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Theres developing news on yet another unsolved new jersey mystery. it is one weve been following very closely and i want to get to the bottom of it. heres the thing. why did the state part ways with its single largest sandy relief contractor? it is a question sandy victims have asked chris christie himself. >> why was hgi fired? why did you pay him $50 million and why did you privatize most -- why did you privatize most of the grant program? you didnt have to do that. >> i just disagree with you...

Process, during an assembly hearing didnt even bother to mention that the contract with hgi was ending. when it finally was revealed, satellite officials wouldnt say why it was ending or who was taking over oversight of the housing programs. they said that hgi services were not needed now. the folks at the advocacy group fair share housing and the "wall street journal" have turned up some documents indicating there were, quote, performance related issues that led the state to cancel the contract...

They didnt bother to announce it until more than six weeks later. a state official who was addressing the homeowner concerns about the building process, during an assembly hearing didnt even bother to mention that the contract with hgi was ending. when it finally was revealed, satellite officials wouldnt say why it was ending or who was taking over oversight of the housing programs. they said that hgi services were not needed now. the folks at the advocacy group fair share housing and the "wall ...

Housing programs. and weve got to get rid of these ghettos. and weve got to get these children out from where the rats eat on them at night. weve got to get them some jobs. weve got two million unemployed. >> just a remarkable piece of history there, lbj talking to martin luther king. contrast for us what he was talking about there and the outside/inside strategy they had unemployment to what were seeing today? >> two ways to look at. this the first is lbj and the way he articulated his goals wa...

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Especially pay $12.50 per hour. but right now were sitting on $1.5 billion on our rainy day fund and coming off $800 million in surpluses over the last four fiscal years. our ceo projected surpluses in the next four fiscal years. >> still, it could be nice to have such an employer in the washington area to create all of these jobs. just take a look at the bigger picture. if washington, d.c., controls the amount of money that private companies pay their employees, you know, big picture here, migh...

Occur as a variety of reasons. but when you have low-income folk who is are priced out, the economic supports, right, for example, the city of new york without low-income housing programs for the government, all of the people who work to may the city runs. >> and those programs help create the middle class. there are fixes we need. >> thanks to greg and lisa. matt and maya will stick around. theyll be back later in the program. up next, community outreach gone wrong. its my letter to senator ran...

People have been bemoaning the effects, l.a. specifically, how it may affect l.a.x., how widespread are the concerns in los angeles, in the southland? >> well, the concerns are very widespread. i think the truth is, as you all have been reporting, is that we dont know what the impact is. l.a. is looking at a hit of about $is 15 million, which is a hit they could probably manage during normal times, but as you know theyve been flirting with fiscal insolvency, so money is rately tight. theyre look...

To try to stop the $85 billion worth of cuts from going into effect. he said the cuts would hurt the economy and cost people their jobs. he called the cuts dumb and arbitrary. and pretty much right after he got done calling them dumb and ash arbitrary, he had to go sign this presidential order ordering them into law. president obama was not saying these cuts are dumb and arbitrary because he does not like them. these cuts are dumb and arbitrary by design. both sides agree they are dumb and arbit...

To try to stop the $85 billion worth of cuts from going into effect. he said the cuts would hurt the economy and cost people their jobs. he called the cuts dumb and arbitrary. and pretty much right after he got done calling them dumb and arbitrary, he had to go sign this presidential order ordering them into law. president obama was not saying these cuts are dumb and arbitrary because he does not like them. these cuts are dumb and arbitrary by design. both sides agree they are dumb and arbitrary...