Monday Briefing

American Jobs Act tops agenda, Lew gives "pay-for" specifics, Carney talks job creation, 9/11 threat and lost glasses.

Carney: "Every day Congress doesn't act is a day lost, and another day of doubt that the American people have of whether Washington can get its act together."

On American Jobs Act:
Carney says "any economist whose degree is worth the value of the paper its printed on" would pass American Jobs Act.

Lew says super committee to have option of accepting "pay fors" or raising amount committee needs to save.

On 9/11 terror threat:
WH "relieved ten-year anniversary went off without an incident." Alerted to threat from information collected in bin Laden's compound.

On Palestinian Push for statehood in U.N.:
Calls push to achieve statehood through UN "counterproductive" and reaffirms admin. opposes "and we continue to make clear both sides need to return to direct negotiations."

On his missing glasses
Carney thinks he left glasses on his back bumper after buying a new bike for his son's birthday.