we want to kel come our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room . ment obama sounding an urgent note about the u.s. economy and the new risks it faces from europe s growing cries. he warns that so-called head winds from europe can setback the recover in the united states. he says the u.s. businesses are improving and creating jobs but he s pressing congress to take action on the public sector. the big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction. you ve seen teacher layoffs, police officers, cops, firefighters being laid off. the other sector that s still weak has been the construction industry. those two areas we ve directly addressed with our jobs plan. the problem is that it requires congress to take action and we re going to keep pushing them to see if they can move in that direction. the truth of the matter is as i said we ve created 4.3 mi
crashing an outdoor graduation. caught rhett handed and rhett faced. a robber sprased and spanked. you re going to see it. good morning, everybody. who love this is one. i love that one, too. bang, bang, don t come back. it s nice to have you here. i m ashleigh banfield. and zoraida. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east so let s get started for you. up first bill clinton getting back on script and back in step with the white house at least for now. in an exclusive interview with wolf blitzer, the former president doing a lot of apologizing after praising mitt romney s sterling business record and suggesting he would be open to extending the bush tax cuts with the wealthy, a position directly at odds with president obama. here s clinton yesterday on the situation room. i m very sorry about what happened ned. i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year. he should just stick with his
graduates toss their caps in the air, a frightening storm moves in. you ll see why they scramble for cover. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room kwoem. president obama took a few questions in the white house briefing room today but in rushing to get out front of the jobs issue, the president stumbled and republicans are already reaping the benefits. let s go straight to jessica yellen standing by with the details. president obama hammered congress, telling them to pass his long stalled jobs bill as a way to cushion the u.s. from the effects of europe s worsening economy. but that s 23409 the part of his remarks that s making news. the president trying to regain control of his mess amg. if congress decides despite all that that they aren t going to do anything about this simply because it s an election year, then they should explain to the american people why. after disappointing jobs numbers drove unemployment up to 8.2%, he called on congress to pass the j
a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he