the greek subsidiaries have been leading lenders in the debt stricken nation. there was a widespread defaults, they would have to book a huge losses which would hit the parent bank's parent of the french central bank is downplaying the move. >> french banks don't need any outside capital to face turned risks. like all banks, they have to continue accumulating capital to mount their own defense. >> that might be easier said than done. french bank shares have plummeted in recent weeks. one company lost 50% since july. society general has lost some 60%. >> only a few years ago, the frankfurt auto show would have been the bigger, better. that has all changed. now the focus is on lean, green, keen -- clean. some of these have a familiar air. >> an old favorite has had a facelift. fiat hope that is third- generation panda will prove as popular as its predecessors. it is rounder and longer than the one it has replaced. they hope that it will save jobs in italy. >> this has been a pillar of the brand success since 1980. that will continue to be the case with the new ge

special advices on construction work and some teachers are under one hundred noid this cancer stricken nation on the job market and once the largest economy raises concerns over they have been the children united states to pull out all the economic lives. the british government faces legal action as doctors demanded new inquiry into the death of dawn as inspector david kay who was the first to reveal britain new iraq had no weapons of mass destruction had a weak u.s. led invasion dozen and three. on tension mounts in the middle east and the syrians begin a peaceful campaign for statehood ahead of you and fatah and while that.

our nation was stricken by an unprecedented attack that brought death and injury to thousands of peopleof the families and friends of those who perished in new york and washington, as well as pennsylvania. they receive my deepest condolences. all of us americans suffered and found it difficult to understand such evil acts. the proper response includes an enhanced defense against terrorism and a renewed dedication to the values that make the united states a great nation. a commitment to truth, justice, peace, freedom, humility, human rights and generosity. the creation of this national memorial park will help us remember what we have lost and what we must do. i expect it to be an inspiration and a comfort to all of us. rosalyn and i send our prayers for consolation and hope. sincerely, jimmy carter." [ applause ] it is my honor to present to all of you here in somerset county in pennsylvania, the 43rd president of the united states george w. bush. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. mr. secretary, thank you very much. mr. vice president, dr. biden, president clinton, mr. speaker, member

our nation was stricken by an unprecedented attack that brought death and injury to thousands of peopleilies and friends of those who perrished in new york and washington as well as pennsylvania. they receive my deepest condolences. all of us americans suffered and found it difficult to understand such evil acts. the proper response includes an enhanced defense against terrorism and a renewed dedication to the values that make the united states a great nation. a commitment to truth, justice, peace, freedom, humility, human rights and generosity. the creation of this national memorial park will help us remember, but we have lost and what we must do. i inspect it to be an inspiration and a comfort to all of us. rosalyn and i send our congratulations to those responsible for this memorial and our prayers for consolation and hope. sincerely, jimmy carter. [applaus [applause] >> it is my honor to present to all of you here in somerset county in pennsylvania the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush. [applaus [applause] >> thank you very much. mr. secretary, thank you very much.

nation. he looked so stricken and grim, resolute, but stricken. >> today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. >> my most vivid memory of that day, when the work was finally done, this very long drive from washington took us right past the pentagon, which still, eight, nine, 10 hours later, was still burning. >> i stood on the knoll overlooking the road to see that part of the pentagon, and it was still in flames. there was still smoke. finally i could come to grips with, in my own mind, exactly what had happened in new york, in shanksville, and then in washington. >> it was ghostly, because washington, by then, by the evening, was almost deserted, except for national guard checkpoints with sand bags at major intersections and you had to stop at a checkpoint to go ahead. i had been through that before but only in places like beirut. >> we all covered it as reporters but we all felt it as americans at the same time. later that day, i went home and we went to a house of some friends and their 11-year-old son

stricken pakistan. the announcement comes after the united nations on sunday called for $350 million from the international community. japan's ambassador to pakistan, hiroshi oe, informed the head of pakistan's national disaster management authority, za farr qadir, about the assistance on wednesday. earlier this month the japanese government provided $450,000 workout of supplies in emergency aid. pakistan has been hit by heavy monsoon rains this year that have killed 360 people and displaced more than 8 million people. the worsening hygiene situation and the possible spread of infectious diseases is raising concern among health workers. >>> the u.s. federal reserve plans to sell $400 billion in short-term securities to buy longer-term ones as part of efforts to stimulate the faltering economy. the decision on the purchase, dubbed "operation twist," was made at the two-day federal open market committee that ended on wednesday. a fed statement released after the meeting said that the economic growth remains slow and that there are significant down side risks to the outlook, including strains in global financ

stricken pakistan. the announcement comes after the united nations on sunday called for $350 million from the international community. japan's ambassador to pakistan, hiroshi oe, informed the head of pakistan's international disaster management facility zaffar kadir about the assistance on wednesday. earlier this month the japanese government provided $450,000 workout of supplies in emergency aid. pakistan has been hit by heavy monsoon rains this year that have killed 360 people and displaced more than 8 million people. the worsening hygiene situation and the possible spread of infectious diseases is raising concern among health workers. >>> the u.s. central bank has taken on another round of easing measures. for details of the plan and market reaction, ai joins us. what can you tell us? >> thanks a lot, catherine. very good morning. let's get you the details first. the u.s. federal reserve plans to sell $400 billion in short-term securities to buy longer-term ones as part of the efforts to stimulate the faltering economy. the decision on the purchase, dubbed "operation twist," was made at the two-day fede

our nation was stricken by an unprecedented attack that brought death and injury to thousands of peoplellions in the united states and around the world. recognize the personal losses of the families and friends of those who perished in new york and washington as well as pennsylvania. they receive my deepest condolences. all of us americans suffered and found it difficult to understand such evil acts. the proper response and includes an enhanced defense against terrorism and a renewed dedication to the values that makes the united states a great nation, a commitment to truth, justice, peace, freedom, humility, a human-rights, and generosity. the creation of this national memorial park will help us remember what we have lost and what we must do. i expected to be an inspiration and a comfort to all of us. rosalind offeres her prayers for consolation and hope. sincerely, jimmy carter." [applause] it is my honor to present to all of you here in somerset county and pennsylvania the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. mr. secretary

stricken areas. i believe we were able to affirm the importance of mutual afsistance in times of national difficulty and disaster. around the world, countries face a crisis over their nation's finances. during the upper house elections soon after i assumed office, i initiated the debate on using the consumption tax to brace our social security system. after continued discussion, we managed to develop a proposal to reform social services and taxes in an integrated manner. no matter which party is in power, the need to ensure that japan's social security system and state finance remain stable and sustainable is an issue that cannot be skirted and is foundational to achieving a minimum misery society. in light of what is happening abroad, procrast nation is no longer an option. the problems are numerous and zaunting but i truly feel that the ruling and opposition parties must cooperate on resolving this challenge upon securing the endorsement of the people. i will leave how history will judge my term in office to future generations. all i can say is that my onal goal was to re-- only goal was to resolv

stricken texas and oklahoma. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a very public battle of wills. president obama has agreed to move back the date when he will present his economic package to congress next week after his first offer was rejected by house speaker john boehner. nbc's tracie potts is joining us from washington with all the details. tracie, good morning to you. >> good morning, lynn. president obama wanted to come here to capitol hill to address both houses of congress next wednesday, the first night they'll be together after their break. he wants to talk about jobs and job creation. he sent that request to house speaker john boehner and the republican speaker said no. no he says he was only given 15 minutes to decide. the white house called him earlier and he didn't seem to have rejections, but that's the night of the republican presidential candidates debate out in california. three members of congress will be part of that debate, so boehner counters with another off

across the nation today will be the very wet weather basically from new england all the way to the southeastern states. nice to see a little bit of shower activity into the drought-stricken southern plains. cool weather invading across the northern plains and rockies, but comfortable out west. we have 64 this morning in seattle with mostly cloudy skies. comfortable in san francisco at 54. fog settling in to los angeles with temperatures at 61. as long as the ridge of high pressure is in place the next few days, a lot of sunshine there, very limited shower chances except to the northwest. seattle today, 71. afternoon showers continuing. portland, dry, 80. lots of sunshine in medford. boise, 88. the fog lifts in los angeles, 78 today. up to 80 tomorrow. the first day of fall looking summer-like in boise with highs near 92. that's a look at the weather across the the 100-degree mark, partly cloudy with highs at 99. we do need more rain across the region, but fortunately it is only in washington state. >> especially in colorado. thank you so much. >>> the fed announces stimulus. and business as usual when it comes to america's riches. the early morning business headlines are

national team tripoli libya. greece will impose a new one of property tax to make up for the shortfall in its budget this comes off of the prime minister vowed to save his debt stricken country from bankruptcy in a key speech on the economy where more than twenty five thousand people joined together to protest against tough starting measures on saturday and we demonstrated through bottles and stones or police to disperse the crowd to protest and say they are fed up with cuts to pensions and salaries and increased taxes imposed to secure international risk you know all of europe has been struggling with the sovereign debt crisis honest and honest peter build thinks that the euro zone has too many fatal flaws to survive. it may indeed be getting if not too late and certainly very late in the day in order to institute our financial government for europe the system could collapse before it is politically possible to put these sorts of measures in place but at the same time although parliaments if you like don't want europe to collapse there is a growing feeling both within parliaments and also amongst the people who elected parliaments and that's certainly true of german

a man whose group is custodian of the national 9/11 flag, which was damaged at the world trade center site on that day. the group helps people in disaster-stricken communities across the united states, excuse me. in return, those people help to stitch the flag back together. it's joplin, missouri's turn to help with the flag. jim? >> reporter: anderson, yeah. take a look at this flag. it's remarkable up close. as you mentioned, it hung at ground zero where it was heavily damaged. the white spots turned gray. it had rips and tears. all this year jeff and his group, new york says thank you, have been going around the country repairing it spot by spot with flags that have flown over other disaster sites and things like that. this portion of the flag flew over pearl harbor when it was bombed. this section right here, this flew at martin luther king jr.'s funeral. that was the georgia patch. you can see on the far side there there's active duty military people. they are sewing a part of the flag that flew over the pentagon on september 11th. and, you know, the spirit here, nobody here is talking about terrorists or war or anything. everybody here is

national guard troops were a focus as you just heard. so scary all the way around. >>> in other news now, the death toll from wildfires roaring across drought-strickenost destructive of the fires is burning about 25 miles from the state capital, austin. in all an area about the size of the state of connecticut has been scorched. that includes more than 1,000 homes. governor rick perry has dispatched an elite team of searchers to comb burned areas, looking for more victims. >>> a massive swath of the eastern u.s. is dealing with flooding from the deep south all the way up to new england. the remnants of tropical storm lee have been causing a lot of headaches. and d ts of those areas simply can't take any more rain. abc's steve osunsami has the details. >> reporter: what's left of tropical storm lee continues to slowly inch north. drenching cities like chattanooga with over 8 inches of rain in one day. and spawning tornados outside atlanta. >> we've never been hit like this. >> the wind picked up real quickly and everything just -- trees like bent half down, you know. >> reporter: chris turner was at home playing a video game when the storm sirens sta

nations? which governments are ever ready to drop thousands of bombs on other countries but ponder and hesitate to send a bit of food aid to famine-stricken people in somalia or in other places? who are the ones dominating the security council which is ostensibly responsible to safeguard the international security? there exists tens of others of similar questions and of course the answers are all clear. the majority of nations and governments of the world have had no role in the recreation of the current global crisis and as a matter of fact, they are themselves the victims of such policies. it is as illusive as daylight that the same slave masters and colonial powers that once triggered the two world wars have caused widespread miseries and disorder with far reaching effects across the globe since then and they continue to control the international political centers and the security council. dear colleagues and friends, do these arrogant powers really have the confidence and ability to run or govern the world or is it acceptable that they call themselves as the sole defender of freedom, democracy and human rights? while they militarily a

stricken by the disaster. i especially want to commend and thank our emergency responders. they did a fantastic job. the vermont nationaluard and our local officials for all that they are doing to assist communities and individuals to get back on their feet. mr. president, we still do not know the cost of this disaster, but let me share with you just a few preliminary figures. and really this is quite remarkable, remembering that vermont is a state of about 630,000 people with approximately 200,000 households. today already more than 4,200 vermonters, and by and large those are households, have registered with fema. 200,000 households, we have over 4,000 who have already registered with fema. today there have been more than 700 homes confirmed as severely damaged or totally destroyed. again, we have about 200,000 households; 700 homes have been confirmed as severely damaged or completely destroyed. more than 72,000 homes across the state were left without electricity. it's about a third of the total. thousands lost phone service. in some areas these services have still not been restored. the storm knocked out 135 segmen