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Every one of those categories that came from the brain room and every one of them indicates we're in an economic recovery. >> eric: let's talk about it a little bit though. the one that jumped out at me, i was reading, 14.4% unemployment in the black community. that is up from the prior month, may to june. went from 13.6 to 14.4. you know what that means? 184,000 more blacks are unemployed this month than last month. >> kimberly: well, those numbers are problematic for the president. bob has been able to pull rabbit ears out of the hat. >> bob: these are not rabbit ears. those are facts. >> ki...

Neurship, savings accounts, black people can barely find a way to get back and forth from work. african-american voters have no reason to trust mitt romney, especially when he says things like this. >> in june, while the overall unemployment rate remained stuck at 8.2%. the unemployment rate for african-americans went up from 13.6% to 14.4%. >> yes, unemployment in the african-american community has gone up. but you see, the devil's in the details. from 2008 to 2010, afric african-americans made up more than 21% of the public sector work force. there are 30% more likely to work in the public s...

Afghan president hamid karzai calling for the immediate withdrawal of all u.s. and nato troops from the country's rural areas. he's also demanding troops leave the country all together by 2013. that's a year earlier than the deadline that president obama set. the taliban is also refusing to participate in peace talks. these developments coming just days after a u.s. soldier allegedly killed 16 villagers in afghanistan. an extreme weather alert now. take a look at this monster tornado. it is closing in on the town in michigan. a total of six twisters spotted in the area. dozens of homes and bus...

To vote can vote for president. and so, you're talking about millions of potential votes. there are more puerto ricans living on the mainland than live here on the island. >> it's a great point, jose. the miami herald is pointing out that there are 857,000 puerto ricans in florida alone. so, the obama administration is recognizing the importance of the role that they're going to play for 2000 dwell. but they also really play an important role for congressional races, and everyone always knows what a linchpin and a pivotal state florida can be. >> absolutely. and let's focus for a bit on florid...

Henneberg live in washington with the details. molly? >> reporter: hi. president obama and congress may have extended the bush era federal tax cuts, but more states and localities need more money from taxpayers in order to meet their health care and pension promises to those employees and retirees. so property taxes are going up in the places like upper moreland, pennsylvania. up 13.6% in 2011. in philly a 9.9% increase. in saratoga springs, new york, taxpayers will pay an extra 4.4% on their property and troy, new york, up 1.9% just to name a few. congressman devon nunez has introduced legisl...