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And why people think of men as religious leaders. if i ask you to imagine god rather than an apple, most americans pick an old white man, a beard. the old white male picture pops into our heads even if we dont believe in god or if we dont believe god has race or gender. theologian carol chris says we take this image of god and apply it to religious institutions and families and even our politician. we picture god as male. so we think all leaders should be male in all realms. a first step to gett...

New hampshire down 16.8. and carolina a big boost there. florida down 14. nevada down 30. so overall, down roughly 9%. we dont know what tonight will look like but its anecdotally going to be a low turn-out night. >> that is the kind of slide you would see at a newt presentation. the one state that stands out there is south carolina. where there was increase and thats where he won. i tells you that where he tied or won increase in enthusiasm, measured by the turn-out. that is well-known. he is n...

>> as you say, geoff, market down 16.8% since april, 3.2% away from a bear market. still ahead on "way too early," it turns out the detroit tigers are really, really good. last night they had the best pitcher in baseball on the mound and their bats got to the yankees. hank williams junior compares president obama to adolf hitler in a tv interview. espn yanks his spot from monday night football. well show you exactly what old hank said and get a check on weather when "way too early" comes rig...

americans, 53%, feel president obama is greatly or moderately to blame for the economy. more people still blame former president george bush but president obama wont be running against george bush next year. with me, obamas 2008 presidential campaign advisor and now senior white house advisor. thank you, david, for joining us. before we get to the politics of it, which is fascinating to all of us, lets get to the presidents jobs bill. wow would you be open to breaking up this bill for ...

about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasnt focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. >> im going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling rig...

the u.s. central bank is hoping to kick start americas sluggish economy by selling $40 billion of short-term treasuries in exchange for the same amount of longer-term bonds. the idea is to push long-term interest rates lower even though theyre already at record low ts. those are the headlines from cnn, the worlds news leader. "world business today" starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to "world business today," im manisha tank in hon con. >> im nina desantos. the stock markets take ...

a meaningful handle on the deficits and the debt. now comes of course the federal reserve. we have ben bernanke here, which has used every tool in its box to keep credit flowing and interest rates low in the wake of the great recession. at 2:15 eastern, a little over an hour from now, the fed will tell us what if anything it plans to do in the wake of the downgrade, the debt snafu, the european debt snafu and the global stock freak-outs. in the meantime, i want to bring in richard ques...

Its 16.8 to 16.9. i cant you that this is a turn around, but the signal seems to be in the right direction. >> over 100 are real jobs that are a trend line suggestion. lets go to the debunking part of this. the increase in the census jobs came this month? part of this? >> they are absolutely all part of this month. there two issues and you had the census because they started hiring temporary workers and huh an issue which was in february given the weather. temporary workers out of work because t...

Passes but i cant tell you. i think its optimal. >> ive been wanting to share this on "meet the press" for some time. looking forward, beyond the elections this fall about the political future of president obama, here are numbers that people may want to keep in mind. these are the unemployment rates in key states, in 1982, well into president reagans first term. michigan, 16.8%. alabama, 14.3%, ohio 13.9% down through 12 and above. that went on into 1983. did it spell the end of the reagan presi...

Is this contraption, i hope it passes but i cant tell you. i think its optimal. >> ive been wanting to share this on "meet the press" for some time. looking forward, beyond the elections this fall about the political future of president obama, here are numbers that people may want to keep in mind. these are the unemployment rates in key states, in 1982, well into president reagans first term. michigan, 16.8%. alabama, 14.3%, ohio 13.9% down through 12 and above. that went on into 1983. did it sp...