coalition government. george patchpapwon a vote of confidence today but some in his government are calling him dangerous for the country. the white house is refusing to hand over documents by the congressional committee on the solyndra scandal. this would put undue burdon on the president to meet his constitutional duties. andy rooney died last night in new york. he was 92. and a group of four senators are watching today s alabama-lsu game closely. they say if alabama wins, they will wear crimson tide and white on the floor. and if lsu wins. they will wear purple and gold. it is going to be a big, big game. thank you. and outrage over fee
trying to pass bills that would be better for job creation and help put the american people back to work. republicans have been opposed to the american jobs act, saying that they don t like the pay-fors because it will increase taxes, but as you mentioned, it seems like the president is gaining traction with his message based on the latest polling numbers. kristen welker from the white house this afternoon. kristen, thank you. thanks. we re going to talk about the infrastructure project, the infrastructure portion of the president s plan, the bill that s coming up for senate vote tomorrow. we ll do that here at 12:30 with transportation secretary ray lahood, 12:30 eastern, right here on msnbc. bank of america may be backing off new fee hikes. and economist and oft actor ben stein is here. we ll talk to him about his new book, about politics, and he s got an opinion on those occupy wall street protesters as well.
united nations got up and walked out right in the middle of a security council meeting. good morning to you. it is wednesday, october 5th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol kos tecostello live fw york this morning. it s a brand-new day in every sense of the word for amanda knox. she ll be waking up at home for the first time in four years. she returned with her family yesterday, just one day after an italian appeals court overturned her murder conviction in the death of her british roommate, meredith kercher. knox held back tears speaking to reporters thanking her parents and her friends for their support during her time in prison. what s important for me to say is just thank you to everyone who has believed in me, who has defended me, who has supported my family. i just want my family is the most important thing to me right now, and i just want to go be with them. so thank you for being there for me. italian prosecutors say they ll appeal the knox ruling to i
$46 billion for the 2013 fiscal year. that same year, california faces the largest projected budget gap of just over $10 billion. so more on that coming up. martha: all of this comes as california actually passed its current budget on time and balanced. that is the work of governor jerry brown who signed the $85.9 billion spending plan, saying that the state is making some very tough choices. listen to this: and no one should be mistaken, these are really, tough decisions, and going forward, californians are going to have to think very hard about what is it that we want from our university, from our police and sheriff, from our safety net, for the most vulnerable. martha: those are big questions, right? the budget includes a combination of spending cuts and fee hikes that were passed by majority democrats in california, 70 state
taxes while he was massachusetts governor, he put his foot down. the democrats, you know massachusetts is a bit of a democratic state. the democrats wanted to raise taxes, i said no way. in fact, we did not raise taxes on our citizens. we lowered them across the state time and again. no way. really? how do you explain this? romney raised $432 million in fee hikes on things like marriage licenses, drivers license renewals, gun permits and bottle deposits. he raised $309 million annually by closing corporate tax loopholes. i like that policy. it might have been necessary but it was definitely tax increase. how about mike huckabee? during the last presidential bid, he insisted he cut taxes more than he raised them. check out a campaign ad. a nation is confused when it