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27 minutes after the hour. utah makes moves toward immigration reform. a series of bills aimed at tightening control against undocumented workers. but it also includes a controversial guest worker permit law. thelma gutierrez explains. >> reporter: bill wright is a dairy farmer who says hes as conservative as they come. staunch republican who believes in a common sense approach to solving problems. so when the federal government failed to come up with comprehensive immigration reform, wright sai...

To vote for is the difference? what should people look for? >> the "l" wore, leadership. which best project -- projects leadership that the american people are hungry for. how they talk about how they solve problems. i found when i speak, i talk about how will approach solving problems. setting the right priorities surrounding yourself with the right people and putting together the right plan that is resonating. theres this frustration that problems arent getting solved now, they are getting wor...

All. its been a pleasure. thank you. and congratulations on the new book. >> thank you very much. >> erin brockovich, the book rock bottom out this week. just ahead here, rethinking the conventional wisdom about class size in america. should the classes be bigger? learning in groups. projects. solving problems. not smaller. do kids learn more from other kids than they do from the teacher anyway? that debate after this. and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbells. its amazing what soup ca...

Concerned about. theyre concerned this is not going to just happen in wisconsin. but this model of ending collective bargaining for public union workers could spread to other states, presumably. >> what other states are we talking habit hear? >> tennessee is at the fo forefront. all of the states have some degree or another ask for the public unions to increase the contributions or in if case of tennessee, trying to do something very similar to what wisconsin is doing. we can take a look back an...

Problems that arent there, to justify the work they are under taking. so, this isnt necessarily the way to look at it in terms of being in washington, equal solving problems. >> heather: and this did take a break after the shooting of gabrielle giffords. >> that as well. >> heather: and the house voted to repeal the health care law and senate voted against the repeal and the vote toned taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and changed the senate rules to provide more transparency and not ...

Have here. i thought that was wonderful that the president speaks, thats what the democracy is about. you debate those ideas. it is a marketplace of ideas. the responsibility is to keep the american people safe. to strengthen the middle class by creating jobs, reduce the deficit and the best way is by innovation, which begins in the classroom. that was what his vision was that he put forth. decisions now have to be made legislatively. we have to view it as solving problems for the american peopl...

A situation where they might lose their home or their car or suffer some additional economic catastrophe. so sympathetic as i am to those who prefer a fight over compromise, as much as the political wisdom may dictate fighting over solving problems, it would be the wrong thing to do. >> but there is still a fight tonight, not between republicans and democrats but between the president and the democrats who feel he simply surrendered to republicans. new york congressman anthony weiner tweeted ear...

Saying democrats have promised change but they are in big trouble? >> you are seeing this play out in the primaries and they are putting in place an extreme candidates on the republican side. when it comes down to november is going to be a choice. when they see the folks being represented on the republican side that is out of the mainstream and their choice is to have someone that knows who is doing and address their problems and have the power to adhere to them, then i think the choice will be ...

To follow through. were going to disagree on things. there are going to be disagreements in politics, as there should be. thats what makes america so great and vibrant. the challenge is when you are so close minded and unwilling to think on your own and unwilling to follow through is when people lose out. so that was probably the disappointment or the letdown. but politics to me, im still infected with it, and infused with it from the standpoint that its about solving problems. and the fact -- t...

100 days of his presidency define the new deal. the first term of his presidency we got the fdc and fdic and the social security administration and this president needs to come up with radical new ideas to address the challenges in this economy. >> you know, there are two aspects of this, really, one is the economic policy. >> sure. >> the things that he has been doing with the stimulus package and so on. the other thing is that consumer confidence because if people are afraid theyre not going t...