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Protected class. no one wants to see firefighters or police officers underpaid. thats not what were talking about. we can agree with that. but when public workers whether its in wisconsin or scranton or san bernardino are unwilling to acknowledge the economic reality that we have to take cuts. >> they have been willing to acknowledge that. in wisconsin they were willing to take pay cuts and pension cuts. >> not to their health care. >> they werent willing to give up collective bargaining. from f...

a statement today on the health of congressman jesse jackson jr. of illinois. one of his top aids says that jacksons condition is not life threatening. last week jacksons office issued a statement saying he is struggling with physical and emotional problems that will require extensive medical treatment. the 47-year-old took a medical leave of absence last month which his office attributed to exhaustion. he has been under growing pressure to explain his disappearance from capitol hill. ...

we begin with the republicans furious assault on president obamas health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to th...

Getting, hopefully the aim is to pay deferred pay once the state is more solvent. scranton only has $5,000 in the bank which, they have a $16.8 million gap in their 2012 budget. as we talk about all of these decisions at the state level, the specter of fiscal crisis looms quite large. often we dont pay enough attention to that. its kind of intentional as to why the parts of the stimulus package and the proposed jobs act that were basically to give money to states and cities to keep people on the...

The problem and provide for the citizens of the city and protect assets. threw it. >> and let me make clear, your intention so pay the money back, these folks took home $7.25 an hour last provide and your desire long term is they will be compensated fully. >> absolutely. we have -- unions gone to court to make sure they would be paid in full and honor the court decision. i dont want to be in this position. i love my city. we made great strides over the last 11 years. we are doing extremely well ...

Is going through tough times. the mayor chris daugherty reduced the pay of all city workers including his own pay and the pay of police and firefighters to minimum wage. $7.25 an hour. scranton is broke. theyre out of money. the mayor wants to raise taxes to make up a $16 million budget gap, but the city council wants to borrow the money and they cant agree on anything. the terrible practical affect could be seen with the pay. john judge is a scranton firefighter and president of the association...

Save money. its happening in scranton p.a. excuse me. you may know its the vice presidents hometown and the sitcom the office is set there scrantons democratic mayor says the city is flat broke and his city council rejected a proposed tax increase. he slashed city workers paychecks, including his own $7.25 an hour. that was despite a judges order to leave the salaries alone. now workers say they want their mayor held in contempt of court for defying the judges ruling. penn state university will ...

Good discussion. i like it. keith, ron, john, thank you so much. coming up, the disgrace of paying police officers and firefighters minimum wage. if it can happen in scranton, pennsylvania, dont you think it could happen anywhere? thats coming up. stay with us. .

Minimum wage. doherty does have political aspirations. he already run in a primary for governor in 2010. he ran for state senate in 2011. so he is always been mayor of scranton for the past 10 years but always wanted to be anything but mayor of scranton. megyn: how does this help any politician politically? im trying to get -- republican or democrat, how do you run on i fought to raise property taxes 78% and when denied i cut the pay of city union workers, firefighters and policemen down to mini...

Use of force, but the border patrol is saying, look, we have conveyed our feelings to mexico, we are saying that any time rocks are thrown at border patrol agents that is considered lethal force and they will fire. just last year alone there were 500 rock attacks against border patrol agents along that southern border, and many, many injuries. megyn. megyn: trace, thank you. coming up emperor obama? that is the latest line of attack by critics aeu cushion the president of by passion congress to ...