we want to kel come our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room . ment obama sounding an urgent note about the u.s. economy and the new risks it faces from europe s growing cries. he warns that so-called head winds from europe can setback the recover in the united states. he says the u.s. businesses are improving and creating jobs but he s pressing congress to take action on the public sector. the big challenge we have in our economy right now is state and local government hiring has been going in the wrong direction. you ve seen teacher layoffs, police officers, cops, firefighters being laid off. the other sector that s still weak has been the construction industry. those two areas we ve directly addressed with our jobs plan. the problem is that it requires congress to take action and we re going to keep pushing them to see if they can move in that direction. the truth of the matter is as i said we ve created 4.3 mi
a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he