going to be delayed. reporter: border states are burdened with vacancies and a heavy immigration caseload. royal ferguson says it is overwhelming. you have judges handling eight times the number of criminal cases that are normally registered in other courts across the nation. that s a staggering document it is hard to give it that kind of attention, you have such a heavy case load. it can t be done. those judges are having to improvise and no judge likes to to to come up with shortcuts. judges and other experts cnn interviewed over several weeks describe a dire situation caused by a massive nominee logjam on capitol hill. there is a war between executives and the legislative branches of government. judiciaries caught in the middle. reporter: what s worse, said white house council bob bower in a rare q&a session is the lack of urgency.
touts his reduction plan. good evening. the president found a group for q&a session that may offer glimpse for the 2012 campaign to generate more enthusiasm than democrats generated in 2010. in the first of a series of town hall appearances president obama began to sell the proposal to bring debt under control with sacrifice. nothing crazy. just go back to the rates that existed when bill clinton was president. that wasn t long ago. the idea went over well with the audience of the northern virginia community college students as did arguments against cutting education and research spending. appeal to the young people who helped lecht him in 2008 and sat on the saidlines in 2010. ly need your help. i can t afford to have you as
republican debt crusader as he touts his reduction plan. good evening. the president found a group for q&a session that may offer glimpse for the 2012 campaign to generate more enthusiasm than democrats generated in 2010. in the first of a series of town hall appearances president obama began to sell the proposal to bring debt under control with sacrifice. nothing crazy. just go back to the rates that existed when bill clinton was president. that wasn t long ago. the idea went over well with the audience of the northern virginia community college students as did arguments against cutting education and research spending. appeal to the young people who helped lecht him in 2008 and sat on the saidlines in 2010. ly need your help.
all right. welcome back, everybody. in case you don t have your tickets or you have your tickets, you should be aware of this next story. charlie sheen s road show torpedo of truth tour. i know what you re saying to yourself, i forgot to get my ticket. apparently, you know how much he talked about winning. it hasn t been too winning for him in detroit or chicago. are you ready? are we ready for you guys need to straight up [beep] a musical number. so after a disasterous first show in detroit where fans stormed out demanding refunds, sheen had a slightly warmer reception in chicago. he was on stage in the windy city for about an hour. the show featured a q&a session, sheen taking the shirt off for a
he ll be talking to a family in the backyard. also talking to other people who have questions. you want to keep an eye on this much he s talking about the economy. but you never know what s going to happen in the q&a session. we re dipping into that for you coming up. also, we re putting what you and your kids eat on the table, our series, eatocracy examines healthy food choices. also, you can tell kids all day long about what they need to eat to be healthy, but does that really get to them? well, at the white house this morning, the first lady is recognizing groups that are helping kids make healthy choices by developing digital games and apps to actually inspire the kids to slim down. all that stuff coming your way. but we re going to start right now with retirement age. a lot of people get to it. what do they think of? they think about playing golf maybe, doing traveling. they re certainly not thinking about working any more. but more and more people hitting retirement age are not