sanitation. police say they arrested 14 protesters today who blocked traffic and turned over trash cans. texas governor rick perry is unveiling his national energy plan in suburban pittsburgh right now. live pictures. he says president perry will expand drilling on federal lands and get rid of clean air rules and other, quote, activist regulations. perry says getting bureaucracy out of the way will mean 1 million or more new jobs. perry has stumbled in the polls. his wife came to his defense. it s been a rough time. we ve been brutalized, eaten up and chewed up in the press, to where i mean, we re being brutalized by our opponents and our party. so much of that is, i think they look at him because of his faith. anita perry went on to say, we didn t have to do this. she says we are running to save our children and the soul of the country. end quote. presidential candidate herman cain is on a roll in more ways than one. he s kicking off a bus tour across tennessee nex
white house with a story just in to cnn. jessica, what do you know? reporter: a senior administration official tells cnn that a senior member of the network has been killed. it happened overnight earlier today in north waziristan, pakistan. and a man by the name of, we re told played a central role in helping the hackani network attack u.s. targets in kabul and south eastern afghanistan. that he was killed in a part of pakistan. and this is considered a safe haven for the haqqani network. they say he is the most senior leader in pakistan to be taken off the battlefield. as you know, the haqqani network considered a terrorist organization linked to the taliban and blamed by u.s. officials for the attack on the u.s. embassy as well as the attack on u.s. troops among other attacks. let me ask but other attacks. i know the president greeted his counterpart in south korea. you hit him hard with some questions about not only iran but also the u.s. economy. on the economy, you a
cut, unemployment benefits, tax credits for businesses, protection against bias for unemployed job applicants. despite the president s hard line push to nas bill and tireless national campaign, obama s jobs plan essentially die ted hands of senate republicans tuesday on a key procedural vote. 60 votes were needed. clearly, the votes just weren t there. the president knew it was coming. he now has to rethink and regroup. the republicans don t exactly have a concrete alternative jobs bill to fix the problem. so the big question is what happens now? are we back to square one or do we call it plan b? whatever you want to call it let s talk about it with someone who knows a lot about it chief national correspondent and anchor, john king, joining us live now from washington. hi there, john. so the president, he says that he is prepared to break his jobs bill now into pieces in the hopes of getting parts of it throughsome that the answer here, do you think? it is the only answer b
do you think they are going to find a deal? i think they are asking the cast to take a $200,000 pay cut. it s hard to walk away from that kind of money, especially when you don t have to even put on clean clothes to go to work. must be nice, don t have to deal with makeup or nice clothes or anything. steve, thanks so much for coming on. here we go. hour two, i m brooke baldwin. city and the military gets polled and a lot happening in the west. time to play reporter roulette. alison kosik, let s start with you. we ve been talking about the debit card fees and now checking fees? explain? we re being feed to death between the air lies and the banks. city bank is now jumping on the bandwagon. if you don t carry a $60,000 in your banking account, it will cost you $20 a month the regulations are tighter on banks and making it tougher for them to lend money. some senate democrats are saying, switch if you don t want to pay it or go to the credit unions as well. that s another
clear they oppose everything from bank foreclosures and job shortages to corporate influence and greed. now several labor unions are endorsing the occupy wall street movement and plan to join protesters today. we go live to wall street. susan, what s the latest on the unions getting involved? have you seen any union members there? reporter: yes, some of them are showing up here randi at this public park. this park population has been steadily growing as the morning goes on. and they expect upwards of they re saying tens of thousands of people. of course, they have made many predictions in the past about how quickly and how many people will show up at various marches. this one they insist will be different. they have a permit to march from here over to a park near city hall. they plan to gather there and then come right back here to wall street to this public park. and they chose this spot for a reason. they could have gone down to times square and might have attracted mor