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In a paragraph in his budget entitled "regulatory reform," tom corbett has declared that a campaign contributor and coal company ceo, the governor appointed to his cabinet, now has unilateral authority to override all other agencies. all other agencies of the state. unilateral authority to overturn any action by any agency for any reason. so if, say, some gas company wants to frac your back yard and the laws set up to protect the land and protect you say no, they cant have a permit for that beca...

Pennsylvania governor tom corbett, who has decided that this system just will not do. in a paragraph in his budget entitled "regulatory reform," tom corbett has declared that a campaign contributor and coal company ceo, the governor appointed to his cabinet, now has unilateral authority to override all other agencies. all other agencies of the state. unilateral authority to overturn any action by any agency for any reason. so if, say, some gas company wants to frac your back yard and the laws se...

So if you think its just wisconsin, if you think its indiana, ohio, new jersey, texas, florida, its here. its in our back yard where i grew up in norfolk, virginia. its everywhere. we are at a crossroads in this country when it comes to asking ourselves the question and making a determination as to which direction we take. what do we think of public education? do we really value it? is it an american value? i gave a commentary on this program last week about my mother who was a teacher at granby...

Because if the 14 dont get those republicans on record, theyre not going to be able to go back and hold them accountable in the next election cycle. this is the greatest political story i think that we have seen in this country in decades. i mean that. and i think its great that our network is now focusing on whats going on in ohio and in new jersey and in michigan and in florida. because you know what? all politics is local. and these radicals who have been elected have all gotten on the same p...

Because if the 14 dont get those republicans on record, theyre not going to be able to go back and hold them accountable in the next election cycle. this is the greatest political story i think that we have seen in this country in decades. i mean that. and i think its great that our network is now focusing on whats going on in ohio and in new jersey and in michigan and in florida. because you know what? all politics is local. and these radicals who have been elected have all gotten on the same p...

Yeah, america, if the middle east goes down and we dont have oil anymore. how do we hold our country and economy together with $10 gal an gasoline and do you want to be beholden to good friends of ours for the life blood of any country energy or do you believe that solar panel green wind power is going to magically sprout out of the ground. at least canada for us and mexicos production is declining as well. this is why we must drill now. you open up the gulf and shore lines was alaska f. there w...

Yeah, america, if the middle east goes down and we dont have oil anymore. how do we hold our country and economy together with $10 gal an gasoline and do you want to be beholden to good friends of ours for the life blood of any country energy or do you believe that solar panel green wind power is going to magically sprout out of the ground. at least canada for us and mexicos production is declining as well. this is why we must drill now. you open up the gulf and shore lines was alaska f. there w...

Dirt in the back yard with g.i. joe figures. that kid is amazing. a new website urging christians to adopt a terrorist to pray for their soul. is it a good idea to pray for your enemy? well ask father jonathan. as people rally across the country in support of unions one wisconsin union is trying to throw out her state senator who is hiding across state lines. hear from her the top of the hear from her the top of the hour. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. and the edge its giving me. ...

Im here in your back yard. well also get another political update in half an hour. get all the latest news hot off the political ticker, go to cnnpolitics.com and now as were approaching the top of the hour here, watch this. the violence in libya is escalating alarmingly. protesters under attack. forces are said to be taking them on with bullets, and now a human rights group says thousands may be dead. also, a couple hundred americans have finally left that war zone. we are live on the groun...

He is a media weasel of sorts who has stacked his political opportunities on the backs of wage earners in his own back yard. lets bring in a man who knows scott walker well, john nichols, washington correspondent for "the nation." john, good to have you with us tonight. he is threatening to get rid of workers and hes giving dates of when its going to happen. what do you make of walkers threats of the layoffs and what should the next move for the democrats be? >> well, this whole two-week period ...