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The fight between americas Biggest Car Companies and the uaw over pay and Better Benefits is playing out in a key Battleground State in the 2024 president ial election. That is michigan. So this visit by President Biden is no accident. Hes trying to turbocharge the market for Electric Vehicles. That is part of his policy to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. His signature legislation, well, its known as the inflation reduction act, and it includes billions of dollars in incentives to get more clea...

Has the latest from new york. The fight between americas Biggest Car Companies and the uaw over pay and Better Benefits is playing out in a key Battleground State in the 2024 president ial election. That is michigan. So this visit by President Biden is no accident. Hes trying to turbocharge the market for Electric Vehicles. That is part of his policy to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. His signature legislation, well, its known as the inflation reduction act, and it includes billions of dollars ...

The fight between americas Biggest Car Companies and the uaw over pay and Better Benefits is playing out in a key Battleground State in the 2024 president ial election. That is michigan. So this visit by President Biden is no accident. Hes trying to turbocharge the market for Electric Vehicles. That is part of his policy to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. His signature legislation, well, its known as the inflation reduction act, and it includes billions of dollars in incentives to get more clea...

Super pac doing ads of workers hurt by bain. the romney campaigns response to that was not to go and find other workers who would attest to bains management, talked to ceos who talked about how romney was a great guy. you cant imagine a worse response to that criticism. coming up, the must read opinion pages of the year. later, what would lincoln do. academy award winner steven spielberg of the 16th president and what can other politicians learn of his leadership of a polarized america. back i...

That was not to go and find other workers who would attest to bain and its management but talk to ceos who would say mitt romney was a great guy. now there is -- you cant imagine a more ham handed response to that. >> coming up, the most thought provoking must-read opinion pages of the year. and later what would lincoln do? our interview with director steven spielberg on his new film, the 16th president, and what todays politician can learn from president lincolns leadership of a polarized ameri...

"early saturdtart." >> you know, you come back from vacation, you have a new anchor. >> thanks for joining us, everyone. im zoraida sambo will i n. up first, authorities in egypt trying to negotiate the release of two kidnapped victims. one of the victims is diabetic. and his family is not here he has his medication with him. mohammed sami joins us on the phone in sinai, egypt, right now. where do the negotiations stand right now with the kidnapper? >> they are trying to negotiate with...

But he guided us to bain. now were there. its too much pain in bain for him. >> its always been, i think, a dubious argument to say that running a private equity company gives you the tools you need to create jobs from the perspective of the federal government. the enterprises are so different in so many ways. the values, the stake holders, who you listen to, who is dependent -- who you are dependent upon. theyre just such different enterprises. its a dubious argument. it also opened him up to -...

Other companies like staples. tied to bain. how do you make the distinction that he had nothing to do with bain. >> he was not an active manager of bain at that time. but this isnt a discussion that the american people really care about. they care about the economy. and every moment we talk about these bain figures, we are distracting from the substantive debates that the american people deserve to have. mitt romney in massachusetts actually brought the unemployment rate down to 7.7%. over 30 mo...

On those documents of selling bain shares in that. but he has also maintained i had nothing to do with that because that took place while i was gone even though his name is on it. and so on. and things can be conflict of interest issues and so forth could come up. and are likely to come up as this goes along. hed like to draw this distinction now before those become issues. >> chris, i mean, clearly theres a reason for him to try and distance himself. but again, i repeat the reason its important...

Pretty soon. >> today the obama campaign pivoted back to bain. >> a brand-new ad from the obama campaign is hitting the air waves in nine states. >> mitt romneys companies were pioneers in outsourcing. >> this is the attempt by the obama campaign to define mitt romney before he has a chance. >> hes had an image as an auto mo ton. >> hes had lots of specifics out there, they just contradict each other. >> keep it vague. >> i love america! >> usually we dont elect automatons. >> if we dont elect c...