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Those in that group that would like to have a better job or a job. they might be more understanding than the romney campaign wants to believe about the people who may be on welfare who are looking like they might be on welfare some day in the future. >> jonathan, its not only questionable or bad policy in my opinion. its hypocrisy. when you look at the fact in 2005, romney was one of 29 gop governors who signed a letter asking for the same waiver program that hes now criticizing the president fo...

store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we cant do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what ha...

is america doing enough to keep guns from getting into the wrong hands? a no holds barred debate. plus, governor romney on welfare. >> hed ask the middle class. its like robin hood in reverse. its romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged ...

its romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged gunman of the tucson shooting that killed six people and nearly killed gabby giffords entered a not guilty plea in a court today. a judge ruled him competent to stand trial. this comes after ne...

its romney hood. >> tonight, the campaigns square off. and a day at the beach turns terrifying. my prime-time exclusive of the survivor of the cape cod shark attack. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, inside the mind of a shooter. jared lee loughner, the alleged gunman of the tucson shooting that killed six people and nearly killed gabby giffords entered a not guilty plea in a court today. a judge ruled him competent to stand trial. this comes after ne...

earth. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administrations policies, but with support from an unlikely ally hes raising the stakes today. heres our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for th...

Nearly twice what they expected. jerry brown to call for increased sales and income taxes, cuts to state programs. brown proposed cuts in spending on welfare and indigent medical care along with a shortened workweek for government workers to cut payroll costs. he compared it to the financial crisis in europe. >> takeaways are never pleasant. i mean, take a look at whats going on in greece. take a look at the 100,000 people marching in spain. once you have it, its much more painful to give it up ...

Patchwork. you have s.n.a.p., section 8, tanf, all of these. one thing i worry about is the issue of poverty traps. people who are working poor maybe a family with an income arounds 25 $25,000, they approa 100% because they pay taxes on the income and lose benefits as they get wealthy. a critical factor. talked about it last week having this discussion. >> that when you, one of the ways tanf reform, welfare reform, get rid of the cliffs. if someone gets a raise or a better job, the actual gross ...

first, both president obama and mitt romney acknowledge a recovery is under way and thats about all they agree on when it comes to your money. the president called economic fairness the defining issue of our time. >> in this country broad based prosperity has never trickled down from the success of a wealthy few. it has always come from the success of a strong and growing middle class. >> the president argues he is here to protect medicare, social security, and milgtd class be jos and ...

$105,000. the bottom 99% saw wages up .2%. $80 a year. >> yeah. >> you look at those figures. this is now. this is whats happening now in america. but to your point, ryan, the reality is that the lottery does pay for state programs and education is one of the biggest areas where lottery money you know ends up. the new york lottery contributed more than $3 billion between 2010 and 2011 which is 15% of the total state aid to local districts. in 2009, the $336 million jackpot generated $50 million ...