specificity here. it gives the serial number of some of those weapons. among them, 3.357 handguns, a rifle. the also says that a shotgun was required no mike acquired at the scene. makes mention of the fact that bowers made statements during the assault about his desire to kill jews. we expect that this will get started in about 50 minutes or so. we will be inside. sandra: we will be watching for all of that. a rainy pittsburgh morning. bill: we might be a bit early. 100 people on board. divers apparently finding one of the plains black boxes, so what can we learn from that? sandra: plus, as we close in on the midterms, five days out. we are gritting dumb i at
primaries. have you seen a line to vote against on a ballot? i didn t think so. we often vote for the lesser of two evils, but it s still evil. then there s washington s revolving door. it it gives special interest the power to influence what laws are written. election cycles are media gold. billions are spent on ads. $3 357b9 billion inning a ga gat revenues. double that this year with $7 billion forecast. politics depend og funding from private interests who are rarely aligned with the voter s interests. the green curtain of money has d.c. in a strangle hold. it s why we don t have real debate on fixing banking, health, education, energy, defense, or trade. but there is a way to fix it. first, we need to get a 28th amendment to get money out.
extension that was passed by the senate. today neither side shows any signs of giving in. i told the president there s one big reason why we need to do a full year, and that s jobs. a one-year bill like the president requested and like the house produced is simply better for jobs and better for our economy. let s enact this bipartisan compromise, however, to eliminate uncertainty for american families and then get right to work on a one-year version. not wait until february. not walk away and hold off until the last minute. got more encouraging news about the job market. the number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since april of 2008. labor department says initial claims dropped to 364,000. that is down 4,000 from a week before. many economists say a level below 400,000 means enough job growth to lower the unemployment rate. a wave of explosions rocks baghdad. car bombs, six roadside bombs, and a mortar ro