energy and china when he was campaigning. he promised us thousands of green jobs. he shut down drilling in the gulf more or less. he hasn t replaced them with another industry. in china he simply hasn t acted. that trade debt is choking the economy, there s not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn t move forward. he doesn t have a compliant congress at the moment, specifically parts of the house of representatives. that s true. the reason he doesn t is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elected a congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn t seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in not getting us out of this mess would not be fair. the republicans aren t providing a path either. this is a senior fellow at demos and author of it takes a pillage, epic power, deceit and untold trillions. the americans condition to give president obama low marks, only 9% say t
u.s. he simple hasn t aktd. that trade debt is choking the economy, there s not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn t move forward. he doesn t have a compliant congress, specifically the house of representatives. that s true. the reason he doesn t is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elect add congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn t seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in getting us out of this mess isn t fair. the republicans aren t providing a path either. the author of it takes a pillage an epic tale of power, deceit and untold trillions. welcome. the public gives president obama trouble on the economy. only 9% said better, 37 made it worse. 37% said he made it worse. is the president a victim of the economy or has he exacerbated here. certain policies haven t made things better. on the other hand, it s because those policies haven t really a
but israeli wants new negotiations with him and the u.s. is threatening to move his move in the security council. in britain murdoch news international, the publisher of the defunct news of the world is negotiating a settlement with the family of a murdered teenager. those are the headlines. from cnn, the world s news leader, i m zain verjee and world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london. i m nina dos santos. and a great afternoon from you, i m manesha tank. this is world business today and these are your top stories. the global showdown and prada profits are pushed ever higher. a worry iing tragedy in greece. higher suicide rate. and the surprising makeover for the people s car. look at the gold-plated car here. let s send you straight to the stock market action. this is where the leading indices stand about an hour into the trading session, the dax is leading the way up in excess of 1.5%. in italy investors seem to be shrugging off news
that was cool. american morning continues right now. after the deluge, i m christine romans, tropical storm lee now a tropical depression, but still, packing plenty of rain after dumping a foot on parts of the gulf coast. i m carol costello. right now massive wildfires threatening to burn down thousands of homes in texas. it is the worst fire season in state history and it s far from over on this american morning. all right. good morning, everybody. it s monday, september 5th. labor day. welcome to american morning. ali is off today. happy labor day. i hope you re not laboring. i really do. up first this morning, tropical storm lee now downgraded to a tropical depression but it s still a major rainmaker as it moves across the southeast. the storm dumping a foot of rain along the gulf coast. it also spawned several tornadoes including one in mobile county, alabama. it ripped the roof off of one home, uprooted trees, and brought down power lines. here s what lee