but when they're filled, they still vote no on every effort to rebuild the american economy. it's half time. the question for the american public is, which team is going to go back on the field for the second half, for 2011 and 2012, which team is going back on the field? the team that brought us the great crash of the american economy or the team that has slowly, but every month, brought progress back to the american economy. we're talking now about making it in america. joining me today for this discussion is my colleague from the great state of minnesota -- mr. kagen: wisconsin. mr. garamendi: why do i want to say you are from minnesota. dr. kagen is going to talk about some of the efforts he's made and some of the issues that face his district in making it in america and the things that we need to do. dr. kagen from wisconsin. mr. kagen: absolutely. thank you very much for yielding and thank you for organizing this hour where we can begin to have a conversation, a very constructive conversation with the american people about making it in america. and you know, manufacturin

highly qualified indians who emigrated to the us are returning home due to the paul state of the american economy. and the euro's ed sure group of economists and current sex foes gathering in berlin to discuss the single currency claim is heading for clocks view the recent multi-billion euro bailouts of the indebted nations of european monetary union. for the headlines and coming up next it's motion andrews who engages in some intellectual activity this time visiting moskos academy of science and the biggest funded technical museum in russia. on the subject of science that's the theme of this week's moscow oust him from the great space race to medical advances ever since the times of peace the great this country is being. obsessed with technological and biological developments for the day and also here at the russian academy of sciences. the economy was stuck in seventeen twenty full time many in the russian elite pushed by the technological and empty city cheeseman of western europe as time progressed scientific research battle against censorship control. in eight hundred forty eight for example

want to find indians to emigrate to the chaos every turning home due to the poor state of the american economy. hello and welcome to the twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you their main story now so use capsule with a crew of three on board has landed safely in kazakhstan that's after two russian cosmonauts and the u.s. astronaut have been delayed in orbit for a day as the special couldn't. space station due to a false alarm they were turning crew will be replaced by another team next month he's shown thomas has been following this story for us. the preliminary tests say that the flight crew is nominal meaning that they are in good health and in good condition after six months in space and a trying to days in fact the t.m.a. eighteen crew consisting of alexander sort of. tracy caldwell dyson they did launch back in april and spent six months in space but the past two days let me give you a little bit of a rundown they were supposed to come back on friday they were in their capsules ready to go and then the latches would not release from the actual soyuz spacecraft from the inte

and holy ghost of evil dick cheney and he's absolutely right king yes wrecked i should say the american economy and this is absurd tony blair remember is dick cheney's little pool remember dick cheney goes down to washington to washington avenue you know we're in washington and look at the end of the least there's little tony blair. yes i'll spend british money on your wars yes i'm a little blue he's disgusting blair is why is why blair mom for the thai people looks like well he says it's not stupid cheney's view but let's look how stupid it is because the other thing the it's a scandal you forgot there was that cheney was the head of the scandal of nine eleven ok what america has lost it's clear we overreacted to nine eleven this is for. newsweek now and he's discussing this vast warfare state which is bigger than any sort of social welfare state one can imagine so he's talking since nine eleven that the amount of money spent on intelligence in the united states has increased by two hundred fifty percent to seventy five billion that they publicly admit to even this public admission of seventy

the floor. he said americans were behind the september 11 terrorist attack to help the american economy and save the zionist regime of israel. at that point, the u.s. delegation and 27 others walked out. the white house said those remarks are not spricing. today the president is scheduled for an interview with bbcpe -- with bbc persia. he said this will be his chance to talk directly with the iranian people. >>> in today's "political minute" business groups are providing big financial backing for schools. >> this is what is be interesting. a lot of people have heard about the superman movie, michelle rhee was prominent in this. the irony is in who is backing this movie. >> that is right. when they did the premiere down at the museum wr there was a conversation afterward, and david gugenhein described himself as a lefty, no surprise there, but business groups are embracing this for education. this is going to go on for as long as a injury because the chamber of commerce, business round groups, will spend big for people to see it around the country, and they will encourage their members, local bus

the slump in the american economy has brought a brain drain of people who came to the country hoping for a better life highly qualified immigrants of age in origin have started returning to their homeland preassure has been investigating why. ten years ago k.j. saying would have never imagined that he'd be back in india going overseas for higher education was something that the guys who did well in academics that was the first preference there were too many jobs in india. in the private sector and so i followed the trend this trend led saying to a ph d. a job at a prestigious research institute and ultimately the skills to start his own company but living the american dream wasn't enough the attraction for the it is only when you're sort of doing news and you're sort of pushing the on the lope in terms of whatever you're doing and that really is synonymous with gort if you're looking to sort of grow to sort of learn new things this is that a place to be and this place is bangalore india. the city of six million exports more than thirty billion dollars of i.t. products every year amid

class, so today's service men and women must have the chance to apply their gifts to expand the american economy. as part of ending a war responsibly is standing by those who have fought it. two weeks ago, america's final combat brigade in iraq, the army's 4th stryker brigade, journeyed home in the predawn darkness. thousands of soldiers and hundreds of vehicles made the trip from baghdad. the last of them passing into kuwait in the early morning hours. over seven years before, american troops and coalition partners had fought their way across similar highways. but this time no shots were fired. it was just a convoy of brave americans. making their way home. of course, the soldiers left much behind. some were teenagers when the war began. many had served multiple tours of duty. far from families who bore a heroic version of their own. and endure the absence of a husband's embrace or a mother's case. most painfully, since the war began, 55 members of the 4th stryker brigade made the ultimate sacrifice. part of over 4,400 americans who have given their lives in iraq. as one staff sergeant said, i

the u.n. most people, he claimed, believe american officials staged 9/11. >> translator: that some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the american economy and its gripn the middle east in order to save this regime. >> reporter: u.s. diplomates and others walked out. rudy giuliani, new york's mayor on 9/11, called ahmadinejad insane or giving a great imitation. irn, giuliani said, must get get nuclear weapons. that was china's goal, who is pressuring iran. an arab/israeli peace deal is hoped to be completed next year. >> we can have a new agreement, an independent sovereign state of palestine living in peace with israel. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. >>> in california, workers fom sea world tried asising a sea lion with a spear stuck in its back, but to no avail. officials don't know how the animal got speared, but say if it was done on purpose, it would be a pearl offense. >>> in oregon, a bus driver is out of a job after a passenger got videoof that driv reading an e-book while driving down the highway. he was eventually fired for posing a threat to public safety? >>> in florida, this t

middle-class sod so today's men and women must have the chance to apply their gifts to expand the american economy. it's part of ending a war responsibly, standing by those who fought it. you know, two weeks ago america's final combat brigade in iraq, the army's 4th striker brigade, journeyed home in the pre-dawn darkness. thousands of soldiers and hundreds of vehicles made the trip from baghdad. the last of them passing into kuwait in the early morning hours. over seven years before, american troops and coalition partners had fought their way across similar highways. but this time no shots were fired. it was just a convoy of brave americans making their way home. of course, the soldiers left much behind. some were teenagers when the war began. many have served multiple tours of duty far from families who bore a heroic burden of their own. enduring the absence of a husband's embrace or a mother's kiss. most painfully, since the war began, 55 members of the 4th striker brigade made the ultimate sacrifice, part of over 4,400 americans who have given their lives in iraq. as one staff sergeant said: i

the prevalent viewpoint which has been supported mainly and advocated by american statesmen. second, that some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining american economy on the middle east in order to save the zionist regime. the majority of the american people as well as most nations and politicians around the world agree with this view. third, it was carried out by a terrorist group but that the american government supported and took advantage of the situation -- apparently, this viewpoint has fewer proponents. >> charlie: joining me are four iranian americans who live and work in this country as well. abbas milani of stanford university, karim sadjadpour of the carnegie institute. farnaz fassihi. i am pleased to have all on this program to talk about iran which everyone this week in new york city, at least, are talking about iran, whether it is the iranian president who is speaking at the u.n. today but has been doing a number of interviews. the president of the united states is speaking today in an interview i did yesterday with the russian foreign minister, with turkey -- the turkish president was here last night, we talked about iran, so it's ap

the u.n. most people, he claimed, believe american officials staged 9/11. >> translator: that some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the american economy and its grip on the middle east in order to save this regime. >> reporter: u.s. diplomates and other dell gauges walked out, citing what they call the iranian's vial conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani, new york's mayor on 9/11, called ahmadinejad insane or giving a great imitation. iran, giuliani said, must get not get nuclear weapons. that was president obama's goal, meeting with china's premier who is helping pressure iran. but mr. obama's main focus here at the u.n. was an arab/israeli peace deal completed by this time next year. >> we can have a new agreement, leading to new members of the united nations, an independent sovereign state of palestine living in peace with israel. >> steve hamndelsman, nbc new york. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. >>> in california, workers from sea word tried assisting a sea lion with a spear stuck in its back, but to no avail. officials don't know how the animal got speared, but say if it was done on pur

he said it's time to turn the page and focus on restoring the american economy. number of americans killed in afghanistan this month reached 56 . and hurricane earl advanced on the outer banks of north carolina. forecasters said it would swipe the coast, then turn north. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: on art beat, watch a performance by michael white, and more of his interview with jeff. we've asked foreign policy and political experts to weigh in on president obama's speech. find that in a special annotated version of the text, along with full video of the address. and more from our team in baghdad on how ordinary iraqis feel about security in their country. plus a follow-up to our story on the art of negotiating. harvard law professor robert mnookin answered your questions. find that on paul solman's making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll have a newsmaker interview with vic

the best possible financial decisions. and when we stay focused on that, i think we get to a place that works for american families, that works for the lending industry, and ultimately, that works for the american economy. >> jeff: still ahead, tonight's word on the street is housing. >> jeff: still ahead, tonight's "word on the street" is "housing." thestreet.com's bob walberg tells us why he thinks homebuilder stocks don't stack up. >> susie: here's more evidence of damage from the recession: about a quarter of americans now have credit scores that would label them a "poor risk." bad credit can be a problem when getting a mortgage, or a new credit card. but you might be surprised to learn it can also keep you from getting a job. jamila trindle reports. >> so here i am now for the third time in three years, basically laid off. >> reporter: rob mendez was laid off-- downsized-- and had a company go out of business. now the mendez family is putting the financial pieces back together. amy used to be a stay-at-home mom, but now she's working part time in the evenings at a children's store to help make ends meet, which means she hands off the kids to her husband in the afternoon. >> he gets here about 2:45

class, so today service men and women must have the chance to apply their gifts to expand the american economy. because part of ending a war responsibly is standing by those who have fought it. two weeks ago, america's final combat brigade in iraq, the army's fourth striker brigade, journeyed home in the predawn darkness. thousands of soldiers and hundreds of vehicles made the trip from baghdad. the last of them passing into kuwait in the early-morning hours. over seven years before, american troops and coalition partners had fought their way across similar highways. but this time no shots were fired. it was just a convoy of brave americans making their way home. of course, the soldiers left mitch behind. much behind. some were teenagers when the war began. many have served multiple tours of duty far from families who have bore a heroic burden of their own and during the absence of a husbands embrace or a mother's kiss, most painfully, since the war began, 55 members of the fourth striker brigade made the ultimate sacrifice. part of over 4400 americans who have given their lives in iraq. as on

the broader economy were massive. in the fourth quarter of 2008 real gdp dropped by 6%. the american economy lost 1.7 million jobs, which is the largest drop in 65 years, and net household worth dropped by $5 trillion, the largest and fastest such drop ever recorded. the crisis was spreading everywhere. there was a contraction of global trade larger than in the first year of the great depression. in the middle of this crisis, after a week or so of failure, democrats and republicans came together. george bush was working with barney frank. and together we passed a huge rescue package that began to restore stability to the system. now, the troubled assets relief program, t.a.r.p., may not are been exactly the right idea or even the right amount, but in the midst of a galloping crisis and an accelerating loss of confidence, it saved the day. it sent a signal to markets that government would in the end guarantee the financial system and that betting against the system, shorting the financials, would not work. we've ended up with a bad recession instead of a depression, with 10% unemploym

>> they said they would push an ideological agenda instead of addressing the american economy and thats the major complaint against them. that is why they will get slaughtered them instead of just bluffing through this which is what they seem to be doing >> they are thinking of a new approach. >> the terror threat at home. >> on crown terror threat is -- homegrown the tariff threat is more harder to detect. they are more operationally capable than what we had previously seen. >> that would get your attention. that is robert mueller the fbi director, maybe a inspired by the global jihadist movement. this is like the timothy mcvey syndrome in oklahoma city. >> people were saying that we don't have the same problem they had in the london bombings are i. in fact, we do have that problem. people are asking the fbi director at the 9/11 whether we have the kind of issue in this country and he said no at the time. we have had indications that we do have a home ground threat here. this ties back into the question of fighting the war overseas. we don't have an enemy that will ever come to a conf

many are still skeptical that the worst is over during this classic downward spiral that puts the american economy into worse condition than i had seen in my lifetime and i've been around a long. two years after the failure an inquiry into who is to blame is still ongoing but if you expect any real results any more killed this amounts of taxpayer tacit been poured into the system to below corporations throughout the crisis but not lehman brothers considered by the us. not to feel. better you hard earned lots more see by the people at least that well not really because helping the u.s. treasury to overcome the losses from the sealy or continue the american taxpayer money traditionally footing the bill for all of the states in the country and parts of new york. on the way for you hear. about american troops in. operation the likelihood that success. but now it's time for some but you don't have to pack your bags just join a close up team as we continue to explore the varied and inspiring regions of russia. in today's episode we take you on a journey to russia as a region in the country's far east. p

the wreet companies that were doing that cowboy business up on wall street, almost killed the american economy. >> they tried that after the scott brown election. but it's not natural to him. >> he said the democrats are now -- have been the party of wall street. you can't be populous on the one hand and be the wall street champions on the other. >> that's the problem. this is their bailout. the bailout the public is so angry about. i think it was good policy but it infuriated people. it began with bush but tarp came through under obama. chris: don't add to the confusion, deaveed. the stimulus is democrat, tarp was republican. >> but geithner and the bailout are properly linked in the public mind. >> there was much more rage against wall street and even b.p. than against rich people generalerly. chris: if the democrats get in the ditch and down politically it's a good way to get about 45% of the vote. it never wins for you. it's what dukakis did. ok, damn it, class warfare. i can get 45 bank account. >> you're a mentor of the great tip o'neal. all politics is local. it's great for us to be tal

the floor. mahmoud ahmadinejad said americans were behind the september 11th terrorist attacks to help the american economy. and to save the zionist regime of israel. at that point, 27 others walked out. a white house official said mr. obama found the remarks deeply offensive, especially made so close to the site where the world trade center once stood. a spot the u.s. president mentioned in his own address. >> nine years ago, the destruction of the world trade center signaled the threat that respected no boundary of dignity or decency. >> reporter: some say ahmadinejad's words were not at all surprising. >> it's just an attempt by ahmadinejad to change the subject. to change the focus from him and his stewardship of iran to issues he's much more confident talking about. >> reporter: today, president obama has scheduled an interview with bbc persia. the white house says this is a chance for the president to talk directly to the iranian people. >> emily schmidt in washington this morning. thank you. >>> senate democrats are putting off a decision on tax cuts. they will not schedule a vote now until after th

well as the us deals with foreclosures americans are looking to blame for the current state of their economy some are pointing the finger at investment bank lehman brothers and sears demise drove the country into debt and explores the impact of event. two years have passed but is anyone wiser the u.s. marks the second anniversary of the largest bankruptcy in its history investment bank lehman brothers holding six hundred billion dollars in assets fell to its knees becoming the tipping point of the financial meltdown in panic attack mode the u.s. stock market went through the biggest points fall in one day since the attacks of nine eleven it was sort of a curse at the same time it triggered off a number of other events you had ripples throughout the global financial system apart from losing its dignity and credibility wall street went unpunished. to us where do you see anyone getting one hundred fifty year sentence if you have learned any real lessons are they more frightened and worried yes or are they more careful yes can they afford not to take risks again no for more than a year now unemp

are returning home due to the whole state of the american economy. and do you are on the edge a group of economists and carries sex but it's gathering in berlin to describe the single currency claim it's heading for collapse the recent multi-billion euro bailouts of in debt to nations have doomed european monetary union. and as the headlines all say special report is up next and today we're telling you the stories of those who have prosecuted the photographed protested infiltrator that even participated in hate groups which florsheim the u.s. . there was one klan plot out of texas nine hundred ninety seven where these klansman attended love a natural gas refinery and they succeeded the authorities said after they were all arrested no one was hurt and off they likely would have killed thirty thousand people that is ten times the number of people i started on that i left in the world trade center if there's going to be any south salvation. our culture white european culture in north america. all violence is. guaranteed because they're not listening. wan

. >> president obama has been detailing his plans to boost the american economy. his speech in cleveland, ohio highlighted his administration's plans for tax breaks. the hope is it will help businesses invest. 18 people had been shot dead in a city in honduras. police believe the killings are drug-related. two gunmen walked into a shoe factory and opened fire. honduras has been hit by a wave of violence as mexican cartels extended their operations toward central america. one tiny florida church has provoked demonstrations around the world. a response, of course, to its threat to burn a copy of the koran. it has provoked comment from the u.s. secretary of state and others. the pastor of the church remains unbowed. we have this. >> from an obscure, dilapidated, and poorly-attended church, comes a preacher with inflammatory ideas. >> this book is not a book of peace. this book is not -- this book is responsible for 9/11. >> pastor terry jones has decided the way to strike back at islamist extremists is to insult all muslims. >> it is regrettable that a pastor in gaine

just about one in four to five american children shows us that the sheer numbers and the percentage of americans who are being systematically failed by the american economy and it gives you a little bit of a taking of the temperature of just how severe the pain is in so many households and so many neighborhoods and so many cities so many states so many towns there's every indication from the data flow that next year will be worse than this year because the numbers that we're looking at today and in two thousand and nine and we're already three quarters of the way through two thousand and ten and every trend that made the poverty the severity of poverty worse last year is very much in place this year and i would also add that we have really high poverty numbers here with an actual poverty rate an income that you need to get that or less to be considered poor in the united states that's so low that if you do a more realistic calculation we really have more like nineteen percent of our public in poverty not even the fourteen so in some level i would say to president obama it's already worse than it looks and i don't think that's quite good enough as a messa

decision to sit in a positive light when an actual ality it's something that is destroying the american economy for capitol hill observers the expensive ads are a signal to future decision makers in congress we pay a lot of money for the say that we think our programs and portals we know you're watching us understand also that we're watching you and if you help us out we'll help you well that help comes in the form of contributions and jobs but for most those signals passed under the radar. nobody deeply questions the ads and as we can see with washington commuters it doesn't take long before what's advertised becomes normal again a check on our t. washington d.c. . while the privatization of war is a worrying trend says former south african president thabo mbeki as he tells r.t. later the main threat is that it falls outside international law. very worrying process of the privatization of war you see these large numbers of private military record drug. enough to understand and. who fall outside. of the norm international law governing the conduct of. war you can't allow a situation where you'v

president obama has been detailing his plans to boost the american economy. his speech in cleveland, ohio highlighted his administration's plans for tax cuts. the u.s. secretary of state has said mexico's struck cartels increasingly look like an -- mexico's drug cartels increasingly look like an insurgency. the army was deployed against the cartels in 2006. the father of britain's prime minister has died. david cameron is the difference on the news that his father had suffered a stroke on holiday. he reached the hospital just before his father died. a russian passenger plane carrying 81 has crash landed, but all on board are uninjured. the jet was on its way to moscow when the power supply, fuel pump, and radio and navigation all failed. the jet came to rest safely in a nearby forest. hundreds of prisoners have escaped from a local jail in central nigeria as a gang of armed men attacked it. authorities are blaming a radical islamist sect. we have this report. >> police are hunting between 700 men and 800 men on the run. the gunmen who attacked the jail went fr

to summer will get back to work on wall street tomorrow trying to figure out what direction the american economy is headed in. traders breathed a big sigh of relief friday after highly anticipated job figures showed the economy lost 54,000 jobs last month, much less than most analysts expected. while unemployment rose to 9.6%, the private sector created 67,000 new jobs, which together with last week's upbeat manufacturing news justified at least a little modest optimism. jobs will take center stage again this week with the weekly report on first time jobless claims, which has fallen for two weeks in a row, and the job openings and labor turnover survey which shows what sectors of the economy are hiring. also center stage this week, president obama and his plans for jump-starting the economy. he's promised to unveil a new package of job creation measures designed to stimulate even more hiring. one feature expected, business tax credits. >>> elsewhere, the fed's beige book is out wednesday. that's the federal reserve's monthly survey of economic conditions around the nation. that will be followed

highly qualified indians and the great to the last are returning home due to the poll state of the american economy. and coming up next is martin andrews who engages in some intellectual activity of visiting moskos a condom of science and the biggest politic museum in russia. on the subject of science that's the theme of this week's moscow ause i'm from the great space race to medical advances ever since the times of peace the great this country is being. obsessed with technological and biological developments for the day and also here at the russian academy of sciences. the economy was in seven hundred twenty full time million. but it's illogical and. as time progressed scientific research battle against censorship is controlling in eight hundred forty eight for example the government made it illegal to attend western universities in such a scientific training bolshevik government to seventeen introduced censorship. not of the sorest era bands throughout the soviet times from closed cities to the space race although among the world leaders and scientific discovery. everything checked research was

the floor. mahmoud ahmadinejad said americans were behind the september 11th terrorist attacks to help the american economy zionist regimen of israel. at that point the u.s. delegation and 27 others got up and walked out. a white house official found the remarks deeply offensive, especially so close to the site where the world trade center once stood. some said mahmoud ahmadinejad's words were not surprising. >> just like him to change the subject, change the focus from him and his stewardship of iran to issues that he's much more confident talking about. >> today president obama has an interviewed scheduled with bbc persia. it will be a chance for him to talk directly to the iranian people. emily schmidt, abc news, washington. >> a computer worm that experts think was designed to attack an iranian nuclear power station is causing international alarm. they believe it caused the facility to malfunction in june. the worm has since spread and infected about 45,000 industrial networks around the world. experts say the virus is so sophisticated it could only have been created with the backing of a government. e

small businesses are the heart of the american economy, they are responsible for half of all private-sector jobs and create roughly 70% of new jobs in the past decade. small-business this are not only job generators but are at the heart of the american dream. how does the u.s. government treat small businesses when it comes to immigrants and non- immigrants setting up businesses? i can only speak to my own to tradition on this but i have heard countless episodes of others in the same predicament. eight years ago, i was in scotland running my production company which provides video production and graphic designs for a wide range of clients, both corporate and non- corporate, from start up to the united nations. in 2007, we started a u.s. office to start a u.s. presence. my company only has two full employees but we use a lot of contract employees or events and projects. our total payable has amounted to over $1 million and all profits have been reinvested in the u.s., nothing sent back to the uk. here is my experience with emigrations -- immigration's. 2002, they issued a visa. 2003, success