environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress won t even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing. testified that blacks and hispanics are more likely to commit a future crime. buck s attorney doesn t dispute that he shot and killed two people in 1995, a third woman survived. i forgave him, yes, sir, i forgave him in 1995. i feel that justice will prevail. duane buck was eating what he thought would be his final meal when the supreme court called off last night s execution. amnesty international plans 300 vigils and rallies across the country tonight for troy davis, the georgia man face
who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fires, firing rocket propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns, from fortified positions. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off, corporal meyer seized the initiative. with a fellow marine driving, corporal meyer took exposed gunner position in a gun truck as they drove down the steeply te
good morning. it is thursday, september 15th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello. get ready for the president response to president obama s jobs bill. he and the rest of congress have had a few days to leaf through the jobs plan, the obama jobs plan. so now we ll just have to wait and see whether boehner picks a fight over the plan or offers an olive branch. president obama is already taking indirect swipes at congressional republican. listen to what he told the congressional hispanic caucus last night. if we re being honest, we know the real problem isn t the members of congress in this room. it s the members of congress that put party before country because they believe the only way to resolve our differences is to wait 14 months until the next election. i have news for them. the american people don t have the luxury of waiting 14 months. 14 months from now as in november 2012. probably a topic that dominated dinner conversation between two republican