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President obama is doing. >> that is the truth. anna revis logan. good to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. >> pleasure. >> coming up denial in wisconsin. republicans dont want state workers to talk about. dont talk about it. dont think about it. dont e-mail about it. climate change. rapid response panel weighs in. stay with us. im josh lipton with your cnbc market wrap. stocks gain ground. the dow adds 56. the s&p is up nine. earning season is officially under way. they share mo...

We call tornado this time of year. we talked about its been a relatively quiet tornado season. just 51 so far. the average is over 200 and we get most of our tornadoes in the month of april. so not out of the question that were seeing the severe weather set-up. one of the main ingredients that we need, very warm air to the south, cooler air to the north. how cold? weve actually got snow in the forecast for the great lakes and the northeast. well keep you up to date. back to you. >> thank you. ...

Hillary clinton, so well see what happens. >> senator, how do you fix this? i mean first of all, no ones talking about making anyone do something that their religion forbids forbids, but you cant have a business and enjoy things like sanitation from state workers and protection from police and all, enjoy all the benefits of everybody but you can decide you do not want those people in your business. you cant have it both ways. how do you fix this? the governor said this was like what other says -...

Pay for the negotiation and the enforcement of that contract. so right to work is a misnomer. it doesnt confer new rights or privileges on right to state workers, in fact it makes it illegal for unions to negotiate a contract wherein anyone covered by that contract has to contribute to its negotiation and enforcement. its really kind of a right to freeload. if you get benefit to from a contract from which they are not benefiting, many people will. that will hurt unions which is very much the poi...

Welcome back, im melissa harris-perry. republicans wrap up their party on the potomac. they bring. together the party faithful high profile gop leaders and several presumed presidential candidates. early polls already have scott walker leading that pack of candidates, none of whom have officially announced their running. walkers speech brought the crowd to its feet. however, it is what he said during the q&a portion that grabbed national attention. the remarks about how he would deal with terror...

These militants target the united states if theyre not stopped. so, the u.s. is trying to shore-up support with our arab allies if the region while protecting our own people on the ground. this morning, u.s. personnel are trying to secure our embassy. moving state workers out of baghdad. as islamic militants close on the city. >> we need air power to stop the advance toward baghdad. >> reporter: with iraqi soldiers abandoning their posts, shiite militias are now taking up arms against isis, the ...

They actually doubled their output speed. if you just need a loan, just call a bank. at ge capital, were builders. and what we know... can help you grow. if youre a columnist, you can go to colorado, eat some pot and get 100,000 clicks out of it. but if youre a poor person, you and your kids dont get to eat. thats a law that would require food stamp recipients to be drug tested. thankfully the usda says the georgia law is illegal. the law passed in march and signed by the republican governor n...

[ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ if youre a columnist, you can go to colorado, eat some pot and get 100,000 clicks out of it. but if youre a poor person, you and your kids dont get o eat. thats a law that would require food stamp recipients to be drug tested. thankfully the usda says the georgia law is illegal. the law passed in march and signed by the republican governor would require testing in cases where state wo...

Program. buy beer program. >> studies show people on welfare are higher users of drugs that people not on welfare. >> its offensive. it is not true but republicans are still trying to put that into law. in georgia the states republican governor is expected to sign a bill allowing state workers to drug test food stamp recipients. the bill requires, quote, reasonable suspicion before the drug test can be ordered. what is reasonable suspicion? being poor? black? single mom? adding insult to injury ...

Problem. its one that puts the state in a $100 billion hole and will likely be a defining issue for the governors race this fall. the democratic incumbent pat quinn has long insisted he inherited this financial mess, a pension system chronically underfunded and couldnt meet its obligation, but he said he should get credit for the pension overhaul he signed last december that he says will get the state back on track. >> it was hard. it was painful. it took political courage. but together, we got ...