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Progressives and some unions who point out that nike employs 26,000 people in america, but its contract factories overseas employ about a million people, many in vietnam. the president announced on friday that if this new trade deal goes through, new yorkike would add about 10,000 manufacturing and engineering jobs in addition to thousands of construction jobs here in the u.s. while opponents of the trade deal like elizabeth warren argue it would ultimately cost american jobs supporters and the ...

Best picture. have you seen this? one movie making a public push. rolling over. thats next. "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." what will your verse be?

Tradition where each president picks a president. i chose lincoln. in my case, influential president, has a lot of means, because my dad is by far the most influential president. i wouldnt be here as a former president without his uncome love. i tell people 41 portrait is in my heart and you put lincoln on the wall. he had a great vision for country. leadership requires vision, and principles. lin scon a great example of that. >> tonight at 9:00 p.m. >> shannon: the gang of eight made a public p...

Familiar with. >> reporter: jake tapper, abc news, new york. >> interesting. but i think what you see, too, the president gave an interview several months ago what was the one mistake in your first term. his response, i didnt tell the american people the story. i didnt involve, put a human face enough on the problem. so i think what he is trying to do here. saw with the folks, the press conference a few weeks ago, people lined up behind him now. now hes doing this kind of public push. i think he...

Significant weight as evidenced by the hundreds of republican lawmakers who have signed his pledge over the years. even as top republicans signal they are willing to compromise there is still a catch. the white house indicated everything is part of the discussion. >> all three legs of this will have to be part of it. >> reporter: president obama has tapped treasury secretary tim geithner to lead negotiations on these fiscal cliff talks. rob and paula, back to you. >> both sides are going to have...

Shannon: a lot of folks raising questions. thank you very much. we are getting word that president obama is planning a public push for his deficit reduction plan that included spending cuts. the presidents senior strategist david axlerod and lindsey graham discussed the plan on cbss "face the nation." >> its obvious we cant resolve the challenge simply by cutting the budget. we have cut by $1.1 trillion. but you need new revenues. every objective person who looked at this agrees on that. the que...

Porter than he did sternly about domestic abuse. there was not really a public push to say we have zero tolerance for this. it was just like oh, yes, it is abhorrent, but he is so nice, too, its sad this came together. unfortunately with where we are in history, this is a moment to have some clarity. >> it also sounds like we got caught, is what is sounds like here. well get to the time line lather, but they we-- later. i have no problem with the president saying rob served me well. i hope he ge...

The justice department only has this to apply to the federal law enforcement agencies. it doesnt apply to state and local police who do most of the stops of this kind. will pull people over for traffic stops and so forth. the attorney generals urging local police to follow these same rules and hope the federal government will be a model here. but by its own terms, this new policy only applies at the federal level. >> and does the a.g.s office have any authority to push beyond just making suggest...

Event with first responders, the president intensifies his public push to avert the automatic budget cuts that come next friday. hes doing interviews today with eight local tv anchors from around the country. charleston to wichita, cloak city, honolulu. arguing that investment is needed to grow the economy. those are big military towns. he wants to talk about infrastructure in what he talks about in the state of the union address. note that most of these markets are about military presence, so h...

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