come. i m not sure how much the president can do. this tax plan is really a second stimulus plan. it will stimulate the economy. the rey role tax deduction is going to help people. i hope it will stimulate the economy and jobs will start to come back. arthel: some people don t like the word stimulus, will there be the big political story of 2011 will it be how the president gets along with the republicans. i think that will be the big story he s already shown in the last weeks of 2010 that he s able to do this. he says i m going to dance with congress like fredess stair and ginger rogers. i think he s done that very well. bill clinton waited six months to a year when he had a republican congress. arthel: let s move to july of 2011 when the president says he s going to begin troop withdrawal from afghanistan. how do you think that is going to go and how does it bode for folks who say we are in a quagmire. one ever the areas i disagree with the president most is in
clarity on what you mean here. are you saying what the government needs to do right now is start, i don t know, a second stimulus plan, another yes, absolutely. i m not even afraid of the term. but we can make this is an opportunity to rebuild an infrastructure that even people like schiff would agree has to be rebuilt at a very low level of borrowing at a time when construction workers are idle across the country. we could put them to work, hire those firms that are private firms and rebuild an infrastructure. it s silly to talk about this in different ways. i would agree some of the infrastructure needs to be rebuilt, but the cost of rebuilding it is a burden. it s not going to help the economy. we have to divert resources from other uses to make these long-term investments. when the government is in charge of it, a lot of it is being wasted. we re repaving roads here in connecticut that didn t need to be repaved, and the question is what didn t we do with the resources becau
what his plan is to try to turn this around for his party. yeah. speaking of plans. a warning to the leader of a florida church, the top general until afghanistan, that guy there wants to burn the koran on 9/11. american lives apparently will be put at risk, if he does. the man behind the plan is going to respond to us just ahead. we re also tracking this massive recall. it could affect your pet. house to of bags of a popular dog treat were called because of a salmonella risk. we ll have more on that coming up. 50 minutes past the hour. scream] i got into one of the most expensive schools in the country! [ male announcer ] when stress gives you heartburn with headache. alka-seltzer gives you relief fast. [ low male ] plop, plop. [ high male ] fizz, fizz.
stimulus plan. they know that s toxic right now when federal spending is such a big issue and debt and whatnot. but also republicans could hammer this white house and suggest if you need a second stimulus that suggests maybe the first stimulus was not as good as advertised. so they re going to continue to say this is not a new stimulus plan. but when you add up the dollars the fact of the matter is this is almost half of what the president spent on the first stimulus. that s a significant chunk of money, no matter what you call it. this is clearly an effort by this president on the eve of the election to try to show the american people he s all over the economy. the question is whether it s too little, too late, drew? like you said, when you add all of that up, it does look like exactly like son of stimulus, if you will. why the president coming out with more spending proposals right now when he s being attacked for out-of-control spending? it s important to note on some of these i
glad you re with us on this mark mark. i m kiran chetry. i mle drew griffin. john roberts is off. first, the top stories. the top middle tear general in afghanistan blasting the church that is burning the koran. we re talk to get reverend behind this plan to burn the koran just ahead. president obama ready to unveil a $350 billion plan to kick start the economy and but the brakes on his party s free fall. a live report with ed henry at the white house in just a moment. and speaking of troops in afghanistan, we are on patrol with them. how do american troops interact with the locals, especially children, jason carroll live in afghanistan this morning. he s going to have the latest installment of a soldier s story. we head back to south texas where they re getting hammered this morning. a live satellite look at tropical storm hermine as it moves farther into texas. we also have new pictures just