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>> reporter: in new york mayor bloomberg suggested cutting 6,000 teachers' jobs because of a loss in state funding. >> i don't think we can afford to lose any teachers, but if we have to to balance our budget, we are going to do with 6,000 fewer. >> reporter: most states, unlike the federal government, have to balance their budget every year. and 2012 is shaping up to be one of the most difficult on record. 44 states and the district of columbia are projecting shortfalls totaling $125 billion. federal assistance would help avert some budget cuts is largely gone. legislators are looking for cut...

True, all-american hot breakfast spread every day. we love to eat around here. turn around. your dream of a hot breakfast for everybody. >> oh, everyone, come and eat! >> so, we're not going to australia but we are going to eat well today for sure. we have eggs, hash browns, we got -- >> everyone, eat! >> staff, come on out and grab a hot breakfast. hot food. no more bagels and cereal -- >> control room, don't worry, when i made this wish, i included you guys in it because you are awesome and make this show work. there's plenty of food up here. we'll save some food for you guys that run the sh...

Really are an extended arm of the cia and the u.s. defense department. >> reporter: there has been a real sense of deja vu at the white house with top officials reaching out to their bahraini counterparts urging them to show restraint, respect protesters in the street, bahraini government not necessarily getting the message. we may have seen this movie once before. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. sarah palin played it cool on whether she will run for president next year. before a business group in new york, palin would only say she is thinking about running. she also criticized presi...

Gadhafi. they called thursday a day of rage. organized on facebook, the social networking site that's been an important weapon for the protesters. there are reports that the internal security forces used live rounds there to disperse the crowds. we're hearing at least four people have been killed there. the ripple effect continues. in the west bank, hundreds turned out in ramallah asking for an end to the faction hamas and fatah and for their leaders to unify, but those protests, however, were not as violent as the ones we've seen in other parts of the area. >> lama hasan reporting live this m...

T.j. winick, abc news, new york. throughout the middle east today activists say they'll be out in full force. dispute a government ban in public outpourings in bahrain, protesters are adamant. marches are planned across egypt today to celebrate last week's resignation of president hosni mubarak. all middle east countries rocked by political upheaval one thing in common -- they're all key allies of the u.s. in the fight against terrorism. the question now, will their civil unrest threaten our national security? here's jake tapper. >> reporter: the u.s. government condemned the loss of life ...