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florida. with grim news like this, how does the president turn things around? plus, build, baby, build. president obama takes his campaign for his jobs bill to the backyards of speaker john boehner and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, and calls them out, by name. hes sounding and acting tough now, but can he get something done? also, tea party gop takeover continued. the house voted down a spending bill last night. why? because republicans held down spending on disaster relief...

why? because republicans held down spending on disaster relief and then insisted on paying for it by cutting on a project democrats favored. and even then the tea party crowd decided it cost too much. can john boehner control his own right-wingers? and congressman emanuel cleaver took president obama to task on black unemployment this week. saying, "if bill clinton had been in the white house and failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the white house." well, t...

continued. the house voted down a spending bill last night. why? because republicans held down spending on disaster relief and then insisted on paying for it by cutting on a project democrats favored. and even then the tea party crowd decided it cost too much. can john boehner control his own right-wingers? and congressman emanuel cleaver took president obama to task on black unemployment this week. saying, "if bill clinton had been in the white house and failed to address this problem...

for an answer. every time we agree to meet in the middle they move where the middle is. >> reporter: and what youre hearing from house speaker john boehner, hell continue to fight for the largest spending cuts possible and that is the republican position. hes refused to give any information what he would settle for, not even answering yesterday what would constitute a fair deal because he does not want to negotiate with himself in front of the media. begging the question what is the nu...