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Theyre having a great time as you can see. >> ambushed. a reporter gets caught in a snowball storm. >> im going to actually grab on here and hold myself in position. >> weather reporting can be hazardous for a tv correspondent. just ask al roker. during a "today" show report on hurricane wilma in 2005, a colleague has to hold him down to keep him from blowing away. >> i can hear you now, matt, just for a brief moment. the winds are -- this is how im staying out here. mike, our camera guy, is hol...

>>guest: well, illinois made the same mistake europe made. europe for four decades has been raising taxes, raising spending, the pending always goes up more than the taxes go up because you have the laughter -- laffer effect, and that actually leads to more debt. we saw the same thing in illinois, they raise taxes and businesses are fleeing the state and moodys downgraded them and oh became wants to do the seem thing for the country? im against higher taxes but i want to appeal to the people who...

Theyre having a great time as you can see. >> ambushed. a reporter gets caught in a snowball storm. >> im going to actually grab on here and hold myself in position. >> weather reporting can be hazardous for a tv correspondent. just ask al roker. during a "today" show report on hurricane wilma in 2005, a colleague has to hold him down to keep him from blowing away. >> i can hear you now, matt, just for a brief moment. the winds are -- this is how im staying out here. mike, our camera guy, is hol...

Same, returning to her job as a third grade teacher. >> how did you go back to school? how did you walk in the classroom and teach little third graders? >> i wasnt sure if i could do it but it actually became very therapeutic. because when i walked through that school door, i was mrs. wilberger and it gives you the opportunity to love little children and to be concerned about their needs and so it was really a good therapy for me. it kept my mind busy on other things. >> you almost block it out....

Congressional approval rating we talked about. just a handful of people in the country. i dont think i have met anyone who said they approved the congress. i dont know where they get those numbers. i think the democrats are probably going to try and run the campaign going against their opponent which looks like it will be romney and trying to drive his negatives lower than the president. because although president obama ran on the campaign of systematic change he has said it is harder to change ...

Factory is closed. sold for only $5 million. taxpayer money basically lost. another green energy policy failure. thats where we are. >> i understand there is a crony capitalist component to this as well. >> there is. theres a gentleman by the name of vinyard cosla and hes a big greeny out of northern california. big supporter of range fuels and the presidents green energy policy. well, now range fuels is out, the factory goes up for sale and who buys it? >> he does. >> yes. he buys this factory....

It doesnt work. make up your mind. youre either really conservative or youre a moderate republican. and he tried to do both, and i think he won in neither case. >> and -- >> he seemed liberal because he was mild, but actually politics is such a carnivorous game. and he never was able to show those kind of teeth that you need. >> it was tough coming back from china to figure out the campaign and the time he had. having said that, you could argue they made moves in the beginning that werent strong...

Into the fall. despite my own mixed feelings about wall street and the growing disparity we talk about between rich and poor, i just think tactically democrats may be making a big mistake thinking that somehow this campaigns going to be about what mitt romney did at bain capital 15 years ago instead of what barack obamas done over the past three years. >> well, i certainly think that the bain capital, at the very least, the democrats got to see whether bain was going to stick to the wall so to s...

To barack obama if unemployments at 8.5%, 9%, and hes going to say, you know what? everythings gotten worse since youve gotten here. unemployments gotten worse, job hirings gotten worse, everythings gotten worse, and what youve been doing for three years is focusing on big government. a big bailout of wall street, a big bailout of the auto industry, a big stimulus package bailout, another big trillion dollar stimulus bill, et cetera, et cetera. and then hes going to turn to barack obama and say ...

I want it to be fair. were on a level playing field. if they misread the mood of the country and play the resentment card, thats going to be difficult. >> it doesnt work. >> because at the end of the day -- and i always talk about my dad and, you know, you talk about your parents, mike. at the end of the day, even when my dad was laid off, looking for work, there was never any resentment. they were still driving us past the big houses on country club drive in meridian, mississippi. >> sunday aft...