unfolding diplomatic crisis. and why do women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men? i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. mission that killed osama bin laden and today the terror leader s name is popping up out there on the campaign trail. the romney and obama campaigns are each trying to paint their candidate as the toughest, but for team romney, it s a built of an uphill battle right now. our national political correspondent jim acosta is watching all this unfold. what s going on in this fight? for months, mitt romney has been on offensive. he in this debate over the killing of osama bin laden, romney has been on defense, just the way the president wants it. as mitt romney was shaking hands in new hampshire, he was asked the question, he had given the same order to kill osama bin laden. even jimmy carter would have given that order. cnn breaking news. tonight i can report to the american people a
world over its support for israel in its conflicts over palestine. the palestinian conflict has dominated 70% of israel s existence as a nation, and it s the reason given for animosity in the arab world against america. but that conflict could be coming to an end if you believe what israeli prime manager benjamin netanyahu told me this week. i think there s one other thing. i think that i could deliver a peace agreement. i could get the israeli people to follow me, if i believed that i have a serious partner on the other side willing to make the necessary compromises on the palestinian side. would you accept their belief, though, that they should have a country which is contiguous? yes. not islands here, islands here, but one space? yeah. no checkpoints? i don t want to govern the palestinians. i don t want them as subjects of israel or citizens of israel. i want them to have their own independent state, but a demilitaryized state. those words, contiguous and
he basically wants tax reform which would lower tax rates but bring in more money from the wealthy. depends how you go about it. most economists would say that if you raise tax rates on the wealthy, that does not help the economy. most economists would say if you have tax reform, lower rates, fewer loopholes, more money to the treasury, you help the economy. bill: that is going to play out in a significant way as we move forward to november. that is the election, bill. bill: stuart, thank you. see you 9:15 on fbn. stuart varney leading the coverage. martha has more on this. martha: that is the election, bill right there. let s get context on the job situation. this is where we ve been since december 2007. the peak for jobless numbers, 659,000 back in 2009. that is long way from where we are today as you can see. but when you get a close-up at the end of that chart, you will see if you can, that there is recent up tick at the end of that.
world over its support for israel in its conflicts over palestine. the palestinian conflict has dominated 70% of israel s existence as a nation, and it s the reason given for animosity in the arab world against america. but that conflict could be coming to an end if you believe what israeli prime manager benjamin netanyahu told me this week. i think there s one other thing. i think that i could deliver a peace agreement. i could get the israeli people to follow me, if i believed that i have a serious partner on the other side willing to make the necessary compromises on the palestinian side. would you accept their belief, though, that they should have a country which is contiguous? yes. not islands here, islands here, but one space? yeah. no checkpoints? i don t want to govern the palestinians. i don t want them as subjects of israel or citizens of israel. i want them to have their own independent state, but a demilitaryized state. those words, contiguous and
though, new terror concerns as we approach the first anniversary of the daring raid that led to the death of osama bin laden. there is no credible information suggesting al qaeda or its allies are planning attacks tied to the anniversary. but the concerns are real enough that president obama reviewed the threat picture just this morning with this top national security advisers. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. what is the biggest threat intel officials are most worried about. they are very concerned right now about a renewed effort to target western aviation. in fact, the fbi, homeland security, and the u.s. military s northern command sent this memo out to law enforcement agencies across the country. basically alerting them to the possibility of this threat. specifically, they think the biggest threat is coming from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. that is the most active al qaeda group. it s also the group that has tried to attack to u