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Unemployment and highest foreclosure rate in the country. but the picture is improving. joining me is the business reporter for the las vegas sun. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about unemployment first. as we know, the highest in the country there in your state, more than 12%. but talk about the signs that it's getting better. what are you seeing? >> well, the one thing that's really good for las vegas is is is, of course, the tourism is coming back. we've had probably about 20 straight months of percentage increases in visitors coming to las vegas. that always bodes well in ter...

Homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. >> former republican presidential candidate mitt romney is making the case that the best thing for the big three is to let them go into bankruptcy. >> the u.s. auto industry is back. that's good to remember the fact that there were some folks willing to let this industry die. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. >> caring for the poor and those in need. >> isn't the contrast between the two on economic issues, isn't the contrast between what they are projecting to the public going to really be what this race is all about ...

The fact that there are some folks who are going to let this industry die because of folks coming together, we are now baklava in a place where we can compete with any car company in the world. it is wrong for anybody to suggest that the only option for struggling, responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. >> it's also about the biblical call to care for the least of these, for the poor, for those in the margins of our society. >> jackie, this is three days in a row where he has hit bottom, mitt romney saying the las vegas review journal, industry referrin...

Reading michael harrington's "the other america" every weekend over and over again. a great book about that very world, but the show, i found it calloused and weird. romney has a history of making comments that would seem to indicate he is not very concerned about the poor. here is what he said in october to a newspaper editorial board in las vegas about the foreclosure crisis. let's watch this. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run its course and hit the bottom, allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them. fix the homes up, and let it turn around and come back up. >>...

The president said no, that's a bad idea. >> it is wrong for anybody to suggest that the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. [ applause ] >> even though some economists though have backed up mitt romney and said, look, that's the only way to do. this let this ride out. let the prices go down. vent actually it's going to turn around. i think what the president is trying to say is while he admitted some of his plans haven't worked before, they have got to try to do every little bit to try to be as humane as possible and help ...