that was called out in this report that i think is also really important, is that a lot? out of the countries that are doing better have home visiting nurses. so we now know that 65% of the deaths that are happening that are related to pregnancy and childbirth are happening postpartum within the first year after baby is born. so the emphasis has been on prenatal care, which we can still do better at i m delivery and then mom is like, move on, babies here. mom, you ve got through this and then she s left on her own with little access to services, mental health then the paid leave piece is what comes into play there? women are just unsupported. it s a gender equity issue, i think at the very root cause and there s more attention to it, but it s not happening fast enough. and women are still dying your organization has now what fib we re almost 15, almost. and this is showing like the crisis is then the crisis is now silver lining though. are there are people like you who are pu
it will make things more difficult. it is very important that you act quickly, and i m now waiting for your response. cnn s elise lapin joins us from the white house. before we get to reaction, let s talk about the demands. what are they demanding? well, soledad, a range of demands starting from releasing all al qaeda and taliban prisoners and in particular those responsible for the 1993 bombing of the world trade center, the attempted attack on the world trade center, and also a halt to all air strikes in yemen, somalia, afghanistan and pakistan and the list goes on. more goods and people being able to go from egypt to gaza, so it is really running the gamut of specific things that deal with al qaeda to all muslims and arabs. that is a big list of big asks, and what is the reaction from the white house and the state department? well, if you remember, soledad, mr. weinstein was kidnapped in august and in december al qaeda claimed responsibility and the leader of al qa
happy birthday. sweet, right? except elvis was born in january. he died on this day on august 16th, 1977. plus, check this out. the group swarms into a maryland convenience store and robs it in a stunning blur. it is the latest example of crime by flash mob. and we ll talk live tonight to the police chief now hoping the same tools used to organize the outrages help him round up the thiefs. let s begin, though, in iowa, center stage in american politics at the moment. president obama is there and he sat down today with cnn s wolf blitzer. on the critical issue of jobs the president complained the partisan gridlock here in washington is blocking progress, but he also conceded his re-election is at risk if things don t get better soon. ultimately the buck stops with me. i m going to be accountable. i think people understand that a lot of these problems were decades in the making. people understand that this financial crisis was the worst since the great depression, but u
good morning to you. it is thursday, august 11 now. this is american morning. lot going on today. let s get right to it, folks. good morning, good morning. so much for comeback. haven t seen these kind of wild swings on wall street since the darkest days of the financial meltdown. the dow diving 520 points yesterday. this time fueled by fears or at least triggered by fears. that france is on a verge of a credit downgrade. every day it seems to be something new trying terg sell-off or the buying. that s because this is a global economy. your investments feel it here. wild swings. take a look at the week. monday the dow dropped 635 points. tuesday, it rebounded. picking up 430 points. yesterday the dow took it all back and then some with a drop of 520 points. drop of the s&p 500 has a percentage was greater. well, far from over, too. because this morning u.s. futures are weighing up and that had asian losses at a minimum. nikkei and shanghai closed down. markets in german