we have now, yesterday we were thinking there wasn t going to be a referendum. now the greek finance minister has told the eu there will be no referendum. but as you alluded to, within about six hours or so there is going to be the final step in a confidence vote on the greek in the greek parliament. the prime minister, george papandreou, who s really behind all the drama this week, only has a two-seat lead in parliament. so it remains to be seen what s going to happen in greece. but randi, greece is a tiny country in the grand scheme of things. it is the 32nd biggest country in the world in terms of its economy. t italy is a much bigger country and italy right now is in the focus because right now lenders from around the world, whether they re banks or governments, are looking at europe and saying is this a stable organization? are these 17 countries that use the euro trustworthy that they ll pay their debts? after what we saw with greece they are starting to look at italy
that s their rationale, then it doesn t fly. because the bill they voted down yesterday essentially said we can create hundreds of thousands of jobs rebuilding our infrastructure making america more competitive and the entire program will be paid for by a tax not only millionaires, but people making a million dollars a year or more. which in the united states is about a little over 300,000 people. now, there aren t a lot of small businesses across the country that are making that kind of money. in fact, less than 3% of small businesses make more than $250,000 a year. so what they ve said is we prefer to protect 300,000 people rather than put hundreds of thousands of people back to work and benefit 300 million americans who are hurting because of low growth. so we re going to keep on pushing. now, there are steps that we can take absent congressional action. and the refinancing proposal that we put forward in las vegas is an example of that. helping students with student loa
may be thinking in the trial of michael jackson s doctor. and there s something about ben stiller. he s box office goad. do you know which one s the biggest grossing? biggest? probably one of the night at the museum maybe. meet the fockers. he plays a modern-day robin hood. let s storm the castle together. like when they went after frankenstein. no. the peasants take everything back from the lords. i m in. matthew broderick and two of the most powerful men in hollywood. this is piers morgan tonight. we begin with breaking news a. jury in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson s doctor will get the case. ted rowlands joins me now. ted, another dramatic day and now we will get to i guess the final answer. describe what happened today. well, piers, two very passionate arguments by both sides. david walgren started off telling the your this wasn t a case about a doctor/patient relationship. this is a case about a guy willing to do something very dan
murray is up to a jury. corporations raking in millions in profits and not paying taxes. sometimes the government is paying them. that s triggering outrage on this american morning . good morning, everyone. it is friday, my very favorite day of the week besides saturday and sunday. happy friday. it s november 4th. welcome to american morning . i m christine romans. ali is on assignment. he s still in caane. herman cain still defiant this morning. the republican front-runner pushing back against the sexual harassment swirling around him. cain says that he will not let it derail his campaign for president. also developing this morning we may hear from one of cain s accusers today, her attorney hopes to release a statement which can rebut cain s contention that any allegations made against him were groundless. joe johns. following all the twists and turns of this case that continues to twist and turn, joe. reporter: that s for sure. if it happens, best case scenario
than one incident. she made a complaint in good faith about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. she and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now or discussing it further publicly or privately. in fact it would be painful to do so. the fact there are multiple complaints tell me it s more likely than not there was some sexual harassment activity by this man at that time. georgia businessman, he s in washington, he said nothing about the allegations that threaten his cam pin but mr. cain was in his trademark playful mood as he spoke earlier to a conversation gathering. before i get started, i want to know whose telers are these in i don t need them. several other new developments we need to share. the came campaign, threaten sue the website that first published the allegations. launching a new tv ad, blaming liberals and the news media for stirring talk of scandal and suggesting race is a factor. they can t argue with