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Simply would not have been possible without the reasonable and sound use of official time. >> there are some bureaucrats better off not doing what they are supposed to be doing. when you look at cops in particular. every hour diverted away from law enforcement is a serious lost hour. there are people getting killed out there. getting robbed. these folks are riding a union bus and earning the same pensions as the people who are actually risking their lives every day. >> john: so the judge in ariz...

Productivity. efficiency, year after year, department after department simply would not have been possible without the reasonable and sound use of official time. >> there are some bureaucrats better off not doing what they are supposed to be doing. when you look at cops in particular. every hour diverted away from law enforcement is a serious lost hour. there are people getting killed out there. getting robbed. these folks are riding a union bus and earning the same pensions as the people who ar...

at least 12 deaths are being blamed on the storms. those deaths caused mostly by falling trees and some power lines. athena jones is live in forecast, virginia, this morning -- in fairfax county, virginia, this morning. virginia is one of three states declaring emergency. how many people are without power there? >> reporter: good morning. well, hundreds of thousands of people are without power still in virginia. and across the d.c. heart area. were in springfield, which is just outside...

revolutionary biometric id for every one of indias citizens. >> also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will a coming housing boon finally power this anemic recovery? >> first, heres my take. what to do about syria? western military intervention looked fraught with difficulties. but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is creating greater instability by the week. i have been persuaded they might be a path forward. the pressures on bashar al assads regime are m...

Problems and theyre learning now a good lesson, its a sad lesson, but its a lesson that theyre able to now go back to bankruptcy and renegotiate with these large unites, these large pensions and its showing that the large public unions are not like where resistance is futile. so you can actually tighten your belt and i think thats good for taxpayers and good for the people of stockton and north legislation and i tell you what, probably a few other cities down the line. >> so, toby, it could pote...

Efficiency, year after year, department after department simply would not have been possible without the reasonable and sound use of official time. >> there are some bureaucrats better off not doing what they are supposed to be doing. when you look at cops in particular. every hour diverted away from law enforcement is a serious lost hour. there are people getting killed out there. getting robbed. these folks are riding a union bus and earning the same pensions as the people who are actually ris...

Perspective it gets. it can depend on the short-term. its not sustainable solution for europes problems. >> the market rally helps americans investments, 401(k)s and pensions, of course. economists also hope europes moves will prevent weakening the fragile u.s. economy. >> there is not enough of terms of growth if europe doesnt succeed. the stock market will take a hit. its already a funk. it could turn the united states back to a recession. >> european leaders finalize details of the rescue pla...

Curve on this. and head off what they think will be a lot of government restrictions on the kind of care that they provide and they are going to look very carefully, obviously, at pensions and benefit systems. >> beth, this can be the scary political thing, if companies sort of suddenly are asking you to give proof that -- of how old your kids are because they are going to suddenly realize the cost of adding other people up to 26 to your business and stuff like that, that when companies start do...

And some of those savings are going to accrue and be an important part of the municipality crisis with the pensions, theres a whole bunch of aspects of this that people arent talking about right now.ç that impact the possibility of really helping states and state budgets. and i think at the edmonton of the day, states are a whole lot manufacture practical than the federal government and they see what other place have been able to do, i think youre going to see more states than not really try to...

Stockton? >> first of all, i think its disingenuous for marc to argue for more government spending in california. marc is the direct recipients of government spending in california. professor at ucla making at least what i understand a pretty tidy 6 figure income. so, yes, of course its in his vested interest to argue for more government spending. juan, reality exist and it if the piper cant be paid whether in the private company or public sector you have to make changes. >> juan: how do we fix ...