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But heres the good news, scranton. just like you dont quit, i dont quit. so i said, look, im going to do everything that i can do without congress to get things done. so lets just look over the past several weeks. wemd we cant wait. we just went ahead and started taking steps on our own to give working americans a leg up in a tough economy. for homeowners, i announced a new policy that will help families refinance their mortgages and save thousands of dollars. for all the young people out

Things, blaug rod blah go vouch allegedly selling president obamas senate seat. well find out what the judge believes in the blago criminal trial that will come to a close officially next week when we get that sentence. jon: happening now, president obama leaving the white house to head for scranton, pennsylvania. he will make his case for congress to extend payroll tax cuts already in place before those cuts expire at the end of the year. weve chief white house correspondent ed henry joins us n...

Placed basically as an outpatient in williamburg. the government said it is way too fast. that there are very many questions and he is deceptive and he could still be dangerous. theyre asking the judge not to grant such an expansive request. >> thank you very much for that update. i want to take our audience to scranton, pennsylvania where the president has started speaking at scranton high school. >> with our brave member and women in uniform. thanking them for their service. and part of the re...

Questions anyway. weve got a lot of developing news. president obamas arrival in scranton, pennsylvania. he is making a push for republicans to finally support an extension of the pay roll tax. but the presidents visit is just the back drop we know to the larger issue of whether he can win that state and the vote from the white middle class people who live there. mike smerconish, a native, will tell us where the voters stand. plus the penn state sex abuse investigation. it was expected but now o...

Most adversely impacted by this economy. thats another reason why 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 disproportionately in a very positive way impact lower income folks, lower and middle income workers and their families, so i think the president is ...

1% growth in our gross domestic product next year. it will almost bring to us a standstill in our economy. all the fiscal stimulus that was passed in 2009 ends this come month. so they understand that something that is so obvious as keeping money in the paycheck of american workers so they can funnel it into the economy in a very tough time is going to be something that they cannot go home after christmas and say we just didnt pass it. so i think thats why you see the republicans. those that say...

Stop saying no to steps that would make our economy stronger. put our country before party. put money back into the pockets of working americans. do your job! pass this bill! scranton, the american people are with us on this. it is time for folks to stop running around spending all their time talking about whats wrong with manager. spend some time, roll up your sleeves and help us rebuild america. thats what we need to do. there is nothing wrong, nothing wrong with this country that we cant fix....

Their homes or theyve seen their home values drop. if i dont have this done in three years, then there is going to be a one-term proposition. >> i dont think theyre better off than they were four years ago. >> the rnc says the president will have a tough time with voters in places like scranton. lets go through his challenges for a moment. newt gingrich and his well catalogued past. you know the area. how will newt gingrich play in scranton? >> he wont play at all. look, scranton. lackawanna cou...

Now, i mentioned joe first of all because he loves scranton. he was born here in scranton. he spend his early years here in scranton. this town helped make him who he is. this is a town where he and so many of you grew up with a faith in an america where hard work matters. where responsibility matters. where if you stay true to those things, you can get ahead. where no matter who you are, no matter what you look like, whether you own a factory or you work on the factory floor, america is a place...

That responsibility pay off. thats not the way things are supposed to be. not here in america. but here today with all of you, im thinking about something that is just probably joes favorite expression. and some of you know joes story. he went through some tough times when he was a kid. and his father used to tell him, champ, when you get knocked down, you get up. you get up. and scranton, weve taken some punches the last few years. one thing i know about people in scranton, people in pennsylvan...