time, since before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they have heard a lot of things that didn t happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than what they thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever the reason is the american people are now skeptical that washington, including president obama, can do much to change things. i think that s what s reflected in the polls. everybody wants to see it before they believe it. those same polls show just three out of ten people feel they are better off today than they were ten years ago. we know congress has a lower approval rating than the president. these are one national polls. there s just one national election. if the economy doesn t improve, can the president win? yes, of course, anything can happen. that question, are you better off today than you were four years ago, i bet you hear
this private hospital. it happened in the heavily visited area of agra where the taj mahal is located. the bomb went off in the reception area blowing out the windows. last weekend a briefcase bomb killed 11 people in new delhi. former senator charles percy is dead. the republican served in the senate for nearly 20 years and eventually became the chairman of the powerful foreign relations committee. in recent years he was battling alzheimer s disease. he died today at the washington, d.c. hospice. he was 91 years old. federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly plane crash at a reno, nevada, air show. they are trying to determine what caused the vintage p-51 mustang to lose control and slam into the ground, killing its veteran pilot and six others. dozens of people were injured. our dan simon is in reno. what are you learning about this crash, dan? reporter: well, fred, there is a press briefing going on now. the death toll has climbed considerably. three people we
the most pressing issue there is greece. reporter: yeah. that s right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euro s bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that they re still having trouble paying bills and might also like a discussion about moo mooch mutualizing. germany, of course, is still very, very reluctant to fit the bill on that, ali. different finance abilities. so that mutualization or further union mayen very far apart. the international monetary fund christine lagarde has stern warnings about the prospects for recovery in europe. what did she have to say? reporter: yeah. not mincing worlds and in an interesting position, because this time last
for moammar gadhafi has spread way down south into this cluster of outposts in the sahara desert. what you see right there, bombs. those are bombs going off at an airport seized by the rebel are s. libyan rebels are taking on hard-line gadhafi loyalists hundreds of miles south of tripoli. this fire fight, you see and hear it, ben wedeman found himself right in the middle of it it. ben is live for us now. as i said, hundreds of miles south of tripoli, way out in this desert, just after 9:00 p.m. local time. ben, before we get to that fire fight, just tell me where you are and tell us why the rebels are there so far into ethe desert. reporter: we re about 450 miles south of tripoli. we re on this air base that just two nights ago was taken over by the rebels. now, the reason why this is important is that we re about let me think in miles 16 miles to the north of sabah, the biggest city in southern libya, a city traditionally very loyal to moammar gadhafi. in fact, rebel c
scientists come forward to challenge her claims about the controversial hpv vaccine. jim acosta is covering the race to unseat perry. shall we say it is a race indeed. it absolutely is, wolf, and the only thing missing from the campaign trail this week, michael buffer. the professional wrestler master of ceremonies, who s known for his battle cry, let s get ready to rumble. it s the main event for the gop comes down to rick perry versus mitt romney, stand back. just yesterday, that jobs legacy in massachusetts got even worse. in iowa, perry is laying into romney s health care plan, pointing to this study from a conservative think tank that concluded the program has cost the state 18,000 jobs. a finding romney aides call deeply flawed. it kills toos many jobs and gets between you and your doctor. doesn t make any difference whether it s passed in massachusetts or washington, d.c. it is bad medicine and needs to be stopped. his campaign is holding up this gallup poll.