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Vote of ohioans. will president obama win ohio this time? >> well, we think he will s we think he will not because hes a great democrat but because hes a great american. is he right on the issues that matter most in ohio and across the midwest. if you think about this, al, 82 of 88 counties in ohio are directly tied to the american auto industry. a supplier, a plant, a business that provides for that important industry. mitt romney said, let detroit go bankrupt. and then he said this, its a very...

Or other collectivist states. >> ill come live down by you, right? >> come live with me in bermuda. what melissa says about the post office is right, they need to lay off 200,000 people. this is going on in cities and states. christian, you dont want to get rid of talented workers but they dont have the money. san bernardino is laying off school crossing guards. a lot of money comes from pensions and the assumings, that 8.5%, nobodys making that. >> christian, could it -- couldnt you argue that ...

Woes. the reason pensions are underfunded is because of poor decisions. to think if we pursue this path where all of a sudden were going to get government thats providing great cost effective service is not necessarily true. >> wayne, last word. >> ive side it. i think the proof is in the pudding. we know if you could privatize certain things -- john makes a point. there are five cities in the state of california that have gone bust. you cant just keep making this up. this is a solution, a good ...

Sessions. he says spending by the federal and state government on more than 80 so-called welfare programs went from $800 billion in 2008 to more than a trillion in 2011. stocks were off today. dow lost eight. the s&p 500 dropped four. nasdaq fell 31. we do some fact checking on the debate argument over pensions. you may be surprised at what we found. later in the grapevine. can the final debate slow down governor romneys momentum? thats next. [ male announcer ] how do you make americas favorite ...

That means going on tv. i think i agree that the tv stuff is just not going to make that much of a difference. i think it is a ground war. >> bret: david, stephen and larry, thank you very much. its always great to get perspective from guys who know a lot on the ground. we appreciate it. next week, three more battleground states and three more experts. project runway first lady edition. that is next in grapevine. and the men argued about pensions during the debate. you may be surprised whose pen...

>> when did you meet him? >> i met him in 2007 at jay leno. and i went this guy looks like a mercedes benz salesman. he looks like privileged, like he expects thats going to happen and he seems so out of touch. he lacks any level of empathy. >> lets watch him arguing with the president about pensions. >> im going to continue -- >> governor romney, if you can make it short. all these people have been waiting for you. >> any investments i have over the last eight years have been managed by a blind...

Reasonable, who seemed to be in the realm of mathematical reality. at this point, he should have already done his flip-flop, said im going to be serious now about the deficit. and hes just trying to do it too late. youre in a situation where hes plainly contradicting himself. if you listen to the last debate, he said that overall tax rates, overall contribution of wealthy people to tax rates would stay the same but numbers would come down. that contradicts paul ryan saying r saying revenue neutr...

The taliban. pictures of thousands of workers in the streets protesting a brand new round of austerity measures. they are demanding 18 pilliin cs slashing sal rows and pensions. that is needed to help greece stay afloat. overnight wild weather and four people were injured. severe storm in mississippi. the victims are in stable condition right now. four twisters touched down in arkansas and mississippi. parts of the outh are under tornado watches even at this hour . those are the headlines today....

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Get tax breaks for it. you can invest in a company, bankrupt it, and lay off the workers, strip away their pensions, and you still make money. thats exactly the philosophy that weve seen in place for the last decade. thats whats been squeezing middle-class families. and we have fought back for four years to get out of that mess. the last thing we need to do is to go back to the same policies that got us there. >> mr. president, the next question is going to be for you here. mr. r, governor romne...