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Deal with teen sexting. that means sending sexual image or pictures to someones phone. this particular law is meant to lessen some of the penalties so a teenager wont end up having to register as a sex offender. if a teenage person sends a sexually explicit image of themselves, they shouldnt be held accountable for that. some lawmakers are saying. but the bill also would hold parents more accountable, and a judge can make a parent attend education classes with the teenager if the child is caught...

On that point of cutting at least the corporate taxes in the state. youre hoping you can get businesses to create jobs. but there are plenty out there, including the cbo, that would say thats not necessarily whats going to get businesses to hire. even if they -- talking about the president yesterday with the -- talking to the chamber, theyre sitting on money. a lot of businesses are. but theyre not ready to hire because theres just not the demand for their products. and in a state at 12% unemplo...

Protectionist barriers that will hurt them overseas. what does the president want? he wants jobs. jobs, jobs, and jobs. he specifically said, look, i know youre sitting on almost $2 trillion. american companies sitting on almost $2 trillion just in the bank. theyre not investing it. theyre not giving it back to shareholders. theyre not hiring people with. it the president wants to figure out how to work with business to try to get that money moving into the u.s. economy. here is the trick, thoug...

President. was it a love fest that will yield results? >> more frenemies. this chamber of commerce has spent millions and millions fighting the presidents signature agenda. he went there, and he said, look, joked, im going to make it up to you. he said "we need each other," we need to out-innovatdnovate and out-compete each other. sounded like john f. kennedy when he said ask not what we can do for you but what you can do for your country. they talked about a corporate tax cut. they would like l...

Surroundings. no serious injuries, amazingly, to report from this crash. federal immigration officials targeting the chipotle chain for allegedly hiring illegal immigrants. the company says it dismissed hundreds of workers in minnesota, nearly half the staff, after receiving notices of suspect documents from the feds. dozens of restaurants in virginia, washington, d.c., will be the subject of an immigration audit. this week marks the first anniversary of the first lady, michelle obamas, lets...

Jay carney, the former "time" magazine reporter, communications director for vice president biden. an interesting transition. look, jay carneys got big shoes to fill. robert gibbs has been not just press secretary but one of the administrations most senior advisers dating back to his days as a senator. yesterday robert gibbs when he announced that friday would be his last day said, look, im going to miss just about all of you. i dont know when im not in the "miss me" category or not. i think a l...

Good job of managing the people under him. and there was a lot of leaking out of the state department. and the president knew it. and it was unhelpful. and most of it ended up making the state department look good. we didnt do that in the pentagon. i insisted we not do it. >> rumsfeld is promoting his new memoir titled "known and unknown." the standoff in cairo continue. the protesters still refuse to leave the square. and some are suggesting the military might be moving in to crack down. we...

Benefit from other ports of call. 1.1% there. boeing pays a tax rate of 4.5%. yahoo, 7%. g.e., 14.3%. of course, the ceo of g.e. is on the presidents competitive council. g.e. is revered around the world as the company with the tax department that is the best of finding every kind of possible way to make sure that its tax bill is as low as possible. so among things they can do is they can take losses from prior years and move them forward, like you and i can do. then there are tons of loopholes ...

Them to be serving more healthy meals for kids. specifically smaller portions, thats one of the key goals. but secondly, making sure that the restaurant menus actually have some healthy options for kids, have more carrots, apple slices, milk. have things like that so its not just fried food and whatnot. and i think when you take a step back from the white house perspective, this is a chance for them amid all the controversy about health care reform, to actually focus instead on the less controve...

Business tax cuts would provide significant short-term stimulus. but for competitiveness purposes, it looks like the president is willing to give this to business to try to get business to create jobs in this country. >> okay. >> amazing, though, that there are all these loopholes. so, you know, you can -- >> there are so many loopholes. when you talk to companies, companies say we want a lower tax rate. you see, yeah, and were going to get rid of the loopholes. we can lower the tax rate and tal...