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This is what is happening now. this is actually hang. >> reporter: aside from selling drugs in mexico extortion is real he one of the best business. the cartels don't call it extortion, they call it protection money. you pay us, we protect you. now they are targeting the teachers, saying give us half of your salaries or risk your lives. and now you've got hundreds of schools in acapulco that are shutting down because the teachers are too afraid to show up for work. the reason this is getting so much publicity is because the teachers have a very powerful union down in mexico and they are trying...

Club for growth continues. overnight trump tweeted a photo of a letter from that group asking him for $1 million. trump is calling it extortion. nbc's tracie potts is live in washington for us this morning. a lot to go over, tracie. busy labor day for presidential candidates. >> they're trying to take advantage of all these labor day gatherings. donald trump has a new number two. not too close, though. the real story there is hillary clinton. she's lost her lead in that battleground state. our new nbc/marist poll shows hillary clinton's negative numbers up in both iowa and new hampshire. she's...

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How are they going to lend as much money to small businesses which ultimately leads to economic recovery? right now, the white house has failed the people. and right now, they want the uaw to pull something like this? i mean, it's just not going to work and people are going to be irate about it. >> adam, just from a purely business point of view, these loans are baden a things are foreclosed all over the country, is it smart for the uaw to want this to happen? >> well, given how this conversation has gone so far, charles, i'm surprised you want to have a business conversation. i'm certainly no...

Account set up. a shakedown of bp. look -- >> then changed his mind and apologized under pressure from republican leaders. >> changed his mind under great pressure. the republicans thought, oh, my. he has put his foot in the tar in a big way and made him, joe barton the story of the day rather than tony hayward. >> respond, ken, if you will. that became a huge issue. he frankly isn't the only person expressing that sentiment. a number of conservatives have said something very similar. congresswoman michelle bachman called it extortion. tom price calling it chicago style shakedown politics. dic...