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When you think detroit, what do people think about first? >> of course they think motown. music. industry. athletic teams. we need to know that we have a city thats now changing. >> most blooech the change thats coming about in detroit is for the better. its the getting there that they say is tough. on the streets of detroit, two separate triple murders just this week alowball. folks here are fed up with the crime. >> you just have to be strong. you feel to think about god and having faith and...

And more than half of people in my state get more than half their income from social security, of those receiving that. and to go after them. and why should the debate be on this whole grand bargain? why should the debate be, how much we going to cut social security? how much are we going to cut medicare? no, it should be, look at this whole retirement system. people are saving less, people are less likely to have defined pensions. people with 401(k)s are always inadequate. so were going to cut ...

Their income from social security, of those receiving that. and to go after them. and why should the debate be on this whole grand bargain? why should the debate be, how much we going to cut social security? how much are we going to cut medicare? no, it should be, look at this whole retirement system. people are saving less, people are less likely to have defined pensions. people with 401(k)s are always inadequate. so were going to cut social security too? this is a time social security is even ...

The nations veterans living and dead. >> on monday we salute our veterans. >> their sacrifice will never be forgotten. >> fast forward to number two. obama care checkup. >> the white house still will not say how many people have enrolled to this point. >> it will come, ray. people will most definitely come. >> the white house will release enrollment numbers. >> come out to play. >> we will get the full enrollment numbers for all of october, bill, next week. >> ive got his number. i got his numbe...

Was filed without getting any specific details from the city. >> hes swindling public workers out of their hard-earning pensions. he thinks that he can reinvent detroit by making it a better place by putting the city through bankruptcy which, of course, is in legal challenge. >> on wednesday a judge could rule on the citys bankruptcy. >> was detroits bankruptcy planned all along? >> i dont have a plan. >> yes, you do. youre on the non-plan plan. >> id be happy to listen to any of the plans someo...

Post" that says president christie, meet president giuliani. >> you who would chris christie play in the middle of the country? some of the things we know about him? how is he going to go to iowa and be true to the conservatives that they really are now? the bob dole conservatives, theyre not around anymore. this is a new brand. how would christie play in the middle of the country? >> well, it shows you how far to the right the republican party has moved that chris christie is called a moderate....

In the west bank. >> california high school is coming unfire for its sports teams name, the arabs. you can see the mascot in the youtube clip here. the american arab anti-discrimination committee sent a letter to the school accusing it of stereotyping and demanding a name change. the school says its had the name since 1930s. the district and the group are meeting later this month to see if they can come up with some kind of resolution. hope they can. christmas coming early in venezuela by pres...

Take. i pledge to you tonight, i will govern with the spirit of sandy. [ cheers and applause ] a true new jerseyan, all the people that live here are ready to live that way too. as your governor it never mattered to me where some one was from, whether they voted for me or not, what the color of their skin was, or their political party. for me being governor has always been about getting the job done first. now that doesnt mean that we didnt have principles. we have many of them. and we have stoo...

Married to me where someone was from. whether they voted for me or not. what the color of their skin was or their political party. for me being governor is always about getting the job done first. and that doesnt mean that we dont have principles. we have many of them. and we have stood and fought every day to cut taxes, to reduce the size of government spending, to reform pensions and benefits, to reform a broken education system, and to make sure we create opportunity again for new jerseyans. ...

And, of course, another issue about income inequality in this country, and actually paying workers. in new jersey, what the heck happened here? voters actually went against chris christie? and voted for minimum wage? an increase by 2014? thats right. the minimum wage is going to go from $7.25 to $8.25 an hour. can we mark that up as another win for the working folk of america? well, lets go to the middle of the country. how about cincinnati, ohio? remember cincinnati? measure two, measure five, ...