Presidential contenders squaring off for the first time in the nbc news politico debate wednesday september 7th right here on msnbc. authorities in aruba are still trying to find witnesses in the case of missing american tour tift rist robyn gardner. they released a photograph of a small white car. they may have seen gardner or gary giordano as they left a bar near the beach when she disappeared on august 2nd. giordano says gardner disappeared while snorkeling. he was held 60 more days while prosecutors seek evidence against him. he denies knowing anything about what happened to robyn gardner. more on hundreds of thousands without power following hurricane irene. why is it taking so long to get the electricity back on? plus, did your parents let you drive at age 4? a couple in china is letting their little girl do just that. the story behind this incredible video not to be believed. and it s a pristine place of
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we ll see. we will stay tuned. end of september we ll be back talking about this again. don t miss the nbc politico republican debate at the reagan library. it s next wednesday september 7th at 8:00 p.m. eastern moderated by nbc s brian williams and politico s john harris. up next, mitt romney s florida strategy. why using rick perry s recent attack on social security may pay off for romney. on the gulf coast, residents watch and wait. will the storm make this labor day a wash out. we re live in new orleans next on andrea mitchell reports. [ male announcer ] this is the network.
Surprised is. the republicans have been in the majority of the house of representatives for 239 days. in 239 days they have not lifted a finger to help a single small business create a single job. now, will they not only lift a finger, they re turning a deaf ear to the president s ideas on how to create jobs. the fact of the matter is this, they want to wait a day, unacceptable. we will talk about it, we will fight for jobs for the middle class and working americans, every day, any day, any time. whenever they want to do it, we ll do it, we re fighting for jobs and they are fighting for tax cuts for the richest of the rich. if the president had announced he wanted to give a speech on bigger oil subsidies for oil companies, my guess is, the republicans would have done it tonight. why do you think the white house asked for the date they asked for, wednesday september 7th when they knew the presidential republican debate was going to be taking place and it will be the first debate that
how do you read this tonight, congressman? i don t know why anybody is surprised is. the republicans have been in the majority of the house of representatives for 239 days. in 239 days they have not lifted a finger to help a single small business create a single job. now, will they not only lift a finger, they re turning a deaf ear to the president s ideas on how to create jobs. the fact of the matter is this, they want to wait a day, unacceptable. we will talk about it, we will fight for jobs for the middle class and working americans, every day, any day, any time. whenever they want to do it, we ll do it, we re fighting for jobs and they are fighting for tax cuts for the richest of the rich. if the president had announced he wanted to give a speech on bigger oil subsidies for oil companies, my guess is, the republicans would have done it tonight. why do you think the white house asked for the date they asked for, wednesday september 7th when they knew the presidential republica