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get done on deadline. funding the government, thats a big project with a very important deadline. and consider this. according to expedia.com, the average american worker gets 18 vacation days a year. 18. and they only use 14 of them. did i mention that since january, congress has only been in session for 125 days? plus, the divided 112th congress promises to be on pace as the least productive in recent memory. since january, only 14 house measures have been signed into law by presiden...

Went. he went and said that a position that most people in the republican party hold is heartless. >> yeah, because, well, they did make a very good point. now, ill tell you, i understand completely why hes compassionate towards the children of people coming here, compassionate toward anybody. texas state, in-state tuition saves you $22,000 a year, as we pointed out last night. someones from oklahoma doesnt get that, but somebody from mexico does get that. but look at it another way, theyre livi...

End and reality begin? youve been digging into this. and mike, all these numbers came out about the last two weeks. the timing couldnt have been worse for perrys campaign. touts this great record on creating jobs. but inside the numbers, its a different story. >> its not looking good. this is sort of a -- could be the elephant in the room for the perry campaign. because as you point out, this is the centerpiece of his entire message to voters. im a job creator, created over 1 million jobs. last ...

Night, was there a clear winner? >> well, when you have nine people on a stage, you never have a clear winner. there are winners, there are people who held their own and there are people who had a bad night. i think there were about four people who had a good night: romney was steady and solid, landed some good shots and who knew he had a sense of humor, rick santorum got the better of perry in the exchange on immigration and again, hes been a pretty g. consistent performer in these debates and ...

Tuition credit or other services for illegal immigrants and mr. perry made in mention of last knits remarks and he didnt even bring up the subject of illegal immigration but talked about health care and criticized president obama and romney, suggesting that romneys plan in massachusetts was the model for obama, a lengthy criticism of romney and obama but a hunger to hear him talk about immigration and what happened and he did not deliver. >>trace: apart from the immigration issue, i watched the ...

Manhattan staying in hotels that are less than a mile apart. but the chasm that separates them seems endless. and the results of this remains uncertain. jon: all kind of fireworks to cover today there at the u.n. eric shawn, thanks. jenna: speaking of fireworks, from world to national politics now, a feisty debate last night between the nine republicans who want to be your next president. the two frontrunners, rick perry and mitt romney sparring with each other but perry -- clearly the rest of t...

Off the hook. to a big extent, nobody is going to hold them to what they said last night, and i felt bad for rick santorum, and he said i would pick newt gingrich and gingrich said im not picking -- picking anybody! >> i disagree on two points here. i think people did want to be picked in the way that everybody wants to be the most popular kid in the class. i think people wanted the recognition from their peers, and especially romney and perry. and youll notice, nobody picked those two, the fron...

Four years ago didnt win the respective democratic and republican nominations but the challenge for perry is he cant seem like he couldnt stand on the debate stage with obama come november 2012. >> he doesnt have to win them but he cant blow them. >> exactly. >> thank you, sir. always appreciate you. the people whose opinions really matter in this debate, the republican base. joining us now is president of freedom works, one of the big movers and shakers in the tea party movement. good day, si...

Solyndra, we dont know from today. >> let us show look that moment. its the signature moment. the moment of taking the fifth amendment is their right but is not politically advantageous. >> the capitol hill perp walk its called. >> lets watch. >> i want to ask mr. harrison if he thinks the american people who invested over half a billion dollars deserve to know what happened to that money? >> on the advice of my council i invoke the privilege afforded to me by the fifth amendment of the constitu...

Nomination. his only path -- >> bill: michelle bachman is a different story. shes going to go after perry, has to go after perry because perry has taken some of her support. and get her mojo back in iowa, shes got to go after him. but the santorum thing is interesting. go ahead. >> i think its very interesting, i agree. and i think both of the possibilities you raise could be out there in some way. its also his only path to -- these guys, when youre running for president, as long as youre in the...