Page 290 - Work Program News Today

back to being plain old welfare. >> newt gingrich defends that ad but makes an admission whether that ad is strictly speaking true to the facts. but first, i want to show you how mitt romney is campaign on the claims knead that very ad. 7 >> with a careful executive action, he removed the requirement for work from welfare. it is wrong to make any change that would make america more of a nation of government dependcy. we nus restore, and i will restore work into welfare. >> now, listeni...

announcing work for welfare. under obamas plan, you wouldnt have to work and wouldnt have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare. >> in a moment, youll hear from newt gingrich, who joins us to defend that ad but also makes a pretty stunning admission about whether the ad hes defending is true to the facts. but first i want you to hear how romney is campaigning on the claims made in the ad. >> with a very caref...

Agenda. so there is no move to the center. >> steve: what about the fact that the president tara what, hes doing is removing the requirement that youve got to work if you want to get welfare? that was bill clintons signature achievement and hes throwing that out. once again, people say hes pandering to the left. >> thats not pandering to the left. what hes doing is offering the states waiver sos they can design their own welfare to work program. >> steve: so every state could be different. >> so...

>> oh! >> iceberg tsunami. a glacier from greenland melting off the side of a cliff and causing the scare of a lifetime for a boatful of tourists. its video you just have to see. "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining me. im carol costello. we begin this morning in oak creek, wisconsin, the site of the weekend massacre at that sikh temple. for the third straight night, the community has bonded in its grief. and the vigil keeps growing larger. the...

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...

Application for visiting. >> it took me eight months to get cleared. >> its a long process to get cleared. >> especially if -- >> shed been in trouble herself a long time ago. >> yes. >> so, anyway, then we sort of fell in love and got married and here we are. >> i got married here december 9th of last year. in fact, we honeymooned in this very cottage here. this is only our third time were going to have a conjugal visit so -- >> so its pretty cool. it makes time go by a lot easier. a lot easier...

Only a few months or a year. i know, i was on assistance. what they dont tell you is that theres at least one working adult in 48% of households with children on food stamps. only 13% dont have jobs. in a time of national economic crisis, when so many people are struggling to find a job, the republicans are calling the country weak. americans dependent and repeatedly criticizing millions for their work ethic. lets bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for "bloomberg view...

To a welfare to work program, and now what our system does is it rewards work with the earned income tax credit, which you get if you work. and it helps the working poor come up to a reasonable standard of living, because this economy is no longer providing a middle class standard of living without some help. so the idea that these are deadbeats getting money from the government and sitting on the couch, its not factually true. >> absolutely, and remember that peter edelman, a noted liberal, lef...

To a welfare to work program, and now what our system does is it rewards work with the earned income tax credit, which you get if you work. and it helps the working poor come up to a reasonable standard of living because this economy is no longer providing a middle-class standard of living without some help. so the idea that these are deadbeats who are getting money from the government and sitting on the couch, its not factually true. >> absolutely. and you remember that peter edelman, a noted l...

Jobs and free market and opportunity and investment and isnt this administration moving in the other direction? >> even though im a liberal dont faint im not a huge believer in the systemic problem that we do have of generational dependence on programs. years ago, former president bill clinton and former governor of wisconsin tommy thompson had a welfare to work program. >> obama gutted that, too. >> i dont agree with the president 100% and im sure you dont agree with mitt romney or george bush ...