international says it is not the oil that is dirty it s the politics. instead of doing what is right for the country, this is certainly no example, he said, of profiles and courage. but karney has denied politics play any role. i know there s a great urge and has always been to make this about politics, but we have seen along this process, along the way here, along the route, you know, a series of actions taken in keeping with past practice where reviews are done. we were at a process where agencies were able to weigh in and then we have state supreme court decision like the state department has more details or can i can brief you more fully on it but that has a potential impact on the pipeline route and therefore, the decision the state department made was made.
his department of homeland security adviser, he continues to get updated on the situation. at you pointed out action alex, the president will be traveling to boston tomorrow, to help the community of boston heal. at this hour we are awaiting the daily briefing by press secretary jay carney. kristin, maybe this is something we have to way for jay carney to answer, but in terms of the other letters that were sent to senators roger wicker and richard shelby, we think this is from the same sender, is that correct? the letter that went to the president? reporter: at this point in time, that seems to be the indication from investigators, but i want to be clear that this is still very early on in this investigation. remember, these letters just came to light yesterday, so they were really just sorting through all of this information right now. you are right, that is one of the questions that karney will get today at the briefing, what
we could see this drag on for a while. minus 30 on a favorable/unfavorable. i think it s a lot closer to south carolina being over for newt. it will be interesting. i think ron paul could be the one candidate that wants to go all the way to the convention. last but not least, tell me what you re working on, or if you want to promote somebody else. jeff? meet me at penn state tomorrow, i ll bet in fact at two campuses tomorrow and thursday. in happy valley? happy valley and erie. i m sure the students will enjoy that. read my story in this saturday s financial times about the challenges veterans face. a paper with a great european circulation. that s what i read when i m abro abroad. one of the super pacs, relies on karney s store in roll call on super pac and the tangle webs they leave. is it free on the internet today? it s free on internet.
because your choice didn t win or you want to checkup the other runners up, go to suzanne malveaux s page,. and it s the big story today. today is the big day for president obama. that long awaited jobs speech on congress. it was planned for last night. you know the republicans were debating last night and had to be moved to tonight, the president s speech. here we are six hours away from the speech. he is expected to propose more investments and tax breaks that will cost $3 billion. the president may call for an infrastructure bank providing for low cost loans to get projects off the ground. he is expected to call for an extension in the payroll tax break which almost every american worker gets. and more tax breaks for those that hire veterans and the long-term unemployed. the white house says none of this ought to come as objectionable to republicans. all of these ideas are bipartisan in nature. they are the kinds of things that republicans and democrats have broadly su
well, what happens then if they don t actually do anything? so, you know let me show you what the press secretary karney said in an exchange about that. the american public seems to be in a panic and washington is like, well, we re going to stand back and wait until school starts. we do not and cannot react precipitously in reaction to how the markets behave on a given day or week. reporter: why not call congress back to work? well i mean the dow dropped below 11,000. where s the sense of urgency? i think there s a great sense of urgency here. it s interesting, bill, that i m hearing some reporters asking the white house that. why aren t they asking speaker boehner? he s the speaker of the house. why aren t they asking him, are you going to call your people back since you ve had these huge