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Of the republican party to this president of the united states, i think, is something that the republican party is going to spend years trying to clean up. >> including by some of their african-american surrogates, like ben carson, for instance. >> absolutely. >> in that category too. >> okay, since jonathans charitable grade is d-plus, which i dont know how charitable that is, i want to get you both to react to the republican national committees new, they have an ad. theyre spending six figures...

>> a side act has emergency room doctors giving it a failing grade. they give the system a d- plus. and cite longer wait times and doctor shortages and limited access to care under obama care. and the report did not take all aspects of the new law in account and warns that ers could get busier as more americans get coverage. and remember, bill. a major selling point of the bill it would cut down on a number of people who use the er as primary care physician. >> and three years after the u.s. tro...

Worse. since 2009, the nations emergency rooms had a c-minus rating. now its a d-plus. they go by state. d.c., according to this, has the best emergency rooms, they have a grade of b-minus. worse in the country, wyoming, with a grade of f. >> and the best in the country, d minus. not too comforting. >> one seattle seahawk already getting the loudest cheers, but he cant hear them. up next. in the next half hour, are parents doing it all wrong? should we toss the bottles, pacifiers, toys, and tr...

The emergency room. >> some obamacare in effect, some surgeons say your wait at the e.r. could be even longer. abcs linsey davis has more. >> reporter: it is urgent. you race to the e.r., but what you find can be a very long line. despite it being an emergency, ten years ago it took on average 46 minutes before being treated. today you can expect to wait an hour or more. thats just one reason why the new report gave the nations emergency care environment a d-plus. >> if a patient cant get good a...

>> with some obamacare regulations in effect, some surgeons say your wait at the e.r. could be even longer. abcs linsey davis has more. >> reporter: it is urgent. you race to the e.r., but what you find can be a very long line. despite it being an emergency, ten years ago it took on average 46 minutes before being treated. today you can expect to wait an hour or more. thats just one reason why the new report gave the nations emergency care environment a d-plus. >> if a patient cant get good acce...

In 2009 the nations emergency rooms had a c-minus rating. now its a d-plus. they go by state. d.c., according to this, has the best emergency rooms, they have a grade of b-minus. the worst in the country, wyoming, with a grade of "f." >> and when the best in the country is b-minus, thats not too comforting. >> exactly. one seattle seahawk already getting the loudest cheers, but he cant hear them. his story up next. ahead in the next half hour. are parents doing all wrong? should we toss the ...

Into light the subject of infrastructure spending. let me read to you a few of the findings of the american society of civil engineers just on washington state. almost $10 billion over the next 2 decades is needed for drinking water infrastructure. 366 bridges are structurally deficient. thats the worst category than the bridge that just collapsed. and 2/3 of roads are in poor or mediocre condition. >> look, martin -- >> what -- what is speaker boehner doing when states are crumbling? they are c...

Infrastructure, they gave it the best overall grade in 12 years. thats a good news. the bad news is we went from a d to a d plus. we still have all kinds of deferred maintenance. we have too many ports that arent equipped for todays world commerce. weve still got too many rail lines that are too slows and clogged up. weve got too many roads that are in disrepair. too many bridges that arent safe. we dont have to accept that for america. we can do better, we can build better. in a time of tight b...

Transportation, public facilities and energy. this years report card has some good news and bad news. the rate improved slightly from the last report card in 2009. that only brought us up to a d plus. to bring our infrastructure up to par, we would need to invest $3.6 trillion by 2020. that would create jobs, boost productivity, repair bridges, roads and water mains and stimulate the economy, but it wont happen unless republicans like michele bachmann get behind president obamas push for infrast...

Obama into the white house last time. >> d plus 7. in 2008 obama won by seven points over mccain, and theyre kind of counting on a turnout -- not in every state, but of a d plus 7. if its plus 7 or plus, obamas going to win. if its d plus 3 or a republican edge -- because they think they have an edge in independents -- then romneys going to win. its so interesting, though, ive been reading these polls, and real clear politics which does a really good job, its a web site, realclearpolitics.com, a...