so far we have a request to weiner s spokesperson. there s been no formal request for a leave of absence. that needs to come forward or it should come forward in order for him to take this request which is ultimately going to be paid for by tax payers he will not resign. not showing up as you discussed at the top of this discussion we just had. luke russert, thank you. take care. outside the congressman s new york city office this weekend about 30 voters rallied for his resignation. take a listen to this. he s the laughing stock of the nation at this point. in order to be an effective leader, you have to be respected. margaret wagner is president of the rock away republicans. michael is a constituent who supports cgressman weiner. thank you both for being with me here today. i want to start with this, when we take a look at the situation right now, michael, has he done anything wrong that you have seen?
that we can trust and he has to live up to higher standards. all right. margaret wagner, president of the rock away republicans. thank you as well as michael blosen a constituent who supports congressman weiner. good discussion. thank you. right now let s take a look at the number from wall street. at the moment, we re trying to shake six straight weeks of losses. the numbers are down. we ve been watching it get a little bit of a red arrow up earlier, green arrow. red air owe down when we talk about the nasdaq. up 20 in points. that looks good right now as we are trying to rebound questioning the double dip question. right now president obama is meeting with some of the nation s top ceos and job experts speaking about the economy trying to find new ways to boost the struggling job market. nbc s christian welker is live in durham, north carolina. there is a new plan more details of a plan that s a proposal is