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Might be available for and how much it would cost you. all that takes bodies and resources. the states were supposed to do it. but the majority of state are saying they are not going to do it or at a minimum they want to partner with the federal government to do it. so there is a lot more work here for uncle sam than they anticipated when they passed this bill and when they funded this bill. where does that leave us today? less myanmar shawl and lars larson. the feds are saying we are going to s...

violence may come up. it has in the past couple days. sunday night president obama said this was the 4th time in his presidency that a community has been torn apart by a mass shooting. he promised to do everything in his power to prevent another tragedy. several reporters pressed the press secretary jay carney on this issue, asking why the president has not done more to take the lead on this issue? >> in the october presidential debate the president said one of the debates, weapons tha...

my mental health issues. welcome to "america live", everyone. im megyn kelly. family members and friends described newtown gunman adam lanza suffering from some type of mental illness or mental disorder which could have contributed to the murderous rampage. but at this point police are still trying to get their hands on his medical records. a white house brief is getting underway. we expect the issue of gun violence may come up. it has in the past couple days. sunday night president ob...

The crazy union work rules and defending people who drink on on the job, for example, that cause problems that are running american business out of the country. alisyn: all right. lars larson, leslie marshall, kudos for being able to debate over the cacophony coming out of lansing. >> hey, we didnt have any beeps. >> kick those union thugs out. alisyn: thank you so much. meanwhile, a popular u.s. retailer now under fire for including a series of profanity-laced items in its annual christmas ca...

Auto industry, and theyre producing a better product because they have those union workers. to have other people benefit from the same things they are in the union, thats unfair, and this is a president that fairness is his motto. alisyn: okay, very quickly, lars. >> leslie, you know its unfair to have american workers join a political organization that they choose not to join just to have a job. and the fact is its unions that put the big three automakers in the tank. gm is out of the -- is not...

Actions. he told them to fight for what they believe in, not to be violent. alisyn: lars? >> fight for what they believe in? ive got to tell you something, leslie, the president did embolden these actions. the fact is ive been covering unions for the best part of 35 years, and you almost always see illegal activities, violence, assaults and this kind of behavior from unions that are on strike. and you say they have a right to be angry? the people of michigan have a right to change their laws thr...

Alisyn: i just want to bring up one thing in our remaining few seconds because, leslie, the president said something that was possibly incorrect yesterday. he said that its legislation like this that will lower workers wages. when, in fact, the bureau of labor statistics in their latest reports say its the right-to-work states where workers wages are higher by from, on average, $49,000 versus $42,000. here are the statistics. so the president was actually inaccurate when he said this would lower...

Position so that we do not go over the fiscal cliff and to work with republicans, he and democrats together, to come up with a solution so that were not going to hell in a happened bag when it comes to -- handbag when it comes to december 31st at 12:015. its very different. i dont have a problem with him speaking out on this in michigan and not wisconsin. alisyn: all right. leslie didnt see any conflict there. lars, whats your response to that? >> listen, heres what the president was doing back ...

You [bleep]. alisyn: and we are just seeing new information crossing right now that moments ago the state legislature gave final approval for this as michigan will become, once the governor signs it, the 24th right-to-work state. this comes after president obama backed the unions cause yesterday. so were now waiting to see what the white house has to say about those violent scenes. leslie marshall, lars larson, welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> hi. alisyn: lars, what do you think about...

And the president ought to stand up and take responsibility for it. alisyn: leslie, what do you think about him weighing in on this controversy? >> i think its necessary. i mean, you have the president of the united states who said lets bail out the auto industry, whose hub is the of michigan, and they have been successful. for him to be talking about the economy, standing in michigan with what was going on and for him to avoid this whole topic would be ridiculous whether hes a democrat or a rep...