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Commended for that. what im asking, manufacturing, the auto industry isnt what its was, detroit isnt what it was. can you make the move away from being so dependent on that as you once were? what would be the new revenuemaker for the city? what would bring people back? ensure investors detroit is worth buying into. >> in detroit itself we have four major infrastructure projects coming into the city in the next two to three years. m-1 light rail. the new bridge that canada is helping pay for this...

Love seeing her play baseball. good game there. thats just something we thought you should know today. a pair of senators are proposing a bipartisan plan that would raise the federal tax on gas for the first time in 20 years. the proposal by senators bob corker and chris murphy would raise the tax from 18.4 cents a gallon to 30.4 cents a gallon over the next two years. that, by the way, a hike of 12 cents. the senators say the higher tax is nose prevent the federal highway trust fund from runn...

New jersey lawmakers continue to hold hearings. we already heard compelling testimony from three people inside ted de the governors ofd more are on the way. a criminal grand jury has been conven convened, which already called on a christie spokesman to testify. more witnesses are on the way. a manhattan attorney is also constructing a criminal probe with the help of the securities an exchange commission relating to infrastructure projects in a deal to reroute nearly $2 billion in port authority ...

This country. youre going to have leaks, youre going to have spills and environmental impacts so we have to measure what those impacts are on the other side of this thing. the actual direct jobs to building the pipeline arent nearly as many as some of the proponents would say that they are. will there be more subway jobs? will there be more? you have to figure that into the equation. im glad its been punted down the road so there is more time to study this but mary landrieu and others should be ...

Hes whitewashing his record before it can be tarnished any further. right now cristys not looking vulnerable because hes winning the narrative. heres where he is vulnerable as i see it. he loves to attack unions. he doesnt like workers. hes not for the minimum wage. hes fired teachers, gone after public education, plays games with pension, he crushes infrastructure projects. i mean, and of course the guys personality, we know hes not a bully. hes just an all-around nice guy all the time and he h...

And get infrastructure projects. union labor. they spend all of this money and theyve got a rate of return from the government. contrast the private enterprise. >> theyre throwing their weight around with their waltz. now the koch brothers, how much influence do they have for policy? >> i cannot think of a major policy where they have had a significant impact. i cant think of one. >> its interesting, its all a tactic cause senator begich who is trying to keep his seat in alaska is bringing up th...

And future generations in mind. >> reporter: this election year budget lays out a fiscal road map for the presidents populist agen agenda, expanding opportunity and shrinking the gap between rich and poor. it increases spending for pre-kindergarten education, extending the tax credit for low income workers with no kids and about $300 billion for infrastructure projects. >> its a road map for creating jobs. >> reporter: its a steep price tag, paid for with spending cuts and tax increases. the pre...

Academic problems. including bipolar disorder and attention deficit issues. the greatest risk was seen in fathers aged 45 and older. health advocates are pushing the fda to stop a powerful painkiller from going to the market. its called zohydro. its five to ten times more potent than a similar pill, vicodin. the fda approved it last fall. it goes on the market next month but critics are urging the fda to reconsider because the drug is so potent and potentially addictive. get ready for big ch...

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Say more for variety of poverty programs, doesnt do much to move the needle on poverty, you instantly -- i have e-mails to prove it and cursing to prove it, you come across as satan in a cheap suit. >> i dont think anybody should fear being held accountable to how were spending money or where were not pending money. >> you have seen the -- the politicians i asked them to explain where the tens of millions have gone. >> they should be held accountable, and we sow counter to what was said earlier,...