the u.s. or congress. most of those speak did so with hindsight. the military spent decades following the lies how they taught commanders or account for success in the cawar. it s remarkable to see similar problems happen yet again. i suspect there could be some horrifying news as far as that is concerned. thanks very much to you. thanks to the washington post. there s more breaking news we renology in the situation roo room . arms of impeachment against president trump have been unveiled and we re learning the next key steps in the process will begin tomorrow. k. no more buying cartridges. look at all this ink it comes with.
basically saying for the second straight day the president will be basically behind closed doors, not making any kind of public statement during this government shutdown. a lid doesn t preclude the president from tweeting. right? reporter: that s right. he can tweet at any time. there s no lid on the tweeting as we know. it is rather striking, remarkable for nancy pelosi to say, president trump, you can deliver your state of the union in writing and the president seems so far to be not wanting to engage with the house speaker. see if he tweets about it. jim acosta, thank you very much. more breaking news coming in right now into the situation roo room . a georgia man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack the white house and other federal buildings. the fbi says the suspect planned to use homemade explosives and an anti-tank rocket. let s bring in josh campbell. a former fbi supervisory special agent. what are you hearing? as our officials in washington are talki
become the dominant power there. in terms of their government, respect for rights. dignity of people or democracy or freedom of the press. interview with senator rubio later today in the situation roo room, he talks about the situation in venezuela and i ask him directly if he wants to be president of the united states. he gives a very candid answer. also speaks about that. up next, a meeting of political rivals, house speaker john boehner in private talks at the white house. gloria borger standing by live. we ll discuss. and later, u began dans living in fear a day after uganda passed harsh anti gay laws. a tabloid newspaper called 200 of the country s top homosexuals. a rare look at what it s like to be gay in a nation consumed by
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you re in the situation room. it s part economics snapshot, part political football and there s only three more jobs reports coming out before the november election. the latest one released today has something for everybody. the labor didn t reports better than job gains in july. the unemployment rate still picked up a notch. dan, how does all this play out on the campaign trail? reporter: for mitt romney it allows him to say see, i told you so. unemployment still going up. it s still above 8%. what the president is doing is not working. the president was putting the spotlight on what he says is working even though he admitted there s still a lot of pain. thank you everybody. reporter: surrounded by a group of hand picked middle class and workers, president obama defended his policies and emphasized gained in a struggling economy. 163,000 jobs created in july. 1.1 million so far this year. 4.5 million over the last 29 months. those are our neighbors and family membe