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0 so which states have higher than average long-term unemployment? california, nevada, illinois, pennsylvania, connecticut, new york, new jersey and massachusetts. and since funding was not included in the budget, both sides are at a stalemate. democrats are slamming republicans and pushing for an extensi extension. deb debby wasserman shults released a statement saying, these benefits provide a critical support to the economy and millions of americans who have yet to find work. republican leadership says benefits need to be paid for first. experts argue extending the program not only adds to ...

Test here of the power of the professional outrage groups to force phil robertson off the air forever. i'm sure that is their goal unless he completely abases himself to them which is possible. i suspect what we're seeing here is a power play and a kind of a purge of southern white christian patriot attic culture out of tv and meanwhile people like william la jeunesse also could have mentioned alec baldwin who has been an angry homophobe and still doing tv commercials. jenna: interesting you mention about the south and christianity and conservatives as well. ellen, i like to ask you about that...

"american conservative" magazine. both fox news contributors to and great friends of us and each other. nice to have you on. this is very interesting topic. a lot of directions to take it. in general, ellen, what do you think of this? >> i think actually phil needs to apologize and move on. a lot of people say things that are offensive or upsetting on television and radio. we all make mistakes and he just needs to apologize. he offend ad whole group of people. in terms of the religious aspect, there are lots of gay church that is follow christ. lots of metropolitan community church being one o...

0 with, you know, the economic commissions and so forth. president has appointed panels to make recommendations and then they go nowhere. >> correct. did that with the bowles-simpson commission on the deficit. and so, but i think this is a little bit different. first of all you have the public pressure. the public doesn't like, especially the one program that is really the problem is the metadata program, right? the mass surveillance of all-americans phone calls and whatnot. the public that doesn't like that. the president just had a meeting with tech executives at the white house yesterday. t...

Five-year low of 7%. rick tyler, senior vice president of the strategy group and former spokesman for former house speaker newt gingrich. ellen ratner, talk radio news service bureau chief and fox news contributor. here now to talk about this. good to see both of you. >> thank you. >> good to be here. >> of course, more people working is always good news. do you think we need more placement, though, in jobs that are paying more than minimal wage or are more stable than part-time jobs? if so, how do we get there? >> we certainly do. part of the way we can get there is by developing more infrast...