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Compromise plan but we also have to be willing to talk about where and how we could compromise and you're seeing that out of supercommittees. senator baucus put forth a plan that probably wasn't his choice but moved the ball forward, the republicans have put revenues on the table through tax reform. not as much as democrats would like but it's a start to have discussions going. so it's hard to find the specifics but you are seeing progress on, don't forget, what is a very hard issue. we're talking about fixing social security, medicare, the tax system. this is not easy stuff. jenna: it isn't. ...

"free speech tv" and justin elliot, reporter for salon.com. oakland, california, had a lot of violence last night. the mayor of oakland just made a statement. i want to go to this videotape. here it is. >> it's a tough time for america. we're trying to find the right thing to do. i'm going to try to be working with the community groups. we're going to try to work with the demonstrators. they have very unusual organizations, very flat. they're generally anti-government. but this is something that we hope that we can make progress on. >> laura flanders, what do you make of that? >> first off, it...

I appreciate you coming on the program tonight. thanks so much. we'll reconnect with you again. you say this isn't going away. let's turn to laura, host of "free speech tv" and justin elliot, reporter for salon.com. oakland, california, had a lot of violence last night. the mayor of oakland just made a statement. i want to go to this videotape. here it is. >> it's a tough time for america. we're trying to find the right thing to do. i'm going to try to be working with the community groups. we're going to try to work with the demonstrators. they have very unusual organizations, very flat. they'...

He was severely burned april 9th and died yesterday. crews are making progress on one of the massive fires burning in north texas. the flames already devoured 150,000 acres, and 160 homes. nbc's janet shamlian is in palo pinto, texas now. one fire, they're making some progress on. is weather helping on that front? >> reporter: weather is doing all the work, actually, today, contessa, because it's raining here. so we're not seeing any flames whatsoever. it's really a big break for firefighters. temperatures have dropped 30 degrees over the past couple of days. so that's an additional assistance...

It's the stimulus jobs, the money that went to states and municipalities overwhelmingly was spent on saving union jobs. administration has been very friendly to unions as you would expect with an administration that has former union officials at some of the highest levels. jenna: not just that, jason unions gave over $400 million to democrats in the 2008 campaign cycle. steve ticks off some of the things that the unions have gotten since president obama took office. what are they so angry about. >> i don't know that they have gotten everything they have asked for. they said union members shoul...