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Look at the numbers, is just an exodus of students. from 2000 to 2010, detroit's population fell 20%. but public school enrollment fell 50%. so you have a massive budget deficit in detroit. $327 million is the budget gap that the schools are facing right now. you mentioned what is happening, and in order to close that gap, what robert bob, the emergency financial manager in charge of all of this, has done is he just got approved a plan to close 70 schools. that would only leave 72 public schools in all of detroit. and that would mean 60 kids in high school classes. this is the man we're talkin...

Pay a lot of money through medicaid. hundreds of millions of dollars. we need to take that on and continue to shift the cost away from skilled nursing facilities into long-term care facilities. that's just one of many potential reforms. >> what about taxing? that's one example. but what about potentially calling for a tax increase to close the budget gap? would you be willing to call for that? >> i don't think anybody is willing to call for a tax increase at a time where we are all hurting. right now people don't have the money in their pockets for an additional tax increase. in addition to th...

Sometimes to more than one man at the same time. she convinced zahra's father to move from australia to north carolina after they met on the internet. >> what a horrible story. the polls are open in chicago where rahm emanuel is expected to become the next mayor. that's what he's running for today. the forecast calls for cold and snow in the windy city and could put a dent in voter turnout. the president's former chef of staff has been leading in the polls by as many as 30 points. over 73,000 early votes have been cast in this race. brian? >> all eyes on new jersey governor chris christie toda...

25 cents a gallon higher by next week just with what we've got on the board right now. >> peter, thanks for the insight. we'll be talking to you i'm sure more on this one. israel calling the passage of two iranian warships through the suez canal part of its plan to control the middle east. last week israel called it a provocation. the northern part of the canal is 60 miles from israel. iran says the ships are headed to syria which would take them parallel to the israeli coast. wisconsin governor scott walker is threatening to lay off 1500 state workers unless his plan to eliminate most col...

So far, democratic senator who is stayed out of state. back to you. >> thank you so much. there are also protests in ohio state capital today over the bill similar to the one in wisconsin that would reform collective bargaining rights. thousands of state workers are expected to gather. john casic is trying to close an $8 billion budget gap. mean meantime, a budget crisis could result in cuts for detroit schools. a plan to close about half the public schools to eliminate a $327 million budget deficit. the schools would be closed over the next four years and high school class sizes increased t...