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See ya, james. i was back on rocky. new numbers are just out. they show that the average government worker is making more than $125,000 a year. some republicans say you are paying for that. and its too much. up next you will see what they hope to do about it. breaking developments in a controversy over the military voting rights act. well have more in james report. not to mention this. a former republican senator used some colorful language comparing social security to a cow. particular part of ...

Denied a waiver. hi, james. >> reporter: election officials are breathing easier now that the justice department has agreed they dont have to ship off ballots to military voters before september 18. originally 10 states sought waivers from the d.o.d. its part of a law that congress passed last year known as the move act which requires all states to mail out final election ballots to overseas voters 45 days before election day. massachusetts, rhode island, delaware, maryland and d.c. were all gra...

Jenna: an update on a story. the manhunt is over for the man suspected of stabbing to death a deck crated u.s. marine. british professional kick boxer lee aldhouse was captured as he tried to enter the u.k. he is known for getting drunk, picking fights, bragging about being inch sreufpbsable. police say after he loss a barroom brawl to this man dashawn longfellow he set out for revenge. after that fight aldhouse followed the marine back to his hotel and murdered him. on the phone from phuket, th...

Indeed happen. james, again a reporter for the phuket gazette joining us today. thank you so much, james. >> thank you. jon: the november midterm elections may hinge on one important factor and that is turn out. now democrats and republicans both are trying to figure out how to boost voter turn out, and one gop group is dropping millions of dollars into campaign ads targeting of course, democrats. all this as the democrats are right now unveiling their november strategy. carl cameron is live for...

Candlestick out there and what is the temperature? >> i have a serious issue with going to the bathroom inside where you live. i think it makes no sense. >> i prefer bark over toilet paper. i do. for a lot of reasons. >> bill, you spend most of your time writing "avatar" fan fiction. you must be devastated your idol ran off. >> i am devastated. may i remind you he is part of the news corp empire. not-to-be a company man, but james, keep on keeping on. stay away from the bad global warming denier...

>> kim, what is it about the culture of the justice department. how has that changed since enron and other cases earlier this decade? >> again, again, i think it has to do with the pressure that many of these people feel to go after white collar crime and again, what necessarily outrages americans isnt necessarily a crime. and just to go back to, to james point though about mou its great that we get a decision, the problem is that we have now found in retrospect that these decisions are often wr...

Dont necessarily always think theyre going back to bush years. >> 0en that point. lets run a clip of president obama taking on the democrats on that point. . >> they have not come up with a single solitary new idea to address the challenges of the american people. they dont have a single idea thats different from george bushs ideas. not one. >> have republicans learned anything sips the bush years, james? >> well, i think, i think they have learned and at least, mr politically, theyre on offense...

They are banking on the fact that youll forget what their agenda did to this country over eight years. >> paul: so, kim, is this the strategy theyve settled on? >> well, i mean, i think republicans are banking on the fact that some agree that people will believe that obama now owns this economy and this country and that that will be one of the they think that they keep in mind when they go to the polls. democrats are going to do the blame bush thing because they need to change the subject, all r...

Tax cuts and i think youll find a surge for support for the president and maybe the electoral-- >> did i answer my own question, james, at least a little bit. he think republicans have one more left in them and that is dont spend the way they did before. that will be a big change. we have to take one more break. [ lisa ] my nams lisa, and i smoked for 29 years. the one thing about smoking -- is it dominates your life, and it dominated mine. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didnt think i ...

This isnt the first time. >> kim, what is it about the culture of the justice department. how has that changed since enron and other cases earlier this decade? >> again, again, i think it has to do with the pressure that many of these people feel to go after white collar crime and again, what necessarily outrages americans isnt necessarily a crime. and just to go back to, to james point though about mou its great that we get a decision, the problem is that we have now found in retrospect that th...