congressional midterm elections. the state of the economy first and foremost on their minds. and with polls showing his party struggling, president obama went on the road this labor day, beginning a new push to retake control of the economic debate. he proposed spending $50 billion to improve the nation s infrastructure and create new jobs. he also called on congress to approve new tax credits for small businesses while allowing the bush-era tax cuts for high- income earners to expire. senior white house correspondent bill plante begins our coverage. reporter: fired up by a cheering crowd of union members in milwaukee, the president argued that he s working hard to fix the economy. i am going to keep fighting every single day, every single hour, every single minute to turn this economy around. reporter: and he blamed republicans for standing in the way. when it comes to just about everything we ve done, to strengthen our middle-class, to rebuild our economy, almost ev
control of the economic debate. he proposed spending $50 billion to improve the nation s infrastructure and create new jobs. he also called on congress to approve new tax credits for small businesses while allowing the bush-era tax cuts for high-income earners to expire. senior white house correspondent bill plante begins our coverage. reporter: fired up by a cheering crowd of union members in milwaukee, the president argued that he s working hard to fix the economy. i am going to keep fighting every single day, every single hour, every single minute to turn this economy around. reporter: and he blamed republicans for standing in the way. when it comes to just about everything we ve done, to strengthen our middle-class, to rebuild our economy, almost every republican in congress says no. reporter: and when he did succeed as with financial reform the president seemed proud of the enemies he d made. so that s taken on some powerful interests. some powerful interes
faces, along with new ones. we re backstage early this monday morning, august 30, 2010. captioning funded by cbs it is a gorgeous late august morning here in northeast. everyone in new york has left. they re trying to have one last couple of minute last day of summer. that s right. i m harry smith. i m rebecca jarvis. we ll get you the latest from chile. new video again from those guys down there and how they re doing. and how they re getting by down there as they wait to be rescued. the rescue tunnel/shaft, they re supposed to start digging it today. all the latest in a bit. an inspiring there and an inspiring story here. a subway motor man is being called a hero. a woman fell on the subway tracks this weekend. as his train was pulling n he slams on the brakes, stops just in the knick of time. we ll talk to him if a bit. first, hurricane earl is on the move and slowly gaining strength. it is now a category 2 storm and could threaten the east coast of the
it is a gorgeous late august morning here in northeast. everyone in new york has left. they re trying to have one last couple of minutes that last day of summer. good morning, everyone. i m harry smith. i m rebecca jarvis. we ll get you the latest from chile and the story of the miners. new video, now new video again from those guys down there and how they are doing and how they are getting by down there as they wait to be rescued. the rescue tunnel shaft is they are supposed to start digging it today. so we ll have all the latest on that story in a bit. such an aspiring through and an aspiring story here. a subway motorman here in new york is being called a hero. a woman fell on the subway tracks this weekend. just as his train was pulling in, he slams on the brakes and stops just in the nick of time. we ll talk to him in a little bit. but first, hurricane earl is on the move and slowly gaining strength. it is now a category 2 storm. and it could threaten the
it is a gorgeous late august morning here in northeast. everyone in new york has left. they re trying to have one last couple of minute last day of summer. that s right. i m harry smith. i m rebecca jarvis. we ll get you the latest from chile. new video again from those guys down there and how they re doing. and how they re getting by down there as they wait to be rescued. the rescue tunnel/shaft, they re supposed to start digging it today. all the latest in a bit. an inspiring there and an inspiring story here. a subway motor man is being called a hero. a woman fell on the subway tracks this weekend. as his train was pulling n he slams on the brakes, stops just in the knick of time. we ll talk to him if a bit. first, hurricane earl is on the move and slowly gaining strength. it is now a category 2 storm and could threaten the east coast of the u.s. later on this week. cbs news correspondent don teague is in kitty hawk, north carolina, and he has the latest. d