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Right now michele bachmann is still going at it in iowa on her second stop of the day, touring a local manufacturing company. this, despite a call now for her to throw in the towel on a campaign thats fallen like a lead balloon. a call to quit thats come from none other than the american majority, a major tea party group. they say of the bachmann campaign, "it is clear that the campaign has become less about reform and more about her personal effort to stay relevant and sell books." on monday, b...

He only has about 30 purse percent of the voters. 70% are anybody but mitt. they started dating michele bachmann and didnt like her. then they dated perry. didnt like him. the same is happening with cain. now that he gets a lot of attention, the 9-9-9 plan has huge holes in it. the numbers dont add up on a host of issues. he too does not seem like that. >> at the end of the day, he has the support he had and drop a couple of points and he didnt blow like a lead balloon the way michele bachmann d...

Theyre livid. theyre furious. >> sure. understandably so. tepco is attempting to make some amends by giving compensation to some of the local communities. how did that go over? >> reporter: well, it went over like a lead balloon really. first of all, this is a first step and its kind of ceremonial in the sense that this was not meant to be a major payout to victims oar those affected by the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. it was a token. many didnt like it because it was so extremely small it a...

Here, nic. how did his speech go down on the ground? >> like a lead balloon. we talked to youth here who have been a lot of the emotion and a lot of the drive. the sort of facebook part of the revolution here. and energy on the streets. they are the ones weve been talking to tonight. young students, 19, 20 years old. and they say, whats he going to do? just reach up all the same guys in government and thank them? is he going to bring them back? theyre telling us theyre not going to rest. theyre ...

Giffords improving condition and well hear from her husband, mark kelly, who is about to make a statement. also, youll get the chance to meet this fantastic kid, a fourth grader who sold his toys to raise money for the congresswoman. and a bill is being proposed in one state to grade parents on their kids educational performance. thats right, parents, how you doing out there? this is going to go over like a lead balloon, right? well detail it, just ahead. ♪ [ chuckles ] ♪ over a million ...

Vulnerable democrats. >> greta: i think it would have went like a lead balloon. other comments from capitol hill, representative slaughter, she says, it was an absolutely ridiculous thing for him to say, we dont appreciate it. the speaker said it was very damaging. those are strong words. >> i was in the white house in 2006 headed into the midterms. we knew we would lose some seats. there was a path we would see where we would retain the majority. but it was going to be very hard. as press secre...

Vulnerable democrats. >> greta: i think it would have went like a lead balloon. other comments from capitol hill, representative slaughter, she says, it was an absolutely ridiculous thing for him to say, we dont appreciate it. the speaker said it was very damaging. those are strong words. >> i was in the white house in 2006 headed into the midterms. we knew we would lose some seats. there was a path we would see where we would retain the majority. but it was going to be very hard. as press secre...

Economy that is in a recovery, but that recovery seems to be pretty fragile. you look at the number of people unemployed, it is still 9.7%. the most recent retail sales number fell 1.2% in the most recent month. it was a surprise to people. have you a 30-year fixed rate mortgage of an unbelievable 4.81%. folks, that is so low for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. but you still have a lot of concerns with the housing market. it is just not going to recover until you see the job situation recover. so...

Health care reform, which is -- has gone over like a lead balloon with millions and millions of people, the bailouts of the banks and wall street. the rotten economy, the ever increasing growth of the national debt. the spending, the taxes. i mean, i dont know how much time we have. i could give you another 50 factors, but that is the whole point, when you have nearly 80% of the people this unhappy with government there has to be a lot of reasons why. martha: and youll see comments on both parti...

What the experts tell me is that north koreans have yet to demonstrate the capacity to do the guidance and control that they would be required. >> on monday, south koreas proposal the military humanitarian talks with north korea which would be the first since 2015. one day after recertifying that iran was in compliance with the iran nuclear deal, the trump administration levied new sanctions against iran. the new sanctions are not related to irans nuclear ability but its ballistic missile prog...