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Ryan and romney -- unless they are really counting on the people i come from to not understand what kind of stunt they are pulling and thats why romney is going to lose ohio. >> how come they dont see that people in their home community working like these electricians? i mean, its amazing for them to assume that people are not going to see what is actually happening in their own state and neighborhood. >> well, i tell you what, reverend, if you dont know these people, if you dont mine gel with t...

Both sides hoping to score anthony kennedy. he had p skepticism for the current policy the university of texas is using and current being sued over. jon? jon: that will be a fascinating case. we wont get the decision until sometime next year? >> reporter: we know it is due by june but probably will be earlier in the spring, jon. jon: thanks very much. shannon bream at the supreme court. jenna: now out to arizona. the state of arizona is handing out cash for bright ideas that save money. how iron...

Brushed it aside and didnt address it. i would like to have heard the president debate that issue more carefully. that said, the president is not running on green jobs being the center of his economic agenda. you heard a lot of that on wednesday night about what he is for in terms of reducing the deficit, in terms of hiring teachers. and i think jennifer is right. in the next two debates i think the president should and will talk more broadly about what he would do to create jobs in the country....

Little change. think might see a few more things to buy. the biggest difference seems to be the labor cost. state workers are expensive. salaries and benefits account for 85% of the state parks advertising budgets where as private companies its as low as 30 to 40%. some even argue privatization will actually improve the parks. >> the state government is pretty bad at advertising the experience you can have in public parks. a private company would have much more incentive to broaden their appeal ...

We dont need sugar high economics. we dont need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we dont want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by governor scott walker that virtually ended collective war beginning rights for most public workers. the law however remains largely in effect for state workers, but not for city, count city and school workers. ...

Much of the state law that virtually ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers. the law remains largely in effect for state workers. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." im contessa brewer. some of the videos weve shown so far in this hour might have made you laugh. the criminals approach seemed so silly. but the video youre about to see is anything but funny. an attacker traps an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and shes left fighting for her ...

The labor movement in this country has tremendous infrastructure. they can get boots on the ground and theyve got to put strength against strength to try to suppress the vote where the labor-rich state workers are. what do you think of that? >> well, i think its an outrage and for someone like myself whos actually flown ballots in baghdad and watch the iraqis perform their own by dipping a finger into ink and that was how they discounted fraud, we see this coordinated effort to try to push peopl...

Rather well, as well as the city in which they live. thats exactly whats happening. you just outlined washington, d.c the unemployment rate is 5.7%. right? 8.3% for the rest of the nation. the number of new federal workers who have been hired during the obama administration? 38,000. compared to a lot of jobs in the private sector and a loss of jobs from state workers. how about home prices? up 10% in the washington, d.c. area for 2009. everybody else suffered what? 20, 30% loss. how about the th...

Need. what we need is the passage of the presidents jobs bill and teachers and firefighters and police officers back to work. and what were seeing right now in this country is a contraction of public sector workers, where most of the jobs losses are coming from. >> christopher the policy-- >> the private sector adding jobs, but the manufacturing sector growing like never before. >> and if you dont recall, when nancy pelosi was speaker of the house, we did pass a 26 billion dollar bill to help wi...

Streets of philadelphia. springsteen has been calling for new jersey to legalize marriage equality for years now. and when the legislature finally voted to do that, christie vetoed it and said the state should hold a referendum instead. last year christie stripped union rights and cut the benefits of state workers, and last week, governor christie cut tax credits for the working poor along with aid to cities and schools and health care. bruce springsteen is not the guy who is impressed with the ...