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The subtitle was "ten twice stop the obama agenda." that is the republican playbook right now. thats yes think he actually is probably going to survive this because i dont think you can get fired on their side for saying something negative about the president thats all they do. >> larry: he is also disagritting policies supported by the republicans. >> right. and you have had republican members of congress and others who have come out and said this was an unfortunate statement, it was an unwise ...

Said. we will get the governors reaction after this. watch. >> larry: governor, should steele say good-bye? >> well, you know, larry, im going to leave that for the republicans but let me say this my reaction to the comments. the comes were outrageous to say that the afghanistan war was a war of obamas choosing, ignores 9/11, ignores president bush going to a bipartisan congress and getting their support for going after the terrorists who did us harm, ignores the international coalition that joi...

Their pocket every week to spend in a broader economy. >> we took a step back, the unemployment rate ticked down. the reason why, it ticked down was because people left the labor force. and it was very alarming. it seems to be primarily teens and young people which is sending a horrible message for their job prospects for the summer. and with extensions and the congress and the administration needs to be much more aggressive -- >> but there is this whole debate about whether the issue now is sti...

Was because people left the labor force. it seems to be primarily teens and young people which is sending a horrible message for their job prospects for the summer. and with extensions and the congress and the administration needs to be much more aggressive -- >> but there is this whole debate about whether the issue now is stim uls or dulus or def reduction. >> they need to do it more now. >> here is my question about where we are. if the economy started to recover last summer or fall, shouldnt...

Host of reasons. and its going to be chronically high unemployment for most of this kek decade. >> that raises some real questions, t.j., for policymakers, especially when talking about unemployment extensions that we havent seen yet. three times the senate has been unable to pass extensions of unemployment insurance. people are coming starting to roll off benefits but the jobs arent there for them to take. what kind of challenge is that going to leave for congress and this white house for the r...

Winds from volatile global markets. so we still have a great deal of work to do to repair the economy and get the american people back to work. >> congress is leaving town for an independence day break, without extended unemployment benefits, leaving almost 2 million americans without a check. cnns mary snow talks with one worker whose benefits are about to run out. >> reporter: 39-year-old leslie pink has been hitting the pavement since january, sending outs an estimated 800 resumes, but still ...

Nevada says that the extensions should not be granted. in an interview on nevadas "face to face" program, angle says that people are encouraged not the work. >> the truth about it is that they keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out to get a job, because the job does not pay as much as the unemployment benefit does. >> reporter: andrew stetner could not disagree more, because he is the deputy director of the national unemployment law group which ...

Congressional approval, the unemployed who are tapping out state unemployment benefits with which last 26 weeks cant get additional jobless checks that use federal money. >> reporter: 39-year-old leslie pink is hitting the pavement since january sending out an estimated 800 resumes, but still no job. she has documented the search on a website since being laid off in january of her marketing job. her unemployment checks are running nout a few weeks, and she is hoping for an extension. >> i can ge...

12th. >> yeah, yeah. so they might lose 2 million people off of -- they might lose their unemployment was about here. they fell one vote short. republicans have decided to be extremely unify on this. theyre happy to pass the extensions of the unemployment was about or offset it with stimulus cuts. >> what senator mcconnell, the republican leader, said the only reason that the unemployment extension has not passed is because of our friends on the other side simply refuse to pass a bill that does ...

Election year. the bill would have added more than $33 billion to the deficit, and in the end, democrats just did not have enough votes to overcome the gop filibuster. since last year, people who lost their jobs were eligible for up to 99 weeks of benefits, but now extensions are going away, meaning workers will only get the basic 26 weeks from their state. many people were counting on the extended benefits, and theyre going to start finding out this week there is just no more money coming. acco...