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im suzanne malveaux. americas largest bank opens its books. it aint pretty. also the late joe paterno speaking out in the wake of the penn state sex scandal. the outcry over teen usas olympic uniforms. why one lawmaker wants them burned. lets get straight to it. in london soccer star john kerry has been found not guilty of racially abusing an opponent. the two had an exchange of words in a match last october. ter dion eyed they were racially motivated. the world needs airline pil...

Thailand. vegetables might come from chile. canned goods, god knows where they come from. you start seeing weigh in america dont know where the food comes from, you better go to local farmers, better go organic if you want to keep peace in your mind. i drink wine. you cant go wrong with wine. jenna: organic wine and chocolate. you can go organic with everything. >> that is you know --. jenna: maybe another segment. dr. manny -- >> chicken is good. jenna: thank you very much for that on foxnewshe...

Statement defending their policy saying that there are exceptions and that the guidance does not in any way seek to restrict information thats provided to congress. bill: as you can imagine, there is new fallout now from the pennsylvania mayors decision to slash city workers pay to minimum wage. public worker unions now suing the mayor of scranton, pa, for cutting their money. mayor chris doherty says its the only way to plug a $17 million hole in the budget, and yesterday we talked to the mayor...

Three cities in california to file for bankruptcy in over the last two weeks. similar story in scranton, pennsylvania. the police and fighter unions have filed suit after the mayor slashed salaries to minimum wage. he says its the only way to cover the nearly 17-million-dollar deficit. and its not just public workers feeling the squeeze. scrantons mayor has proposed a 78% property tax hike over three years to pay off the citys dense. trace gallagher in our west coast news hub and it turns out, t...

Wage. the mayor says the only way for the cash-strapped city to pay their bills is to do just that. >> you have to be honest with the people and say this is what your services cost. we have been burden erred with a lot of legacy costs in scranton. we are trying to manage it all, for all the employees of the city and make it work. martha: today well get the other side from john judge. hes the president of the scranton firefighters union, one of the groups that is suing the mayor. thats next. bill...

War. martha: 25% unemployment. thank you very much for that report. bill: going in the wrong direction yet again. a city strapped for money taking drastic action by slashing city worker pay to minimum page. we walk to the mayor of scranton, pennsylvania yesterday here in "americas newsroom" about this controversial plan. today we get the other side from the head of the firefighters union on that. plus there is in. >> im going to eliminate every nonessential alex spence i have program i can fin...

People of our city. this isnt a question about our employ employees. our employees do a great job and service our citizens very, very well. we need to have our city council because we have the control of the budget, fund the budget that they pass. thats all this is about. well be able to get through it. these are difficult questions that someone could say, how could you make these decisions? i look upon it as the mayor of the city taking care of everyone. >> mayor, thank you so much. best of luc...

Paterno and curley never demonstrated any concern for the safety and well-being of sanduskys victims until after sanduskys arrest. >> the paterno family said "joe paterno did not cover up for jerry sandusky. joe paterno did not know that jerry sandusky was a pedophile. joe paterno did not act in any way to prevent a proper investigation of jerry sandusky. to claim otherwise is a distortion of the truth." well continue to watch louis freeh as he finishes up with questions and answers. we take you...

Right? hell be the hope and change for a lot of places that think we can make a difference and reform by people giving just a little bit, we make things more sustainable in the rong -- in the long run. >> in scranton, there are great bar there is. being an expert on-- you just reinforced -- no, go ahead. >> i know last calls. what we are seeing is the unions last call. its 2:00 a.m. and the bartenders are scott walker, chris christie and this guy -- these are the guys putting the chairs up on ...

Want to go along with these huge tax increases. correct? >> yeah, no. theyre looking out for the citizens of scranton, the city council. this council for the last year and a half has finally checked this guys borrowing and spending programs for about eight, nine years, he just had free reign, he had a rubber stamp council that would blindly pass his agenda and thats really why were at where were at today. so , you know, its just -- its real hard on our guys right now and -- but theyre still comi...