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tests of battery fix for 787. the article says federal regulators could approve the fix of the dreamliner batteries as early as the middle of this month. the worldwide fleet has been grounded 11 weeks and may not be carrying passengers though until june. splashed across the front page of "the dispatch" in arizona, unusual k-12 charter school set to open. it's about how a school district south of scottsdale is opening a move on when ready performance-based school in july. the initiative allows high-achieving students to prove they are capable of taking college-level courses and move to a community college after the tenth grade. now to the ongoing budget fight in washington. the president is expected to unveil his budget plan wednesday, but for now the white house is absorbing the new jobs number that came in lower than expected. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house for us, and with a happy saturday to you, peter, how is the white house interpreting the numbers for jobs here, and is there any kind of strategy to turn this around for next month.
rebels of course, want military and heavy, heavy weapons to fight the assad regime. the obama so far resisted and of course, meanwhile, there's heavy fighting going on. we are getting reports of heavy fighting outside of damascus with rebels saying that they are taking some areas outside of damascus, but also the assad regime say they've retaken several airports in air bases outside of damascus. now, all this have is going on. today, a syrian official jamie, said that president assad will take part in presidential election ins 2014. although, given the current state of syria seems unlikely the country, jamie, will be able to hold elections. >> jamie: connor powell in our middle east bureau. thank you, conner. >> kelly: house speaker john boehner has been in the middle of the budget fight in washington. what do the american people think of the dway he's handle himself. >> jamie: and a gun debate,
"politics nation" with al sharpton starts right now. ♪ >> folks, no need to adjust your television set. the budget fight in washington has gotten so surreal, it's like something out of star wars or some other science fiction movie. today, still trying to get
at this hour. a republican congressman from oklahoma is having to apologize for insidious and hateful comments made in front of constituents wednesday. listen to what john sullivan had to say about the ongoing budget fight in washington. >> i live with senators. i yell at them all the time. i grabbed one the other day and shook pem thp i would love to get them to vote for that. but other than me going over there with a gun and hold iing to their head and killing one of them, i don't think they are going to listen unless they get beat. >> kelly, his apology was also offensive. he apologized for a poor choice of words but goes on to talk about why the senate won't pass the jobs bill. should he resign? >> the apology is from a spokesperson, not in the voice of the congressman himself. he's from oklahoma.
reform the collective barginning laws. there was heavy push-back from the unions on that front. the bottom line is, when american families and businesses across this country are hurting, and you have state budgets and our federal government, look at what happened last week with the budget fight in washington. why is it that public sector unions should be immune from any cuts? we are all having to give back a little. we are all having to cut a little. why is it they are immune. >> greta: i'm running out of time. you also supported justice prosser who was in line with the position that governor walker is he's now in this fight he's being accused of trying to strangle another justice. do you still support justice prosser? >> greta, we supported justice prosser in that fight because we believed he was a conservative that supported
reform the collective barginning laws. there was heavy push-back from the unions on that front. the bottom line is, when american families and businesses across this country are hurting, and you have state budgets and our federal government, look at what happened last week with the budget fight in washington. why is it that public sector unions should be immune from any cuts? we are all having to give back a little. we are all having to cut a little. why is it they are immune. >> greta: i'm running out of time. you also supported justice prosser who was in line with the position that governor walker is he's now in this fight he's being accused of trying to strangle another justice. do you still support justice prosser? >> greta, we supported justice prosser in that fight because we believed he was a conservative that supported
guys' corporate jets, leave that in. that one, that's no biggy. the president had not called the full white house press conference since march. we got less than a day's notice that he was going to do this one today. now we know why he did it. to go on offense on the economy. to see if republicans really are going to defend some of the indefensible things that corporations do. starting with the fact that corporate jets are taxpayer subsidized. this is where the president is trying to draw the line. for the debt ceiling fight, for the budget fight in washington, for the year frankly for his re-election. go ahead, republicans. defend this single family house in wyoming being the corporate headquarters for more than 2,000 companies thanks to these loopholes. none of which actually have anyone on silt here who works there. except for good old rhoda. defend america having our own onshore zug havens.
the president had not called the full white house press conference since march. we got less than a day's notice that he was going to do this one today. now we know why he did it. to go on offense on the economy. to see if republicans really are going to defend some of the indefensible things that corporations do. starting with the fact that corporate jets are taxpayer subsidized. this is where the president is trying to draw the line. for the debt ceiling fight, for the budget fight in washington, for the year frankly for his re-election. go ahead, republicans. defend this single family house in wyoming being the corporate headquarters for more than 2,000 companies thanks to these loopholes. none of which actually have anyone on silt here who works there. except for good old rhoda. defend america having our own onshore zug havens. defend the fact that the oil companies, the most profitable industry in the world, defend
time for tonight's rewrite. with medicare at the center of the budget fight in washington, groups on both sides are taking to the air waves to convince voters they are trying to save medicare. the latest entry is from the 60 plus association, the conservative alternative to the liberal aarp. the group is spending $800,000 to run radio ads in 39 different congressional districts. >> something unusual happened last week in washington, d.c., of all places. elected officials actually did what they said they would. the house passed a budget that protects the budget. the debt is $14 trillion. america is literally spending money we don't have and future generations won't be able to afford. with 10,000 baby boomers reaching retirement, medicare is being crushed and could collapse
you can put a majority of states together. you can go back to congress and say, look, clearly this is something that should be the law of the land. half the country's already taken this up in their own states. maybe we should move this way on a federal level. and because the social issues aren't getting the play that they used to in washington, we're very focused here on the budget, on fiscal matters and the economy. they've taken this fight back to the states and hoping, making ground up there. >> and as planned parenthood came up in the budget fight in washington, you know what struck me is do they have a branding problem? john cowler said 95% of services provided being abortion related. so many people don't know the details about the care that they put out there. could some kind of campaign i guess about their branding help put an end to some of the distortion to what they actually do? >> i think so. and i think that is part of what planned parenthood's challenge is. because they are one of the most prevalent and well-known abortion providers, people make