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Position is this. when he came in, he suggested that he was going to be an incredible powerhouse. that he would do seven hearings a week. times 40 weeks. that this would be the busiest committee. his basic assumption from the start was that there was so much scandal in the obama administration -- >> right. >> -- that you basically just had to cast your net and things would turn up immediately. what happened very, very quickly is that, you know, he had trouble finding scandal. at least not at the...

Social media for promoting the retail giant saying things like its hypocrisy. walmarts products are all made in china. they contribute to the empty factories. whats so powerful about an ad that makes no sense. marc lamont hill a political commentator for us and mel robbins, former criminal defense attorney. park, in response to the comment everything is made in china. mark rowe has been on facebook. he said thats not entirely accurate. theres a lot of merchandise currently in walmart manufacture...

In response to the comment everything is made in china. mark rowe has been on facebook. he said thats not entirely accurate. theres a lot of merchandise currently in walmart manufactured right here in the usa, including "dirty jobs" cleaning products. walmart promised to buy $250 billion of american made stuff and put it on shelves. whatever else you might think of the company, can you root against an initiative like that. >> no ones saying boo, dont put jobs back in american spaces. theyre sayi...

Home runs of barry bonds in the late 90s, thats what brought the game back after all of their labor problems. >> and now all seems tarnished. i dont disagree with anything youve said, but theres something about it thats just a little bit sad. jim gray joining us from l.a., thanks very much. >> good to be with you. coming up, cnn and nbc pulling the plug on their hillary clinton projects. did the two networks bow to pressure? pulling the plug woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted...

Hand and 4200 airplanes on back order but, it could be facing some labor problems as well. negotiations with its engineers have stalled and a strike vote we are told could come as early as next week, bill? bill: dan, something to watch. the hearing continues or rather the statement continues in washington. dan spring in seattle. a bit more context on boeing and its dreamliner. more than 800 are on order by 58 customers. the planes wingspan tops 197 feet. that is 2/3 of a football field. a look a...

Of gets in the track and it can gunk them up. but what happens is the gunk gets so thick that it actually pushes the pin out that holds the seat in place. so we spoke to an aviation expert today on "studio b" who says he is not buying the whole coca cola conclusion. listen. j. >> does the maintenance issue that went bad, they are fixing it. it just happened at the wrong time if you want to call it that. at the same time they are having labor problems. it really is a nasty cocktail for american a...

Around and make an emergency landing at dallas/fort worth airport. the passengers were told to brace for a crash landing, some said they were scared to death, but despite that, the plane landed without incident. and because of all these labor problems at american airlines, some of the passengers were skeptical wondering if there really was a landing gear problem or if it was of just another job action by the pilots. the airline says the gear did jam which, of course, adds to the lengthy list of ...

The white house says that sector is adding jobs for the first time since the late 1990s. the presidents upcoming remarks come on the heels of a recently "new york times"/cbs news poll that shows his approval rating now sitting at 50%. in the key battleground state of ohio, the commander in chief also beats the entire field of gop contenders in head-to-head match-ups. a new quinnipiac role shows him beating mitt romney 46% to 44%. mike viqueira joins me to talk about this. what can we expect to h...

Repeal the gains that made americas middle class strong. >> 60,000 public employees that would be affected by the law. what do you think is the different dynamic and what we could see in ohio tomorrow? >> i think people had an opportunity to see what happened in this and didnt happen. quickly people now have been able to get the facts that they were able to organize and get out to people to say this is the situation. as a matter of fact in ohio, when labor unions were organized, there were less ...

weekend. more than four million people are without electric power. a truck bomb followed by a gun battle killed at least two people in the southern afghan city of kandahar. it happened outside the international relief and development office. afghan officials say two people were wounded in that attack. taliban fighters set off a truck bomb, entered the compound and fired on security forces. closing arguments could begin in the next few days in the trial of michael jacksons doctor. o...