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Years nor a full recovery. heather. heather: david lee miller live from scranton, pennsylvania for us this morning. thank you. bill: on the topic of money, if congress fails to act drastic military cuts and tax hikes will go into effect at the end of this year. some top republican lawmakers are asking, what about the president? where has he been in all this. send rand paul is live on tha senator rand paul is live on the hill in a moment. heather: nasa waiting to let their curiosity run wild over...

Usa. the mayor of cash-strapped scranton, pennsylvania reaching a deal with the citys union to pay public workers back wages, plus interest. mayor chris duarte attracted national attention when he slashed the way of city workers to minimum wage, $7.25 an hour, saying the city did not have enough money to make the $1 million payroll. david lee miller is live in scranton, pennsylvania, with details on the deal. david lee, what is the reaction to all of this? >> reporter: well so far, heather, no o...

Firemen, tab mayor. who slashed his own salary. the mayor ignored in court order that said he had to honor collective bargaining agreements. two weeks ago he did reinstate full pay iing that the tax revenue flow increased but he was still facing order and he owed workers back wages. this weekend, the mayor agreed to pay back $700,000 in back pages. in addition to 6% interest. city workers and union leaders are relieved. >> we hope this is end of it and guys will have stability and know what is i...

Way for now. >> it will provide stability for the coming months, be free of riders. this is very good. >> reporter: the white house says the deal is a "welcome development." one of largest tea party groups, tea party patriots slammed boehner and reid, chastising them for showing "lack of guts" for avoiding what the tea party call a tough vote in an election year. bret? >> bret: molly, thank you. the city were in tonight, stockton, california, is not the only city in this country facing uncertain...

Scrantons mayor said last month the city was flat broke, period. he cut pay for hundreds of workers including himself to $7.25 an hour after the city council rejected a tax increase. according to the scranton times tribune newspaper. the workers union struck a deal to get their pay back plus interest. in exchange, the unions agreed to drop their court filings against the mayor. meantime the struggling city is moving to put a recovery plan in place. that would make it eligible for millions of dol...

Even decades in which the republican right attacked old europe, that they would embrace the economic policies of the eurozone. austerity and unemployment now at all costs. i mean, after all, their unemployment rate is 11% and ours is 8%. we could get right up there if we adopt their policies. >> when i saw him at mrs. kings funeral when he said theres a woman in that box. i knew he was the best there was when he did better than the black ministers there. it seems to me i call it scranton to oshk...

Center of the country from scranton, pennsylvania, all the way through to wisconsin. thats where the democratic party has to haul the white vote. can bill clinton, will he be the troubador out there for this president? >> i think they cant get enough of bill clinton. the question here is, though, we saw him in the midterm elections as well. and democrats still did poorly. i think theres a limit to what he can do here. but sure, he will be out there. and ohio could be the most important place. if...

Critique this summer. lets take a listen. >> why arent thing roaring along now? because europe is in trouble. and because the republican congress has adopted the european economic policy. who would have thought after years and years and years and even decades in which the republican right attacked old europe, that they would embrace the economic policies of the eurozone. austerity and unemployment now at all costs. i mean, after all, their unemployment rate is 11% and ours is 8%. we could get ri...

take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the keyword. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell announced he would not filibuster the measure. instead he allowed a straight up-or-down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone. and president obamas plan, extend the cuts for 98% of americans, how olds making under $250,000 a year. why would senator mcconnell do such a thing? >> the only way to force people to take a stand is to make sur...

playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. today the senate appeared to take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the key word. senate majority leader announced he would not philly buster. he allowed a straight up or down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone, and president obamas plan extend it for 98% of americans. thats households making 250,000 a year. why would the senator do such a thing? >> the only way to force people to take...