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0 ♪ ♪ president obama was back in his hometown pushing for gun control. the president spoke in chicago where the skyrocketing murder rate is now as bad as the al capone gap land days soft far this year there have been 44 only side44homicide compared ton there were 26. eric, you were born and raised in chicago. this problem got out of hand. in the first five hour, i talked cops on the ground who say there are not enough force. the civil rights groups are out of control. do you think what the president said will have any effect? >> eric: give president obama credit for going to chicago. this...

john berman will join us later on "starting point." let's get started here. a 5-year-old boy held captive for six days in an underground bunker in alabama is back in the arms of his farmly this morning. we are so happy to report that. we're told that he is thrilled to be reunited with his favorite toy which is a dinosaur. little ethan's kidnaper is dead, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes killed yesterday in the fbi raid that freed that little boy. victor blackwell, live from midland city, alabama this morning. i know you're very excited to be sharing this information, victor. what do we ...

Back at home new jersey governor chris christie has made it official, he's running for re-election. he filed papers yesterday, told reporters that he wants to stay on the job to help sandy torn new jersey through the rebuilding and recovery. it's unclear who his democratic challenger will be. some speculated mayor cory booker or state senator richard coady cody. cory booker probably would head that list and that's been the talked about speculation on that front. a date set to fill the u.s. house seat left open by jesse jackson jr.'s resignation. the general election is set for march 19. runn...

0 that purity are groups like the anti-tax, pro economic growth club for growth. it's barely been three weeks since senate republicans wrapped up another losing cycle where thanks to candidates like missouri's todd akin or indiana's richard mourdocks they failed to knock off a single democratic incumbent and already it's deja vu all over again. shelly capito is experienced, popular, deep roots in her home state. and before the democratic incumbent jay rockefeller had time to criticize her, barely an hour after her news conference, it was conservative groups who began to attack her. helped rich...

afternoon, still nothing yet were told maybe within the next half-hour someone will come out and speak to was the so far nothing. the school board says if it gives them what they want it would put the district's financial future in jeopardy they have made some headway on things like insurance premiums and rewards for teachers to complete extra course work but the pay is the big sticking issue right now they are pretty far apart on that. the board is proposing one and a quarter we're talking about a two percentage point difference there. they claim that the board made an announcement ...