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New jersey. anybody with pick out any statistics they want but in new jersey its mu much better today than it was six years ago. >> richard quaurrying on facebook, heres the question he had for you. he said why does he deserve to be president when he has set a record with nine down grades for the state of new jersey while governor. some of it is because you have cut taxes too much and therefore you have left the state without enough money. >> thats not true. >>s to responsible. >> you know what?...

Institutional racism in ferguson its a story of blood sucking local government thats trying to get every ounce of revenue that it can out of pension problems or whatever. >> not of the least very few companies in america public or private if you sick 40 fbi agents on the company and review every e-mail and document and communication you can, you wont find any racist e-mails or comments and to tar the entire organization with that it is additionally problematic. got to steal the last word on that...

Ferguson municipality, the city of ferguson is so desperate for money that it is issuing tons of traffic citations minor fines that are abusive that arent really for the sake of public safety. theyre for the sake of raising tax revenues. well hello, this happens all over america as municipalities are increasingly squeezed. in fact there was a report in 2006 from the st. louis federal reserve about how municipalities are doing precisely this. its not a story of institutional racism in ferguson it...

Basically ask him to do anything he wants them to do on a dime and then look triumphant before a voting bloc. chris christie is dealing with new pension problems downgraded credit ratings in his state. now the democrats in his state legislature will make the next several months very difficult for him by pointing this all out. by highlighting it g en. and it shows why its very hard to run as a go governor in a mixed state like new jersey. >> >> yes, i think its an understatement. >> it shows you ...

Of 1% in the last report. were growing jobs so weve got to keep on doing it. we have a lot of work to do there but i think our state has turned the corner. when i became governor we had one former governor going to jail and one in jail. we got to straighten that out and we have. >> whats the story, the problem, every state has pension problems. illinois has specifically a very large pension problem. whats the story with going forward and taking care of the pension problems, and whats your relati...

Several decades ago. and it made the transition. and i think we need somebody from the private sector who is not beholden to any particular public ideology and, instead, is beholden to the citizens of the state of illinois. >> do you like governor walker of wisconsin and how he has handled some of those pension problems and public problems or not? >> i do. and i feel the same way about daniels in indiana. >> so you are a fiscal conservative? i dont mean to put words in your mouth. >> no. you are...

Also, today, on another political development, you can see how ukraine is moving in the opposite direction. the government of kiev signed an association agreement with europe. so while russia is trying to solidify crimea, maybe even have some more overtures in the east and south, the government in kiev signed this landmark agreement, really, having closer economic and political ties with the e.u. >> and that, of course, is what putin had been fighting all along. richard engel in eastern ukraine ...

Now had his 30th year in office and 12th as governor. he still may not use a teleprompter, but three failed presidential runs have taught him an election year is no time to talk about californias pension problems or unemployment. >> i used to say, take the ends and throw them out. take the outs and put them in. i dont say that anymore. [ laughter ] my message -- theres no substitute for experience. >> well, can an insider elected official sell an outsider populous message? h running against the ...

Latino voters to the republican party. if you look at some of the polls that came out before i believe latino voices did a poll that showed while folks would vote democratic, if you asked them if they were liberal or conservative latino were mostly conservative. republicans were leaving votes on the table. talking african-americans and latinos at the moment. you could add women, you could add young people, lesbian, gay, transgender, if the republican party wants to remain a minority party at the...

Teachers president randy wi winegardner is posting this on twist. stop the governor from stro destroying public education. philadelphia will be one of three cities. our next guest plans to visit there as part after town hall series on education reform next months. i want to bring in former washington, d.c. chancellor michelle reece. good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. let me ask you about the school budget crisis in philadelphia. its in the headlines but a lot o...