education initiatives. later in the week he s gng mp back on the campaign trail, connecticut, to raise money as we get closer and closer to those critical midterms. i m dana bash on capitol hill. congress is going to return back to work after a summer that many agree was not good for the democrats. there s a bill to help small businesses looks like it will now pass the senate with the help of one senate republican, but democrats are divided on whether or not to extend all bush era tax cuts, or let those for the wealthiest americans expire. that s what the president and democratic leaders want to do, but others in very, very tough re-election battles say they re not sure they want to get pegged with raising taxes in a bad
re-election battles say they re not sure they want to get pegged with raising taxes in a bad economy. i m epoppy harlow in new ay. it s a big ahead for wall street. investors will continue to look for signs of life in the u.s.t t economy. we ll get the latest readings on retail sales and also a look at consumer sentiment this week. and on wednesday, former fed chairman alan greenspan will speak in new york. then on thursday morning we ll get a first time jobless claim. those are critical. arnings from t e oracle and research in motion. i m a.j. hammer. here s what we re watching this week. we re expecting big news to eak monday when oprah winfrey kicks off the 25th and last season of her show. she s promising huge headline making surprises. and will this week s mtv video awards finally put an end to the kanye and taylor swift fiasco? all right, thank you very
and nice to see you. juliet: scrambling things around and i m in for martha and it works out in the end. 26 billion dollars in state aid, aimed at preventing more than 140,000 layoffs. expected to pass in the senate today. bill: and shannon bream is on the story, live in d.c., what are lawmakers saying about the scramble back to washington? they must be everywhere, not just this country but some are overseas also. reporter: you are right. around the world and technically the bill has to make it through the senate and we expect the bill in the next couple of hours and it triggers the house and they have to get back here, nancy pelosi called them for a vote we believe will take place next tuesday on the house side and reid and pelosi saying it is a huge benefit to firefighters and teachers and thousands of people who would have lost their jobs and most republicans fought back saying it is another unfunded situation, they are worried about. and the members who are complaining the most,
jobs excuse me, rather i m reading you the wrong quote. this one is from him. washington republicans are opposed to supporting our policemen, firefighters in order to promote tax loopholes that promote american jobs. there are democrats not happy about coming back. they have concerns. some of them are in tough re-election battles. they are using this time to do town halls and campaign. they have to give up a few days to come back and do that job. jon: we will have more on the return to the house ahead. speaker pelosi s right hand man democratic congressman chris van hollen, who shannon was quoting there joins us with his take on all of this. jenna. jenna: we are a waiting a major news conference by the justice department on terror arrests we heard about just last hour. apparently there is a group of americans that have been arrested in two major cities across this nation, minneapolis
who, not wanted to come here, but that we want to come here. the people who will invent the next best thing. the people who will take the kind of jobs that americans want to do. whatever it is we should be in control of our own borders and we should decide who comes here. we also have to make sure that we attract those who are the future and what used to happen is everything was invented here. today people get their graduate education here and then go elsewheres as to invent stuff and the jobs that they are creating are in canada, or in asia, or in europe, or in south america, or in africa. can t do this. but past supporters of a comprehensive solution like john mccain are in tough re-election battles, and you ve got many republicans who have fled from the debate. well, that s our job, is to bring them back. keep in mind the november election is only four months from now. but nothing will get done? this year? no it s summertime.