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Very forward-looking game. they had a very specific proposal to actually raise $350 billion a year through a financial transaction tax which could be used for many causes, including ending the aids crisis. >> peter, great to have you here. thanks so much. check out peters blog on this and other world aids day -- world aids day issues, pause.com. thanks again. thats going to wrap things up with me. alex wrager in is coming up next. >> hey, thomas. president obama takes it to the people again. pit...

Because of marvin miller and changed the nature not only of baseball, every sport. every professional sport. marvin miller taught players, the players association, what they call themselves, what it meant to be a member of the union. >> and the thing about so incredible, we think about unions being opponents to the free market. marvin miller brought the free market to sports. there was no -- there was nothing like market economics in baseball until marvin miller. >> a huge, huge figure in the hi...

Information is power. motivation is what makes it happen. ryan doesnt see a connection between his policy proposals and his tickets -- and the gop ticket defeat. what do you make of that? >> well, i have two words for congressman ryan and the other gop who are out of touch with this. seek help. the fact they dont understand that urban folks, i.e., factory workers, auto workers, teachers, police officers, nurses, students, the elderly, african-americans, whites, latinos that live in the urban are...

Election did connect with people. information is power. motivation is what makes it happen. ryan doesnt see a connection between his policy proposals and his tickets -- and the gop ticket defeat. what do you make of that? >> well, i have two words for congressman ryan and the other gop who are out of touch with this. seek help. the fact they dont understand that urban folks, i.e., factory workers, auto workers, teachers, police officers, nurses, students, the elderly, african-americans, whites, ...

China, chrysler itself has refuted romneys lie. the truth, jeep is adding jobs in ohio. >> well, i mean, so do you have that response. you have -- i just think there are auto workers in ohio that know that their factory doors have remained open because of the choice the president made when he first took office. >> absolutely. i spent time recently in columbus which interestingly is a very bipartisan town, be democratic mayor, a bunch of republican city fathers spent money on infrastructure, supp...

Campaigning in ohio from the two republican candidates, so thats where theyre headed and president obama is down, we assume doing debate prep before tuesdays debate. >> its interesting. we had on former ohio governor ted strickland on yesterday. he was talking about why he believes the president is still ahead, even though hes seen the race close a bit. he still has a comfortable lead, at least it surprised governor strickland that it was still at the six point difference as opposed to the eight...

I didnt know you were coming from na debate, and im in the same debate in my favorite pick. this is a beautiful moment from the little guy. run ross perot. >> to those of you in the audience that are business people, pretty simple. if i pay $14 an hour for factory workers and you can move your factory south of the border and pay a dollar an hour for labor and dont care about anything but making money, there will be a giant sucking sound going south. >> a giant sucking sound going south. what a g...

South korea, clouds of smoke and toxic chemicals spilled over southeastern city after explosion at an industrial plant. officials say it killed at least four factory workers. several people living nearby went to the hospital after they inhaled the toxic gas. investigators looking into what caused the blast. >> thailand, traffic in the capital city of bangkok is so bad that police get routine training to deliver babies when mom cant make it to the hospital. this officer recently delivered his 47t...

Presumably they had expert testimony. presumably they had medical testimony. and a jury of this individuals peers heard all the expert evidence that was presented and determined the manufacturer was at fault here. we have to give that some respect here. uma: in other cases were they exposed to chemical quite some time for hours and hours? >> terrific point. lets inject a little bit of common sense into this and look for what it is. in those other cases few and far between, talking about factory ...

Coach who was largely credited for his change in performance. so why did he do that, and how will that work for him when he gets to october 3rd? how much did he need that guy? cant wait to find out in denver, colorado. governor romney is back on the campaign trail today in the key swing state of ohio. hes meeting with factory workers in the northern town of mansfield. the governor spent the weekend preparing for those upcoming presidential debates -- there will be three in the month of october...