several of the presidential hopefuls were in iowa. texas governor rick perry was one of them. tonight on special report we ll talk about an appearance that he made last year that raised eyebrows. brit hume will have analysis. herman cain skipped iowa today to stay in washington where he is dealing with the news that broke sunday about sexual harassment allegation against him and settlement made by the national restaurant association several years ago. he will join us live. there is tremendous uncertainty tonight over what will happen in the struggle economy. some say the economy there is holding a referendum on european debt plan. we ll show you what is happening today. special report from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. don t forget, center seat with herman cain now. back to new york and my colleagues with the five.
dramatically affected and here s his comment about the negotiations: demonstrated in their plan, and i give them credit for this, if you try to balance our budget, without revenues, without tax reform to raise revenues you are forced to put in place exceptionally harsh cuts. reporter: and for what it is worth, jamie, he repeatedly said he thinks the economy is strengthening and getting better. jamie: peter doocy live in washington, following the developments of the day, peter, thank you so much. eric: the stalemate over the debt talks getting closer and closer to the moment of truth and the white house and congress seem to agree allowing the government to default is certainly not an option. and, the finger pointing and harsh words keep coming without a deal and what will it take to stop the bickering and come 0 to an agreement, a former spokesman
eric: a struggle economy, a would-be entrepreneur would be hesitant to take a big leap but some finds success any franchise. elizabeth prann joins us from atlanta. reporter: hi, eric, experts expect 2011 to be a great year for franchisees who want to start their own business but are looking for a trusted model already in place and we met an atlanta mother who did that, cindy, who actually has an engineering degree and an mba and always wanted to open up her own school and found a business model that filled many of the questions and the gaps that she had, and opened up a goddard school franchise and there are 370 of these early education programs, across the nation. i m looking for a system in place, that makes sure that, you know, it manages the standards
about having a deal by 6:00 tonight, so the asian stock market won t be upset. who gives a damn about that? we re worried about jobs in america, and worried about living on our means and being strong again and i m telling you, the hogs are at the trough and it is a circus run by the clowns. eric: if the asian stock market plunges, it could pull the rug out of the economy. aren t you concerned about that? absolutely. two points. one is, the stock market has been up and down like a roller coaster. last time i looked it is at 12,500 on the dow and that is what it was ten years ago, and hadn t done a thing. look, the economy is doing nothing, eric, think about it with me. we have a million fewer jobs than we did 12 years ago and are giving our best jobs overseas and, are giving them away and give companies tax credits for building plants overseas, and, leaving america.
year? a new recommendation. the recommendations change every couple of years. the latest one, as you point out, is the recommendation that women at the age of 40 and regularly thereafter, should have screening mammograms. other people who are more interested in the economy and cost and so on, say that they shouldn t start until later in life, later in the late 40s or 50s and have it every two years. i mean, ideally, breast cancer should be identified at its earliest appearance and the best way to do that is to have the screening mammogram every year after the age of 40. breast cancer is a major killer of women and it can be. the threat can be eliminated if the cancer is detected early. probably when it is too small to