in ohio and elsewhere. and probably most important, what this stimulus did was record deficit and $14 trillion in extra debt. we re point out those things and highlight those things. most importantly what we ll try to accomplish is point out that the president continues to do the same old, same old. his budget that he introduced we think is more big spending, it s more big tax increases and it s more of the approach that frankly hasn t helped our economy. by the way, we out $79d billion. i would think the president would want to know as much as you. because he thought everyone was going to do this project, they didn t do it and he said as much in the fall last year. yeah. good point. and it s why we invited, like i said, kristina romer, we invited
so wake up your deer hound. this is a big moment. scottish deer hound. meanwhile, dana perino will be joining us an hour from now. tim jennings, the guy that s won more money on jeopardy than any other human is squaring off against the computer created by, that s right, ibm. he s going to be dropping by to tell us give us a preview on who s going to win tonight. round two did not go well for human beings. if you re pro human, you re not happy today. angie harmon will be stopping by as well and cheryl burke has a new book out and some personal revealing information in that. the rest of your headlines and developing story overnight. right now, pro iranian government supporters clashing with opposition protesters, the violence erupting at a funeral for a man killed on monday. police firing on protesters during a third day of rallies in the capital that left one person dead. thousands crowding the main square calling for political reform and protests also spilling int
really? that s probably one of many moments like that in that relationship. anyway, let s talk about this. president obama takes his economic and political message to rhode island today as the last full week before midterm elections begin. doug lazader joins us live from washington with a preview. good morning to you, doug. good morning, guys. the president is going to woonsocket, rhode island today to tour america webbing, a relatively small company there but we ll be talking about different initiatives that the administration has undertaken to try to grow some jobs, new loan initiatives be tax cuts and things like that but it s to send this message that the white house in the president s estimation is not anti-business. it may be a tough sell in a state like rhode island, the unemployment rate there is nearly, nearly 12%. so that s a state that has been particularly hard hit in this recession. the real reason, though, the president may be taking this trip is to attend
more incredible he he survived the whole thing. oh, my goodness. he was apparently wanted on an amber alert and now he s under arrest. a little update on paris hilton now, banned from tokyo? she s heading back to the united states. officials there were about to decide whether to admit her to the country because of her drug conviction in las vegas. under japanese law, immigration authorities can deny entry, imagine that, to people convicted of drug-related offenses. ok. happening somewhere. guys? that s right. hey, first it was christina romer and then it was peter orzag and now president obama s top economic advisor larry summers says he s leaving the white house at the end of the year. why is president obama s economic team jumping ship? stuart varney from the fox business network joins us live. good morning. it s an admission of economic policy failure and they want to get them out of the way before the election and maybe get somebody new in who is going to present the new face
and a businessperson. c.e.o. of a company. politico.com reports the president is looking for a female c.e.o. to replace larry summers, the re of the economic advisors are all men with virtually no experience running a big business. summers is the third member of the president s economic team to resign. he follows peter orzach and kristina romer who all resigned in the last couple of weeks. homeland security secretary janet napolitano expected to tell congress today that a rise in home grown radicalism is making potential terrorist threats harder to protect and deal with. that s in her prepared testimony for the senate homeland security committee. in the advanced copy obtained by the l.a. times napolitano reports to the failed times square bombing and the fort hood shootings as examples and she says the internet makes it very easy for american terrorists to communicate with foreign ones. secretary napolitano being asked to explain memos that seven republican senators say called