martha: amazing. that a couple brought two children into the world, steve jobs and mona, his sister, a writer. and a call for islamic sharia law in libya, the strict code of conduct often criticized for violating human rights, this just hours after the new government officially declared this liberation. that s how we get started on a busy morning on america s newsroom , good to have you with us today, i m martha mccall. bill: bim hemmer. libya s transitional leader, seen here with president obama, saying that sharia law would be the basic source of legislation for his country, quote this, revolution was looked after by god to achieve victory, end quote. david piper, live from the capitol city of tripoli, what will the introduction of sharia mean for libyans, david? reporter: hi bill. yes, well, it really means how they will introduce it here, how they will use it. we heard from the head of
bill. bill: first tell us about the survey from the hill.com. well, it s a picture of a grim economy and it s the first time we ve seen this kind of reaction to this grim economy in a generation. remember, bill, we are used to endless gains in profit, prosperity, and that s true all the way back to the 19 # \on/zeros. now, those gains in prosperity have stopped and the headlines on the economy are universally grim. for the last three years, we ve had bad news on jobs, housing, debt, on the rate of growth, declining income. it s all been grim for three years. look at the situation now and in the future. no change. it still looks, i hate to use the word again, but grim. bill: on the future, only 19 percent believe in this survey that the united states will be the post powerful country, 20 years from now. yes. well, you look at the headlines that our americans are looking at. nobody is predicting strong economic growth in the future. the best we can hope for is maybe 2 perce
you have no track record on that, that we can trust thaw you re going to do that. this is something that was crafted for massachusetts. it would be wrong to adopt this as a nation. it s not you re shaking your head. that happens to be you re allowing the you re allowed you had your chance, let me speak. rich? whether you throw out the existing code and put in our plan, you re still going to pay that. that s apples and oranges. i like your response, herman, but person by person, return by return, middle income people see higher taxes on your plan. the idea that you stand before us and talk about that you re strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy. you say you knew please are you going to keep talking or let me finish with what i had to say? look, rick, i i follow the rules. this has been a last couple of tough debates for rick, and i understand that, so you re going to get testy bill: there is a lot more of that to go thro