this 70-year-old man was kidnapped in august. in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and laid out a series of demands. now we re seeing in this video today that he s asking, as you said, president obama to make good on those demands. so has there been any official reaction from the united states at this point? well, not yet. i mean, some of those demands, as we ve been talking about, he s asking for the u.s. to release all prisoners from the taliban and al qaeda. also asking for all drone strikes to stop in afghanistan, pakistan, somalia, and yemen. and going as far as to ease the border between gaza and egypt. so it s not just about al qaeda and taliban, but improving the life of all muslims. but the u.s. says we don t negotiate with terrorists. we are aware of the video. very concerned about his well being and safety. fbi working with the pakistanis but no negotiations with terrorism. if you think back to when the journalist from the wall street journal was kidna
college crowd? reporter: yeah, mostly college. mixed crowd, fredricka, still not full but they have an hour to go. the message you ll hear is effectively the president preempting a tax on the economic conditions in the u.s. he expects the romney campaign is going to attack the unemployment rate and the president s stewardship on the economy, so you ll hear him talk about how hard the economy was hit before he got in office, what he inherited, and how he made things better, how much worse they could have been, in the president s view, and what he could do going forward. he ll also, because this is a manufacturing state, a big emphasis on how he believes the auto bailout made conditions better. that s a popular theme in ohio. then you ll also hear the broader messages you ve heard him emphasize, a much more political speech. the first campaign official campaign rally to date. he s appearing as well with the first lady. so this crowd is excited, fredricka. so jessica, pret
fearing americans like me are having trouble. there must be something wrong with the system, it isn t fair. when the economy is good, the fairness issue doesn t work. for every dollar we give out in food stamp programs now, we get for $1.73 worth of economic activity, it s good. stop. tell me why. if i m not an expert, why when i get $1.73 in food stamps do i get simple economics. if you give that person an extra dollar or $5, what will they do? they ll go spend it. the engine of the economy turns. people will produce more, more service in the economy. so we create consumers by giving people food to feed families, we create consumers. we had an eitc, earned income tax credit, where we give money to poor people and we end up
me being a pig overlord every day. everybody has to do their part. can i tell you 30-year-old career woman i kind of think you can kick in 2.73 on something that you use once a day. that seems to be the easiest of it to me. and i know she is. bill: 9 bucks at target three miles from her house for a month supply. 9 bucks. billy, i don t even want to go near the contraception because, like i said it s dangerous. i m not going to play that game. $2.73, you know, as much as she believes that, there is people out there and you can t ridicule them, people do believe that if they participate in birth control, that they get their god angry and they might be in trouble with them. and i don t think they should have to kick in. now, i know she is a heroin, rosa sparks parks. i m not moving do what you have to. that s my idea of a heroin.
minutes. romney in the fall i would start coming out. i would stand there for 12 minutes, not say anything and then go like that and just walk off. now u we hadn t talked to miller since the sandra fluke controversy broke. i m sure have you been following it do you have anything pithy to tell us? listen, can i care less about sandra s i don t know her last name proclivities, none of my business. i don t want to get in the midst of the can did itization process. i realize she is our joan of arc. i have a different take. wow that seems so helpless. 30-year-old career woman and i did i got the calculator out and 3,000 bucks over three years is $2.73 a day. let s take it away contraception i don t want to step in it and say she will never work again. let s just say you are buying a tall latte at starbucks every day. we talk about how we all have to do our part. i hear the president haranging