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spread the virus. even though in any case, the hershey school is a highly structured, highly supervised environment. even though condoms block the spread of hiv and taking anti-viral drugs -- which this boy does -- lowers the risk of contraction even during unprotected sex by 96%. the school claims it cannot take any chances even though barring the student, known in court papers as john doe, would seem to violate the americans with disabilities act. i spoke to the school spokeswoman ea...

megachurch pastor eddie long faced his congregation to announce hes taking time off to work on his family. this comes three days after his wife filed for divorce. the atlanta-based pastor gained national attention last spring after he settled a lawsuit with four young men who said he pressured them into sexual relationships with him. and celebrations get out of hand after a big college game in oklahoma. 13 people were hurt. the chaos broke out when fans stormed the field after oklaho...

a sudden turn around from months of grim unemployment news, the jobless rate in november dropped to its lowest level in almost three years. 8.6%. u.s. businesses added 140,000 jobs. government jobs were lost. its a net gain bigger than a lot of experts were predicting and welcome news for a president trying to get re-elected. >> is doing everything i can every single day to get this economy growing faster and create more jobs. this morning, we learned that our economy added another 140...

Norway spruce with 36,000 lights topped with a crystal star. a happy holiday. are you willing to fight as hard for middle class families as you do for those who are most fortunate? whats it going to be? thats the choice in front of congress. what does it say about our priorities when wed rather protect a few really well-to-do people than fight for the jobs of teachers and fire fighters? what does it say -- >> welcome back to "hardball." today president obama visited scranton, pennsylvania, to ...

What his policy priorities are and the fallacy of the suggestion that the president doesnt want to talk about the economy is demonstrated by the fact he talks about the economy almost every day because it is his number one priority. as evidenced by his speech in scranton, pennsylvania, earlier today. so, today he is calling for an extension, an expansion of the payroll tax cut for 160 million americans. everyone who gets a paycheck. and he is challenging the congress and republicans in particula...

The cut from last year from 6.2 down to 4, were going to take that even lower, so, in other words, youre cutting the payroll tax in half for workers and for businesses. this will directly and will directly and disproportionately in a very positive way impact lower income folks, lower and middle income workers and their families, so i think the president is on the right track. i just hope that we can get a few republican senators to join us in the senate to get more than 60 votes so we can do thi...

But lets talk about president obama. went to scranton, pennsylvania, and thats joe biden hometown. and he spoke to the working class that he said were clingers in 2008. in a recorded incident that was great campaign fodder in pennsylvania. today is president obamas 17th strip to the state. seven were since he announced running for re-election. today they crossed the line from taxpayers funded event and fundraiser. coming to new york to mess up traffic. but interestingly today, senator bob casey ...

Passing this payroll tax cut is really important because what it -- what were saying is that the cut from last year from 6.2 down to 4, were going to take that even lower, so, in other words, youre cutting the payroll tax in half for workers and for businesses. this will directly and will directly and disproportionately in a very positive way impact lower income folks, lower and middle income workers and their families, so i think the president is on the right track. i just hope that we can get ...

Expire the end of the month. while in pennsylvania yesterday, president obama warned a lapse in the tax break could be a quote serious blow to the economy. nbcs tracie potts joins us from washington with details. good morning. >> lynn, good morning, you may not be aware. but you got an extra $1,000 this year if youre working. if congress doesnt act, youll be paying that money again starting in january. at a rally in scranton, pennsylvania, yesterday, president obama said this could cause a massi...

To help kick off the holiday season with the 74-year-old norway spruce with 36,000 lights topped with a crystal star. a happy holiday. are you willing to fight as hard for middle class families as you do for those who are most fortunate? whats it going to be? thats the choice in front of congress. what does it say about our priorities when wed rather protect a few really well-to-do people than fight for the jobs of teachers and fire fighters? what does it say -- >> welcome back to "hardball." ...