his repressive regime. >> the president: it was libyans from countries around the world, including my own, who rushed home to help, even though they too risked brutality and death. it was libyan blood that was spilled, and libya's sons and daughters who give their lives. >> mr. obama said to announce the u.s. ambassador to libya will be heading back to tripoli to head a new american embassy. gadhafi continues to try to rally his supporters. in an audio recording today he says his regime is still alive. >>> if you are looking for work there's plenty of time to get to the job fair in south san francisco co-sponsored by abc 7. employers include local and national firms as well as the federal government. david? >> reporter: we often hear the bay area economy is ahead of the rest of the state in terms of job creation. today's fair is an pam . 300 jobs will be available here in san francisco when the event kic

mr. obamaheralded the bravery of the libyan people who stood up to gadhafi to put an end to his repressive regime. >> the president: it was libyans from countries around the world, including my own, who rushed home to help, even though they too risked brutality and death. it was libyan blood that was spilled, and libya's sons and daughters who give their lives. >> mr. obama said to announce the u.s. ambassador to libya will be heading back to tripoli to head a new american embassy. gadhafi continues to try to rally his supporters. in an audio recording today he says his regime is still alive. >>> if you are looking for work there's plenty of time to get to the job fair in south san francisco co-sponsored by abc 7. employers include local and national firms as well as the federal government. david? >> reporter: we often hear the bay area economy is ahead of the rest of the state in terms of job creation. today's fair is an pam . 300 jobs will be available here in san francisco when the event kic

the same gallop poll shows mr. obama is also losing the support of in the swing voters.wing voters broke heavily for mr. obama in 2008, 55%, securing the presidency for him. but 2012 is a different story. three republican contendersobam independents. obama with romney 47, obobama 44. perry 46, question, did these polls show the electriccability of the republican candidate is less important than the ousting of president obama? >> i think you're close to the truth, john. president obama is in serious trouble as a president and a candidate, partly because of a lot of news on the economic front looks like it's even getting worse, but what these polls show us is that as charlie cook said, this race is becoming the republican party's to lose in 2012. the polls also show that the entire republican field it looks like including the controversial ones like michele bachmann may be acceptable to the american people, more importantly acceptable to the independents. everything, though, depends on the -- depends on what happens in the economy, john, because obama is still well liked b

mr. obama yielded to house speaker john boehner, agreeing to give his address a week from tomorrow. the president had initially requested next wednesday, but a republican presidential debate is scheduled that night. the president will now compete with the first game of the nfl season. the white house says it is working on a time to avoid a conflict with the game. they believe it to be the first time that lawmakers have forced the president to reschedule an address to a joint session of congress. >>> president obama scheduled a fundraising trip to the bay area on september 25th. the white house has not yet announced the exact location. mr. obama was here in april for three fundraisers in san francisco and an on-line town hall meeting which took place in palo alto. >> a helmet to helmet collision is being blamed for the death of a 22-year-old maryland college football player. the full back derrick sheely died after taking a hit during practice. the cause of his death is unclear, but his father su

and mr. obama addresses the u.n., showing support for israel and changing his views on palestinian statehood. an iranian tyrant disrupts new york and delivers another anti-american rant. and the president delivers his stump speech on job in a stage in front of a bridge. >> i-i-i'm a warrior for the political class. >> is this american theater. a book comes out tales of dysfunctional white house. republican candidates square off on stage. who won the media vote? >> my next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel ready jobs than this current-- (laughter) >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnists cal thomas. jim pinkerton, the young american conservative magazine and daily beast, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. warren buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett. there's no justification for it. it is wrong that in the united states of america, a teacher, a nurse or a construction wo

mr. obama, $38,000 per person. nbc bay area has confirmed the president's itinerary for september 25th. think facebook. not quite mark zuckerberg but cheryl sandberg, facebook's number two in command, will host a lavish fund-raising dinner at her atherton home. prior to the dinner president obama will attend another fund-raiser at the woodside home of john thompson, former ceo of sim man tech. nothing comes cheap. dinner with the president, $38,500. that's per person. a little lesser cost, if you want to do the reception, $2,500 per person. a photo with the president will cost you $10,000. >>> just four days after proposing his $400 billion jobs package, president obama has it written, printed and in the hands of congress. he asked for speedy passage while surrounded by teachers, police and construction workers. the kind of people he says will benefit from the bill, which is based on ideas from both democrats and republicans. >> this is the bill that congress needs to pass. no games, no politic

mr. obama said tax reform should be guided by what he called the buffett rule, higher tax rates for millionaires, named after the billionaire investor. >> middle class families shouldn't pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires. that's pretty straightforward. warren buffett's secretary shouldn't pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett. >> reporter: in the latest nbc news wall street journal poll the majority of americans support increasing taxes on the wealthy, but republicans immediately declared tax hikes are dead on arrival, accusing the president of driving a political wedge in the electorate. >> i don't believe class warfare is leadership. you know, we can get into this tax the rich, tax the rich and it's not going to get our economy going again. it's not going to put people back to work. >> this is not class warfare. it's math. >> reporter: analysts say the president is making a populist pitch. >> i think the president is trying to have an ideological fight. i think he wants

meanwhile, mr. obama heads to north carolina to rally support for his $447 billion jobs program. ng voters to pressure lawmakers into passing that plan. danielle nottingham reports from washington. >> reporter: president obama is trying to drum up support for his jobs bill in raleigh, north carolina, today. he is asking voters to help put pressure on congress to pass his american jobs act. >> what's congress waiting for?! there's work to be done! there are workers ready to do it. let's pass this jobs bill right away and get it done. >> reporter: the president toured a small manufacturing plant that he says would benefit from his proposal. >> puts more people back to work, and it puts more money back into the pockets of working americans. >> reporter: the recession has hit north carolina hard. unemployment there is above 10%. 1% higher than the national average. president obama won north carolina i 2008, the first time the state went for a democrat in 30 years. the white house insists this trip is about job creation, not politics. but republicans here on capitol hill are questionin

mr. obama said it was an urgent time for the u.s. with an economic crisis that had left millions out of work. he said an american jobs act would help construction workers, teachers, and the long-term unemployed. mr. obama called on congress to pass the measure immediately, saying the question now was whether politicians could stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy. president obama spelled out the action he was intending to take. >> i am sending this congress a plan that you should pass right away. it's called the american jobs act. there should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. everything in here is the kind of proposal that's been supported by both democrats and republicans. including many who sit here tonight. and everything in this bill will be paid for, everything. [applause] the purpose of the american jobs act is simple. to put more people back to work those who are working. it will create more jobs for construction workers, more jo

linkedin pre-selected a group of eight people across the country to ask mr. obama a pre-approved question. many of them personal. >> it is very important. as an unemployed individual myself, and he is the leader of our country. i want to know what he has to say. >> i want to know what his plans are to help stabilize the economy, make it better so we can invest in our employees and our infrastructure and things like that. >> we currently employ 25 people and so my question is around actually health insurance and insuring small company because it is very difficult. >> reporter: just 20 minutes before the town hall began, tensions rose outside. between a lone protester and a man who tried to block her sign, part of the west coast wing, reconnecting with the donor base. he attended two private fundraisers last night with more planned in southern california. but the people here say this trip is all about jobs. >> we will get some answers. and maybe they will be persuaded to vote for him. >> all right, back here live, we have seen people come back into some of these vehi

so maybe if mr obama is reelected he might be more capable of really pushing for the program he suggested two and three years ago that all settlements or to stop including these jerusalem so that it would allow a more reasonable climate for negotiations how you can say this state financed several months now of israeli on his people preparing for violence but there are those who are saying that it's almost as if it's creating a violence and it's preparation for it. yes that i think that our. hypothesis that if there is any violence it would be really created by this radius but can do our best to respond. i mean look all the area around us. of the exception of libya the nato and all of that but syria and egypt and tunisia you would only have people who took as much violence as their governments were able. to fight to use against them and the people are still a number of they succeeded in an easy and egypt and i think it's that nonviolence is not surrender of nonviolence is not a passive approach to passive reaction to all creation or to oppression or that rather than violence is people's de

mr. obama is not completely out of it because the economy could rally and in the same poll, 69% of americans say they like the president as a person. just 16% do not like him. remember, most americans liked george w. bush as well. but in the end, they voted, the voters did, with their pocket books. bush the elder lost. w. left office with low approval ratings. poll also says 49% believe the economy is getting worse right now. 76% say we're in a recession. 53% blame bush for the recession. just 32% blame obama. as far as the tea party is concerned, 29% of americans have a favorable view. 42% unfavorable. 29% say they haven't heard enough. there is no question tea party took a hit in the debt debate debauchle. as many americans feel some tea party people were simply too militant. also tea party stalwarts like sarah palin continue to have big negatives. now, on to the presidential race. 46% of americans think mitt romney would do a better job than barak obama on the economy. 42% say obama would be

and the government is just involved in too darned many things and get out of the private sector, mr. obama. let the private sector figure it out. >> and you want adam in there and then i'm going to gasperino. >> go ahead, adam. >> with all due respect to use one of ben's favorite lines, i'm sort of shocked, ben how naive this debate is. i've covered companies, charlie-- >> whoa, whoa, whoa, we're leading with this debate. naive or otherwise, continue. >> i think it's an important debate, neil. half a billion dollars is nothing to trifle with, the question, none of us knows there there was illegality or fraud. >> how about stupidity? >> the legality, how about stupidity? >> that's where i'm going. i mean, stupidity happens. van was a stupid investor by private investors, a massive-- >> this is taxpayer dollars. >> people do stupid things. that's the market, and by the way, you learn from that, you don't learn from something like this. >> and-- >> i will say this though, i don't think the president cares if this works or not. half of this notion of stimulus is merely to try to put some peopl

appearing in ohio, mr. obama pressed the case for political will to get americans back to work. >> tell them that if you want to create jobs right now, that is a step. if you want construction workers renovating school buses, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this bill. if you want lower taxes for middle-class business owners, pass this bill. if you want our people to share in opportunities, pass this bill. >> mr. obama on fire in ohio. more problems continue to play the american and global economy. i spoke with tom friedman, author of the new book "that used to be us." >> you talk about the need for a grand bargain to jump-start the american economy. you think with the jobs proposal obama is pitching that america has one? >> the grand bargain has three parts. it has to cut spending, and identify where to cut it, not just from entitlement programs. it has to raise revenue. we do not want to take everything from medicare and social security. and we need to invest in our historic form

what mr. obama really did tonight, really did is what he always does: calls for increased taxation so the feds can fund economic programs that sadly have not worked in the past. but mr. obama has to know republicans won't vote for that. so the whole thing tonight was pretty much a charade, which is why the stock market tanked today. it is becoming quite clear the president and the democratic party are going to hold fast to their belief that the feds can get us out of the economic mess by spending money. but here is a no spin truth, if both parties really want to stimulate the economy, they'd reform the entire tax code. that's what america really needs. lower corporate taxes, plug up the loopholes, a small consumption tax, and a flat income tax on workers that phases out deductions in return for lower rates. if that would ever happen, the economy would rocket. that's a memo. now for the top story, let's bring in lou dobbs, who is right now doing his own program on the "fox business" network. so we ha

tomorrow mr. obama will unveil that new jobs plan. he's done this before, but he insists this plan will have new ideas that should gain bipartisan support. at an orlando jobs fair today, thousands packed this warehouse looking for work. they're among the nation's 14 million unemployed. many say they want to hear more than just words when the president speaks tomorrow night. >> go ahead, make your speech, but i hope you have something to say. >> reporter: they also had a message for congress. >> i think they need to look the american people in the eye and realize that these people's jobs are more important than their own. >> reporter: the president's plan is expected to cost several hundred billion dollars. and will be a mix of stimulus and tax cuts. today the white house insisted it will have an impact. >> you can be sure they'll be specific, they'll be measurable, they will be paid for, and they will be by any objective standards the kind of measures that have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past. >> reporter: but some republicans

so maybe if mr obama is reelected might be more capable of pushing for the program he suggested two three years ago at all settlements or to stop including his jerusalem so that it would allow a more reasonable climate for the patients are you concerned the state the finance and several months now the israeli army has been preparing for violence but in all those who are saying that it's almost as if it's creating the violence and it's preparation for it is that i think that our hypothesis that if there is any violence it will be really created by the israelis but we'll do our best not to respond. i mean look all the area around us. with the exception of libya the nato and all of that but syria egypt and tunisia you really have people who took as much violence as their governments were able to get proof to use against them and the people are still run by or they succeeded in tunisia and egypt and i think it's the nonviolence is not surrender nonviolence is not a passive point the passive reaction to the creation of the oppression for that matter one virus is people's determination to get w

the white house today also confirming that mr. obama will make a fundraising trip here to the bay area on september 25. >>> $60 billion tax dollars wasted. that's what a bipartisan commission says was lost in the wars in iraq and afghanistan over the past ten years. the commission on wartime contracting released its final report this morning citing poor decisionmaking, vague contract requirement, and you duplicativd wasted work the commission made 15 recommendations to congress to prevent further waste. they include more oversight and accountability of contractors and cutting back on private security contractors and using federal personnel instead. >>> the fbi is investigating a suspicious package tonight sent to scott air force base in illinois. three people were hospitalized for respiratory or skin reactions. and another 14 people were decontaminated at the base as a precaution. several buildings were also evacuated. the base commander believes the package has no connection to the 10th anniversary of the september 11 attacks, and it's

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