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Country have a balanced budget amendment. one of the reasons they like to get the money from the federal government, because that means they dont have to balance their budgets and do the hard stuff, like pension reform. instead you look for other ways of revenue. medical marijuana is a good one. youre right, its not cool. smoking is considered not cool. and also i was reading that secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much more dangerous for you than secondhand smoke from marijuana. >> thats also ...

Amendment. one of the reasons they like to get the money from the federal government, because that means they dont have to balance their budgets and do the hard stuff, like pension reform. instead you look for other ways of revenue. medical marijuana is a good one. youre right, its not cool. smoking is considered not cool. and also i was reading that secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much more dangerous for you than secondhand smoke from marijuana. >> thats also a lie. >> is it? i read it on i...

the american dream, fixing education, dont miss it. fareed, many thanks. now this -- welcome back. lets begin hour two. three and a half hours for the jury deliberating the case against michael jacksons doctor. also there is a new jobs report out there if greece worries you, wait until you hear about italy. all of that plus, a civil rights legend has advice for the occupy wall street movement. lets play reporter roulette on this friday. i want to begin with ted rolands in los angel...

Bipartisan support. and thats the same procedural hurdle used to stymie obamas efforts to do anything, even when the proposals are warmed-over republican ideas. this is the kind of nonsense that goes on just to do the basic functions of government. now you have an idea as to why its so damned difficult to really do the hard stuff. thats why theres an extra-governmental supercommittee charged with dealing with this nations long-term fiscal situation. but the super committee isnt in place solely b...

Parties in office. weve got a coalition government. both of the parties have agreed on this economic program. and thats easier to put to people. secondly, the sense people have when the last government left office, our crisis was very big and serious. for every four pounds the government spent, one pound was borrowed. you cant go on like that. and you cant outrun the laws of physics, well, you cant outrun the laws of economics. we put in a package that everybody knew was going to be tough. but w...

This week, we extended the feder federal aviation administration and we passed a highway bill. if the president would send up these trade bills that have been sitting on his desk for 2 1/2 years, ever since the day he was sworn in, well pass those. there are things we can do together, david and were ready to do it. >> lets talk about the hard stuff. because my question is about taxes. if the president is willing to deal on medicare cuts, cuts to that program, are you willing to consider tax incr...

down 9 1/2%. so what happens next? and is your money safe? these are the questions for legal ber and ali velshi. ill start with you with the usual entreaty. what is going on, ali? >> the french economy, actually no growth in the quarter. global economies are slowing down. were dangerously close to a recession. we may need more intervention from the european bank and more from the fed. youve been talking about this piers, that rick perry said we cant have more intervention. if the fed i...

with the usual. what is going on, ali? >> look, we started off the day this morning with a rough night in asia. european markets on news that, you know, the german economy, the strongest in europe has weakened to almost a stall, the french economy, absolutely no growth in the quarter. that took u.s. markets downright off the top. but before that, more than 12 hours ago, we got a report from morgan stanley to say what weve all been saying, global economies are slowing down, that they we...

with the usual. what is going on, ali? >> look, we started off the day this morning with a rough night in asia. european markets on news that, you know, the german economy, the strongest in europe has weakened to almost a stall, the french economy, absolutely no growth in the quarter. that took u.s. markets downright off the top. but before that, more than 12 hours ago, we got a report from morgan stanley to say what weve all been saying, global economies are slowing down, that they we...

wait. >> bullets kept flying as our team sped away. >> okay. were leaving this area. theres gunfire all around us and we believe that gadhafi forces are doing a round about movements so we are rushing out of this area. >> this reminds us just how dangerous and desperate the life has become for the libyan people. were going to talk to ben live from libya later. india police say it is going to take more to pinpoint who is behind the triple bomb blast in mumbai. it killed 18 people. no ...