house republicans first shared their pledge to america on th z thursday. it is a new way forward that hasn t been tried in washington. but this morning the president says, the pledge is full of old ideas. many were the very same policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place, which isn t surprising since many of the leaders were among the architects of that failed policy. good saturday morning to you, mike. good morning, alex. i m sure there will be debate on this from both sides. five weeks away from election and the battle lines have been drawn and they ve never been clearer than they were this morning. president obama you heard him time and time again say we have had to make unpopular decisions since i came into office. the stimulus, the bailout for the banks all down the line, but they re going to bear fruit. the president with us this morning saying the recession is technically over. i know a lot of people are still feeling pain, but the economy is
political struggle from here on out, alex. mike vig quer ra at the white house. thanks so much. you can all log on to firstread.msnbc.com. we re keeping track of the latest developments from miami where the fbi and local police are scouring that city for three robbers that turned an overnight kidnapping into a 25-minute bank heist. let s check out the scene in miami. here it is. the suspects kidnapped the teller just after midnight. they strapped him to a device making bombmaking materials. they did this from his home. then they made quick work that morning at the bank of america branch. police say the suspects fled the scene in a red foerd mustang and they re on the loose. developing now in los angeles. lindsay lohan is out of jail this morning. only 12 hours after serving behind bars for failing a drug test. the 24-year-old actress was released overnight and driven in a black suv right to her home.