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Treadmills or whatever, right? the cancer drug story was first reported by sarah cliff who writes for the blog at the washington post. whether it is local news covering impact of the state by state of the sequester or wonkier than the usual blog of blogs, about cuts who arent supposed to cut medicare patients hurt them anyway or the sinking in of the realization that if you cut head start by this much, that means that some places, like indiana, are going to start deciding whether or not american...

Hugo chavez frias passed away. >> in the hours after that announcement, the people of venezuela poured into the streets. some marking chavezs death with mourning. others cheers. just like the political split in the united states, support for chavez has divided venezuela. those who loved him say chavez put their country on the map, empowered the poor, made their country increasingly democratic. but others remember chavez as a tyrant, corrupt, even murderous, a man who supported fascist regimes in...

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...

He liked being able to mingle with the populous. he didnt want to attract attention of someone surrounded by guards. theres debate not just on this macro level but also on the micro level of how well conduct ourselves vis-a-vis stuff like syria but also diplomatically. >> diplomacys clarifying. if you try, then it fails, its something thats -- it shows you that these -- it tells you something about the people youre talking with. and then if you have to escalate, youve got a much better argument ...

To 5.2 percent right now. today we learned it is 7.9 percent. that is 9 until jobs short of what he promised. >> what is the truth behind these numbers? lets ask. thank you for joining us. good news or bad news? how did it all shake out? >> it is bad news with america with respect to what we can generate and what we have in the past. if you look at it more micro level 131,000 is an improvement. overall the whole jobs picture is really there. >> what we need is 250,000. >> at a minimum. you start...

What they pay. half the american people dont pay anything. 47%. the other copy the entire bill. of course, the superrich pay the majority of the bill from the federal government. simply raising taxes and taking money out out of the private sector out of the private sector and handing it to drunken sailors of the united states government who spend like theres no tomorrow -- there isnt going to be a tomorrow if we dont slowdown in spending. giving them more money is like handing a case of jack dan...

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...

Money involved. while the conservatives have talked about $47 billion being the figure, youre really looking at as much as $264 billion compared to the plans being put forward by, by conservatives in terms of the tax rates at the high end. >> that means just to clarify, that is if we were to extend the bush, bush tax cuts. then if we implemented the buffett rule, there would be more revenue that were getting because there would be a much bigger difference at the high end, right? >> thats right. ...

The prohibitive favorite before the race began. while he leads everywhere including new hampshire, mr. romneys ascendance has been marked by republicans trying to put their finger on what they dislike about him. trying to find a viable alternative to mr. romney among any of the other candidates in the race. trying to get other people to join the race when they couldnt find a credible anti-romney among those who were declared. the way that dynamic played out on a micro level in iowa, the one plac...

Election. but the controlling dynamic within that process for much of the last year has been republicans desire to find somebody other than mitt romney to do that. mr. romney had everything going for him in the race, has been the prohibitive favorite before the race began. while he leads everywhere including new hampshire, mr. romneys ascendance to the probable nomination has been marked by republicans trying to put their finger on what they dislike about him. trying to find a viable alternative...