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Are operating at a profit. first time in six years. last year sales plummeted and manufacturers and suppliers across the country were forced to idle plants and furlough workers. today chrysler is responding to more demand than anticipated by keeping this plant and others running through the usual summer shutdown. the same goes for gm's plants. sales have rebounded. across the supply chain, plants that wouldn't exist without the sacrifice made across this industry are running at nearly full capacity. last year many thought this industry would keep losing jobs as it had for the better part of th...

Former governor of the state, gray davis, joins us on the very day the current governor issues a new furlough workers for thousands of state workers. welcome. >> thank you. >> we'll start here and get to all things california and america. is there a recourse here. can you see how that would even happen? how does that exist in the first place? >> it's an outrage. i don't know how it happened but i know the attorney general and district attorney are both investigating it. aparentally the city voted to become a charter city like 400 people voted and that allows them to charge or pay people whatev...

Web site for images of oil spill on the gulf coast. pictures are just horrifying. look at that mess. look at that. nobody wants that in our waters. nonetheless that's what happened. they're trying to get it under control. you can see views of what this thing looks like from outer space. at foxnews.com, your other news source. "fox news alert" on the search for two missing miners in kentucky. now "fox news" has confirmed one of those miners has been found. we do not know his condition. the miners missing after a roof collapsed in a mine in western kentucky. the kentucky governor is now on the...

So it was certainly not a partisan bill and he was right. the other bill he talked about wasn't brought to the floor. i would also say this, madam president, it was paid for. >> so what you're looking at right now when you get away from any great procedural details, is some high drama on the senate floor. for several days now republican senator jim bunning has essentially brought the senate to a halt. he's objected to the way that the senate has been trying to proceed with unemployment benefits which is part of a larger measure that would include funding for the department of transportation, f...

Activity and now he's making it now. republicans on capitol hill are questioning what do we get for this? what is the benefit for the united states. and what does it say about our position in the u.s.? aren't we arguing for weakness? bill: back at home. there are new questions about the irs as the agency is said to be getting ready to pay out $70 million in bonuses to union workers despite the automatic spending cuts. forcing governments to furlough workers including irs staffers. chuck grassley makes the argument against bonuses.