know now is are we getting into another recession now? no. i submitted my forecast to the various polls last week and said no, the economy would grow faster in the second half, things will get better. are there perils? of course. those with money who don t need credit or who have the ability to get credit can really do well in this economy and those without jobs at the bottom, with tough credit, are excused for thinking that things are bad. absolutely. if you don t have a job, it is still a depression outside. or still a recession. we re not growing fast enough to help those people. to create the kinds of skwljobs need, we have to grow even higher. ken rogoff is a former chief economist for the imf, the world s leading expert on economic crises. we have got something going on in the world. is it recession? is it worse? i think it is pretty clear we have never escaped from the previous downturn. we re still living in the aftermath of it. it is slow and rocky. and the
biggest impact on the gop campaign for president may be felt a long way from there in south carolina. that is where texas governor rick perry is expected to announce he, too, is jumping in the race. also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia. we ll tell you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. but here at the top of the hour, let s start with that breaking story out of pakistan. and i want to turn right to our reza sayah, who is live for us there in the capital of islamabad. reza, hello to you once again. what do we know? are we learning more about what happened overnight with this american? reporter: yeah, t.j. as we listen to the evening call to prayer here in islamabad, let s explain to you what we know. the way this kidnapping went down, it clearly looks like it was a very well-planned and coordinated plot. the target of this kidnapping, according to the u.s. embassy in islamabad and pakistani police, warren winestein, a development worker, one of t
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continuing with brooke baldwin. don t go far. i want to talk to you about that piece in mississippi. hello to you. good afternoon. i m brooke baldwin. let s begin where drew sort of left off there. you know what, you need a scorecard today. or maybe a traffic cop to keep up with the presidential hopefuls. i m giving you a map. des moines, iowa, ground zero ahead of the iowa straw poll. des moines, iowa, flooded with republican candidates. plus, yep, sarah palin. she turned up, arrived there just a short time ago. she is not, i repeat not in the race, at least not officially. why else would she be in des moines? sarah palin is in iowa. but not the front-runner. no, mitt romney left eye wachlt he bolted iowa. today he s in new hampshire. the state he s banking on to help clinch the nomination. as we broke the news on in show just yesterday, south carolina is awaiting rick perry, the texas governor set to announce tomorrow in charleston. that yes, he is getting into the race.
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