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The truth probably lies somewhere in between. but clearly the passion is out on this. anderson? >> and when is jan brewer expected to rule on this? >> reporter: it is expected to be transmitted to her office -- you can hear them shouting veto right now and chanting -- is expected to be transmitted to her office on monday afternoon. next monday that. would give her then five days. so tuesday through saturday. saturday midnight she would have until. she told cnn earlier that she would sign it by f...

Here which is jermaine with wildstein and a lot of other people. were dealing with a lot of people who arent independently wealthy. part of the danger for christ christies operation, if they cant get someone else to pay for their legal bills, that may be talking and telling things they know. >> the letter that was written by wildsteins lawyer was part of a broader plan to get the port authority to pay his legal fees. how much of the resignation of the employee this weekend -- how do you interpre...

Those experiencing long-term unemployment get back into the workforce. john himself is unemployed and will join two other advocacy groups with a meeting in washington tomorrow. thanks for being with us. obviously, perfect timing. we talked off camera about the perception problem here of the people you represent. what message would you have, especially for the house of representatives, who havent acted on this yet? >> well, the message is, these are hard working people, people out of work because...

Now in terms of what they want on their side, this idea of income inequality, which is going to be the message they hope to carry through november. any given day, this is a good day for them. >> i think thats right, but at the end of the day, its about millions of people struggling. weve been talking about the polar vortex all morning, now you have people struggling to pay their heat bills or mortgage because their employment benefits got cut off right away. yes, it is a good messaging and tacti...

>> it can be discussed. thats why youre seeing some of these leaders in the republican party talking about it at this point. bottom line is that we need to create jobs. the problem we have, and perception problem we have in washington, d.c., not just with the republicans but this administration and a lot of people here object on both sides of the aisle is that were not doing enough to stimulate job growth, whether thats tax reform or taking a look at the way we move this economy forward. we need...

The republican ranks are working on, marco rubio, eric cantor. democrats say bring it on. we love to have these fights because we think well always come out on top. a lot of republicans are channeling reagan here. how much strategy is just sort of, okay, play some defense, put up a wall and try to protect ourselves from these massive attacks when it comes to this issue in the next ten months. >> not only are some of these republicans trying to channel ronald reagan, but jack kemp, who made pover...

Unemployment benefits. >> and the president signed it. >> im not arguing about the merits. i think its true -- its a perception problem. what are you going to do about it? >> i think there are a number of folks doing a very good job of changing the rep party profile. if you go back and read the speech that paul ryan gave out in cleveland, where he talked about the need to change the way we talked to people in the inner cities, how it is we understand that not with the top/down government approac...

More than half of the counties in the 34 states using the federal exchanges lack a bronze plans that meets that criteria for 40-year-old couples who make a little too much to qualify for financial assistance. more than a third dont offer a plan for individuals 50 or over and eneligible for subsidies. it may be a small slice of the population it shows the sticker shock for the middle class isnt just a perception problem. the lack of affordable plans means many middle class people will either over...

About that. athena jones, thanks so much. lets look closer at those numbers and political impact. of course were bringing in john avlon for that, cnn political analyst and executive editor for "the daily beast." days before the deadline the site was down for several hours on friday and note that came out was, whoops, sorry, scheduled maintenance. this is not the time or routine maintenance, john. >> yeah, no, were in crunch time. this is approving people. and rollout has been to fundamentally ...

As soon as you open it, it will spoil rapidly." thats what chinas fear is currently. >> kurt campbell the obama administrations point man on asia until recently thank you. >> great to be with you, thank you, fareed. up next why islam has a perception problem and what it would take to reform it. right back with the turkish thinker, mustafa akio. ♪ the more i remember this place, the more i want to go back. a city so diverse it makes you feel theres never enough time to enjoy it.