we re very happy you re with us this morning. it s 5:00 in the east. breaking news in france. police have a home surrounded. they say an al qaeda suspect wanted for committing that jewish school massacre is inside. france also says two officers were wounded in a shootout there overnight. we ll take you live to that scene? just a few moments now. and a big night for mitt romney after a decisive 1 -point win, he s setting his sights on louisiana. romney has near ri half the delegates that he needs to secure the nomination. and shocking new ref layings in the shooting death of a florida teenager. the girlfriend of 17-year-old trayvon martin says she was on the phone with him just minutes before he was killed. an now lawmakers are calling his death a murder and a hate crime. in assessing the damage in mexico after a strong earthquake rattled the massive capital all the way to the resort city of acapulco. hundreds of homes were damaged. at least 11 people are injured. luck
but overall that idea that the fed thinks that there are still significant downside risks, kyra, that has people unnerved. stocks are down. oil is down big. gold is down, as well. so, you re seeing a real movement out of some of these commodities and stocks today on this idea that the economy is not out of the woods yet, kyra? we ll look for the numbers in 28 1/2 minutes, thanks so much. the threat of a new government shutdown an intense round of voting rejected a spending bill and the move surprised even the republican leaders. kate baldwin joining us now from capitol hill. so, kate, the government due to run out of money at the end of the month. tell us what is happening behind the scenes. here we go, again, kyra. quite a blow for house republican leadership last night. in a vote, the final tally 195-230. 48 republicans, almost 50 house republicans joined with an overwellming majority of house democrats to reject this bill. this measure, just to give a little bit of b
the economy is still weak. it s going to help you make ends meet, but it s also going to mean more customers for businesses. it will increase demand. it s right for the economy, and i would sign that bill today if it came to my desk. [ applause ] tell congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. i mean, think about it. america used to have the best stuff, best roads, best airports, best seaports. we re slipping behind because we re not investing in it, because of politics and gridlock. do you want to put people to work right now rebuilding america? you ve got to send that message to congress. send send a message to congress to come to an agreement on trade deals that will level the playing field and open markets to our businesses so we can sell more goods to countries around the world. yeah, we ve got a lot of ameri
ste steinhauser. monday the president will host an economic meeting at the white house. later he ll travel to miami for democratic campaign events. tuesday the president will host a moving america forward town hall meeting at george washington university. thursday, he ll host a youth town hall that will be live on mtv, b.e.t., and cmt. friday, the president and vice president, both of them heading to wimbled to wilmington, delaware. and saturday he will be in boston for, you guessed it, another campaign event. then sunday, the president the and first lady traveling to cleveland and columbus for what? campaign events. it is that time of year, folks. coming up here, tormented through school and now finally talking. we ll tell you what happened when students and some teachers opened up on bullying. also, superheroes, aliens descend on the city. the annual comic con convention. announcer: if we all lived here
want to run for the white house again, he s going to new mexico to help a republican gubernatorial candidate out there. and finally, friday, what is arguably the most important economic number in politics right now i m talking about the unemployment report. on friday we ll find out the unemployment level for the country for september. remember, this will be the last employment report before the november 2nd election. that s what s going on on the campaign trail. t.j., back to you. thanks to our paul ste steinhauser as always. we are 30 days from the mid term elections, and every day until then, we ll bring you a political conservation. we ll have a conservative political guest and liberal political guest this time every sunday. not going to be a fight, just going to have a conversation, an opportunity for each side to present views. we re going to get started with what we could call a hip-hop duo. from new york, kelly goff, regular reporter for the huffington post and the author of