iraq, senior officials telling fox if the obama administration plans to keep about 3000 u.s. troops there past this year s withdrawal deadline, they will help with training iraqi forces, but that number is much less than some feel is needed, and now leanne panetta leon panetta has said this. no decision has been made with regard to the number of troops that will remain in iraq. i think our goal is to try to do what the iraqis want us to do in order to try to protect their security. alisyn: fox news jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer, why is the white house changing course on this? well, the white house and panetta are pushing back on these leaked reports that they have signed off for, the defense secretary signed off for 3000 troops, mostly because it s really up to the iraqis and the iraqis still have not requested that any u.s. troops stay and the status of forces agreement is still in effect
and good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us. i m terrell brown in for betty nguyen. authorities in nevada still have no motive in a deadly shooting spree in a carson city pancake house. a lone gunman hoped fire as he killed four people and wounded seven before taking his own life. last night dozens of people gathered at a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims. the gunman eduardo sencion had no tie to his victims. karen brown has more from carson city. reporter: bullet holes are embedded in the window of this ihop restaurant in carson city, nevada. breakfast service turned into a hail of gunfire tuesday morning when a man armed with an ak-47 shot at a group of uniformed national guard members. what he did to those people they didn t stand a chance. reporter: 32-year-old eduardo sencion did not know the victims nor did he have any military affiliation. there has been suggestion by family members there was mental health issues. reporter: sense yoen als
impact and the aftermath of hurricane irene. as i said yesterday, we re going to make sure folks have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the damage left by the storm. that s going to continue in the days ahead. it s going take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude, the effects are still being felt across much of the country, including in new england and states like vermont, where there s been an enormous amount of flooding. so our response continues, but i m going to make sure that fema and other agencies are doing everything in their power to help people on the ground. now, even as we deal with this crisis of the moment, our great, ongoing challenge as a nation remains how to get this economy growing faster. our challenge is to create a climate where more businesses can post job listings, where folks can find good work that relieves the financial burden they re feeling, where families can regain a sense of economic security in their hraeufs
in what may be the most thankless job in washington these days, trying to defend on economic recovery that is not as strong as anyone wants it to be. his expertise in labor economics makes him a natural for the post, according to treasury secretary tim geithner, knack, krueger worked for geithner for the first couple of years of the administration, worked on the cash for clunkers program which was enormously popular and here comes the president, right out here in the rose garden now. good morning, everybody. this morning, we re continuing to deal with the impact and the aftermath of hurricane irene. as i said yesterday, we re going to make sure folks have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the damage left by the storm. that s going to continue in the days ahead. it s going take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude, the effects are still being felt across much of the country, including in new england and states like vermont, where there s
republican or democrat, when you re president of the united states, there s never really a perfect time to go on vacation and republican or democrat, in the modern era, the presidency goes on vacation right along with you. right now a lot of republicans are feasting on the democratic president who just now arrived on vacation in martha s vineyard, massachusetts. here s what the market did today, the dow down over 400 points. this has become the summer of our discontent between unemployment and the loss of the nation s credit rating. while the president s promising the work begins anew when he gets back into county and congress comes off the summer break, it s not enough for those in the vice of this economy. reporter: good evening, brian. well, president obama may be vacationing here, but white house officials insist he is also working hard on a jobs plan, still with jittery markets and an unemployment rate above 9%, criticism is coming in from all sides. president obama to