president obama kicks off a bus tour to pass key pieces of the jobs bill.step to revitalizing the nation's economy. the president told an excited crowd how the legislation would move forward. >> i'm asking members of congress to vote -- what we are going to do is break up the jobs bill. maybe they couldn't understand the whole thing all at once. we are going to break it up into bite-sized pieces so they can take a thoughtful approach to the legislation. >> kristin welker is headed to the next stop in millers creek, north carolina. is this the first time we heard the president tell the crowd he wants to break it up and that may be the route? we have talked about it in political circles and is this the first time addressing the public about it? >> it is the first time saying we are going to break the american jobs act up. [inaudible] >> we have obviously a reception proper with kristin. she joins us on the phone and traveling with the president. she will with more as she continues on the tour. there will be a lot of time to talk with her and moving the jobs b

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president obama today is kicking off a week of fund raising and he's having to hollywood to raise some cash for more and buffett jay leno obama is. being into deep pockets he slated to attend a fund raiser at the home of actors antonio banderas and melanie griffith take it to his head to gallop five thousand to nearly thirty six thousand dollars meanwhile the president has yet to show its base and address the occupy wall street movement sweeping across the country a movement that he has said he supports but clearly the president would rather schmooze with these celebs as the political system skewed toward the wealthy and speaking of inequality let's take a look at some scary news and yours lose your job today seventy percent chance you won't find a job in the next month and it's a lot worse if you've been unemployed longer if you're unemployed for a year there's a ninety one percent chance that you won't find a job in the next month and only forty seven percent of the workforce is fully employed at the moment that's when you at up do you will. the long term unemployed and the those tha

. >>> president obama kicked off his three-day west coast trip in nevada today. these are live pictures from las vegas right now where air force one just landed a few minutes ago. he's pushing new programs to stimulate the economy that won't require approval from congress. as danielle nottingham reports, the first plan would help homeowners, allowing them to refinance when their home is worth less than they owe. >> reporter: president obama boarded air force one and headed west, ready to sell a plan to help homeowners. right now some 11 million americans owe more on their home than what it's worth. the white house is expand ago program to help many of those refinance. the new proposal cuts the loan fees for changing to a lower mortgage rate, and it gets rid of some fees for home owners who switch into a shorter term loan, designed to pay off their mortgage more quickly. >> this proposal and others the white house is ready to roll outdo not require congressional approval. so far lawmakers haven't passed any part of the president's jobs plan, and he argues helping

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rome when a ferry to name a few and well the movement sees its biggest turnout yet president obama kicks off his three day bus tour not on wall street but north carolina now president obama has said that he understands why if you bill are angry but why won't you take that message straight for the crowds and in fact the last time president obama was in new york was in august for a fancy fundraiser with ticket that nearly thirty six thousand dollars apiece the event catered to fifteen of his wealthiest donors and was hosted by vogue editor in chief anna wintour and movie mogul harvey weinstein but obama skipping wall street on his national bus or what is occupy wall street stance on the president the supporters the few protesters support the president and while obama's been linked to socialism the protesters hope to steer the country away from capitol of them to socialism already correspondent marina foreign yana is in the heart of the protest in new york and pose some of these questions. five weeks and counting occupy wall street has cemented its grassroots movement in lower manhattan as thes

. >> reporter: president obama kicked off his news conference with a message about creating jobs. >> people really need help right now. our economy really needs a jolt right now. >> reporter: the president's jobs bill cuts payroll taxes for workers and business and provides money for infrastructure projects. he has been shopping the $447 billion plan of voters and is planning a bus tour through north carolina and virginia later this month. >> any senator out there who is thinking about voting against this jobs bill when it comes up for a vote needs to explain exactly why they would oppose something that we know would improve our economic situation. >> reporter: republicans are calling the president's bill another tax hike that will not create a single job. >> 2.5 years after the president signed his first stimulus, there are 1.7 million fewer jobs in this country. >> reporter: high unemployment and a lack of accountability for the nation's financial situation have been fueling protests on wall street. president obama says he will keep fighting regulations to ensure banks act responsi

. >>> president obama kicks off a trip to the west yesterday with a trip mixing campaigning and presidentials. and in las vegas he is reaching out to voters hit hard by the housing crisis and announced efforts to help homeowners refinance. >> if you meet requirements you will have a chance to refinance at lower rates which could saveyou hundreds of dollars a month. and thousands of dollars a year on mortgage payments. >>> >> critics don't like the plan and they say it's not about interest rates. people are in homes they simply can't afford. president obama is in l.a. for a star studded fund-raiser and exec sped to raise more than 4 mill dwronlars during a -- during a 3 day trip and will meet up with celebrities like will smith and million any griffin. >>> a controversial vaccine may be urged for every child in the country both male and female. health official ies say it could prevent virus in throat cancer. corinne redman is standing by with a report on what it could mean. >> reporter: it's common virus 80% of women will have it but most of the time it's harmless but in some cases it can cau

tomorrow, president obama kicks off his american jobs act bus tour, during that three-day tour throughorth carolina and virginia, the president will push for passage of his jobs plan. on wednesday, he and the first lady will arrive at joint base, langley, and he'll talk about the importance of hiring american veterans. president obama will visit a firehouse before returning to d.c. maryland's general assembly convenes for the start of a special session. need to pass a redistricting bill before the 2012 presidential primary elections and discuss proposals they'll take up the in january including ways to stimulate the state's economy. >>> still ahead tonight, surprising revelations from the mother of a missing baby. coming up what the mom is admitting to that could hav put her daughter at risk. plus, a civil rights activist arrested on the steps of the supreme court. and after weeks of waiting help arrived for a stroke victim stranded at the south pole. chuck? >> thank you, aaron. cloudy skies unnorthwest main n maryland. verizon 4g lte. america's fastest and most reliable 4g network in

president obama kicked off a three-day bus stor hitting north carolina and virginia, two swing states vital to his re-election bill. in nashville, the president turned up the heat on lawmakers asking them to pass at least parts of his $447 billion jobs bill after the senate blocked the entire package last week. >> what we're going to do is break up my jobs bill. maybe they couldn't understand the whole thing all at once. >> i must say again, i've never seen an uglier bus than the canadian one. he's traveling around on a canadian bus, touting american jobs. >> the senate plans to vote on one part of the jobs package soon. the part that would give states $35 billion to hire teachers, firefighters, and police officers. >>> okay, did you see this? the most talked about handshake in america, perhaps. was it poor sportsmanship? the post-game run-in with droift head coach jim schwartz. instead of the usual handshake, harbaugh gave him a quick shake and a pat on the back. you see the video, he didn't like that, he chased down harbaugh. late this afternoon, in his weekly news conference, harba

so as the occupy wall street movement grows president obama kicks off as the raid a bus tour not on wall street but north carolina now president obama has said that he understands why are people are angry but why won't he take that message straight so the crowds for the obama stiffing wall street on his national bus tour how do protesters feel about the president do they support him and while obama's been linked to socialism do protesters really want to see a socialist america are the correspondent are in a fortnight in the heart of the protests in new york and pose some of those questions. five weeks and counting occupy wall street has cemented its grassroots movement in lower manhattan as these activists continue fighting to change the u.s. system where do they stand on the u.s. leader who promised change i voted for him i donated i worked hard i thought he was the wind but now. so if election day were tomorrow i mean if you guys aren't for obama slap with your old vote for him obviously because i want rick perry yes i am like. because i think he's doing the best that he can with the c

. >> reporter: president obama kick off his three-day bus tour with a stop in asheville, north carolina. >> we'll give members of congress another chance. >> reporter: the president is pushing his jobs plan while slamming measures for standing in the way of the plan he says will boost the sluggish economy. >> they said no to putting teachs are and construction workers back on the job. they said no to rebuild our roads and bridge and airports. >> reporter: the entire measure failed to pass the senate last week. now, mr. obama wants lawmaker to pass every element of the plan bit by bit including did the -- $50 billion in infrastructure. >> this is the type of money and these are the types of programs that the president advocated in the similar plus program. i think the current understand washington doesn't crow ate jobs. >> reporter: while the trip is about the jobs plan, it is all about the importance of north carolina and virginia, two traditionally republican states that obama won in 2008 and will need to win again in 2012. appropriate's bus pulls in late tuesday, the same day the repu

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. >>> this morning president obama kicks off a three day bus tour that will take him from north carolinand virginia, the white house insists the trip is about pushing the president's job plan. but as soon as susan mcginniss reports, it could also be critical for his reelection campaign. >>> president obama heads to north carolina this morning to turn up the pressure on congress. >> that is what is at stake. putting people back to work. i'm going to travel all over the country over the next few weeks. so we can remind congress that that is the most important thing. >>> he will visit the state as part of his three day bus tour aimed at building support for his jobs plan. not having voted in the affirmative. >> senate republicans blocked the $447 billion package last week, forcing democrats to fight for the bill in pieces. the president will urge lawmakers to pass the first part $35 billion in aid to help states save jobs this week. >>> american people support every single plank that have bill. we are going to vote on every single one of them. >> reporter: the white house insists the trip i

in the money department the president so all the rest of the country feels the economic burden obama kicks off a week of fund raising schmoozing with the rich and fabulous those are just a few of the stories we have in store for you next week along with much more news and in-depth interviews to keep it right here on our t.v. and that is going to do it for now but for more on the stories we cover go to our dot com slash usa or check out our youtube page youtube dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter at frowsy be sure to keep it here have a great night. it is always the opportunity. nobody seems to know. never to face quite hard the argument that they're being overly dramatic. looking to conflict eldrick i'm lauren less for.

. >>> president obama kicked off a three-day bus tour. he flew to north carolina to start the tour. at the airport, a senate bill put the jobs bill on the shelf. he called on congress to take action piece-by-piece. >> if they vote against taking steps we know will put americans back to work right now, right now, then they are not going to have to answer to me. they are going to have to answer to you. >> republicans say the president's bill amounts to more stimulus spending. they say it didn't work in 2009 and don't think it will work now. >> maryland's general assembly was back for a legislation. the change comes after the most recent census data. some minority groups say the new changes will change their votes but governor martin o'malley says it's a fair representation of the strong minority population. >> there are no voting rights requirement. they all be packed into one district more than there is a requirement that non-minority people be packed into one district. it is not expected to last more than a few days. >>> still ahead, a critical cancer drug shortage. some patients ca

. >>> today president obama kicks off a three day bus tour of north carolina and virginia. he is going to be demanding that congress pass his jobs plan. >>> putting people back to work. i'm going to travel all over the country over the next few weeks, so that we can remined congress that that is the most important thing. >> the president is hoping capitol hill lawmakers will at least pass first part of his plan. it would give states $35 billion to help save jobs. the visits to north carolina and virginia are significant because these traditional republican leaning states both voted for barack obama back in 2008. the ua w said more than 90% of the workers voting at the kansas plant approved the agreement. overall 60% of ford workers have voted in favor. vote asking scheduled to end tomorrow. they will get checks in the saning bonus. workers at general motors have already approved their own contract. chrysler workers are expected to begin voting soon. >>> dollar bills, they could become history if one member of congress gets his way. that is why congressman spites soldier, a

. >> reporter: president obama kicks off a three day bus tour with a stop in ashville north carolina.e members of congress another chance. >> reporter: he is again pushing his $447 billion jobs plan while slamming lawmakers for standing in the way of a measure he says will boost the sluggish economy. >> they said no to putting teachers and construction workers on the job they said no to rebuilding roads, bridges, airports. >> reporter: it failed to pass senate last week now mr. obama wants lawmakers to pass every element bit by bit including a $35 million proposal to help prevent layoffs of -- billion patrol postle to help prevent layoffs. >>> they oppose the new taxes. >>> this is the type of money these are the type of programs the president advocated in the stimulus program. washington doesn't create jobs. >> reporter: well, the trip is about the jobs plan it is about the importance of north carolina and virginia, two traditionally republican states obama won in 2008 and will need to win again in 2012. >> president obama's bus pulls into virginia late tuesday. >>> here we go again,

. >>> president obama kicks off his three-day bus tour with a stop in asheville be north carolina. >>bers of congress another chance. >> reporter: the president is again pushing his $447 billion jobs plan while slamming lawmakers for standing in the way of the measure he says will boost a sluggish economy and help lower the 9.1% unemployment rate. >> they said no to put be teachers and construction workers back on the job. they said no to rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our airports. >> reporter: the entire measure failed to pass the senate last week. now, mr. obama wants lawmakers to pass every element of the plan bit by bit including a $35 billion proposal to help prevent layoffs of police and firefighters an $50 billion on you? spending in infrastructure. republicans say there are portions of the plan they like but much of it they heard before and they oppose the new taxes. >> this is the type of money and these are the pipes of programs that the president advocated in the stimulus program. i think the country understand washington doesn't create jobs. >> reporter: while t

. >> that was president obama kicking off a bus tour at the asheville, north carolina, regional airportif the president's jobs bill had become law. senate republicans effectively killed the president's bill last week when they voted unanimously to prevent debate on the bill, but the president is not ready to take no for an answer. >> we're going to give them another chance to do their jobs by looking after your jobs. so this week i'm asking members of congress to vote -- what we're going to do is break up my jobs bill. maybe they just couldn't understand the whole thing all at once. so we're going to break it into up bite-sized pieces so they can take a thoughtful approach to this legislation. >> the republicans still don't have a jobs plan, but they now realize they have to pretend to have one. so they released an outline of a plan last week which did not escape the president's attention. >> it turns out that the republicans have a plan, too. i want to be fair. they call -- they put forward this plan last week. they called it the real american jobs act. the real one. that's what they c

. >> reporter: president obama kicks off his three-day bus tour with a stop in asheville, north carolinamembers of congress another chance. >> reporter: the president is again pushing his $447 billion jobs plan, while slamming lawmakers for standing in the way of the measure, he said it will boost a sluggish economy and lower the 9.1% unemployment rate. >> they said no to putting teachers and construction workers back on the job. they said no to rebuilding our roads and bridges and airports. >> reporter: the measure failed to pass last week. and no president obama wants them to pass the plan lit by bit, including a $35 billion proposal to help prevent layoffs of educators, firefighters and police officers and new spending on infrastructure. republicans say some of the plan they like and much of it they've heard before and oppose the new taxes. >> this is the type of money and the type of programs that the president advocated in the stimulus program. i think the country understands washington doesn't create jobs. >> reporter: while the trip is about the jobs plan, it's also about the impo

. >>> plus, president obama kicking off a west coast swing. the late night appearance he is planning on making on a talk show. >>> and the life of steve jobs, his biography released today. the one industry some believe he would have loved to have conquered. that and much more when we come back. ,, switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. accusing his campaign of cheating. home video shows lee suppors absentee >>> candidates running against he wants trim mayor ed lee -- interim mayor ed lee accuse him of cheating. some video shows aids tampering with the ballots. witness say they saw some workers marking in the ballots for the voters. lee says the people in the video don't work for him and that he has already told them to stop. >>> i think it's moronic for them to be doing things that would interfere with people's individual right to vote. i don't want anything to do with folks that have been violating the law at all. that's nothi

. >>> president obama kicks off the second day of his three-day trip to the west coast with a visit to time on "the tonight show" second as president. later he'll be in colorado for two fund-raising events. >>> moammar gadhafi has been buried. an official with libya's transitional council tells cnn the deposed dictator was laid to rest at dawn at an undisclosed location. >>> a one-on-one debate planned in the gop race for president. herman cain and newt gingrich will face off in houston. sponsored by the tea party patriots focuses on fiscal issues. >>> and the texas rangers have never won a world series. now, they're just one win away. the rangers beat the cardinals 4-2. played game five last night in texas. game six and if necessary game seven will be back in st. louis. >>> that's the news you need to know to start your day. "american morning" is back after this. >>> 51 minutes pafr trt the hou >>> one of the "talk back" questions of the day. should the president bypass congress to help the economy? is there a reason our founding fathers created a separation of powers? wasn't it to av

. >>> president obama kicks off a three-day bus trip this morning as part of an effort to push lawmakersvirginia. >>> the occupy wall street protest is now entering its 35th day here in new york city. there were a number of rallies held over the weekend in cities across the country and in the world. most of the protests but not all were peaceful. >>> the racing world mourning the death of indycar champion dan wheldon. wheldon was killed in a fiery 15-car wreck on the track in las vegas. he was a father of two and just 33 years old. >>> "sesame street" shocker. the show's youtube page had to be taken offline after it was hacked. the content was replaced with, you guessed it, pornographic videos. >>> and the st. louis cardinals are heading to the world series. they won game six, beating the milwaukee brewers 12-6 last night to advance. it's their 18th trip to the fall classic, and they will play the texas rangers. >>> that's the news you need to know to start your day. "american morning" is back after a break. ♪ kingdoms and queens ♪ they all bow down to you ♪ ♪ branches and ranch hands ♪

. >>> meantime, president obama is hitting the road kicking off a three-day bus tour through north carolina and virginia. >> the bus is pretty hard to miss. and over the next few days, we are going to take this bus through north carolina and virginia, and i'm going to get a chance to hear from folks about how they're doing. megyn: the president says he is hoping the tour will help garner support for his $447 billion jobs plan recently shelfed by congress, but critics say the president is just working overtime to woo back voters in states like north carolina and virginia which he comfortably won during the '08 election but which are considered must-wins this time around and which some are saying he could very well lose if he does not shore up his poll numbers there. >>> lots of questions being asked today after one of the world's top race car drivers died yesterday. the race car champion cut short in a fiery crash that fellow drivers called the worst they have ever seen. >> there's been a huge crash. oh. up in turn number two. >> oh, multiple cars involved. oh, my. megyn: you can see flames

nine percent protesting nationwide the president winds and dined with that one percent today obama is kicking off a week of fund raising and he's heading to hollywood today to raise some cash from warren buffett to jay leno yvonne is tapping into the deep pockets of the answers payment world he's slated to attend a fundraiser at the home of actors antonio vendetta and melanie griffith tickets to attend a gala five thousand to nearly thirty six thousand dollars meanwhile the president has yet to show his face and address the occupy wall street movement sweeping across the country a movement that has said that he has said he supports but clearly the president would rather schmooze with the celebs and the political system skewed towards the wealthy for more only or i spoke with community organizer ron go child i asked him a simple question why is the president having to hollywood instead of taking the time to talk to protesters take a listen. because the thing in hollywood you find the one percent and that's the group who really supports him and that's the group who he really represents not the nine

obama. >> last night's debate kicked off the sprint to the primaries and the candidates' punches are only going to get sharper. >> president obama is spending a final morning on the road wrapping up the three-day bus tour through north carolina and virginia. this morning the president and first lady stopped by a military facility in camping virginia but the white house calls the bus for an official trip. republicans say it is just a campaign tour. 13 special americans will be welcomed to the white house today, including one from frederick county, maryland. president obama is honoring the recipient of the presidential citizens medal the nation's second highest civilian honor recognizing people will provide a great service for other citizens or their country recipients include a generous and, maryland, resident who founded -- a garrison, maryland, resident who founded a support for troops and their families. homeowners are cleaning up after a possible totornado touched down. it's left up two-mile trail of debris, tearing off roofs. no serious injuries were reported. still scary. we had a lit

. >>> president obama kicks off a three-day two-state bus tour this morning. white house officials say he is trying to whip up support for his jobs bill. some republicans, though say this is just part of the president's re-election campaign. senior white house correspondent bill plant is at the white house this morning with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. you can call this a political two-for, i think. the president is determined to point out that members of congress who voted against his jobs bill have to pay a price. and he's doing this in smalltown north carolina and virginia, two states that he needs in order to win next year. >> i'm going to travel all over the country over the next few weeks so we can remind congress that that's the most important thing. because there's still time to create jobs and grow our economy right now. >> reporter: a growing economy is what the president will need to have any hope of winning north carolina, which he took by less than a percentage point in 2008. first stop today, asheville regional a

megyn: president obama kicked off that bus tour with strong words for congressional republicans. about their intelligence when it comes townsing the jobs bill. >> this week i'm asking members of dong -- we are going to break up my jobs bill. maybe they couldn't understand the whole thing at once. so we are going to break it up into bite-size pieces. so they can take a thoughtful approach to this legislation. megyn: republicans responded quickly saying the tone and the trip are doing little to help the effort to create jobs. a fair and balanced debate in just a bit. a fox news alert on a big story in the middle east. in just last hour the israelly soldier returned to his home in gaza. the first wave set free today in exchange for lad for gilad shalit. >> reporter: one of the palestinian prisoners released was a creator of the hamas military wing in the 1980s. he called for more israeli soldiers to be kidnapped to security release of more palestinian prisoners. hamas says multiple armed con voice were certain out this morning so israeli intelligence surveilling the skies wouldn't b

president obama is kicking off a three-day bus tour, trying to rally support for the stalled jobs plan. lawmakers are trying to pass what they can. he has to do so cautiously baa many of his economic team have ties to the financial industry. >>> and stores in berkeley could be closing the doors. the ceo of esprit says they could close all the u.s. stores if it can't find a buyer. it was founded in san francisco in 1958. it lost half the market value in september after reporting the annual profits were nearly wiped out by restructuring charges and admitting the brand had lost its soul. that's really sad. i used to love esprit. i grew up in boston. it was very cool and fresh california. >> that's the key. you said you used to love. need to turn them around. thank you so much, bertha. >> i know. that's the problem. >> time is 5:17. >> my mondays are always spectacular. i get to wake up with these two. >> mondays are stupendous and spectacular. we all know that, right? we are so happy to be up right now. good morning to you. that's really sad about esprit. that used to be my favorite place

. >> we also know, wolf, that president obama kicked off his bus trip today.round state. >> reporter: yeah, north carolina, virginia, two states he won the last time. not by huge numbers but did win both states. he's hoping he'll have a shot at winning both of them this time. this is not necessarily billed, this three-day bus trip, as a campaign event. it's billed as government work. your government at work, the president going out speaking to the american people. he's going to be speaking at a group -- to a group at a town hall meeting with some q & a in our 5:00 p.m. eastern hour we'll dip in and take some of that live. we'll also be speaking, by the way, brooke, with ron paul, the republican presidential candidate as well as dan pfeiffer, the white house communications director. a lot coming up here in "the situation room" from vegas today. >> vegas, baby! >> reporter: have you ever been to vegas, brooke/. >> indeed i have. indeed, indeed. what happens in vegas, wolf blitzer stays in vegas. >> reporter: will not stay in vegas because the whole world will wa

. >> on the tarmac of the regional airport, president obama kicked off his bus tour to promote his plancame here on a plane. it is a pretty nice plane. but i'm leaving on a bus. >> he billed the three day trip as a listening tour but he had sharp words for republicans who united with two democrats who oppose his $447 billion jobs plan in the senate last week. >> they said no to putting teachers and construction workers back on the job. they said no to rebuilding our roads, bridges and airports. they said no to cutting taxes for middle class families and small businesses when all they've been doing is cutting taxes for the wealthiest americans. >> senate will begin a peace piecemeal approach starting with states to retain or rehire teachers, firefighters and other public employees. >> maybe they just didn't understand the whole thing. so we are breaking it up into pieces. if they vote against taking steps that we know will put americans back it work right now, right now -- >> north carolina is key in the president's reelection strategy. he won here by a slim margin in 2008. and virginia,

. >>> tomorrow president obama kicks off a three hp day bus tour to sell his jobs bill.h carolina. then going to hampton virginia on wednesday. this will be the second time he's pushing the plan. the senate voted down that bill last week. >>> abby philip a politics reporter. abby, good morning. >> hi, nice to be here. >> i'm glad you're here. let's start in north carolina. they're going to be key states in the election next year. how strategic is a tour like this one, looking forward to his reelection campaign? >> it's hard to underestimate the two states for the president. he won north carolina by a very slim margin and virginia was really important in getting him to the number of electoral votes that he needed to clinch the nomination. what the president will be doing is talking to the folks hardest hit by this economy. north carolina has been -- has lost a lot of jobs to the loss of manufacturing in the state, off shoring. so he's going to be really pushing his jobs plan to the people who might be the most receptive to wanting washington to do a little bit more about

president obama today is kicking off a week of fund raising and he's heading to hollywood to raise some cash for more than buffett to jay leno obama is tapping into deep pockets of the answer taman world is slated to attend a fundraiser at the home of actors and so many of them that us and melanie griffith tickets to attend the gal all five thousand it's nearly thirty six thousand dollars meanwhile the president has yet to show his face that the occupy wall street movement sweeping across the country a movement like he has said he supports but clearly the president would rather she rusal with these celebs as political in. the political system skewed toward the wealthy joining me now for more from our studio and our legates community organizer ron go child ron thanks for joining us president obama has to have a he supports the occupy wall street movement and understands our plight so why what do you think the time to talk to them and said he's having having over to hollywood. right because the thing in hollywood who find the one percent and that's the group who really supports him and th

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president obama is kicking off day two of his bus tour through virginia and north carolina. but not everything is going according to plan. a truck carrying equipment for one of the president's events was stolen out of a hotel parking lot just north of richmond. angie goff is live in our news room with more on what happened. angie, quite embarrassing. >> very unusual, eun. good morning. of president obama's podium, teleprompter, and audio equipment stolen just days before his visit in the town of chesterfield, virginia. nbc 12 confirmed the investigation with the defense department. inside were the presidential seal, which only the president stands behind, several podiums, a see-through teleprompter, and $48,000 worth of sound equipment. the truck was reportedly parked at the virginia center courtyard marriott before the visit. sources say the truck was recovered yesterday at another hotel's parking lot near the airport. a defense agency spokesperson released this statement saying, no classified information was in the vehicle. we take incidents such as this very seriously, an

. >>> right now, president obama is kicking off his latest bus tour in north carolina.he president arrived in asheville, north carolina, in the last 30 minutes as he tries to win public support for key pieces of his jobs plan. he wants congress to act on a provision that will provide $35 billion in assistance to state and local governments and $50 billion on new infrastructure. the three-day bus tour will focus on a number of smaller communities in north carolina and in virginia as well. >> there is no reason why we should sit here and watch the best highways and newest airports being built in china. we should be building them right here in the united states of america! >> the three-day bus tour will focus on a number of small communities as we just said in north carolina and virginia. >>> first lady michelle obama is hosting special guests at the white house this afternoon and will honor a number of schools across the country for their efforts to fight childhood obesity. each school participated in a one-year program called the healthier u.s. school challenge it encour

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