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Examples, kim, where is growth occurring where youre seeing it. the jobless rate, for example, in illinois the last time i checked was 8.8%. >> yes. >> paul: and meanwhile, wisconsin 6.9%, very interesting contrast. >> look at indiana, where its also low, and-- yeah, north dakota, which by the way, steve mentioned you know, the fracking boom going up there. and i think its below 5%, its astonishing. >> paul: its 3%. >> yes. >> paul: so, what about, steve, where do you think this is going? i mean...

>> the politics also change -- you made this interesting point about the geography changing. we basically know how the senators from west virginia are going to vote on stuff that has to do with coal. democrat, republican, marxist, whatever. whoever you would elect from west virginia theyre going to vote a certain way on coal. and the fact that we now have this incredibly distributed development because of the fracking boom means a lot of different places now are geographically playing. that goes...

Restored in a week? one thing positive about the fracking boom is it produced this grassroots response in which people educate themselves about the chain of production of how does a molecule of carbon go from the ground to fire up your grid so you can turn your light on. >> sandy, too. one of the other things that became very visible with the mile after mile of these poles and wires that are down, it hit you in the face that is this bha were running the greatest superpower on earth, is poles and...

work. thank you so much. facebook.com/carolcnn if youd like to continue the conversation. lets continue the cnn "newsroom" with randi kaye. >> hello, its 1:00. two short days before the make or break south carolina primary. one gop hopeful is out. governor rick perry who dominated the field so briefly last summer called it a race. >> good morning, i have come to the conclusion that there is no more viable path for me in this campaign. therefore, today im suspending my campaign and en...

and for now at this point, kyra, ive reached out to some republicans here on the hill. theyre reserving judgement at this point. as you know, they frequently talk about wanting smaller government, so on its face this seems like something that they could go along with but, of course, theyre waiting right now to see what president obama says. theyre waiting to see if there are any catches. you see president obama here doing a couple of things. hes trying to make good on some promises abo...

so lets get to it. as you heard here, about 90 minutes ago on cnn, the president said that the federal government has gotten too big and complicated. thats not a revelation but he says he can fix it by streamlining, consolidating, simplifying. he said a leaner government would create a leaner and better national security. >> congress didnt consolidate on its side so now the department of homeland security reports to over 100 different congressional panels. thats a lot of paperwork. tha...

Environmentalists. >> mercedes: the fracking boom has caused emissions to come down in america. china can increase the missions until 2030. they dont have to abide by the rules of the united states is abiding by. >> harris: >> trish: we havente benefit that you all have had. youve had both these omissions over the last several decades, we have to get our shot at it too. if youre a donald trump, why not approach this and say lets do better than that. we know or we dont know this is a problem. hey...

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