in or not. my guest says it could, with hill.com. is that really in the cards? or do they try to move the automatic cuts to kick in? we are hearing from the head of the house armed services committee, he will propose something, and they are making a mockery of the process. they are. the president has been running against a do nothing congress so in some respects it helps the president s re-election bid but it gives an oning to romney and gingrich. gingrich has been very critical of the super committee, dating back to august. he said it was destined it fail. association it gives a boost to that and gives him something to talk about but obama says this was a congressional committee, and he did not have a seat at the table, and congress, once again, failed. so, it is a mixed bag for the president and if there is a credit rating drop that is bad news for the president because he will get blames for that. but, it is a debacle and the white house, remember, the
bill. bill: first tell us about the survey from the hill.com. well, it s a picture of a grim economy and it s the first time we ve seen this kind of reaction to this grim economy in a generation. remember, bill, we are used to endless gains in profit, prosperity, and that s true all the way back to the 19 # \on/zeros. now, those gains in prosperity have stopped and the headlines on the economy are universally grim. for the last three years, we ve had bad news on jobs, housing, debt, on the rate of growth, declining income. it s all been grim for three years. look at the situation now and in the future. no change. it still looks, i hate to use the word again, but grim. bill: on the future, only 19 percent believe in this survey that the united states will be the post powerful country, 20 years from now. yes. well, you look at the headlines that our americans are looking at. nobody is predicting strong economic growth in the future. the best we can hope for is maybe 2 percent. nobody
embassy in afghanistan in kabul. two dead, one an american citizen. monitoring the situation from our bureau in abu dhabi. an apparent breach of security inside a heavily guarded complex in kabul. what do we know about it. reporter: bear in mind where this was. this was a part of the u.s. embassy compound and annex will many are working. one of the employees started shooting in various directions. he was later shot dead. his victims appeared to have been one u.s. citizen, also an embassy employee and another one injured, not life threatening and subsequently moved to hospital. has we don t know is why this happened. could it have been some kind of taliban plot? unclear. investigations are ongoing. or a personal dispute. how did this afghan get through security and carry this out? many questions but certainly a significant breach of security right in the heart of kabul s most secure area, ali. it s not the first time. we saw this attack a little while ago. hats going on wi
credit rating that many refer to as the gold standard. there are a number of potential 2012 republican candidates who have some experience on improving credit scores. the hill.com analyzed all the governors who may enter the presidential race. there was some positive credit reports. mitt romney, mike huckabee, sarah palin, credit upgrade during their time in office. and there was a particularly strong balance for mitch daniels. indiana s credit rating has gone interest a aa to aaa dure his tenure, the highest rating given by the s&p. tim pawlenty saw his state s credit rating downgraded by moody s, but the outlook was restored to stable in early 2010. if the governors end up on the campaign trail this might be a good selling point to the american people. we ll have to wait and see who is really throwing their hat in the ring. that will do it for me today. i m thomas roberts. i ll see you back here 11:00 a.m. eastern every week day morning. contessa brewer is here. we re keeping an ey
omnibus spending big, the nearly 2,000-page bill that details the $1.1 trillion in spending to keep the government going through next year, and that is the same bill that includes $8 billion worth of earmarks, extenders, reshes precious goodies, and part of the special members the tea party express members are calling to read, page by page, a conservative estimate put out by hill.com says it would take about 50 hours. now, we should big out the speed reader and see if he can go through this. i daresay he can do it in less time than that. we told you about that fight for the battle over spending and now the fight against mcdonald s, a group in washington, dc, suing mcdonald s on behalf of a california mom, who claims that the marketing of happy meals