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The sea of red ink. first up, chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> everything important to my life i learned i learned in scranton. >> his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, dear to presidents heart cannot obscure how dire the financial crisis is. >> i cant pay money i dont have. >> the mayor, doherty, democrat, and the democrat controlled city council cannot agree how best to make up the $16.8 million in red ink the city faces leaving doherty to slash paycheck for the city 400 public...

Up next, florida closes its only tuberculosis hospital even after a report from the cdc warning of an outbreak of the disease. >> and the big finish, budget cults force the mayor of scranton, pennsylvania, to slash wanls for public workers. ill ask a local firefighter what the pay cut means to his family. ay tuned.

Executive, scott should have known tuberculosis is highly contagious and is the worlds second biggest infectious killer. we should also point out that governor scott will not expand medicaid as outlined by the affordable care act. his state will lose billions of dollars in federal funding for health care. even though its clearly needed in his state. tonight, in our survey, i asked, should americans be considered a presidential candidate that keeps his money -- should they be concerned that a pre...

>> well, im not going to be like the administrative branch and the legislative branch and point fingers at either one. problem is is that both of them are not working together. they need to compromise. its a solvable problem. the legislative branch has direction that they think the city should move and the administration has another. what they need to do is they need to sit down for the betterment of the city of scranton and its employees and they need to solve this problem. thats what they were...

Jobs but are feeling betrayed. the mayor throws his hands up and blames the council and vice versa, and theres no relief in sight from the state, the federal government. they have no money. again, its about coming up with a plan that will satisfy their creditors, the banks, and at this point they havent been able to do that just yet. >> thanks so much. so what is the political fallout from that? in todays politico briefing, will the deficits have any impact. joining me, alex burns from politic...

That town hall. dont overlook what could be the biggest story of the day. it goes to the core of the question of how the story of strapped cities and states will play politically. represent as huge opportunity for republicans to make their budget case and it is all happening in the vice presidents hometown. unions are suing at the city of scranton, pennsylvania had to slash pay for 400 munistal employees, down to minimum wage. $7.25 an hour. >> i can go down the street and scoop ice cream at a h...

Town to say you know. >> help us out. >> ive seen that up close in new jersey, called the abbott school districts where they designate 30 of the poorest districts in the state to receive aid from the rest of the state. its a great political wedge issue usually for republicans running in the state or anybody in the suburb dozen tell a suburbanite do you want your tax dollars sent to newark and camden. >> and your premise is interesting. i get where youre going. its acting as if these two hypothet...

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Real scranton arent laughing right now where due to a budget crisis, the city has decided to cut pay for public servants to minimum wage. now police officers, firefighters, and even the mayor himself actually are making $7.25 an hour. the unions are filing suit. but the mayor says his hands are tied and scranton certainly alone in this physical mess. across account country, the city council of san bernardino, california, voted to file for bankruptcy, the third city in california to seek protecti...