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Making their voices heard and heck heckle ron paul. and rahm emanuel getting the same treat. there's a lot of outrage, but who exactly is in that 1% and how many african-americans are in that number as well? cnbc street signs analyst ch chartia brantley wrote about this. she joins me to talk about this. what did you discover in doing the research for this piece especially when we focus in on african-americans and the 1%? >> i was stunned. african-americans account for 13.6% of the u.s. population. so going into the analysis, i assume that we would be a much larger percentage of the 1%. and t...

And all different cities around the country have struggled. one other kick bit of news on friday unemployment came out for the city of vegas and it was little bit better. it went from 14.3% to 13.6%. but obviously that is still far worse than the national average, and so people in this community are basically saying it's only less bad right now. that is really troublesome for the president heading into 2012. jon: as he tries to win re-election a lot of observers saying he needs nevada's election troel votes. is he going to be able to carry that state again? >> reporter: a big question. bottom ...

Anybody can do this cleanly. i spent about 16 weeks in an office on "k" street with republican operatives and i with mary matlin, james carville, i worked with a bunch of them and i saw how difficult it was for anyone running in the political arena on either side to not have to shake hands with people that made them sort of not feel clean. >> wow, too many germs? so much for trusting the people. i guess he's worried about people he doesn't really like, not just people with germs. now for the big number. there's another face-off going on in congress and this one has nothing to do with politics ...

So much for trusting the people. i guess he's worried about people he doesn't really like, not just people with germs. now for the big number. there's another face-off going on in congress and this one has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with gaining a following via twitter. and it looks like republicans are gaining the lead. with 86% of the house republicans getting the word out in 146 characters or less to just 75% of house democrats. but some members seem to be going to the extreme route here. which member of congress do you think is the most frequent to tweet? that would b...

13.6, nobody else even reaches the double digits per day. that's 13.6 tweets a day by darrell issa out in california. that's tonight's big number. up next, conservatives want to muzzle warren buffett by saying his taxes are lower than they should be. and lower than his secretary's. he's become conservative enemy number one by speaking the truth about the tax code in this country, the tax code under which the rich have gotten richer and the poor struggle. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro.