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Earning things. >> you are a republican in hawaii? >> yes. >> how does that feel? you need a friend? do you need a hug? [ laughter ] democrats control every level of government in hawaii. the state income tax rate is 11%. the highest in the country. also the highest in the country, food stamp benefits. hawaii has a deep debt problem and also a severe homeless crisis. do you think there is a big homeless problem here. >> yes, there is. >> you are okay with all the food stamp benefits being paid h...

Very different injuries. and i think secretary shinseki is to be applauded, because he has actually -- embraced is the wrong work, but hes acknowledged the homeless problem. and hes acknowledged that for a long time there was a lot of fighting about ptsd. the head injuries that this combat created. and now theyre acknowledging them and reckoning with them, but they dont have the money to pay for them or the services out there. its a little of a catch 22. they will catch up eventually, i hope wit...

>> why arent you more specific i heard you sunday when you were on fox and you didnt answer his question about how were going to you know what are your plans? >> oh, yeah, look, when you get in 0 a math conversation it can take a little while. >> steve, weve got time. >> you know, yeah, joe biden is going to step back and go take your time. go ahead, you know, we can listen. >> yeah, there is this famous s and l sketch from the 1988 election. and he said you got 1:30 and talk about what you do f...

Friends. >> this was tuesday. >> why arent you more specific i heard you sunday when you were on fox and you didnt answer his question about how were going to you know what are your plans? >> oh, yeah, look, when you get in 0 a math conversation it can take a little while. >> steve, weve got time. >> you know, yeah, joe biden is going to step back and go take your time. go ahead, you know, we can listen. >> yeah, there is this famous s and l sketch from the 1988 election. and he said you got 1:3...

"starting point" begins right now. welcome back, everybody. new details in the shocking suicide of football star junior se seau. the "l.a. times" is reporting his family has decided to donate his brain in order to determine if he had chronic traumatic ense encephalopathy. the report says the former linebackers death was a suicide. doctors are unsure whether seaus hard hits on the field let to cte, that dementia like brain disease caused by tough brain injuries that many football player...

Could better looks end up lifting these women out of poverty and what is wrong with that? >> ill tell you what is wrong with it. it reminds me of obama care. >> i will tell you something. i was sort of -- this is certainly not my opinion, but i was shocked to hear patti ann in the green room say if you really want to solve the homeless problem, stop injecting them with botox and start injecting them with poison. pab! they are people! >> by the way, plastic surgery is just like performance enhanc...

Permits, you have to get building. i mean, the poor homeless people are saying, just feed us. give may break! >> a lot of the people that are doing the feeding are from faith-based organizations. kimberly and greg. based on your experience of working in san francisco, could this have ever been done in san francisco? >> yeah. no. it couldnt. san francisco, we had a very substantial homeless problem. had large drug addicted community. a lot of problems that they had to face. we have tremendous org...

Get doctors, you have to get permits, you have to get building. i mean, the poor homeless people are saying, just feed us. give may break! >> a lot of the people that are doing the feeding are from faith-based organizations. kimberly and greg. based on your experience of working in san francisco, could this have ever been done in san francisco? >> yeah. no. it couldnt. san francisco, we had a very substantial homeless problem. had large drug addicted community. a lot of problems that they had to...

People get to keep all that money and they are guaranteed to get $50 for six hours work and the homeless say they very much appreciate it. listen: >> everybody thats got a job will come together and grab 12 or grab two at a time, then you might not have a homeless problem. you will have working citizens, paying taxes, and living life. >> reporter: ah, but critics claim this practice is shameful, they say its dehumanizing, distopian. eric burger writes, and im quoting, it has to do with digital d...

Mondale. we worked it one time and it work and he had the discipline not to use it again against gary hart. never would have worked. one moment. a moment for that. on the trail for 20 years. >> greg: gary hart said where is the beef and then said where is the rice? >> kimberly: oh, boy. i like that. >> eric: very good. if they do this debate, i certainly offer my services, sarah palin, to moderate that. >> kimberly: sarah palin? >> eric: to moderate that one-on-one. >> bob: erics wife is listeni...