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on this sunday. from the cnn center, welcome to your cnn sunday morning. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. 5:00 a.m. in st. louis. 3:00 a.m. in berkeley. as always, a special good morning to our service men and women watching on the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. im t.j. holmes. lets start with politics and with the president. hes headed out west today to washington state, has a couple of re-election fundraisers on his schedule. also has a socia...

about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasnt focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. >> im going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling rig...

for the first time a majority of americans, 53%. feel that president obama is greatly or o moderamoderately t for the economy. more people still blame former president george bush but president obama wont be running against george bush next year. with me, obamas 2008 presidential campaign advisor and now senior white house advisor. thank you, david, for joining us. before we get to the politics of it, which is fascinating to all of us, lets get to the presidents jobs bill. would he be ...

This weekend before the congressional black caucus, this president is getting started. >> take off your bedroom slippers and put on your marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. we have work to do! >> barbara lee is a member of the congressional black caucus and joins us from capitol hill. good afternoon. >> glad to be with you. >> president obama was in rare format the cbc annual award speaking in thundering tones with a rolling cade...

Struggling right now. i dont have time to feel sorry for myself. i dont have time to complain. im going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and press on. take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes, shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. we have work to do. >> take off your bedroom slippers he implores the crowd. the 2012 re-election campaign was the focus of some of the talk shows on sunday where a shot was taken at de...

Stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. weve got work to do. cbc. >> and this turn continues. then today the president took another golden opportunity to state his case. at a california town hall, a man in the audience stood up and asked this. >> my question is, would you please raise my taxes? >> that man went on to say that he would like to see the country invest in things like bell grants and infrastructure and job training programs. his name is doug edwards, a former google ex...

For a debate. he knows how to not get tired. i guess rick perrys excuse was that he was tired. it just makes rick perry look less ready for primetime. at the same time, as you said, its not about texas because this is a much broader scale, and this is a much deeper level of scrutiny than hes probably used to. >> karen, really quickly, i want to talk to you about what the president said at the congressional black caucus over the weekend. i want to play a quick bite and talk about it on the other ...

That everybody is focused on the next election. >> reporter: he seemed point opt the next election 24 hours earlier, as a fund raiser in seattle where he offered a choice between himself and republicans. >> warn-out ideas tried throughout the last decade, corporations get to write their own rules. those of white house are fortunate get to keep tax break. >> a shift to the liberal base. >> pick up your bedroom slippers and put on marching shoes. shake it off. stop complaining. stop grumbling. sto...

Hes doing. so he knows that hes really got to reenergize his base. thats what hes doing in some of those public comment that is you played. thats what hes doing behind the scenes at some of the fund-raisers. >> kristen, thanks so much. president obama has had some tough words for the congressional black caucus this weekend, asking them to fall in line behind him. with frustrated lawmakers questioning if hes done enough for poor and working-class blacks, the president went on to say and tell th...

Stop complaining. stop grumbling. stop crying. we are going to press on. weve got work to do. cbc. >> and this turn continues. then today the president took another golden opportunity to state his case. at a california town hall, a man in the audience stood up and asked this. >> my question is, would you please raise my taxes? >> that man went on to say that he would like to see the country invest in things like bell grants and infrastructure and job training programs. his name is doug edwards, ...