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But thats a near-term positive. if i get covered for preexisting conditions, and im not as fearful about leaving my existing job, which i may not like, and i can go to another job where i will be more productive, that will increase the mobility in the labor force. that is actually one of the greatest strengths of the american economy and why the american economy pulls out of a recession faster. this will only help that mobility. >> mark, youve made a name for yourself in sort of looking at propo...

Some bad news for president obama on health care. 36% now say his plan is a good idea. thats five points better than january. but 48% still say its a bad idea. so not that good, the news, and the presidents approval rating in the same category is up a bit at 41%. thats three points better than january. but still, on the down side, 57% still disapprove of his performance. nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd joins us right now with more. i like getting up an...

>> suzanne, the cost of long-term unemployment to taxpayers may soon be unsustainable. daily finance.com reports more than 6 million workers say they have been unemployed for more than 26 weeks. that means long-term unemployed represent more than 40% of all the unemployed in this country, one of the highest levels ever. average length of unemployment in this group, seven months. the payment of unemployment benefits for longer and longer periods of time, of course, adds to the deficit. one expert...

Federal reserve policymakers set to meet tomorrow. in the meantime, some stocks are getting a boost. lets start off with phillips buying tommy hilfiger. this will create one of the largest clothing companies. they own izod and shares are up 4% going into today. pepsi shares are rising as well. the soft drink maker plans to buy back $15 million of common stock. pepsi is boosting its dividend. and facebook is expanding into asia opening an operations office in india since its creation six years ag...

Tonight its pretty calm. other nights it can be foggy and very quiet and mysterious. i prefer the night shift. im used to it now. my whole life is geared around it. lets go, please, were late. >> sorry. >> okay. closing my doors. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. if you are standing, please hold on while the cabin is in motion. thank you. it is a different lifestyle in the reverse. eating patterns are all off. sleeping patterns are all off. the best thing about the job is it leaves my days fre...

That are 10, 15 or 50% done. >> reporter: economists say the half-built housing phenomenon wont last -- >> market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solve solvent. >> reporter: the up side to buying one of these unfinished homes is there are a lot of them out there. the banks dont want to hold onto these homes. there is already some built-in deals. the down side is a lot of these homes have been exposed to the elements. but in some cases it has been 2 to 3 years. so this has been going...

Did affect me my whole life. i just think jaycee is doing really well now. >> you know, its worth noting that in only six months, being home only six months, jaycee has already gotten her drivers license, she has birth certificates for her two daughters which she bore while in captivity, shes working on finishing her high school g.e.d. in spite of all the good, is there any down side, ed, to this kind of releasing of a video that theyre doing, and releasing photos to people and things like that?...

Globalization. okay? how does this actually work and what does it mean? david buck neabucbucker, adjunc professor at teachers college. the last break, do i have it right? >> its right. the cycle works that way and the reality is weve seen examples of how they tried to bolster that and how it failed. >> glenn: this is pushing money into it to try to keep -- >> yeah, we saw this in 2000-2001 with the airlines. the airlines needed a bail-out. they claimed they needed a bail-out. the government bail...

I dont usually have guests. we have three people on at once, the whole hour. it is amazing. amazing what you will see and learn tomorrow. all right. i told you were coming to a time that circumstances dictate we think out of the box. thats what tomorrows show is about. were not the only ones that know this. my happy solution i was going to talk to david about and i will in the coming days i favor cutting taxes. i mean dramatic. not like bush stuff. i mean dramatic. and dramatic spending cuts lik...

I dont usually have guests. we have three people on at once, the whole hour. it is amazing. amazing what you will see and learn tomorrow. all right. i told you were coming to a time that circumstances dictate we think out of the box. thats what tomorrows show is about. were not the only ones that know this. my happy solution i was going to talk to david about and i will in the coming days i favor cutting taxes. i mean dramatic. not like bush stuff. i mean dramatic. and dramatic spending cuts lik...