anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it s believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let s start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. i think it s most important to work backwards. unconfirmed is the key thing and driving all of the intelligence and law enforcement community. specific that you re hearing that word because, yes, they think it s a car bomb in either new york or washington. they do have some information that three individuals entered one being united states sit he send. they believe. the credible goes to where the source of
obama has the better plan. i m way perked up. but i don t necessarily agree with mark zady on everything. i voes et against the bush tax cuts because of $300 billion added to our debt. president obama voted to extend the tax cuts. i didn t vote to extend those. i think maintaining the status quo is the right philosophy. and republicans lost the rhetorical battle in suggesting that was somehow a tax cut. nevertheless, i think what the marketplace more than anything needs stability and predictability. capital is resistant to making invest many when there is so much unpredictability on what tax code is. that is part of what is holding back jobs on this economy right now. congressman, we will see where it goes. i m glad you are at least open to extending payroll tax cuts. i m glad you are open to dealing with corporate loop holes. i don t know about your balanced budget amendment. we will talk you into it. we will talk after you see how the president s speech and
leading up to the proposal. finally something exciting planned for you tomorrow night, yes you. that includes all of you and me. we are going to chat live on greta wire during president obama s big jobs speech. it stars at 7 p.m. eastern tomorrow it starts at 7 p.m. eastern tomorrow night. there go to gretawire.com there will be a special icon that reads join now. click on that button and you will be directed to the live chat and i will be there. question your get your questions ready we want to hear from you. our nation s economy may be struggling but there s good news. well, sort of, maybe. we ll explain, next.
what is surprise. others say they re not even going to bother showing up for the speech at all. join meg now, is congressman jason, republican from utah. congressman, thank you so much for being here tonight. thanks for having me on, i appreciate it. let me start by asking you, do you support those republicans who are skipping out on the president s speech tonight? i plan it show up. i think anybody who skips this is making a mistake. that s my own personal opinion. they are grown-ups they make that decision themselves. but i think it is right to hear the president out. would the crisis we are in in terms of our economy, with the 9.1 unemployment nationwide and other of various burdens on the working class and middle class in this country, how do you deal with the extension of payroll tax, congressman? where do you stand in terms of
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