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Conservative as they would like, so how bush handles himself today will be a big measure of how hell fare in the early voting states. scott walker has had a rough time in the press for punting on a question and for hedging on a couple of others. hes getting star power attention, and hes leading the polls in iowa and across the country. and as a consequence all of the other rival candidates and their teams are looking at ways to take down scott walker. so how he performs here will be incredibly i...

>> i think the first is a reassessment of the legislation is something thats happening already. milwaukee is the largest force. part of what ended up happening is some people were retired from the milwaukee pligs force. so it created maybe what still is viewed as a conflict of interest. because some of them are still getting pensions from being on the milwaukee police force. so although the legislation, i believe, was good in its effort, the question is what do we do for a place that is as large...

Jobs. has our economy improved? yes. am i happy that the market is at 18,000 when so many middle class peoples pensions, including most of the police officers that i work with, i run a security company, they are all very happy when they see it at 18,000. were not just talking about rich people, we are talking about a lot of pensions with that. and i do give him credit for that. i think the president is a good man and a good father. he does some good things. i dont think everything he does is wro...

You know, police can face death, violence, they can deal with that. i mean, they really can. its part of the -- you know, when they take the badge on. what hurts, i think, so much is weve lost sort of this moral contract weve had with police, firefighters, even go so far as teachers, where everybody wants to grab their pensions away. you know, the social contract was, you go and be a policeman. you go and be a fireman. youre going to risk your life. guess what? youre never going to get rich. you...

>> they are no longer going to be proactive, theyre going to be reactive. theyre not going to hurry to the scene any more and put their lives and pensions on the line because they dont get backing from their government leaders. >> others are calling for an end to all of the violence, asking for communities to step up right now before more blood is shed. >> i was here in the 1970s, we buried so many. i dont want to bury cops. these cops are doing their job. they were in a black neighborhood becau...

Black america in the aggregate is better off now than it was when i came into office. the jobs that have been created, the people who have gotten health insurance, the housing equity that has been recovered and the 401(k) pensions recovered, a lot of those african-americans are better off than they were. >> joining me now jay karner and april ryan. you just saw the question of the president. shes also author of the presidency in black and white. and april, since you asked that question, let me a...

Recovered. 401 pensions that have been recovered. a lot of folks are african-american. they are better off than they were. the gap between income and wealth of white and black america persists. we have more work to do on that front. this is a legacy of a troubled racial past. its not an excuse for black folks. they are out there trying to get an education sending their kids to college but they are starting behind often times in the race. and whats true for all americans is we should be willing t...

Troubles. heres our matthew chance. >> its promised to be more like a hollywood blockbuster an an annual press conference. vladimir putin not missing a chance to cast him as the hero. with russia in the grip of an economic crisis, all eyes were on its president for reassurance. and he gave it, promising to diversify the russian economy away from oil and spend currency reserves on supporting the ruble. >> translator: we are going to use the measures we used in 2008 quite suck siszfully. and in th...

Cuba he needs congress because congress has to change the law in order for the united states to embark on any kind of economic agreement with cuba, and theyre not going to do that. by the way, the republicans are absolutely not going to cave and all of a sudden lift this embargo, so frankly, his announcement about cuba is largely meaningless. maybe is he trying -- >> how are they going -- >> do you think a -- >> his announcement about cuba. furthermore, in terms of compromises, he already compro...

Equity thats been recovered, the 401 pensions that have been recovered. a lot of those folks are african-americans. theyre better off than they were. the gap between income and wealth of white and black america persists. and weve got more work to do on that front. ive been consistent in saying that, you know, this is a legacy of a troubled racial past, of jim crow and slavery. thats not an excuse. for black folks. and i think the overall majority of black people understand its not an excuse. the...