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His approve rating plunged 26%, and of course theres scott walker, who ran through his own union-busting law despite protests against it. the law is still around, but he may not be around for much longer. recall grooms are already one striking distance of putting walker up for recall election. these extreme republican agendas were rolled back by progressives, organizing and mobilizing to turn back the tide. weve seen some huge victories. theres a lot more work ahead in 2012. joining me now is bo...

The u.s. senate. democrats scrambling to retain their slim majority now that nebraska senator democrat ben nelson announced he will call it quits. nelson is one of five senate democrats not seek reelection. now there are questions about whether the democrats can retain control of the senate in 2012. joining me, christopher hahn, a former aide to chuck schumer. let me ask you, chris. you are a democrat and i worked for a senator. is it true democrats are scrambling? how worried are they about los...

good evening upon. im ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first contest in the race for the gop nomination. lets go straight to the political correspondt. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke wit...

lets go "out front." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening upon. im ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first con tefrt in the race for the gop nomination. lets go straight to the political correspondent. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent...

good evening upon. im ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first con tefrt in the race for the gop nomination. lets go straight to the political correspondent. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke...

good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. im ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. so glad youre with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-ils body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea...

Provide it with false information. and the republican front runner is taking time off from the trail today. newt gingrich and his wife are signing books at mount vernon, virginia. he heads back to iowa tomorrow. the christmas rush is on, but unfortunately, a lot of holiday spending can end up creating piles of debt in 2012. joining us is financial advisor with some tips to keep us on track. rick, thanks for coming in. >> great to be here. >> shannon: you say there is a strategy. how do you s...

The occupy wall street demonstrations have moved from the back page to the front page now and the question no longer is whether they will make an impact but what kind of an impact on the democratic party and 2012. joining me is former plash secretary robert riech. good afternoon to you. >> the occupy wall street protests movement wont take hold of the democrats like the tea party did the republicans. why not? >> basically because the democrats have been drinking at the same trough. that is wall ...

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Percentage of kids that get high school 2kdiplomas. its not as good as you would like it to be but you cant get a job in sanitation without a high school diploma. you cant get in the military without a high school diploma. so that is something. and were also reducing the gap between our minority kids and those who have scored much better. >> perfect segue into our conversation on education nation. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> appreciate it. coming up, kicking off education nation. a s...