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>> i heard john heilemann on the air this evening with apologies. he gave this a long wind up and apologized in advance. he called the carrier air-conditioning event today the first event of campaign 2020. and by that he meant that trump was putting -- affixing his stamp on the fact that he had busted through the blue ball. >> i suppose, but again, i sort of compare it to the magnitude of saving detroit. and i have to, you know, with all due respect, besides the breathlessness for which republicans are greeting this, because to them, it sort of sets the framework that donald trump can use his ...

They wrote a great article on the $20 billion in art owned by detroit. if they sold that art, that would take care of the debt and save the pensions for all those workers. sell the damn art. don't hide it. and the third and final suggestion, put trump in charge. that guy got that wellman skating rink when no one else does. he gets stuff done. >> let's skip ahead. the next one in the rundown which is ed henry with jay carney. take a listen about what he meant by saving detroit. listen. >> is the president going to let detroit go bankrupt? >> ed, i think that. haed a while ago. >> wasn't there a...

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Listen. >> most of all, al qaeda's top lieutenants have been defeated. >> i said i'd go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at them, and i did. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> thanks to air force personnel who did their part. osama bin laden is no longer a threat to our country. we put al qaeda on the path to defeat. >> osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. >> al qaeda's on a path to defeat and osama bin laden's dead. al qaeda's on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> we have eliminated osama bin...

Martha, to get out from under those enormous contracts and those obligations, because once they file for bankruptcy then all the contracts are null and void and they can be renegotiated. that's what a lot of city managers are looking at doing right now, because if they stay on the path they are on right now, martha, one out of every three tax dollars collected from a shrinking tax base would go not for services, schools and roads and parks and emergency services, but to pay for pensions of people who are retired. you just can't run a city that way. martha: you know, mat matt back to the electi...