brooke, thanks very much. happening now, riveting new details, the rough draft about president obama s jobs speech. what we re learning about the plan he unveiled tomorrow night and whether he has new ideas that will sound either bold or timid. also, rick perry s first test on the presidential debate stage. he got a late ride into this race, but he s moving very quickly right now at the start of his presidential campaign. tonight, he has something, of course, to prove. plus, one of america s biggest malls prepares to be the target potentially of a terror attack. it s a valuable lesson in being ready for the worst ten years after 9/11. and get this, it costs next to nothing. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we ll get to that in a moment. but we re just learning here at cnn that the former united states ambassador to the united nations bill richardson was scheduled to land just a little while ago in havana, cuba on a very
strength of the nation s credit. it added that the ratings cut could be useful in future deficit talks. markets will rise and fall, but this is the united states of america. no matter what some agency may say, we ve always been and always will be a aaa country. i realize that after what we just went through, there s some skepticism that republicans and democrats on the so-called super committee, this joint committee that s been set up will be able to reach a compromise. but my hope is that friday s news will give us a renewed sense of urgency. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. and that committee will have this administration s full cooperation. and i assure you, we will stay on it until we get the job done. fortunately, the president s remarks did not calm the markets. s&p president, devon sharpa,
his belief in the strength of the nation s credit, but added that their rate cut could be useful in future deficit talks. markets will rise and fall, but this is the united states of america. no matter what some agency may say, we ve always been and always will be a triple a country. i realize after what we just went through, there s skepticism. that republicans and democrats on the so-called supercommittee, this joint committee that s been set up will be able to reach a compromise. but my hope is that friday s news will give us a renewed sense of urgency. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. and that commitment will have this administration s full cooperation. and i assure you we will stay on it until we get the job done. mike, so, so how about
s&p fell 80 points while the nasdaq dropped 174 points. president obama reaffirmed his belief in the strength of the nation s credit, but added that the rate cut could be useful in future deficit talks. markets will rise and fall, but this is the united states of america. no matter what some agency may say, we ve always been and always will be a aaa country. i realize that after what we just went through, there s some skepticism, that republicans and democrats on the so called super committee, the joint committee that s been set up will be able to reach a compromise. but my hope is that friday s news will give us a renewed sense of urgency. i intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. and that committee will have the administration s full cooperation. and i assure you, we will stay
chris: and we continue our fox news alert. again, the deficit talks between the president and speaker boehner have broken down. the president has summoned congressional leaders at the white house at 11:00 eastern tomorrow to find some way out of default. let s go over tonight s remarkable developments now with our panel, steve hayes of the weekly standard. charles lane from the washington post. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. steve, let me start with you. as the day began, there were three possible solutions out there. one was cut, cap, and balance that basically the idea of a balanced budget amendment. the senate, senate democrats defeated that today without even actually having a vote on it. they tabled it. the other was the grand bargain. that seems to have collapsed. so the only thing that s out there at this moment seems to be some version of the mcconnell plan, the so-called plan b,