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73, they doubled their income from the generation that receded them. generation x and generation y, those 45 and younger have been stagnant for the generation preceding them. that is a huge discrepancy which is what the american dream is about, that you will do better than your parents. you work hard, go to college, you will do better but that is falling apart. >>heather: what do younger americans need to do to make themselves more successful? >> part of the problem is the economy itself. we hav...

To pre-recession height of 2.2 in 2007. why the increase? >> the stock market. but the bulls are running. during the meltdown the stock market was cut in half. that took away wealth and accumulation of wealth for poor and wealthy. now we have seen a tremendous bull run, the dow was in the red on friday. we back to record highs. a lot has happened in 401(k)s and also in the stock portfolio. >>heather: and the discrepancy with younger americans who include the generation x group who are stagnant. ...

Uniform today. i want to show everybody the numbers. because 2.7 million members in the boy scouts. currently membership is down, some 21% since the year 2000. thats a really big decline. >> absolutely, and especially in the cub scouting program where you have younger parents who are part of the tail end of generation x who embrace marriage equality on one hand, lgbt rights on the other and see that theres nothing to fear when people are living who they truly are. the very first part of the scou...

This guy is like 26, isnt he? >> his 26th birthday party. everyone knows that. >> it is like back in the 80s and trying to get bill hayley and the comets. >> i need the big bopper to come. if he had not died in a fiery plane wreck he would be at my party. >> this story gives me hope for myth -- for my 30th birthday oil rub down. >> i dont know why we say he is so long ago. i am more into generation x. what i loved about them was their shear honesty. they were not trying to be like the other punk...

>> like overall as in this series? >> i dont know. >> or this show? >> i am just saying i think it should be canceled. i am going to give you my opinion. i dont think it should be on the air. billy idol. this guy is like 26, isnt he? >> his 26th birthday party. everyone knows that. >> it is like back in the 80s and trying to get bill hayley and the comets. >> i need the big bopper to come. if he had not died in a fiery plane wreck he would be at my party. >> this story gives me hope for myth -- ...

>> boy were they amazing. >> welcome to "early start," im zoraida sambolin. >> and im john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what were all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says hes happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on "60 minutes," romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like h...

it was eight days, nine days ago we were discussing paul ryan, the article in "the new yorker" called fuss budget. did you know then he was actually on the fast track to be a pick for the vp? >> no, we barely talked about it in my interview. the reason i wrote the piece, i wanted to think about what is romney going so do if he wins. if you want to understand what republicans will do if they gain the white house, paul ryan is the guy to understand. it was his policy agenda that you knew...

cheering this decision as a bold move by romney that will help energize the base and show voters that romney is really serious about economic change. the two men will appear together for the first time as running mates in norfolk, virginia with the "uss wisconsin." the old battleship as a backdrop. then they will begin a bus tour that will take them toward the republican national convention in tampa. that begins in about three weeks. well bring you mitt romneys announcement live. were ...

A conservative black action group said this. i think liberals are missing a vital point in their blind hatred of chick-fil-a. being against gay marriage is not being anti-gay. a kiss-in is scheduled at 39 chick-fil-as across the nation. megyn: a new olympic controversy. 8 badminton players thrown out of competition for allegedly throwing their matches. they did that to get a better seed in the next round, according to the officials. they are abealing the decision. but the question is how does th...

Jamie: a big chunk of the american electorate still up for grabs. 25% of voters according to a new poll have been not won over by president obama or mitt romney. 25% of voters remain uncommitted to either candidate. whats behind all the indecision? bob joins us now. who are these folks? >> reporter: they are mostly generation x people who -- most them, 71% did not go to college. 17% of these persuadable identify themselves with the tea party. these voters vote for president obama in 2008 and vot...