would-be republican rivals rick perry and mitt romney, including one comment that some see as disrespectful to the president. and we talk about terrorism as the world prepares to mark ten years since 9/11. the president says that kind of spectacular attack may not be the biggest threat right now. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines, and jeanne moos, all straight ahead. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. president obama on a bus tour through the united states midwest. he s been reaching out to rural voters. but he took some time today to sit down with me for a wide-ranging one-on-one interview. we talked about the political gridlock in washington, the field of republican challengers trying to oust him from the white house, and the terror threat a decade after 9/11. but we began with what may be the most pressing issue facing the country right now. here s part one of my interview with the pr
official that he will be unveiling his job plan when congress returns in september. they return early september after labor day. a senior administration official billing this as a major speech and telling us that this is likely to be a mix of tax cuts, of infrastructure spending, and something to address those that are the long-term unemployed. the thing to consider, kyra, all of those things laid out there are items republicans are flatly opposed to or opposed to the way in which the white house and democrats so far have said they want to execute those issues. in the meantime, we are three hours away from the president coming here to this hybrid corn seed warehouse in atkinson, illinois, where he is going to be draefg a croaddressing a cro already lining up to get inside to ask him questions in this town hall meeting. this will be his first it would have today in what we are expecting to be probably a largely friendly crowd here today. kyra? well, our wolf blitzer also had
threatening to throw, project, place or discharge a destructive device, possession of bomb making materials, and also cultivation of marijuana in his room at his house, and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia as well. major newman? good morning. once we were able to identify mr. kano s whereabouts, where he lived and what his relationship was to the new tampa freedom high school area, i notified the supervisor sergeant pryor who works out there, very intimately with that neighborhood, particularly that school. and we verified through our ms system that kano had been on our juvenile check list at one point in 08 and 09. he had been arrested ently in a burglary in which a firearm was stolen and he had some other charges involving possession of marijuana. he was on some sanctions that required us to do juvenile checks which most of you know is consider one of our best practices, constantly going out and checking on our juveniles that may or may not have a sanction
the best part of the job is coming to places like this, right here in iowa where you can talk to everybody and everyday americans. there s plenty of fear and anger right here in america s heartland and indeed across the country right now. i sat down with the president just a little while ago for an in depth interview about job, the economy, the 2012 campaign. the war on terror and a lot more. specific about the short-term plans for boosting the economy and how it could make or break his reelection campaign. you said if you don t turn around the economy in three years it s going to be a one-term proposition. do you remember that? when i came into office, i knew i was going to have a big mess to clean up. and frankly, the mess has been bigger than i think a lot of people anticipated at the time. we have made steady progress on these fronts, but we re not making progress fast enough. and what i continue to believe is that ultimately the buck stops with me. a lot of these p