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Of a serious teaching crisis and i want better for them and that means leaving the state, unfortunately. >> reporter: thank you so much, heather. thank you so much, ellery. i want to give you this view of the oklahoma state capitol, again, ali and stephanie. the three main points that educators are asking for today, they're asking for $200 million in additional funding for the state cuts. they're asking for $10,000 over the course of three years in salaries and they're also asking for $5,000 for what they call teacher support staff. that's the janitors, the people that work in the cafeteria, t...

New reports about government funded programs feeling the pain from across the board spending cuts known as sequester. take the national institutes of health. medical research is taking a big hit because of $1.7 billion in cuts. meals on wheels has been forced to cut staff and deliver thousands fewer meals to the elderly each week. and domestic violence programs are being dealt a serious blow, losing $20 million in funding that advocates say could put women's lives on line. i'm joined by ceo of the national network to end domestic violence. good morning. >> thank you for having me on the show. ...

Arrested them. it was less than what they suspect on their incarceration. so it doesn't seem efficient. >> i was wondering what's the economic model here, locking up poor people to pay debts? >> attorney general, here's my question for you. you're a politician, statewide-elected, very popular in illinois, it seems like fees we're attacking to the criminal justice system, that part of that does come from this kind of tax -- inability for anyone to say the word taxes, to raise taxes of any kind, and so what you do get is this squeezing of the balloon. you've got to get revenue from somewhere so ...

If they reject the tax hikes in november he's expected to layout a revised spending plan and brown blaming it on the economy and blocking billions of dollars in state cuts. just in case you fell asleep early. "saturday night live" cast members past and present taking some shots at the bid for the white house. >> joe, what's wrong? >> what's wrong, are you serious? do you really not get it? >> does it have something to do with the whole gay marriage thing. >> doy! >> it's not fair, okay? i was the first one said it should be legal and now you're the one getting the credit. you know, sm people s...

Medicaid program without any federal cuts at all, that's just in the state budget. >> just state cuts in pennsylvania alone. >> now jared, with all of this, the blessings of myth romney, he said about president obama last night -- we'll i'll show you. >> president obama thinks he is doing a good job. it makes you think that flying around for four years in air force one, and staffers telling you you're doing a great job, you might become out of touch, and that's what happened. >> president obama is out of touch mitt romney says. let me show you how intouch mitt romney has been. >> i drive a mus...