environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress won t even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing. testified that blacks and hispanics are more likely to commit a future crime. buck s attorney doesn t dispute that he shot and killed two people in 1995, a third woman survived. i forgave him, yes, sir, i forgave him in 1995. i feel that justice will prevail. duane buck was eating what he thought would be his final meal when the supreme court called off last night s execution. amnesty international plans 300 vigils and rallies across the country tonight for troy davis, the georgia man face
than the testimony in court? none. none. he s set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the president s jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. it s the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaster general is outlining a plan that could cost 150,000 jobs. they want to close more than 300 mail processing facilities, saturday deliver could end, first class mail would be slower to arrive. they are $10 billion in the hole this fiscal year. in los angeles today, lawyers in dr. conrad murray s manslaughter trial are going over juror questionnaires with the judge. the final phase of juror selection is next week. they say murray had a hand in michael jackson s death. jacqueline kennedy is
air force one is about to land here in just a bit at raleigh-durham national airport, north carolina. an important battleground state, as you know, in the 2012 election. president obama is going to visit a small business. one that the white house says will benefit from his new jobs bill. after that, the president will press congress once again to pass his plan and pass it immediately when he delivers a speech at north carolina state university. also republicans picking up a new york congressional seat that s been in democratic hands. get this since 1923. queens businessman and political newbie bob turney handily beat his democratic opponent. he says the victory shows president obama is in trouble. been asked by the people of this district to send a message to washington, and i hope they hear it loud and clear. [ applause ] we have been told this is a referendum, and we re ready to see, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. [ applause ] that new york congressional
public. is this a referendum on the obama presidency? there had been polling done ahead of this election and it showed that the economic recovery was the number one theme. the fact that bob turner, who was a former cable tv executive, has never been a politician before, although he s run in some other races. the fact that he could beat a democrat in this district where the democrat was really expected to win this race easily until the past few weeks. democrats became increasingly nervous. this is a district where democrats outnumber republicans 3-1. it s not as liberal as many people might think. there are a lot of conservative democrats, that is, and the republican candidate here seized on their frustrations. been asked by the people of this district to send the message to washington and i hope they hear it loud and clear. we have been told this is a referendum and we re ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. you know, kyra, the democrat in this race t