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Anything on the anonymous caller. the state capitol in austin, texas reopened after an anonymous caller called in a bomb threat. jon: thank you, tim on the national assignment desk. jamie: and also happening now in the top box shocking new details are emerging in the russia spy case. we are learning now there are coded messages to moscow, possible links to the kgb, even a confession. well have a live report. jon: in the middle box according to the governments highest estimates the bp disaster is...

Nearly 100 -- 100 million dollars. we can stop it. people dont want to leave new jersey. they love the state. >> if we are going to continue to keep our hands in their pocket they are going to go some place where they wont. >> sean: you have used your veto pen, 11 billion dollar deficit. proud of the fact and youre saying im not going to raise taxes. you resisted a massive push by the legislature of new jersey to put a tax on millionaires. now you are calling all these legislators back into sess...

Nearly 100 -- 100 million dollars. we can stop it. people dont want to leave new jersey. they love the state. >> if we are going to continue to keep our hands in their pocket they are going to go some place where they wont. >> sean: you have used your veto pen, 11 billion dollar deficit. proud of the fact and youre saying im not going to raise taxes. you resisted a massive push by the legislature of new jersey to put a tax on millionaires. now you are calling all these legislators back into sess...

Both parties can share the blame on the deficit spending. the deficit is the highest in history. r right now this can can hardly be deemed a surprise. we had a failed stimulus bill. we knew this was coming. what we republicans this the house say is ought to be offset. thats what senate democrats are saying. thats why the senate left town without extending unemployment benefits. we were in agreement with some of them that it ought to be offselt before we do it. >> give me an array of programs tha...

>> yeah. >> good morning from chicago! mika and i here. great to be in chicago. >> i love chicago. its the best and apparently my family is here as well. >> we got willie geist who is new york along with msnbc p political analyst harold ford jr. and sam stein and senior political analyst for msnbc and "time" magazines mark halpern. a lot to talk about today. we can talk about john boehner. we will continue that conversation. i do want to just show really quickly the front page of "usa today" tal...

Doesnt make jobs. and what we really need to do is make sure that we give confidence to the sector that does make jobs, that business sector. they need to know as we cut the spending, they can take tomorrow risks here. but as long as were just taxing and spending, they cant take the risk they need to to create jobs we need. >> stuart: thats a tough and harsh message, especially in nevada, i believe the unemployment rate there in that state, your state, is 14%, highest in the nation, higher than ...

Headlines for you. this afternoon, president obama will visit in wisconsin. there, hell hold a town hall meeting in racine that will focus on the citys suffering economy. the chance to hear the president speak not so easy to come by right now. some residents waited up to 12 hours to get a ticket. > >> to see the first black president of the united states. i think thats a privilege. >> he wants to turn the country around. heres a good example. turn it around. start right here. >> racine suffers a...

Corruption, problems with narcotics trafficking, and problems with taliban insurgency. the fundamental mission that the presidents laid out is that we have to go after al qaeda. we have to disrupt and dismantle al qaeda so they never attack this country again. are we making progress? we are making progress. its harder. its slower than i think anyone anticipated. >> for more detailed breakdown, lets get to josh levs. this morning, we have word of another british soldier killed in a gun battle and...

I want to offer you a little bit of my insight on this. i agree with much of what we just discussed. my fix would be first and foremost, end corruption. if you dont plug the hole in the bucket, youre not going to solve any problem. this is like a vampire sucking money out of the back of everything that we do. this is special interest. this is the banksters. this, for me s the big one. the other one, ike and afghanistan, get out. were spending way too much money. the return is not there, from my ...

45%. the highest of his presidency, thats up to 48%. look at the highest countries on the wrong track of this presidency, 62% and finally, the worst personal rating is at 40%. what do you attribute this? the economy, the gulf, wars, health care? all the above? >> combination, yeah. i think the unemployment figures are really too high. people are out of jobs cht. theres a shadow unemployment thats much higher. if its a working capitalist economy, we need full economy. its not about getting money ...