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Molly henneberg is on it in washington to explain. >> labor unions, shannon. new rules about which healthcare plans will be grandfathered in allow an exemption for unions. if a companys nonunion healthcare plan changes to another insurer the government will step in and say now that plan has to be subject to the new healthcare mandates, except for union healthcare plans, they can change and still stay grandfathered in and that irks some small business groups who say its not fair for small busines...

Economy. meaning that g.e. is going to get rich. isnt that weird? by the way, also the, all of the gro groups is kind of a coalition of unions, labor groups, community organization, social justice advocate, socially responsible business and elected officials. that is great. like green for all. van jones group. yeah, yeah. and his community organization is there. afl-cio, seiu. you know what is weird? on a completely unrelated story, did you know that van jones group launched a boycott of this sh...

It seems to be under way. >> it is under way. crowds have come out here to foley square in lower manhattan. immigrant groups and labor groups wanting change and protesting the arizona law have shown up. its solidarity here. in 80 cities rallies are planned, not only here in new york city, to bring this issue to the forefront to protest this issue, and hopefully, they say, to bring congress and the white house to the table to bring this debate to the forefront, certainly a lot of people showing o...

Its a scam. so why is it being pushed? redistribution of wealth? to enrich the corrupt? that brings me back to cover. to enrich the corrupt. to enrich the corrupt. we did some digging. we followed the money. the answers tell a familiar story. crime inc. before we get going on this, i just want to warn you. if there is something im learning about progressives, the one thing they do, they love creating groups. they have tons and tons of groups. its like names, too. you know, they always just keep ...

Dollar in their g-string. joyce agrees and the emerald city collaborative is born. through the livable cities initiative. oh, livable cities initiative! this is going to get good, isnt it? here is the great part. emerald cities, who are emerald cities? show me the board of directors. now, they consider themselves the start-up, national coalition of diverse groups. that include -- wait for it -- unions, labor groups, community organititions, social justice activists, socially responsible business...

You think im doing this and im not -- oh, no, thats pretty smart. yeah, ill be a hero. do you know who i am taking on? these people dont screw around. you think im not afraid? what the hell is this? so here we are with the emerald city. weve got seiu, we have the great van jones again, green for all. we have the afl-cio. hmm. all three of these people, all three of these groups are currently leading boycotts against me. they are all tied directly to the white house. but we are just talking about...

Messages. so here is the joyce foundation. he says lets go to the joyce foundation. okay. lets get money. who is again the joyce foundation? started the climate exchange. seed money. they also give money to the tides foundation. remember those guys? theyre great. oh, thats sore s george soros. they give money to the center for american progress, you know, where van jones is now staying. isnt that great? thats george soros, too. that is great! hundreds of millions of dollars and apparently nothin...

Dollar in their g-string. joyce agrees and the emerald city collaborative is born. through the livable cities initiative. oh, livable cities initiative! this is going to get good, isnt it? here is the great part. emerald cities, who are emerald cities? show me the board of directors. now, they consider themselves the start-up, national coalition of diverse groups. that include -- wait for it -- unions, labor groups, community organizations, social justice activists, socially responsible business...

When it comes to wall street and give-away reform in washington, a mixed report on the nations new health care law. and the possible next step in global warfare. is there finally, perhaps, some sort of device that makes the nuke neutered? but next thursday, were taking the "dr show" on the road, broadcasting live from the protests on wall street, from labor groups to student groups to veterans and retirees, anyone else fed up with being the exploited target of gaming on wall street. well be in...

Minute ago. in a way, by the president deferring to you and letting you and others to make the case for this issue, it enables him to have a little distance. >> i dont think its deferring. i think he understands we have a role as civil rights groups and he respects us and meets with us on this, as he does labor groups as he does leaders of womens group. hes the president. hes not an advocate, not the head of an advocacy group. i think it is almost insulting to try and make the president the head...