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board i boarding a flight after refusing a pat-down. and news on beginning itch's work for freddie mac. we have the contract just released. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett and tonight, breaking news. the truth behind newt gingrich's ties to freddie mac. literally, within the past eight minutes, the former speaker released records explaining his connection to the taxpayer subsidized mortgage giant. i've been reading through it, it's a 15-page contract and this is a contract for just one year, 2006. now, the speaker worked for freddie mac for several years, so 2006 ...

Couple observations. i think the president was on the right track. it's good to to see him in a city,schenectady, new york. it was good to see him talking about the exporting of american made goods as a way to create jobs. so i think the president sounded two very important notes in the speech today. the third thing i would add is an encouragement that as a part of this competitiveness strategy, that the president and his team look hard at investments we need in the training and retraining of workers. our workforce investment system needs reform. and i that i this goes hand in hand with the ne...

Country. sk schenectady offers that program students could earn a paycheck and have tuition covered while training for jobs at this plant. that's helping folks find good work. it's helping ge fill high skilled positions. it's making this whole region more competitive. so ultimately, winning this global competition comes down to living up to the promise of places like this. here in schenectady, you're heirs to a great tradition of innovation and enterprise. the pioneering work of edison that made the entire modern age possible. they still light our homes. the x-rays that diagnose disease. now t...

So we're very proud of him for that work. now two years later, though, we're in a different place. in part because of the economic plan that my recovery board helped shape, the economy is now growing again. over the last year businesses added more than a million jobs. the pace of hiring and growth is picking up. and that's encouraging news. but at the same time, while businesses are adding jobs, millions of people are still out there looking for work. and even here in schenectady, i know everybody knows a neighbor, friend or relative who is still out of work. so it's not -- it's a great thing ...