jon: right now, new info on some stories we re watching around the world all from inside our control room. china says design flaws and poor oversight are to blame for a deadly bullet train crash that killed 40 people there earlier this year. 54 government officials have been dismissed from the communist party. they could also face criminal corruption charges. in australia a crocodile with a taste for lawn mowers. maybe he just didn t like the noise. the 16 footer named elvis charged at zoo workers before snatching the mower and dragging it into its pool to drown. none of the workers was hurt but elvis lost a few teeth. fast-moving mudflows from a volcano killing at least four people in indonesia. at least 1,000 people fleeing their homes as debris from the ear are up shun destroyed buildings and roads. julie: america is asking sending in questions about how to find jobs. here now to answer them,
dealing with our debt crisis they re wrong. they re wrong. we can t afford to just do one or the other, we have to do both. president will roll out the entire job growth proposal early next month in a speech. it will probably be a combo platter of tax cuts, investments in infrastructure and long-term health for the unemployed. what will governor rick perry say today? you know you re dying to find out. he s not backing down about his treason comments about fed chair ben bernanke. he says the fed should be audited. i think we re seeing it almost weekly or even daily, scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. yes, our climates change. they ve been changing ever since the earth was formed. but i do not buy into that a group of scientists who have, in some cases, found to be manipulating this information. he s talking about those scientists in the uk who were accused of tinkeri
hour. the details just coming in. an awol muslim american soldier now in custody in texas found with what the fbi is now saying is a large amount of bomb-making material near ft. hood. barbara starr is all over the story and will join nus a few minutes. first, debt debate but no deal. it all comes down to numbers. i don t mean 13-digit numbers with dollar signs in front of them. i mean this number. take a look here. five days until the treasury says it will run out of borrowed money. five hours, give or take, until the house votes on the so-called boehner plan, and it needs 217 votes to pass, and it s a slam dunk, right? wrong. 60 republicans are tea party members that want huge cuts in spending and no hike in the debt ceiling. here is where the big numbers come in. the republican speaker has staked his leadership on the plan to let the treasury borrow $900 billion right away, while cutting $915 billion in future spending. contrast that with the senate plan from majority lead
all, making it the deadliest disaster in history. this massive loss of life served as a wake-up call for the oil industry, which promised to change its ways going forward. what has happened at piper is, in my opinion, going to cause a an acceleration of the whole number of changes. an acceleration of a whole number of changes in the oil industry. oil drilling after piper alpha will be much, much safer, we promise. the one with the design flaws that kept it from doing much good, that vessel is still out there, still exists, last time i looked at my watch still existed. the transocean is on the verge of sinking off the coast of africa. last year after the anniversary of the piper alpha disaster,
associated press home depot is under investigation for the buy american act by providing foreign-made goods to foreign customers. there are grizzly images of cancer-stricken smoker and they plan to unveil new software security guidelines that aim at design flaws that lead to hacking. finally first it was a facebook page. now the vatican is ready to leap further with this week s launch of a new website for all of the latest pope-related news and information. well, tony stewart and brian vickers put on a show in nascar, plus the phillies roy halladay adds another win this season. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you re watching first look on msnbc. .was it something big? .or something small?