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Is apathy. the fact that you have people involved and engaged whether you disagree or agree, and from the perspective if the united states is going to pull itself out of the funk, we need that energy. >> i love that you hit on the apathy. when the tea party movement was taking off you heard a lot of people on the left and a lot of progressives saying there was no counter to the tea party movement. fast and furious. and there was no immediate counter. is this the counter. >> its the beginning see...

now is not my time. >> we saw the governors sense of humor, the command of the room as he answered questions for a long time. gin acosta was right there. he was heavily urged to run, he was flattered, the pressure came from people of high stature, in the end it wasnt enough, why? >> reporter: well, john, answering that question should take a couple of minutes but chris christie, who never is at a loss for words held court in the news conference room for an hour and listened as every re...

Interesting that yesterday, in addition to speaking to the president, i also interviewed peter king, whos the chairman of the house committee on homeland security. he told me, and i think this speaks to the issue that its both sides of the aisle and everybody with the intelligence information in front of them, he told me that he thought that al awlaki posed more of a risk to the united states at the time of his death than did bin laden when we got bin laden back in the spring. i think thats pret...

Rather than have them foreclosed upon and all the consequences of that. lets move the short sale forward. part of the problem we have these days is that a lot of mortgages are not held by banks. they got slice and dies and packaged into these mortgage securities and they have service companies and untangling the legal issues have been difficult. the big thing we are talking about that could have an impact on millions of american homeowners is helping them to take advantage of historically low ra...

Educated at northeastern university. hes a physicist, you know, smart, well off, apparently, and here we go again. i mean, we luckily thwart one of these terrorist attacks. >> right. you know, its just amazing how law enforcement is able to catch up with these people and thwart the attacks ahead of time. gloria estefan could only come to our studios in the afternoon. i was fascinated to find out that her dad was a vietnam vet, what she did to overcome her own shyness as well as the fact that she...

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Lots of different cities throughout california. they are small business owners and they are not pessimistic. they were there to learn more and think this is what i have to do to propel my business. i dont think small business owners are sitting around in a funk. they need more customers. its more money in the economy. we cant fix the small business. we have to give people more money to spend. its really what the concern is. >> lets move on to the questions from the audience. the first is about p...

dont believe me. let your eyes and your ears do the judging. and we must warn you, some of the images youre about to see are quite graphic. for example, remember this? an unarmed man surrounded by troops and executed. [ gunshot ] >> [ speaking foreign language ]. [ gunshots ] >> listen to syrias ambassador to the united states explain whats happening. >> what i am saying is very clear. the government of syria does not approve of this, and we -- everyone who has -- who has wrongfully co...

president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this -- >> if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. >> but theres bad news for the president, too, and lots of it. for starters, democrats lose a new york congressional seat the party has held it for 90 years. and the republican winner predicts its ju...

america, "john king, usa" starts right now. >> good evening, everyone, tonight rare good news for president obama in the polls as he warms to a jobs fight with republicans, the new numbers show big support nationwide when the president says this -- >> if you want construction workers back on the work site, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this jobs bill. >> but theres bad news for the president, too, and lots of it. for starters, democrats lose a new yor...