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this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with unemployment above 8%. still cha
expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. here s athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. reporter: putting americans back to work is president obama s priority. say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. reporter: he s been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly address. this is not the time for the usual games or political gridlock in washington. reporter: the bill would cut payroll taxes, extend unemployment benefits, give tax credits for hiring veterans or the long-term unemployed and provide money to keep public workers on the job and invest in rebuilding schools and road and paid for with a 5.6% tax on income over $1 million starting in 2013. the political stakes for mr. obama are high. no president since franklin roosevelt has bun re-elected with
more funerals in syria today. opposition activists say that 31 people died when syrian troops opened fire on sunday. the attacks on anti-american rather anti-government protesters took place in several cities. president assad is warning countries not to recognize the syrian national council, which is set up in turkey last week. that council appears to be positioning itself as syria s next government. crisis talks are happening in egypt today to head off new violence. fighting between muslims and christians left at least 25 people dead over the weekend. christians say they were peacefully protesting a church burning when they were attacked by people they describe as thugs. christians say egypt s military rulers aren t doing enough to protect them. it s a very volatile situation, and many critics say it s not helped by the actions, for instance, of state-run tv which last night called upon what it called honest egyptians to come down and join the army in fighting against
these are live pictures from new york. new york mayor michael bloomberg blasted the demonstrators saying they are, quote, trying to destroy the jobs of working people in the city. police and protesters have been trying to maintain a delicate balance between public safety and free speech. susan candiotti reports on it now. reporter: marching around manhattan s financial district, protesters are baiting the drama against corporate greed, now in its fourth week, occupy wall street is creating a delicate balancing act for police between free speech and public safety. as long as these demonstrations go forward, we re going to do everything we can to see to it that they are done peacefully and in an orderly fashion. reporter: but unlike most new york protests, 600 each year in lower manhattan alone, occupy wall street isn t applying for permits. police say it s created a communication gap. we have nobody identified as a leader who we can communicate to. in a normal process,
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