nearly two years. but there is even more troubling news as 12% of those businesses polled say the labor market will weaken even more. and that is a big problem given that our national unemployment rate is stuck at more than 9%. jenna: those are the prediction. here is another report, it s far from the only kind of warning we have on the economic front. new fears today about another debt downgrade for the united states. that could happen, according to some reports, within the next month. elizabeth mcdonald with the fox business network is live with the details on this. elizabeth, what exactly do we know about this warning? reporter: it s coming out of bank of america, merrill lynch, from one of their top analysts there, ethan harris. he s saying if the super debt committee does not come up with a credible plan to offer 1.2 trillion in deficit reductions by november 23rd then he is saying, quote, that the super debt committee will effectively crash and then you may see a down
here and that s when they say he sexually assaulted her. it was around 5:00. some witnesses heard her screaming. you are about to hear from this witness. he s 21 years old. he did not want to hide his identity. he wants to let people know that this guy is bad. i can t stop getting her screams out of my head. i m sorry. i can t look at the scene. he s a young, african-american male would do this to a 10-year-old girl coming home from her education, kills me inside. i hope whatever anybody can do to identify this guy to find him. reporter: police are calling that young man a hero. he says he came right in here, saw what was going on. he says the suspect was over the girl. he had his pants open according to the witness and police are collaborating the story. the suspect took off running within those woods. jonathan lambert says he chased him. he wasn t able to get him. police are determined to catch the suspect. we ll have another live update for you at 6:00. suspect 7vthan
dignity, freedom and opportunity. reporter: libya celebrated. they joined the rebels to overthrow what they loved. they needed help and got it from the u.s. we did go in and supported rebellion against gadhafi. it s a good thing he is gone. we have to be careful about the lessons learned. reporter: air power works. in attacks, nato warplanes pounded gadhafi forces. in late spring, italy, france and others kept up the air attacks. gadhafi facing wartime charges refused to give up or get out, even after tripoli fell. he was held up in the town of cert. according to some reports, that is how and where moammar gadhafi was caught and killed. arab experts say whether it makes america safer is unknowable. i m steve handelsman, news 4. moammar gadhafi admitted libya was responsible for the bombing of pan am 103 prior to the september terror attacks. it was the worst attack directed at americans. the flight from london to new york crashed december 21st, 1988. 270 people were k
it s a good thing he s gone. we ought to be careful about the lessons learned. reporter: one lesson is air power alone can work. in attacks ordered by president obama nato pounded gadhafi forces. it dwindled to the use of drones. italy and france kept up the attacks. gadhafi refused to give up or get out, even after the capital, tripoli fell. he was held up in the town of sirte. a convoy near sirte today. according to some reports, that is how and where gadhafi was caught and killed. arab experts say whether it makes america safer, at this point, is unknowable. i m steve handelsman. news 4. there was cheering and celebrating in libya today. in d.c., people were closely watching the reports that announce the death of gadhafi. john schriffen was there. many of the libya members i spoke with today decided not to go to work, instead be with their family members on this historic day. they compared this accomplishment to the day saddam hussein was brought down saying this is
with dna that matches him and a boot print that matches his side. he drives ride on buses. he left work early on may 31st. his cell phone records put him in gaithersburg. there s no forced sign of entry at the scene of the brutal scene. definitely, i am glad they are still working on it and there have been developments. reporter: this is the apartment in gaithersburg where david lived with his new wife. neighbors are surprised with the news he s been charged with murdering his stepdaughter. it s unbelievable. police are struggling to understand why this 12-year-old was the victim of such a brutal murder. this was an absolutely innocent victim that as far as we can determine would have had it just makes no sense why she was killed. reporter: the murder weapon in this case, either a knife of sword has not been found. that s the latest, back to you. chris gordon, thank you. a jury reached a not guilty verdict in the trial of a teenager in a deadly crash. she wa