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Today. he said the fed cant rescue the economy by itself. you know what has to happen? congress is going to have to get on the stick and get something done. >> monetary policy is not a panacea. it would be much better to have a broad-based policy effort addressing a whole variety of issues. i leave the details to congress, who has considered many of these issues. so i would be much more comfortable if, in fact, congress would take some of this burden from us and address those issues. >> now, tha...

Will create jobs, and thats the last thing they want to do right now. i want to go back to december of 2008. this is what mitt romney wrote in the "national review." "the democrats may want to wait for obama, but the country needs action now. republicans can and must play an important role in shaping a stimulus bill that makes sense for america and lays a foundation for future prosperity and growth." here we go again! will the real mitt romney please stand up? why dont more people know about thi...

>> right, so the issue. >> only 4% disagreed or strongly disagreed. >> federal reserve chief ben bernanke gave his own testimony today. he said the fed cant rescue the economy by itself. you know what has to happen? congress is going to have to get on the stick and get something done. >> monetary policy is not a panacea. it would be much better to have a broad-based policy effort addressing a whole variety of issues. i leave the details to congress, who has considered many of these issues. so i ...

>> for more, im joined by democratic strategist, professor at nyu, bob shrum. okay, weve got attorneys, youve got attorneys, lets go fight. whats happening here? >> look, the first thing ive got to say that rick scott knows something about fraud, because he was involved in the biggest medicare fraud in history. but theres no evidence of voter fraud in florida. the officials in the state say it. they go down the list. i think there have been only a few cases in the last ten years. this is really ...

Workers. they get paid too much or benefits are too good. the divide is taking place. whats happening here? >> scott walker said it very good, divide and conquer. go after the public sector workers, go after the government employees, government employees dont go anything, and youre right. get down to firefighters and they actually do do something. but san diegos an incredibly conservative, incredibly republican town. so theyre all -- >> but this is a wave thats taking place now. >> and this is t...

Something that he passed in his state, included an individual mandate in it, said it should serve as a national model. it did. it was his signature accomplishment in massachusetts, and he doesnt talk about it anymore. but lets take a look at other things that hes walking away from. his massachusetts record. you know, hes been out there saying hes a job creator, saying he has job creation plans on the table. he made those same promises in 2002 when he was running for office in massachusetts. and ...

Federal database for voter registration checking. now, "the miami herald" reports florida attorney general pam bondi, who you just heard and saw, hasnt ruled out suing homeland security to gain access to that database. and now some right-wingers are siding with scott and accusing the department of justice of playing politics. but attorney general eric holder isnt buying their argument. >> the notion that this is somehow a political ploy is inconsistent. at base, we have to enforce the law, a law...

Players are part of the largest class action lawsuit in sports history. the plaintiffs say the national football league created and covered up unsafe working conditions. the lawsuit filed today says the nfl concealed information related to head injuries in football and in connection no long-term brain damage. it says the nfl deliberately and fraudulently misled players about the link between brain damage and concussions. the league said in a statement today, any allegation that the nfl intention...

Whats happening here? >> scott walker said it very good, divide and conquer. go after the public sector workers, go after the government employees, government employees dont go anything, and youre right. get down to firefighters and they actually do do something. but san diegos an incredibly conservative, incredibly republican town. so theyre all -- >> but this is a wave thats taking place now. >> and this is taking place with democrats and republicans. san jose has a democratic mayor, san diego...

Dieg and san jose, california, voted to cut future worker jobs. the tenth biggest city in america has to shut down a firehouse one day a week to cope with all of these can cuts. thom, where are we going? there seems to be a narrative going on right now, especially coming from the conservatives. weve got too many public workers. they get paid too much or benefits are too good. the divide is taking place. whats happening here? >> scott walker said it very good, divide and conquer. go after the pub...