Page 7 - Mike Eric News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

florida. with grim news like this, how does the president turn things around? plus, build, baby, build. president obama takes his campaign for his jobs bill to the backyards of speaker john boehner and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, and calls them out, by name. he's sounding and acting tough now, but can he get something done? also, tea party gop takeover continued. the house voted down a spending bill last night. why? because republicans held down spending on disaster relief and then insisted on paying for it by cutting on a project democrats favored. and even then the te...

why? because republicans held down spending on disaster relief and then insisted on paying for it by cutting on a project democrats favored. and even then the tea party crowd decided it cost too much. can john boehner control his own right-wingers? and congressman emanuel cleaver took president obama to task on black unemployment this week. saying, "if bill clinton had been in the white house and failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the white house." well, tonight, two african-american scholars come on to defend the president's performance. and let me fini...

continued. the house voted down a spending bill last night. why? because republicans held down spending on disaster relief and then insisted on paying for it by cutting on a project democrats favored. and even then the tea party crowd decided it cost too much. can john boehner control his own right-wingers? and congressman emanuel cleaver took president obama to task on black unemployment this week. saying, "if bill clinton had been in the white house and failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the white house." well, tonight, two african-american scholars co...

for an answer. every time we agree to meet in the middle they move where the middle is. >> reporter: and what you're hearing from house speaker john boehner, he'll continue to fight for the largest spending cuts possible and that is the republican position. he's refused to give any information what he would settle for, not even answering yesterday what would constitute a fair deal because he does not want to negotiate with himself in front of the media. begging the question what is the number? there really is no honest hint of what is acceptable. more of a political issue rather than...