our pentagon xpont barbara star has more on the air strike that killed al-awlaki. reporter: this is important. this man posed a direct threat to the united states had inspired him by all accounts ordered attacks against the u.s. now this apparently is the result of a two-year effort between the u.s. intelligence community and the people to go after him to find him, target him and take him out. very controversial as he is an american born citizen. killed for his activities in another country. by all accounts, it was a drone strike that killed al-awlaki. there were three other persons in that convoy with him. they are believed also to have been killed. this is something that the u.s. long wanted. this is a target that they were making a great effort to go after inside yemen even as that country remains in a good deal of political social and economic unrest. joe? barbara, if we know how much was yemen actually involved in this strike? and if we don t know that, typically wha
benefits. it s been really at 400 or higher since april. that s really not conducive to cutting the unemployment rate but a good number this week. it fell to 391,000 and that s better than we had expected. another important report, the final read on how fast the economy grew in the second quarter. this is the gdp report. gross domestic product. the sum of everything that this economy puts out and it grew at 1.3%. so, for all those people who are talking about a double-dip recession, this number shows it isn t technically a double dip recession right now. in the second quarter you had economic growth and economists are telling me that for the third quarter there was growth there, as well. so, you have an economy that is growing and you have fewer people than expected who filed for jobless benefits. it sounds like a couple of nonnegatives, which is, but taken together, that s positive for the market, at least this morning, kyra. we ll watch all the numbers and we ll know in 2
african-american voters. the president alluding to the employment crunch during his third annual back to school speech here in washington, d.c. more than 60% of the jobs in the next decade will require more than a high school diploma. more than 60%. that s the world that you re walking into. some black voters say the president has let them down when it comes to education and job creation. the obama campaign is trying to address those concerns as the election gets closer. let s turn to dan lothian. he s got more on this part of the story. president has always when talking about race and his policies, taken a big picture view, saying what he does helps not just african-americans, but all americans. well, this has not gone unnoticed and now as the president is courting black voters key to his success in 2008, some are frustrated. 9:00 a.m. on 95.5 fm, one of washington, d.c. s top urban radio stations, darian morgan serves up music, edgey talk and commercials. but of
campaign for governor, and i congresswoman maxine waters hope he gets into the race. wants none of it. but it s kind of hard when he put on your marching shoes. first set i m not ready to be shake it off. president. stop complaining. if he said the family didn t want me to run or something like symptostop crying. that, but i m not ready. what is there about four months we re going to press on. i found that language a bit later that makes you ready? i m concerned about that. curious because the president i also this this contest spoke to the hispanic caucus. he certainly didn t tell them to think this contest has been dominated by the person who isn t there, mike huckabee, stop complaining and he would never say that to the gay and donald trump, sarah palin, mitch lesbian community who really pushed him on don t ask, don t daniels, chris christie, and we have a field of people who are tell or even in a speech to there who are fabulous, who are apac. he would never say to the jewis
martha: well, president obama reaches out to african-american voteners brand new interview on bet and recently he s been taking some heat for ignoring his base, but the president says that not everyone is being critical of him with that. take a look. the other thing i want to make sure that you don t just kind of slip in there, this notion that african-american leaders of late have been critical. there have been a handful of african-american leaders who were critical, they were critical when i was running for president. there s always going to be someone who s critical of the president of the united states. martha: those comments came just days after critics took aim at president obama s fiery speech to the congressional black caucus. here s part of part of what he said there. take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes, shake it off, stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying, we are going to press on, we ve got work to do. martha: congressman maxine congress