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Another language that hes been told not to use. im not talking about french which is fine with me. i like french. its a beautiful language. he seems to speak a language of incredibly wealthy people who really think in terms of the fact that $350,000 a year is chicken feed when in fact it is seven times the national average. i know compared to the 250 million he owns it may be small. >> right. >> but its huge. when youre talking the public where people are struggling, the working poor in this cou...

good morning. im ashleigh banfield. >> and im zoraida sambolin. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets get started. >> weve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now were hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. well get you detailed. a...

Hopeful, but not confident you would be able to reach the petition numbers needed or the signatures needed for the petition because its hard to gauge people. the passions were very high. people were protesting in the cold and the rain, but there was concern you wouldnt reach it. what do you believe was the driving factor here that people turned it beyond anger at the dinner tape to reaction of signing the petitions? >> i think a few things. they continue to just lie to the people. they continue ...

a judge speaks out abtd four people trying to get on the virginia ballot. whats next for them. a mother fed up with her sons run-ins with the law forces him to wear this sign. did she go too far? we give you a chance to weigh in this morning. we start with former mississippi governor, barbour, defending his decision to pardon 200 people. among the myrrherered set to release from prison. a judge put a halt on prison releases. the legislature is considering changing the constitution ...

minivans and suvs. the reason -- safety issue, power problems, possible fires. ill tell you if your familys vehicle is on the list. and a mother is fed up with her sons law breaking ways so she hands out some of her own justice mom style. not everyone is on board with her brand of tough love. at least three people confirmed dead, as many as 70 unaccounted after a cruise ship accident in italy. 4,000 people, passengers and crew, were on board. this italian-operated cruise liner when...

More with the party thats, as yet, seems to be turning a deaf ear to the broader discussions of income disparity? >> i think, put simply, a alex, the new poor in this country are the former middle class. thats just a reality. most politicians during this season of campaigning feel that they need to speak to the angst of the middle class. well,ç if the middle class now are the new poor, the middle class now are the near poor, then the language has got to be changed. our political discourse is s...

Working poor. what are you doing about it in nashville? >> well, i found a local bridge where i learned there were hundreds of homeless people living along the river that runs through downtown nashville and thats where the homeless people camp. eight years ago i started taking a pot of jumbalia down to the river and feeding the homeless people. we fed 1200 people a hot meal last year. we have many, many volunteerswho help us. we unload trucks and pallets of groceries we feed the poor, the homele...

Many families to be homeless, men, women and children, the working poor. what are you doing about it in nashville? >> well, i found a local bridge where i learned there were hundreds of homeless people living along the river that runs through downtown nashville and thats where the homeless people camp. eight years ago i started taking a pot of jumbalia down to the river and feeding the homeless people. we fed 1200 people a hot meal last year. we have many, many volunteerswho help us. we unload t...

much more from and about the hawkeye caucuses later this hour. sears holdings is out with a partial list of the sears and k-mart stores it plans to close. earlier this week sears said it would close between 100 and 120 stores as a result of poor holiday sales. the firm has released a list of 79 that will be closed nationwide. sears said in a statement that it could not say how many jobs will be cut or when the stores will be closed. sears holdings has more than 4,000 stores in the u....

Of the people that are in need in their communities or communities where they are from, or situations that resonate with them, they can choose specifically who they want to help and know that person has been prescreened. >> brad, the need is there. look at the rise in the number of school lunches. so the rise in poverty, the rise in need, let me quickly show this sound bite of a recipient of givelocally.net, a lady that talked about her needs. >> im a single bottom with four kids, a part-time su...