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Workers. here's where the rubber hits the road. amazon said it will invest $5 billion in the new facility in return negotiated $2.8 billion in incentives from new york, virginia and tennessee. here's the state-by-state breakdown of what they're getting -- $1.85 billion from new york, virginia gave $819 million, nashville $102 million in incentives. this leaves many people wondering about the tech giant's decision for this contest-like approach, pitting 238 cities against one another in a search that only resulted in choosing the two obvious east coast hubs. now that they've settled on location...

Schools and further how exactly is a program like this going to be funded. no clarity on those issues there yet. i should tell you jim that president right now is hosting governors from all across the nation at a governor's ball here at the white house. tomorrow there is going to be a discussion between the governors and president school security certainly will be one of the topics that is brought up, jim. >> whenever the governors coming to d.c. we understand that even the republican governor of florida does not agree with the president's plan to put guns and teachers hands. governors from bo...

Jobs where there is extremely high unemployment. done with extreme goodwill, and this is an attempt to simply sabotage it. other states and localities offering incentives that they beg employers to come in. here is an employer who does due diligence, offers community support, and is essentially being driven out by reactionary liberals on this city council. >> bret: yes or no, wal-mart comes into d.c.? >> the mayor will probably issue a veto. >> not under the current rules because that would be an example for other jurisdictions. >> pulled out of boston and brooklyn on the same issues. and you ...

good morning, everyone. i'm in today for carol costello. we begin this morning with disturbing new attacks on american forces in afghanistan and the chilling effect they could have on brings the troops home. the latest ambush just hours ago. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shoots to death three americans in the volatile helmand province. according to reuters, the americans were killed by an afghan police commander and several of his officers. the afghan leader had invited the americans to dinner to discuss security. all three americans were members of special forces. the att...

kicking that off early this morning, as well. two critical states towards his re-election as well. let's tick there through again, shall we? ohio, 20 electoral votes. that's a lot. barack obama carried ohio back in '08, roughly 52% of the vote back then. and he did even better in pennsylvania, ticked up by two there. he carried pennsylvania with 54% of the vote and pennsylvania another swing state with 21 electoral votes. cnn's dan lothian with us now from sandusky, ohio. you are off the bus, officially, and now we can see your smiling face. >> that's right. i'm on firm ground. >> go...