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Teaching our young people this is how community works. people working to the. you have a dream. you can look forward to something. >> east stuart is an area born out of segregation. >> segregation led to this being a closed population with its own businesses, its own entertainment, its own schools, its own residences. and it was completely self-sustaining. >> once it ended, many residents started shopping elsewhere. or just moved away entirely. that led to a steady decline in business. >> today,...

Reid, and id like to talk to you a little bit about the so-called empathy gap that some say republicans struggle with. you know, the argument from democrats were willing to support this extension because we care so much about families that are unemployed right now that were willing to do anything to help them, and republicans are trying to make it difficult. republicans would argue were trying to pay for it. but the perception issue of the republican party, how do you confront that? >> listen, i...

Damaging. jenna: senator brown, we got "the sopranos" reference out of the way. that will not be the last time we will hear about this. this is the perception issue juan brings up, rightfully so. getting back to the political question, what do you think is at stake for christie, three years ahead of the national election and his. >> he said he didnt know anything about it. he put out a very powerful statement. he is holding a press conference and will hold that person or people responsible. unli...

$250,000 or less and also to extend unemployment insurance and to help lay the groundwork for deficit reduction in the future. right now the expectations have been lowered a great deal in terms of what is actually possible and you heard the president say that he is still optimistic that something can get done before the january 1st deadline and of course, theres a lot of pressure for these lawmakers to get something done because if they dont the economy could go back into a recession eventa you ...

Diversification between barack obama who is talking about what he is doing like the auto industry bailout, etc. what is mitt romney doing? gloom and doom. thats a perception issue and something people in working class states in ohio and pennsylvania see, feel, understand, and they can feel the pain and we all remember what bill clinton did to connect with people. there is a difference between the two. its a different vision. >> i want to go to mitt romney and the health care switch. he is being ...

He sort of trotted out that line of citizens united. and as much as i agree that the decision is terrible if & if the mandate is struck down, thats a terrible discussion. there is political peril there, but its perceived to be, you know, nonideological or ought to be nonideological. >> its easier to run against congress or wisconsins scott walker than the supreme court. >> its not just a health care decision. people will see this in the context of bush versus gore, in the context of citizens uni...

Leave. politically, the white house has handled it as good as you can. its a perception issue. those who defend government in this case are being forced to defend government, the democrats. more so, the party of the federal government than the republicans. they cant afford another sort of scandal that just makes it public shake their head and reinforce cynicism about government in washington. finally, allegations of sexual harassment inside the nrk nk democratic party produced an embarrassing st...

>> it was a stark contrast between the rain and the cold and the discussion and president obama laying golf on holiday vacation in hawaii. and romney did not miss a chance to paint the contrast. >> she in hawaii, we are in the cold and rain and wind because we care about america and he just finished his 90th round of golf. >> that is because he has already been elected but romney says, we have 25 million americans out there, out of work, or have stopped looking for work, or underemployed, and ho...

When wall street fell on the path, thats because wall street came back really quick. its not going to come back quick. as a matter of fact you can expect a slowdown for next five years. jenna:jen why dont you see bankers protesting washington? >> bankers have been beat up so much -- >> yuen *pb jenna: well, you wonder about the perception issue, wall street is going to have to deal with, the regulations are continuing -- >> first off, i want to point out the irony of these id otic protestors. th...

it would be easy for me to recite all the sensational claims about drug use, affairs in the new book about the former governor of alaska. probably would be good for our ratings. new york times critic janet maslin said this about "the rogue." mr. mcginniss used his time in alaska to talk to people like, one resident and a friend. he was featured on "today" in a piece by savannah guthrie. >> he described a rocky palin marriage with todd and sarah fighting and threatening divorce, somethi...