what now, richard?eople are wondering there's now a vacuum of power to the extent that gadhafi clearly no longer controls this country. who does? >> reporter: i'm sorry. i couldn't -- i'm on a portable satellite phone. i could not hear a word you said. you dropped out. are you asking whatnot for the people? >> more or less, who does control this country right now? >> reporter: no one controls libya right now. it is being held by their morals, the community leaders, the rengs leaders. the political rebel council is fairly weak. it was already divided in two, anyway with a western command and eastern command. there was no one in this country that anyone could call president or high minister. the only kind of law and order is what people are imposing themselves. but the rebels are greating a great deal of security. there are more check points in the city than almost anywhere in the world. this morning we drove through 30 or 40 check points. they were set up every couple hundred yards. they are concerned th

richard quest, stick with us. we'll hit a break on that note. on richard telling me no, no, no.e says europe is a bigger issue than the downgrade. we're going to talk to john about this as well. europe needs a bond buying boost. will the european central bank take the risk? futures are down about 2% right now. or a better snack. here, try this. it's yoplait greek. it has two times the protein of regular yogurt. you'll feel satisfied. [ female announcer ] yoplait greek. it is so good. it's pretty good! >>> the world now reacting after standard & poor's' down grading of the u.s. credit crating. so far markets have opened in tokyo, singapore, sydney. we're watching to what the u.s. markets will do tomorrow. all of the markets have opened lower but they're off their lows. with stock index futures which are really good indicator of what the sentiment is with u.s. stocks, those are down but they're off their worst level as well. only down 2%. the senior correspondent john vause joins me now. how volatile a situation is this? >> there is the expectation that it will be incredibly volat

we'll have much more from our richard engel coming up in moments. roughly after 5:00 in the afternoon in libya where in just the last hour we saw this black billowing smoke from the gadhafi compoundful we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it here on msnbc. >>> the congressional black caucus is taking its jobs initiative to florida and right now the doors are open at a jobs fair taking place in miami. and thousands of unemployed americans turned out to look at the jobs fair in cleveland, detroit and atlanta. meanwhile, last night at a cbc town hall in miami, heated debate and criticism of what the president has done for jobless americans. take a listen. >> we got to do some big things. yeah, we should go for a huge stimulus package. let them fight against it. let's put up the fight. you don't know whether you can win unless you do the fight. >> this whole thing of a ship rises and it lists all boats is a bunch of bull. the point is we were already 10% unemployment. now we are 16% unemployment. so we don't need what everybody else has, w

richard, the region will be better known. he gives interviews about his vineyard, and it would be great if more celebrities came. the more the better, as far as i'm concerned. >> this vineyard is for sale to someone who can afford it. >> this is 80 hectares, a good location, and i love the peace and quiet. >> the price tag is more than 5 million euro. many have already bought such vineyards in southern france and it often leads to animosity among the locals. >> the downside is the property value increases and young people who want to become venters, they cannot afford the vineyards. >> could richard do something for those young people? he seems taken aback by the question. >> i certainly do not want to become the ambassador or speaker for the vintners. >> maybe he is attracting more wine-loving tourists. he has nothing against that as long as this remains a peaceful, idyllic setting. >> a new cathedral is being built in central bucharest at the cost of 600 million euro. many romanians say they would not mind if they could aff

from richard pryor we see what is going on now. they should tell, people here who perform and honestly present african-american humor. >> thank you. [applause] >> jam donaldson, how much of what you target would you attribute or stems in some way from the history of oppression or the way this stuff plays out? >> it is interesting to hear it laid out that way because when you speak about this sort of humor that was underground we still have that in our communities. they are still topics we feel comfortable talking about in the barber shop or at happy hour with our friends and laugh and sometimes when you put it out into mainstream america or god forbid put it in a book it becomes very uncomfortable. we are still struggling with this line about satire and irony and sarcasm. particularly this generation today we have all grown up very ironic. they are very critical. we can be very funny and have a different approach to humor but even within our own communities we are very uncomfortable. i get a lot of flak for the things i say particu

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richard quest, stick with us. we'll hit a break on that note. on richard telling me no, no, no.ys europe is a bigger issue than the downgrade. we're going to talk to john about this as well. europe needs a bond buying boost. will the european central bank explore the risk. futures are down about 2% right now. we'll never stop sharing our memories, or getting lost in a good book. we'll always cook dinner, and cheer for our favorite team. we'll still go to meetings, make home movies, and learn new things. but how we do all this, will never be the same. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> the world now reacting after standard & poor's' down grading of the u.s. credit crating. so far markets have opened in tokyo, singapore, sydney. we're watching to what the u.s. markets

thank you, richard. nbc's richard engel. stay safe there in tripoli. i know it's a dicy situation there. so you take care of yourself. thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much. >>> hisham melam is the washington bureau chief for al arab news channel. welcome. thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> what do you think happens next? who are the rebels that are taking or going to take tripoli or appear to be about to take tripoli and what are the prospects for democracy moving forward do you suppose in that country? >> now that the libyan nightmare is over, we have a group of libyans. some of them used to be part of the old regime. gadhafi's regime. including the head of the transition council, the prime minister and others. then you have another group of libyans, libyan exiles who many of them are extremely talented who live in the west arab world. they went back to libya after the uprising began. so now you have this group working together over the last six, seven months. that was the only silver lining in that long slug against gadhafi. these peopl

i wanted richard's take on this, too. is he just too conservative for america, richard? too far out there? >> i don't see how he can appeal to independent voters in the way that bush did in 2000 with this kind of rhetoric and this kind of platform. you know, on top of that, this white house is going to be more than ready to point out that for a guy who ran against -- who runs against government, government spending, stimulus spending, he was more than happy to take those recovery act checks and spend them all on those government jobs that have helped his job creation numbers in texas. there is a reality and a rhetorical difference between the perry we've seen, the perry we're hearing, and the perry who spent that government money in texas. this white house is ready to jump on that one. >> net job increase in texas, it was all government jobs in the last three years. thank you, richard wolffe and wayne slater. appreciate you being here. >>> up next, he is trailing in the polls. so republican presidential hopeful jon huntsman is are we already seeing too much negativity on

richard, is this a fair claim?y say it doesn't necessarily guarantee a job in your field. >> well, that's the point. the law students are saying, you said up to 90% of us would find jobs within nine months of graduation. but you didn't delineate the fact that a lot of these jobs are not in the area of law. we thought it was law. we went out to borrow this money to finish three or four years of law school. and now we can't get jobs in law, we can't pay it back. you misled and defrauded us. therefore we want $200 million. >> look, fredricka, this is the worst lawsuit filed for 2011. it's going to be in the top ten. filed by law students claiming they were indentured servitude. the law school brought a counterclaim against these guys. and cooley is trying to up another school, i think, in tampa bay. it's going nowhere. >> they should have called you all first for advice on that one. >> i would have said call richard. >> we would have told them, paralegal is the way to go. forget law school. paralegal is the way to go.

richard trumka is with us, president of the afl-cio. richard, it's wonderful to have you back on the program. welcome. >> thanks for having me back on, maria. >> so you and other labor leaders had a closed-door meeting at the white house, the day after the deal to raise the debt ceiling was struck. what message did you have for the president? >> we told him that the focus has to be on jobs. and we expect every politician to be as aggressive with job creation from this point forward as they were with the manufactured debt crisis that we saw over the last couple of months. that too many people are out of work. we need to put them back to work. and if you really want to solve every problem in the country, create jobs and you'll see them fall by the wayside. >> how do you do that, richard? how do you create jobs? there is so much uncertainty out there. what would you like to see done? >> well, one, we'd like to see infrastructure be at the top of the list and create some of t the -- repair some of the crumbling infrastructure that we see ar

imagine being in the shoes of richard nixon. he had a pretty well earned reputation as a communist busters in america and along comes this democrat from massachusetts suggesting that he richard nixon was not anticommunist enough. it was galling. kennedy somehow managed to outflank nixon with the antimost of the talk. one of the best examples heard in the nixon-kennedy television debates, not the first debate the one that was most favorite but the next debate. this debate may have been very important in the campaign. it was the wonderful strangeness that was richard nixon. kennedy had come out in the press the next day with a statement about cuba. and kennedy suggested that the eisenhower administration was being getting about castro and that they really ought to find some way to help anticastro cubans pick up arms against castro. this is exactly what the eisenhower administration was trying to do. but when nixon saw this in the newspapers he was outraged. someone must have told kennedy about the cia plan and kennedy way claiming

richard heinberg author of many box including as late as the end of growth richard welcome to the kaiser report good to be with you mix all right richard heinberg markets around the world are once again volatile once again credit is a vapid reigning tell south energy place and to have a chaotic peak debt scenario well you know economic activity ultimately depends on energy and raw materials we tend to forget that we think money makes the world go round but really when you get right down to it it's it's energy and raw materials so we've benefited from extraordinarily cheap concentrated energy sources for many decades really since the start of the industrial revolution but we've been extracting them using the low hanging fruit principle so even though there are still lots of oil coal and natural gas left in the ground. we're going toward lower and lower grade resources all the time that means more and more investment capital is needed in exploration and production. and that means the cost is increasing that's one of the main reasons that oil is one hundred dollars a barrel today instead of

thank you for joining me tonight, richard. >> my pleasure, lawrence. >> richard, the struggle for survivale the obama white house has never appeared more difficult than it is right now. but politically, in this game where everybody got damaged, the president as the poll indicates got damaged the least. >> yeah. we in pundit land need to eat some humble pie here. we all thought this rupture with the base that we talked about, with the progressive caucus, would be translated across progressives in general. these polls suggest that the president's bond with his base, with progressives, with not just democrats but moderates. and by the way, not just moderate democrats but moderates across the spectrum, that is still very strong. and that tells you what this narrow path is for the election next year. it's not just the base, but these moderates, not independents, but moderate voters that this president has got to get that coalition together. because those are the people who are naturally with him. >> richard, it seems that despite as you say all the talk among pundits and then among some democra

act and richard's right.he penalty is up to five years in the pen tenturery and there's a man in massachusetts who this year was convicted. he is spending 11 years for swatting. so it's serious. i'm not sure how widespread it is, but it's growing and that's a concern to law enforcement. >> another big concern, this for big tobacco. the fda saying you got to put these new labels. there have already been some labels put on cigarette packaging, warning you of the potential health effects. now, it goes a step further and these tobacco companies are saying, wait a minute, you're essentially telling our customers, richard, to not buy this product. do they have a good case? >> i think they do, fred. i think -- look, this is what's going to be on cigarette packages. this probably goes too far. whether it's going to avoid people from smoking, i don't think so. there was a study that said smokers completely ignore warnings. this is pretty devastating. this is a lawful business, cigarettes. if it wasn't lawful, okay, bu

imagine being in the shoes of richard nixon. he had a pretty well-earned reputation as a communist buster, one of the premier communist busters in america, and along comes this democrat from massachusetts suggesting that he, richard nixon, was not quite anti-communist enough. it was galling. kennedy had somehow managed to outflank nixon. probably the best example occurred in the one of the new york stock exchange son/kennedy television debates, not the first which is most famous, but the fourth debate. this debate may have been the most important in the campaign. at the very least, it offered a glimpse into the wonderful strangeness that was richard nixon. kennedy had come out in the press the previous day with a statement about cuba, and in his statement kennedy suggested that the eisenhower administration was being negligent about castro and that they really ought to find some way to help anti-castro cubans take up arms against castro. of course, this was exactly what the eisenhower administration was trying to do. when nixon

we want to get to richard and christine in new york. christine, my first question to you is i want to talk about what brianna said. she said timothy geithner was on a call and they are committed to taking coordinated action where is needed. does this mean anything? will this help anything going forward? >> that has nothing to do with the downgrade. i would like to point out. richard and i have been talking for an hour that the real concern is spain and italy. it's europe and what's happening there and the g-7 leaders getting together, talking about -- you know, they speak in the g-7 speak, right? the g-speak, richard. he deciphers it well. this is about europe, right? this is less about the downgrade. we just interviewed a market participant, someone with billions in the market who said the downgrade won't mean anything for stocks or your pocketbook, europe is more important now. >> hold that thought, richard. we'll get to you and christine after the break. what all this means to you, the people at home watching. we are watching the mar

done if you would have tried to control the protesters i think a couple important points that richard brought up in terms of sort of the change the evolution of people's mindset in terms of you know just before we are invulnerable get there was a lot of anti-war talk by people on both sides of the aisle in this you know coming political season about the u.s. involvement in wars all of a sudden we're involved in libya a lot of people frustrated a violation of the war powers act is this another war but richard is right we are hearing from the mainstream media to politicians to people who are now saying this involvement by nato by the u.s. was a victory victory for obama what do you think about what are the messages brian that are sort of getting lost here well the basic message is that. libyan basic fundamental sovereignty has been shredded that the great powers those who have the weapons those who have the money those who have decided a long time ago to overthrow this government if they succeed are sending a message not only to libya but to syria to venezuela to cuba to what and any go

me do that i've got national coordinator for the answer coalition brian becker here in studio and richard spencer the executive director at the national policy institute who's in whitefish montana and brian let's talk let's start with you here first so much to talk about when we think about winners and losers but just with intervention and i know president obama said time and time again this was in the in the name of human rights were human rights protected as a result of nato intervention you know this is the grossest violation of human rights and we were never the united states or britain or france the colonizers going in slavers of africa intervene in africa or the middle east or anywhere they assigned their mission a noble cause to protect freedom to protect democracy to protect civilians in the case of resolution one hundred seventy three but this is a longstanding policy of the u.s. government to overthrow the government of libya the country that possesses as you've said before the largest oil reserves in all of africa it has nothing to do with human rights and in fact when you bomb

against humanity it's the complete opposite of defense of human rights all right i want to go to richard and just get your response to that and what you're thinking about what you're seeing today throughout the day in libya. sure i might not use the same language as your other guests but i do agree with them in many ways when this conflict began a pentagon spokesman famously said that you're not going after gadhafi and the u.n. resolution that was passed actually only to enforce a no fly zone but i think everyone knew from the beginning that this is going to become a regime change operation and it was been attempts to put someone on the throne who was a little bit less threatening to the united states interests but i would i would ask anyone. and you can actually find a lot of the particularly among the formally antiwar left who have now come out for obama's bombing campaign do you think that it's awfully chilled more people then. if they would have let him. be cracked down on some of these protesters the answer is of course no the bombing campaign of kill far more civilians is cause far

let's go there, richard quest. tell us what you did. >> we had a pretty awful day on the european markets. the dax in germany, main index in germany was off by 6%. by the close, all the major european markets down 4%, 4.5% and 5%. and the real reason, very much following on your theme, having had fear, worry and concern. now there are facts, and they may not be very strong facts, but as we will show you in this hour growth is slow, sluggish and not likely to get any better, and that, brooke, is the reason why today people decided to head for the door. >> richard quest, ali velshi, we will continue this conversation through the hour. a couple of days of stability and then, wham, uncertainty, fear back again in the marks. gentlemen, stand by. i want to start this hour in new york. let's get right to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. ali mepged the multitude of factors, perhaps the trigger point here. you have the european markets are down. you had this report from morgan stanley and then, you know, worriso

hi, kate. >> hi, richard, how are you.efforts starting to get in here, a lot of fact finding missions. that's a start. we caught up yesterday with one woman who decided to lead an aid convoy into somalia itself. the thing that is so unique about this is the history of amanda. >> i want to go in five minutes. this has been going on too long already. >> reporter: organizing a food convoy into southern somalia is a logistical nightmare. not many small aid organizations are even attempting it. >> these are trucks. >> i'm so excited to be bringing these trucks into somalia all right 30-year-old amanda's challenge is more impressive considering the last time she spoke from inside somalia. >> i don't know how much longer i can bear this. >> reporter: she had been working as a freelance journalist when she was kidnapped in mogadishu, held for 15 and a half months. >> take care. i don't want to die here. >> they didn't treat you well at all? >> no. it was about as bad as you can imagine. i was kidnapped by a handful of teenage boys

richards, my father's m. richards, my son's m. richards, and his son is m.richards. - how terrific. - so they're all m. richards. well, i've certainly enjoyed reading "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe," myself, and my children. but i'm just wondering whether it's safe to hand it over to the grandchildren to enjoy. right, right. well, let's have a look at it. it's got a dust wrapper. and we want to see whether it's the first edition. so as we turn over, back at the title, which there it is, first published, 1950. - so this is a first edition. - oh. now, let's have a look. cover not very good, i'm afraid. there's a little bit of damage there. there's some damage at the top. it's been in the sun somewhere. but overall it's quite a good good copy. now... whether the children can be let loose on it or the grandchildren, rather, can be let loose on it-- the modern first edition market is a very strange one. and it has been going completely bonkers recently. but c.s. lewis, tolkien, and people like that are all making a lot more money. so your "the lion, the wi

. >> reporter: richard peterson worries about the powerful ocean storm surge. >> best case is five feet of water and it goes away, worst case is my house is gone. >> this woman runs a rental shop for bikes and kayaks. and hates to see all the tourists and millions of dollars drive away. >> everyone leaves. so there is no income at that point. >> reporter: the only residents not expected to leave are more than 100 wild horses on north carolina barrier islands that have survived lots of storms in the past. as for the bride and groom from philadelphia, they say they'll now get married in virginia with a good, strong roof to protect them. some locals say they will not be leaving the outer banks and will ride out the hurricane here. but emergency managers say if they do that and they get in trouble, no one will be able to go out and help them. brian? >> all right, mark potter, nags head, north carolina. mark, thanks. >>> this storm arrives while millions of americans are trying to enjoy the ragged end of the summer of 2011. the jersey shore for one is loaded with tourists and beachgoers and

>> good afternoon, richard.is just coming out with evidence in this case, and now just being released. look, the new allegations center on that letter that you talked about apparently written four years ago with embattled "news of the world" editor clive goodman. he spent time in the jail for a scandal he wrote about prince william's knee that was not publicly known. he was said he was a rogue reporter, but today, he indicates that phone hacking was widely discussed in editorial meetings and carried out with the full knowledge and support of superiors and that the practice was widespread among the reporters there. there are also new questions of whether goodman was paid to keep quiet about the hacking. they say they paid him no more than $98,000 when he was fired burk new paperwork says he received a full year's salary and another 140 pounds in compensation and at least 13 pounds to cover the legal fees, and in all a total payout of almost ç$400,000. now, just as troubling as the newly released letter is testim

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ali velshi and richard quest will add their financial expertise to this. two hours on a special report here on cnn, wolf. >>> let's first of all listen to what the president of the united states said. he delivered these remarks just a little while ago. >> there are still some very important votes to be taken by members of congress, but i want to announce that the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default. the default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy. the first part of this agreement will cut about $1 trillion in spending over the next ten years, cuts that both parties had agreed to early on in this process. the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments and things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. now i've said from the beginning that the u

another guest was sir richard's 90-year-old mother eve. some heroics from kate winslet. >> she carried my mother out. everybody was well. and we're rebuild and stuff again. these things happen. obviously just a great relief that nobody was hurt. >> the house wasn't so lucky, though. destroyed in the flames. for her part, kate winslet said television like being on a film set, except the director never yelled cut. tim allman, "bbc news." >> let's get more now on the situation in libya. george is still with me in the studio, director of global security at the henry jackson society. i want to talk with you about the national transitional council. how coordinated are they, do you think? >> well, i think actually they're surprisingly well coordinated, given the short time that they've been in existence, the circumstances that gave rise to their existence. and obviously, the context of libya. you know, they've managed to coordinate and advance -- i think really rather impressively given the limitations. i think what has been impressive is the way

richard quest is standing by as well. let me bring in richard first. he's flown over from london, he's here in washington out on the national mall. richard, give us a little outsider's perspective on what's going on but focus specifically on the fact you know what, there hasn't been a big bump in the stock markets today. in fact, the dow jones is going down. >> reporter: the dow jones is going down because of worries about the wider economy. there's manufacturing numbers, what's happening, the slower growth that will come perhaps as a result of this debt agreement, that's one of the reasons. one bit of cheerful news to bring you. fitch ratings agency, one of the big three, did say, this is one encouraging point, it confirms the u.s.'s aaa rating. for the time being, at least, it says the debt agreement will confirm the aaa rating on the united states debt. we'll now wait for moody's and s&p to chime in with theirs. one other thing to note, you want to know why the dow is down? one of the reasons, that super committee. it promises between now and novemb

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and richard, as we understand it, gadhafi's two sons in custody and yet we still don't have a real good idea of where gadhafi is at this hour, correct? >> reporter: good evening, brian. no one knows where gadhafi is, no one in this country, certainly. we are now in tripoli's green square and it was in this square that gadhafi promised to crush the rebels. now the square is controlled by rebels, they have been coming in and out of here all day celebrating their near complete takeover of tripoli. it was a day of embraces, cheers. >> free tripoli, gadhafi dies. >> reporter: and of course here, slat celebratory gun fire. libyans this morning poured into tripoli to see what they thought was their fully liberated city. >> the city is under siege and control of the rebels. >> reporter: rebels were greeted like heroes, some kissed the ground in thanks. the outpouring of emotion wasn't only in tripoli. in benghazi, the rebel's capital saved by nato's intervention and misrata, a town bombarded with artillery and rockets and nearly destroyed. >> libya is free finally. >> reporter: nationwide, they

very good day to you, martin. >> hi, richard. you can't exaggerate how astonishing this image is of former president hosni mubarak being put inside a metal cage with his two sons, by the way, who are accused with him of corruption. this was a historic dramatic image for egyptians or anybody in the middle east seeing the former leader in this way. he's being charged with corruption and also being charged with giving orders to shoot protests during the january and february uprising here. 850 were killed here. 6,000 wounded. so if he is found guilty on this charge of ordering the killings, president mubarak, former strong man of egypt 30 years the undisputed leader of this country will face a possible death penalty. he did today in court bleed not guilty to all charges. his two sons, by the way, pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. outside while this was going on, there were demonstrations by protesters against mubarak and people supporting mubarak. riot police broke up the demonstrations. they were throwing stones at each othe

next to me is richard krepowhip. if i could ask my wonderful staff to stand up. there are 12 ambassadors. thank you. [applause] thank you, ambassadors. you can hardly miss them. their uniforms are thanks to the chief and his staff. they're the ones to recommended getting something visible. you did not know they were fashion consultants as well as excellent law enforcement personnel. just a snapshot. the community ambassadors program is a community initiatives if the program designed to bridge tension in the community due to cultural or linguistic differences. it was conceived last summer following a series of high- profile assaults in the south this sector of the city. it is a street smart approach to diffusing racial tension and misunderstandings that occur when you have large influx of newcomers coming into an area. it has created a linguistic and cultural differences. our goal is to encourage a safe community. throughout the city. the program has three goals, to reassure residents and promote safety, to encourage cooperation community, and civic participation

it, as always, richard. thanks so much. our thoughts and prayers out to the 38 who died including 30 american service members over the weekend. >>> some other news around the world, british police arresting more than 160 people across london over the weekend as rioting continues in the streets for the second consecutive day. it began on saturday when protests over the fatal police shooting of a 29-year-old man turned violent. now so-called copycat riots popping up throughout the northern and southern parts of the city including in london's main shopping district. rioters looting shopping centers and destroying vehicles including a patrol car and lighting a double decker bus on fire. more than 30 police officers have been injured in these riots. >>> still ahead on "way too early," oh, sweet justice. on the week where tiger makes his return to golf, the caddie he just fired unexpectedly after 12 years wins the tournament with another player and describes it as the sweetest victory of his life. some thinly veil

>> richard, thankso much. the great reporter richard angle in mogadishu. i hope we can help. that's "hardball" for now. we sowe are so lucky to be here. more politics ahead with al sharpton. >>> can president obama get re-elected in this economy? yes he can. but republicans are still playing the blame game. plus a silver lining in the debt fight. americans got a close-up look the at tea party. and they don't like it. >>> and we're just hours away from rick perry's big prayer rally. now a major civil rights group is getting involved. >> welcome to the show. i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, instead of helping create solutions to deal with the economy, republicans just pile on the blame. after yesterday's plunge on wall street, the economy got a little better. some better news today, the markets finished up. and the monthly unemployment rate dropped slightly to 9.1%. the economy added 117,000 jobs in july. but the gop all news is bad news. and all bad news is the president's fault. john boehner, the man who got, what he said, 98% of what he wanted, in the debt deal, he took no b