no reasons for democrats to find a new winning strategy. the economy, the economy, the economy. the poverty rate now stands at 15.1%. it s $22,000 a year for a family of four. if you are in the lower 20%, you are going to live 6 1/2 years less. the message is being sent. hello, north carolina. third jobs speech in as many days. until the unequalty in this country is dealt with, you re not going to see massive growth. every single one of you can help make this bill a reality. african-americans experiencing the highest poverty rate i sent congress this piece of legislation. it s called the american jobs act. low numbers in terms of people s faith in him to fix the economy. it s about giving all of us a win. the feelings about congressional republicans on that same score are much worse. pass this bill. there are now two more
they also met. what s also interesting, kyra, rick perry met with three of donald trump s children. you know, i spoke to michael cohen who is trump s top political adviser. i just got off the phone with him and cohen said he spent some time with perry, as well. they talked about the economy and jobs and talked about family. all topics we would expect to come up during the conversation with donald trump. what is the take away from trump? cohen tells me that trump likes him as an individual and also likes what perry has done in texas, as far as creating jobs and also to make it a pro-business state. but donald trump is not ready to make any endorsements yet. as i said, mitt romney will be in new york in a couple weeks to meet with donald trump. kyra? he hasn t ruled out his own presidential bid, right? no, he is leaving that on the table. donald trump, if he endorses in this presidential election and that person gets the nomination and, of course, he says he won t run. but
good morning. it is thursday, september 15th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello. get ready for the president response to president obama s jobs bill. he and the rest of congress have had a few days to leaf through the jobs plan, the obama jobs plan. so now we ll just have to wait and see whether boehner picks a fight over the plan or offers an olive branch. president obama is already taking indirect swipes at congressional republican. listen to what he told the congressional hispanic caucus last night. if we re being honest, we know the real problem isn t the members of congress in this room. it s the members of congress that put party before country because they believe the only way to resolve our differences is to wait 14 months until the next election. i have news for them. the american people don t have the luxury of waiting 14 months. 14 months from now as in november 2012. probably a topic that dominated dinner conversation between two republican
of things to happen. as someone once wrote, only in america. indeed. a final question. any thoughts about how anthony weiner may be feeling? i imagine he never thought he would lose that seat himself in the first place. now to find that that seat has passed to the republicans. i imagine he must be feeling pretty bad about the whole situation. the thought of how anthony weiner feels, i would hope it would be about the easy birth of his child. the protection of his marriage, and getting his life together. congressman charlie rangel, thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. a brand new reuters poll just out today does gave bump to the president s approval rating after his jobs speech. up to 47% in september from 45% in august. modest but nonetheless some improvement. nbc s mike viqueira is at the
white house says publicly that the president will push for passage of the entire bill, some advisers concede that the administration would be okay with pieces of the bill being voted on individually if that would secure republican support, but just maybe the president s new catch phrase is catching on. watch what happened during his jobs speech in columbus yesterday. there are workers ready to do it. so let s tell congress pass this bill right away. [ audience chanting pass this bill ] and the reporters tell us that the crowd was not prompted and they started to chant on their own, but the poll shows that a majority of the americans are skeptical that the president s jobs plan will work. joining me is jim mcdermott a democrat from washington state and a member of the house progressive caucus. good morning, congressman. good morning, chris. i know you unveiled your own jobs plan and is it because you think that the president s plan