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A new study says he it comes it achieving the american dream, where you live makes a big difference. and geographically, experts say the difference is as simple as north versus south. erin occur kerr is the director of the project at the pew charitable trust. the pew study tell me what its actually about and why its so significant. >> well the pew economic mobility project investigates economic mobility, americans movement up and down the economic ladder over their lifetime and across generation...

Well connected. basically if a public sector unions and large corporations that are too big to fail and other people get all the deems where does it leave the rest of america? >> john: mobility. the data ive seen is conflicted. a pew study of all people found that lots of people who were in the bottom quarter ended up in the top and people on the top end up on the bottom. >> sure, bits 44% on the people get out of that within the next ten years and top fall. that is lower than it was and that is...

Well connected. basically if a public sector unions and large corporations that are too big to fail and other people get all the deems where does it leave the rest of america? >> john: mobility. the data ive seen is conflicted. a pew study of all people found that lots of people who were in the bottom quarter ended up in the top and people on the top end up on the bottom. >> sure, bits 44% on the people get out of that within the next ten years and top fall. that is lower than it was and that is...

Will. people when republican gets elected, right? jon: jim, what about that pew study said mitt romney was getting better press coverage than barack obama? >> well, i mean, romney was winning the nomination and of course he was winning the nomination against republicans that the mainstream media mostly despised. rick santorum for example. go back to obama for a second. take him as an expert whether the media are for him or against him. as he said in one. fancy washington dinners couple years ago...

then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador akani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and whats happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? well take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, and the middle east, and how he feels today abo...

about what it all means. then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador haqqani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and whats happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? well take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, the middle east,...

it was a key question today. the secretary of homeland security, the department which oversees the secret service was in the hot seat on capitol hill. >> to your knowledge, is this the first time something like this has happened? >> there was nothing in the record to suggest that this would happen. >> and in fact, it said one agent that wasnt implicated in the matter but talked to the post off the record said, quote, of course this has happened before. this is not the first time. anoth...

winks and nods in the secret service. is the culture to blame for the scandal? it was a key question today. the secretary of homeland security, the department which oversees the secret service was in the hot seat on capitol hill. >> to your knowledge, is this the first time something like this has happened? >> there was nothing in the record to suggest that this would happen. >> and in fact, it said one agent that wasnt implicated in the matter but talked to the post off the record sai...

york. outfront tonight winks and nods in the secret service. is the agencys culture to blame for the prostitution scandal that has now forced nine agents either out of their jobs or stripped of their clearances? of that the key question today. the secretary of homeland security, the department which oversees the secret service, was in the hot seat on capitol hill. >> to your knowledge is this the first time something like this has happened? >> there was nothing in the record to suggest...

Going down. >> its collapsing. >> education is going up. why does that exist? >> greedy bastards. >> you got it. with regard to the pew study, then theres joblessness, which is the cruel irony of the debt. we take out the debt with the notion of getting a job. it leads to moving back home with your parents. >> which is why its so exciting we have so much time. we should be so grateful to be as young as both of us are. we have a lot to do. so we have a lot of time on our hands. >> amen. >> its a ...