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well begin todays show in europe. voters in france and greece made their anti-austerity feelings known last weekend and stock markets plunged. well have a panel on the big picture and what it means for politics in the west. then robert zellik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next we go to israel which has anoinlted a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry br...

Slice government jobs and slice private sector jobs that are depending on government expendituexpend expendtures. >> because of budget shortfalls, a lot of local state economies are slushing public sector jobs and those have an impact on african-americans and women. who happen s they get even hardest and the most vulnerable to begin with. tell us about how destructive that practice is. >> it has a negative multiplier effect. when you are cutting jobs and a lot of them are african-americans and l...

were only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. >> the top two gop contende...

Said. but as time has gone on and people have seen the fact there are 200,000 more jobs in autos than there were before, i think they have come around to the view and the polls show that. this whole primary season, the republicans have really not talked about the core economic issues. weve been talking about everything around it. and i think what this string of appearances is going to start to do is bring out this incredibly stark difference between what the president is proposing and what the r...

Jobs. but president obama and his team. i know theyre listening, this is a defining difference between romney, santorum, and gingrich and democrats. obama made the choice to invest in america to invest in detroit. actually i wish our convention was being held in detroit because i think the renaissance that you talk about and have written about is defined, its t the, the kind of investments in entrepreneurship, innovation, in the car industry which has created a multiplier effect, having a connec...

the united states is ready for the challenge. >> as weve discussed, the united states and china will continue to compete and as americans, we welcome competition its part of our dna and propels our citizens to rise to the challenge. cooperation as you and i have spoken about, can only be mutually beneficial if the game is fair. >> perhaps we welcome competition, but are we ready for it? business professor peter navarro is the author of the book "death by china." peter vice president bi...

meanwhile, american workers have never been more productive. and companies like boeing are finding out that even when we cant make things faster or cheaper than china, we can make them better. our quality can be higher. and thats what americas about. thats how were going to compete. during the state of the union i issued a challenge to america business leaders. i said, ask yourselves what you can do to bring and create jobs here in this country, and your country will do everything we c...

health plans, not so much. that is until catholic leaders and some commentators began sounding off. >> catholics and christians all across america are fired up over president obamas approval of new regulations that require insurance plans of religious organizations to provide contraseptive coverage. >> why did it take news outlets a couple of weeks to catch up with the catholic protests? a former white house intern for president kennedy says she was his mistress 50 years ago. >> did he...

Creating over one hundred thousand jobs. >> the multiplier effect is tremendous. if you look at what happens and the jobs that we are creating outside, this is probably ten times over. so that is a great employment opportunity for everyone, and i wish that everyone would figure out that building infrastructure is the way to dig ourselves out of our recession and create local jobs. >> reporter: and the company is raking in profits. a facility in new jersey where muck is mixed with rock and sold a...

Companies like marriott or hilton or starwood are building hotels in india, china, brazil, and thats because no longer is it just an issue of americans or europeans going to those countries to see the great wall or to see the taj mahal -- >> or the grand canyon. >> its people within those countries, these rising middle classes. and were talking about hundreds of millions of people who want to travel. first they want to see their own country. most of them want to come to america. >> yeah. >> and ...