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These investments and there is a wealth of data that shows that some of these investments have been very wasteful. going back to natural gas, there is a lot more the government can do. great example, we should be building out infrastructure with some of our green money to be ship to go places like china where demand is skyrocketing. >> a big battle over that right now. the question is, which side the president will come down on. but steve, the fact is that so often behar lip service given to thi...

Was introduced last month by senator dianne feinstein, and that you heard mentioned again today by the president. now, thats not necessarily a done deal. thats not necessarily final. if that bill reaches the senate, the senate floor without a ban on assault weapons included, it is possible lawmakers could then amend the bill on the senate floor to include the ban. but they also might not. sam stein at "huffington post" reported today that the assault weapons ban might be strategically sacrificed...

Sam stein at "huffington post" reported today that the assault weapons ban might be strategically sacrificed in order for the rest of the presidents plan to go through. sam stein reporting that advocates for gun control are not as concerned about the assault weapons ban as they are with some other elements of the presidents package. jim kessler of americans for gun safety says, quote, if you are going to die at the hands of a criminal with a gun, its going to be a handgun. and statistically spea...

You think its libya? >> i think there are two. i think there are two. i think, again, on the economy, and the instapolls, if you will, after that showed, yes, obama won on the points, but on the substance of the argument and romney laid out, i think, a very good indictment on the economy. hes very effective at making that point and stressing that point. folks, the voters sided with romney 2 to 1 in the cnn poll afterwards. so that is, that is a nice setup for the last debate. the point i was goi...

It is, going into a debate that the last debate only on foreign policy, it opened up a lot of questions that the moderator can dig down on. the presidents going to have to be on point on. theres going to be a timeline thats going to be discussed. and trust me, whether schrum, the democrats and the president does not want to be having this discussion about the ins and outs about what happened in libya two weeks before an election. >> bob, what about that? so i think that there is an opportunity t...

>> cheating and stealing. okay, america. are you ready for the brick wall of reality romney ran into today? an amazing report reveals romney has invested in the companies that hes promising to crack down on. one of them ships 500 jobs to china. how is that for a crackdown? how is that for getting tough? the outsourcer in chief is still cashing in. the gop has lost control of this jobs debate and this wont help the case. joining me now is nia-malika henderson, reporter for "the washington post," ...

Barriers on public sector unions making them available. this is john nichols writing about this. this is coming right after johns year and a half of dedicated day to day passionate reporting about the partisan effort to dismantle unions in wisconsin because unions in wisconsin help democrats. that was the whole scott walker controversy, right? so how level is this playing field thats been set up by the supreme court? corporate money has been absolutely unleashed. union money, getting clamped dow...

Court erected elaborate barriers to participation in elections by public sector unions. requiring that unions get affirmative approval from their members before making dues assessments to fund campaigns countering corporations. this is john nichols writing at "the nation." this is coming right after johns year and a half of dedicated day to day passionate reporting about the partisan efforts to dismantle unions in wisconsin because unions in wisconsin help democrats. that was the whole scott wal...

Oracle paid $35 million to settle with over 1600 software workers complaining they werent getting their overtime payments. oracle having to pay a ton of doe. about four times the level of suits than 10 years ago. >> shepard: the government is starting to crack down on. this they are hiring lots of investigators, hiring lots of people to make sure this doesnt happen. have a force of 1050 people looking into it they have recovered some $225 million. so the government really getting involved here. ...

Understand what they are going through their specific case. i think the fact that he did this google chat is a good way forward. megyn: brad? >> the president talked about outsourcing american jobs. yet hes insource foreign labor to take jobs away from americans. you cant have it both ways. thats what she tried to pin the president down on. megyn: its hard to refuse the president when he calls you up and said take a look at barry. coming up. a mother abandons her children, a 2-year-old and 4-yea...