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Yesterday where he really outlined the issues facing new jersey with pension, meeting our obligations regarding our increased debt load that he contributed to, and yet again he offered no solutions. he talked about -- he equated new jersey to detroit suggesting if he we did nothing we could head down that road of bankruptcy, yet he offer nod solutions. i think what we're seeing here is an administration that was really built upon an outsized cult of personality that's coming tumbling down before our eyes. >> do you believe him when he says he knew nothing about the closure of those lanes going...

Jon: right now a war is brewing in one of america's most historic cities, detroit struggling now to overcome its crippling debt load. it's also battling a spike in violent crime. the homicide rate skyrocketing to its highest level there in 20 years. steve harrigan is live from detroit for us now. steve? >> reporter: jon, detroit police officials talk about a loss of a criminal ethic. they are seeing crimes today more brutal than anything they've seen in the past, especially against the elderly. one crime that's been getting a lot of attention lately is the recent beating of a 64-year-old man a...

Order to reopen the government? >> i think the house has a god plan. we want to continue to work through these funding issues. >> the house doesn't actually reopen the government. the house allows -- you're correct. >> six-week extension to raise the debt ceiling. how would you reopen the government? the senate republicans do at least have that as part of their plan. >> reopening the house, i mean, reopening the federal government means the senate has got to join the house and negotiate through this continuing resolution and through a budget. and that is going to be a priority. we cannot conti...

I think the kids for the most part want to get the heck out on their own and god willing they have a plan. >> maybe we can get them out in the teenaged years. >> that's genius. >> i agree with tracy. i think one of the challenges that we're seeing here and it doesn't show up in the data as much is so much is driven by the debt load that students incur in college or before while working internships and so people are coming out with a huge debt burden and part of it is the economics when we were all coming out and didn't come out with debt -- i was fortunate not to -- i could go out and get a jo...

Citizens, 2.3 million michigan citizens voted this past november, the same day we voted to re-elect president barack obama, 2.3 million citizens repealed the emergency management law. what did the republicans do? went to work in december during the lame duck session, put it back in force lawlessly. and that is something that's not being mentioned. >> so you have an emergency manager now named kevyn orr. >> yes. >> he is the one who's been quoted in the papers, he's the one charged now with the state, with trying to negotiate a fiscal solution for the city. what is he doing now that you think, ...