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america s impending drawdown in afghanistan. he s worried. next up when they ask me who s the president of ubecki becki-stan-stan, i m going to say, you know, i don t know. do you know? the least of herman cain s problems now but they are causing trouble. i ll explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, here s my take. i ve been thinking about occupy wall street, which is now occupying a number of other cities in america, and wondering what is it really about? the protesters don t like bank bailouts, they feel the 99% have been hard done by it, and they re protesting what they see as inequality. but america has always had more inequality than many countries. i think the underlying sense of frustration is over a very un-american state of affairs, a loss of social mobility. americans have so far put up with inequality be ....
the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the president s re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the euro. then world markets surged in response. wall street ending thursday up over 300 points. meanwhile, out on the campaign trail, the president tried to reconnect with voters where they are hurting. he launched a spate of initiatives he can execute without congressional approval helping homeowners with underwater mortgages, lowering student loan payments, training for veterans to work in the health care industry, and informational tools for small businesses. joining me now, senior campai ....
terrorists bad year is former vice president dick cheney and his lawyer, liz cheney, chair of a national security advocacy group, keep america safe. together they wrote in my time: a personal and political ma am war. thank you both for joining us. i want to start with the drone strike that took out the top propagandist, at least for al qaeda in the iranian peninsula, perhaps took out the bombmaker for the same group, al aserei and also took out samir kahn. what s your reaction to that? well, i think it was a very good strike. i think it was justified. i think it is very effective use of our drone technology. the thing i m waiting for is for the administration to go back and correct something they said two years ago when they criticized us for overreacting to the events of 9/11. they, in effect, said that we had walked away from our ideals, or taken policy contrary to our ideals when we had enhanced interrogation techniques. they clearly had moved in the direction ....
been tepid. in the latest new york times /cbs poll, americans are split on whether the jobs plan will actually create jobs. as for the president s own employment, there is open democratic fear he s a one-termer. the vibe was bad enough this week that top obama campaign strategist sent a memo to reporters noting that the president s support from the democratic base is strong. the same cannot be said of independents. 54% disapprove of how he s doing his job. things can change between now and november 2012. the more immediate question is whether president obama has the political capital to sell his jobs plan to the public and push it through congress. joining us now, the number two democrat in the senate, senator dick durbin. thank you so much for being here. and let s just start with that question. we do see a president who s being openly criticized by democrats, whose poll numbers are falling, a weak economy. and people just not really sure this jobs plan is going to ....
well, that s it for this edition of reliable sources. i m howard kurtz. we re off next sunday when cnn will be providing live coverage of the dedication of the martin luther king memorial on the mall in washington. we re back the following week with another critical look at the media. state of the union with candy crowley begins right now. an august of angst, at the battle of 2012 erode the president s support. today, the summer slump with obama senior campaign strategist david axelrod and then job creation in uncertain times with governors o malley of maryland and mcdonnell of virginia. and congressman elijah cummings, former chair of the black caucus, and analysis from greg ip, an economic editor of the economist, and chrystia freeland, editor of thomson reuters digital. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. what a difference a year makes, or not so much. last year at this time, president obama was vacationing on martha s vineyard, and that s whe ....