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Better land even for our descendants than what we have for ourselves. and for more than a century, thats been a national goal for republicans and democrats alike. we need to reclaim that voice, restore that spirit, that vision. we need to restore the bipartisan majority for the american environment. we need to build that better land. >> james, by the way, you want to be a vice president or something? that was a good speech. >> i owe it all to susan. >> i have a theory. dylan knows about my other...

Agenda for his labor groups and environmental groups. >> he wants to increase the number of entitlements. he wants town crease spending. we dont have the money to pay for programs he says we have to have which is more political pandering to get the votes. he wants to weaken national security and defense because his action already show that. >> guys, appreciate it. a special report coming up next. nbc news was initial forced to apologize after we revealed its blatant media bias last week. weve re...

Mitt romney has the lead overall, 454 delegates, nearly 40% of the note well needs to clinch the nomination. rick santorum has 217. newt gingrich at 1 ao 7 and ro 107, and ron paul rounding out at 47. jon: a coalition of labor groups announced they will target specific companies. san and bream live in washington with more on what they have planned. >> reporter: in a press conference moments ago these groups including moveon.org and the seiu says they will are putting corporations on notice that ...

Action network, afl-cio and unions. and tyrese gibson, multigrammy nominated singer and actor who has been in movies like "transformers," one of my own favorites "baby boy." and hes out here in alabama for another reason. like harry belafonte and other entertainers who marched for civil rights, tyrese is also lending his time to the struggle here. thank you both for being here tonight. why has labor groups joined in this fight against immigration and voter i.d. laws this weekend put so much into...

Republican primary. now, there are fresh signs that they could use the same strategy on supertuesday. specifically in the critical state of ohio. fox news digital politics editor chris stierwalt is also the host of power play on foxnews.com. chris, there is little question that democrats got to the polls in michigan and voted for rick santorum last night. there is now a worry by some of the republican party that they are unleashing ohio as well and will have an impact in this republican primary....

lets go "outfront." >> good evening. im erin brunette. are super pacs super shady? >> i think when they know the truth, theyll find that governor romney is not as conservative as his pac and his campaign has said that he is. >> so super pacs came out of the ruling in 2010. what theyre not allowed to do is take any direction from the candidates. they have to be independent. but are they? we looked into it and what we found is that the ties between the candidates and the super pacs seems...

tonight, our super pacs super shady. the presidential candidates seem to think so. >> the people of south carolina need to know the truth and when they know the truth, i think theyll find its not surprising that governor romney is not as conservative as his pac and his campaign has said that he is. >> so, super pacs were born out of the controversial supreme court case citizens united in 2010. the the ruling allowed so-called super pacs to raise and spend unlimited amount of money on c...

In its online statement its claim of responsibility, this groom the islamic state of iraq which is really an umbrella group for all the al-qaida-affiliated groups in that country says the attacks were out of sympathy for sunni prisoners. they said the new jersey ne the mujahideen will not sit back with his hands tied. some say the shiite government is under irans control. the attacks have been dramatic. 14 in one morning last week apparently coordinated all around the city, politically motivated...

Financial bureau and head of labor relations board. a five-member board will be down to two members heading into 2012. that means that board will not be able to legally operate unless the president does what is called a recess appointment. right now the white house is not ruling it out. >> do you have any announcements to make or speculation to engage in on that front. were not relinquishing any rights here. that is certainly the case. >> reporter: when you look at those nlrb positions the white...

Thousands of fed up americans will be in the streets of madison, wisconsin, tomorrow. theyre keeping the pressure on governor scott walker for his assault on workers rights. the campaign to recall walker kicked off earlier this week. more than 50,000 signatures were reported within the first 48 hours. 540,000-plus valid signatures are needed to force a recall election. tomorrow, the grassroots coalition, united wisconsin, along with labor groups and state democrats, will hold a rally for signatu...