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that same guy s trial was scheduled for last week but was put off. anyway, moving on. reporter: the audience at this naacp gathering was skeptical at first. after i heard about him a few months ago, i was very curious. when i heard that he was going to speak today, i came so i could find out who he is. reporter: but came away largely impressed. i thought he was wonderful. reporter: will you vote for him? yes. reporter: and you think he could beat jim demint? hopefully. reporter: when it was all over, alvin greene ducked reporters questions and snuck his one-person campaign out the back door. greene had told cnn the speech would run 20 minutes. it lasted closer to seven. there was no speech writer for this man. greene says he hand-wrote his own remarks on spiral notebook
against a couple of the ring leaders and family members. why so long? the irs wouldn t say. now don t think this inmate get-rich-quick scheme started here at the monroe county detention center. oh, no. authorities tell us it s been going on for decades at state and federal prisons all across the country. one of the inmates i interviewed said he had learned of it when he was in a federal prison. reporter: the irs told cnn it has programs to combat this but said, it is not a simple process particularly considering the fact that some inmates are entitled to tax refunds and that the prison population is not static. according to congressional testimony, in 2004, more than 4,000 bogus refunds were issued to prisoners for almost $15 million. but the irs blocked more than $53 million in false claims.
13 minutes past the hour. the tea party movement cutting ties with one of its most visible leaders. mark williams and his tea party express group have been expelled by the national tea party leadership. at issue is williams blog comments on race that were controversial and to many outright racist. cnn s jim acosta is following developments this morning. he s live in washington. so explain the significance of the tea party federation giving the tea party express the boot. well, you know, it s sort of like one of these tea party groups getting booted off the bus, you might say, kiran. all of this started last week when the naacp condemned the tea party movement for some of the racially insensitive signs and language used at some tea party rallies. that prompted mark williams, a leader of the tea party express, to write what he thought was a
like the national intelligence center, the cia are pretty difficult to miss though. barbara starr for us this morning, thanks so much. sure. also new this morning, president obama will give a speech in the white house rose garden later today and the topic will be the economy, specifically the white house says the president will call on congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of americans still looking for work. something the gop has blocked three times in the past few weeks. you can watch the president s rose garden speech live, 10:35 a.m. eastern right here on cnn and cnn.com/live. this latest push on the economy comes as a new poll from politico shows that the economy is still weighing heavily on people s minds and weighing down their lives. it says close to two-thirds of the country thinks that the economy is still on the wrong track. 61%. the high waters are receding in eastern kentucky but search teams are still looking for victims after saturday night s flas