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The cuts will begin friday. that's this friday. jindal says that it will help close the state's budget gap. but just a few months ago, he said it's all about the private insurance. >> the best way to help the uninsured in our states is to create good-paying jobs so that folks can go out there and afford their own coverage through their employer, private sector coverage, not to make them dependent on a government-run program. >> well, governor, you a lot of jobs to create between now and friday. if there is one thing jindal is horrible at it is, that creating jobs. 21% of louisiana residents li...

Candidate to put her susan rice. and you have qualified candidate ring. >> steve: he talked about raising taxes on the rich. he said majority of the voters gea are with me. it was not true. he got 51 percent of the national vote. and now he did -- >> this is one of the things that mr. obama ran on. he did telegraph this many months ago. i am surprised by the intensity of his position . he said in the press conference. i am tank the u.s. economy if i can't force the rich to pay for and close the budget gap. he is expecting to raise 1.6 trillion dollars from the top two percent of the people ear...

Pressure on the president and on congress to strike a budget deal. here to explain all of this is lauren simonetti. >> the u.s. budget deficit rose in october to $120 billion. that brings the 2012 budget gap to more than a trillion dollars for the fourth year in a row. deficits add to the national debt which is on path to hit more next month. it will push the u.s. economy back into recession. >> speaking of the fiscal cliff you have broken it down according to the state. >> this is interesting. the fiscal cliff will assess all of us. but some more than others and geography has a lot to do with...

Get the blame for what could be another recession? >> look, there is nobody really that should be arguing let's go over the fiscal cliff. now there are some leading democrats, leading up to the legislation have said let's go over the fiscal cliff, but to your point it will lead to a double-dip recession. what republicans have done is offered a pathway that says put new revenues on the table, let us work how to get them but we've also got to address the spending side. so you don't get a sense of obstructionism from the point of the g.o.p. what you get is, look we recognize results of an electio...

Their commute to work. a case of road rage in washington turns a shooting into a high speed car chase. it started when the victim says he cut off another guy on the highway and then that guy started following him. the victim then pulled over tot. that is never a good idea. that's when the suits respect pulled out a gun and fired three times. i ran back to my car real quick when i got to my car he started shooting shots. i thought i was shot. when the glass hit the back of my neck and went down my shirt i thought i was shot. >> the victim led cops on a high speed chase but managed to stop h...