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Joining me now is james peterson and jarrod burnstein. jarrod, these cuts seem bad no matter what party youre from. whats your analysis of this? >> obviously, bad. for the economy, as you mentioned, remember -- you dont hear this enough. we have an unemployment rate thats already way too highly elevated, stuck at 8% overall for african-americans, much higher. and what does this kind of policy do? it takes an economy thats already not growing quickly enough and subtracts $85 billion of spending i...

And at the macro level, at the big level, its just a very weak way for the united states to present itself in the world. we can deal with our problems if we use our head in not doing that. >> there is going to be local problems and everyone is going to feel it. these republicans are going to feel it in their backyard when it comes to defense contracts. and speak of local problems, senator john mccain did not support the presidents fix it first plan during the state of the union address. but this...

Unnecessary. and at the macro level, at the big level, its just a very weak way for the united states to present itself in the world. we can deal with our problems if we use our head in not doing that. >> there is going to be local problems and everyone is going to feel it. these republicans are going to feel it in their backyard when it comes to defense contracts. and speak of local problems, senator john mccain did not support the presidents fix it first plan during the state of the union addr...

Serve all grains and a sandwich with a single slice of deli meat. in some district half the kid stopped buying meals creating a deficit of tens of thousands of dollars. >> i understand what the government was trying to do, my problem is i cant force a kid to eat their fruits and vegetables. when they think a 31-cent apple is what it cost me and i put it on their tray and they throw it in the garbage that is 31-cents the government pays me back its a wash. >> reporter: district opted out creating...

Reduce childhood obesity and requires cav tier ya to serve more fruit and smaller ontrays, half aisles -- half a slice of pizza, in some districts up to half the kids stopped buying meals, creating a deficit of tens of thousands of dollars. >> i understand what the government was trying to do. my problemes i cant force a kid to eat their fruits and vegetables and when that take a 31 credibility -- 31-cent apple that and throw it in the garbage. >> several districts opting out. >> i think the leg...

Unemployment come down and the big thing nationally that kept employment up for the last three years and not where it should be like five or six percent is that one word, no one knows where well be next year on tax policy and regulatory policy and if there is certainty in the system i promise unemployment will come down. >> we havent talked ohio and the policies on their energy dripping and opening up both public and private lands, again, macro level, big level, 4 million jobs, romney is -- prob...

Op back of pickups. in the battle for the key stronghold. unconfirmed video shows troop loyal to bashar assad continuing to pound away with heavy artillery. "this is the result of the shelling" says a narrator outside of an aapartment buildinbuilding in the city. satellite video show the scale of the destruction on a macro level. each yellow dot represents an artillery crater. on the ground, rebels say they will give their lives in the fight for aleppo. but blame the international community for ...

secret no longer. brand-new information this morning on what we will see during the olympics opening ceremonies friday night. details leaking out from london. two early hints, james bond and harry potter. "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning to you. im carol costello. thanks for being with us. we begin with a single stor that captures both the heartbreak and the hope of the shooting rampage in colorado. this morning, americans are rallying to help this man, shooting victim...

and a situation now so serious president obama is getting involved. >> saw the mass exodus yesterday from that area. it was incredible. >> those pictures keep rolling in of neighborhoods on fire. good morning, everybody. welcome to "early start." im ashleigh banfield. >> im zor ray da zam bow lynn. up first, the decision that will affect every single american is less than five hours away. the supreme court will decide whether all or parts of the affordable care act dubbed obamacare...

lets take a break to the magic wall to show why were predicting why walker will keep his job as governor of wisconsin. number one, its obvious. red is republican. you see a lot of red. dane county here, this is the key county for democrat, 8% of the population. democrats say their turnout operation worked well there. but tom barrett the democrat getting 60% and scott walker getting 40% right there. barrett needs to be up around 70% in this key county right there. lets come back to the ...