voters so far in the polls say they trust donald trump more than hillary clinton. on the economy. what s she going to say tonight about that? well, alisyn, it is a matter of which donald trump shows up tonight. the damage really has been done. but there s going to be a clear contrast on the economy when it comes to secretary clinton and donald trump. i m sure donald trump s going to be asked and asked again why he has not paid any taxes unlike people all across the country hard-working blue collar folks like the family that i was raised in. secretary clinton has committed her life to making sure that she s able to make a difference for people, for families. for children. and you contrast that to the bigotry and ugliness that we re seeing from donald trump and that s going to spill right into the economic but what about jobs? i mean i hear what you re saying and you re trying to, you know, cast the past aspersion on donald trump which is fair. however what she s going to say about
going to put other items in this job creation package. mm-hmm. besides the payroll tax cut. those are measures that are going to have some bipartisan support. and whether the president likes it or not, some sort of clarification to move forward, help facilitate the investment, the job creation associated with both the construction of the pipeline and the expansion of access to north american energy, that s there s a good chance, not certain, but that could be in the package. and what usually happens, house puts something together, it s got a few items in it, not all will be loved by the senate, and that s when the negotiations start. what s your sense in the senate the president, he did a veto threat because we said he did a veto threat, but actually he didn t really it was sort of i thought he was actually carefully wording it, which tells me there may be some bipartisan agreement on the keystone pipeline in the senate. and that thing could end up on his desk. it shoul
than 1,000 palestinians in israeli prisons. the exchange is expected to happen within the next few days. the worst floods in decades are wreaking havoc on the livelihood of thailand s people and economy. they re bracing for the next round which could reach them in days. flooding has killed at least 269 people and affected 8 million across the country. in southwestern mexico, soldiers have been deployed, tourists have been told to leave, and emergency shelters are open as a hurricane comes ashore. the category 2 storm has weakened but is still bringing rain and strong winds. weather authorities are warning boaters of possible life-threatening rip currents. those are the headlines from cnn, the world s news leader. i m monday nemonita rajpal. world business today starts now. good morning from cnn london, i m nina del santos. from hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this thursday wednesday, october the 12th, i should
that s why we have this $100 billion job creation package, including a new jobs and wages tax credit intended to spur hiring among small businesses. so, unemployment still at 10%. when are we going to see that number go down, do you think? it s going to start to come down but the unemployment rate remains elevated and that s one reason, again, we re putting forward this $100 billion package, to try to get it down faster than otherwise would be the case. but, look, it s going to take time, unfortunately. you want, i understand, to just talk about the deficit reduction here. you guys want to create a bipartisan commission to come up with deficit reduction solutions by december and present them to congress. why do you need a commission to do that? well, i think that the answer is that to get first, we have $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction that we put forward. to get the rest of the way there to a sustainable fiscal course we need bipartisan buy-in and
been lost as a consequence of this recession. an endepthic that demands our relentless and sustained response. now, last month the house passed a new jobs bill. the senate, as we speak, is hard at work developing its own job creation package. creating good, sustainable jobs is the single-most important thing we can do to rebuild the middle class, and i won t rest until we re doing just that. but we also need to reverse the overall erosion in middle class security. so that when this economy does come back, working americans are free to pursue their dreams again. there are a variety of immediate steps we can take to do just that. steps we re poised to begin taking in the budget that i ll put forward next week. joe already spoke about some of these proposals in detail. proposals that make it a bit easier for families to get by,