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Companies going into advanced manufacturing because of our new advanced manufacturing tax credit. so, the president's focus and our focus on clean energy is part of the future for us in michigan, and it's all about making things in america. >> you know, we were just showing the numbers in the jobless number in your state compared to the nation average. 9.5%, 13.2%. and we do note that there was a little dip in the unemployment number in your state. >> right. >> it was closer to 14% before that. let me ask you, because we've talked so much about what lawmakers are saying to each other and what ...

Unemployment 13.2%. four points above the national average. are you happy with what this white house is doing to try to boost the economy? and bring it back to life. >> i'm telling you. on the ground here, we are seeing the results of the invest frmt the recovery act. today's one example of it. but the commitment that this white house has made to clean energy, especially to the what we call the electrification of the vehicle and that means the guts of that is the lithium ion battery, very advanced manufacturing battery that used to be made only in asia. and now, as a result of the commitment o...

Compact battery plant. michigan has been exceptionally hard hit by unemployment, going from 7% in january of 2008 to 13.2% today. the president said without the stimulus bill, plants like the one he was visiting would be built overseas. >> i want folks who have been pushing against these economic policies to explain to these workers why it'd be better for these things to be manufactured in other countries. or why the solar plants and wind turbines and biodiesel refineries that are being built shouldn't have happened. >> austin goalsldsby is a membef the economic advisers and joins me from the ...

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Big increases in hard power, big cuts to soft power. let's take a first look at some of those big ticket hard power items. $54 billion increase in defense spending, that breaks down into 52 billion for the pentagon and 2 billion to be given to other agencies who are involved in defense. homeland security ops the budget by $3 billion, veterans affairs gets a little more than $4 billion. also, $1.5 billion for beginning construction of the wall, as well. massive cuts on the other side to some of the most important apartments we have. state department gets a 28% decrease in funding. a $10 billion...