we want to kel come our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room . ment obama sounding an urgent note about the u.s. economy and the new risks it faces from europe s growing cries. he warns that so-called head winds from europe can setback the recover in the united states. he says the u.s. businesses are improving and creating jobs but he s pressing congress to take action on the public sector. the big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction. you ve seen teacher layoffs, police officers, cops, firefighters being laid off. the other sector that s still weak has been the construction industry. those two areas we ve directly addressed with our jobs plan. the problem is that it requires congress to take action and we re going to keep pushing them to see if they can move in that direction. the truth of the matter is as i said we ve created 4.3 mi
corporate sector. the big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction. you ve seen teacher lay-offs, police officers, cops, firefighters being laid off, and the other sector s that still weaks the construction industry. those two areas we ve directly addressed with our jobs plan. the problem is that it requires congress to take action and we re going to keep pushing them to see if they can move in that direction. okay? jackie collins. where did jackie go? there she is. thank you mr. president. i d like to ask you a couple what other people have said about europe, one is that i d like to know if you agree with the former president bill clinton who said, in the past week, that the europeans policies that you ve described here today are much like those of the republicans in this
we have early buzz straight ahead. you don t have a fear of heights. i don t. i respect heights. walk on a wire. a feat 200 feet up high above niagara falls. we ll introduce you to nick. newsroom begins right now. good morning. thank you for joining us. happy friday to you. a medical mystery is unfolding for the centers for disease control as it races to find the source of a deadly e. coli outbreak. here s what we know right now. there are reports that 11 people have been sickened including the death of a 20-month old girl in new orleans. several southern states, louisiana, georgia, alabama and florida all reporting illnesses linked to e. coli. the biggest group is located here in atlanta. home of the cdc. state health officials say the cause is unknown but they are partnering with the cdc as they investigate this outbreak. in louisiana, officials said rumors the new orleans cases were related to a local petting zoo are untrue. something that was confirmed by an inf