recent polls put the governor ahead. neither candidate is taking their foot off the gas, starting their closing arguments over the weekend. >> i believe public elections about the future, not just the past. i think we have a powerful case to be made for everybody. >> you have a situation where neighbors don't want to talk to neighbors and relatives don't want to talk to relatives because of this political civil war that scott walker has created. i will end that civil war. >> mayor barrett is trying to end the so-called civil war. an extreme cash disadvantage. look at that. dwarfed in fundraising by governor walker and outside groups who are chipping in and he is doing it without the president on his side. the president has been mia in this recall effort. not campaigning with tom barrett. both sides of the aisle weighed in on this "andrea mitchell reports" last hour. >> we're full in in wisconsin. we're committed to helping scott walker. i think this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for outside big union public union

boss money coming in in the first place. >> wisconsin voters are going to send a strong message to the tea party extremists that have taken over the republican party that we want you to focus on the middle class and working families. not on lining the pockets of your special interest wealthy friends. >> we'll talk more about this with ed schultz. host of the ed show on msnbc. i know you've been on the front lines from the very beginning and i want to start with the president. here's what governor scott walk her to say about his absence in the state of wisconsin. take a look. >> it is a surprise. i don't know what it says but i think it is interesting. two years ago the president came in for our opponent and he is not here now. on friday he made three stops in the twin cities, to my understanding and three stops in chicago. so it's hard to argue you weren't nearby. >> you've spent a ton of time on the ground there with wisconsin voters. did does president's no show really make a difference come tomorrow? >> well, i have to say, thomas, i was in a number of wisconsin towns on saturday and sunday. i didn't have one person say

president obama's name. this is about wisconsinites. this is about getting the vote out. they certainly loved it when bill clinton came to milwaukee and milwaukee county is going to be a very key area when it comes to turnout. it could make the difference in this election. the fact is that the president obviously is the head of the party. the president could have had an impact here. the people understand he is a busy guy. they know they have to take care of business and they've been on this the last 16 months. despite what reince priebus is saying about outside influence, that's not how this started. this starts with a grassroots effort of people who felt they were being attacked and did not want to take the cuts in public education in the state. that's what started this. it wasn't outside groups and it snow balled from there. and reince priebus should be answering the call about how much money has come in from out of state from special interests on the right wing which is the total of $30 million. you know, the democrats could have put $10 million into this race and it would have been a fraction to what walker's people

have done as far as out of state money is concerned. so now we're down to the fundamental issues here. who do you believe? and what is going to influence you? there have been 1.2 million doors that have been knocked on. they feel very confident going into tomorrow. >> all indications on the ground point to the fact this race has been tightening ahead of the vote. the last marquette poll had scott walker and president obama holding similar leads. so this is where the dichotomy comes in. does that indicate to you a distaste by moderate and independents for this recall election? >> well, you know, the marquette poll is what it is. but let me give you another set of numbers. in 2010, 800,000 people did not vote in the state of wisconsin. that is how lack luster it was. if the democrats can get anywhere near the kind of numbers they had in 2008, scott walker is going to be toast. the fact is, in 2010, only 37%

of the voters in milwaukee county were engaged in voting. if tom barrett can get that number up to 50%, he has a real good chance of being the next governor of this state. and that's why walker in his team are very concern about the boots on the ground effort that has been put out by all the organizations here in wisconsin for the liberals and for the workers and so this will come down to who gets their people out. polls are tightening. every poll is tightening so far and i think we should point out, not to knock the credibility of the marquette poll but i think marquette should tell us who is paying for their poeg. >> what do you think this says after we get the vote counted tomorrow. does it bring finality to this debate? and does it mean if barrett does pull this out, does it mean that he could be apt for article down the line? does it set up this cyclical process? >> no. well, look. wisconsin, is a very politically

active state right now. this story has been going on for almost a year and a half. it didn't take place because it was the status quo. these people came in with reforms to cut and take away from middle class families and this has been the reaction to it. it has been a sustained effort here. this is so close that both parties that contacted attorneys to be in place for a recount. the state constitution for a recount is that it has to be one half of 1%, the closest of the vote total to kick into a recount and both parties have identified their attorneys and their teams on how they're going to handle that. so this is very, very close. it is all going to be about what kind of turnout it will be and that's why the door to door operation has been so important. but back to your original question. people are so energized here. i don't know if it would have made a difference if president obama showed up or not.

they certainly appreciated bill clinton. the latino community will be engaged if barren will win. >> we'll let you get back to your radio show. i will tell everybody, you can see more of ed schultz and his special coverage. you can join him for live coverage on the ed show for madison, wisconsin at 8:00 p.m. on msnbc. our thanks to ed. team obama ups the ante on its attacks for the massachusetts record with a brand new ad hitting the airwaves in key battleground states. take a look. >> it started like this. >> i speak the language of business. i know how jobs are created. >> but it ended like this. one of the worst economic records in the country. >> romney's campaign firing back, hitting the president where it hurts the most after a dismal jobs report on the economy. >> what we really have here is a deficit in leadership. and this president came into office without any prior experience running anything.

he never even ran a corner store. >> only thing that will change it are changing the policies and that means changing the person in the white house. >> let's bring in our news nation political panel. nationally syndicated talk show host michael smerconish who is an msnbc contributor and syndicated columnist and political analyst. it is good to have you here. the romney campaign released a response to this ad in part saying, having abandoned hope and change, the obama campaign only hopes to change the subject from an abysmal jobs report. it web on to say we're happy to compare the 4.7% unemployment rate mitt romney achieved in massachusetts to president obama's weak record any day. michael, would the president be better served to look ahead to the future in his own policies rather than focus on romney's record? or is now the time? focus on that record in massachusetts and compare and contrast. >> i think politically speaking the obama campaign is trying to define mitt romney. we presuppose that had because there were all those debates and

romney has captured the gop nomination, that the country has a fixed view of him. that's not the case and there are still a lot of minds that have yet to be made up relative to governor romney's record. i think they're trying to show that his businessman's credentials did not translate into job growth while he was the chief executive in massachusetts. >> david axelrod held a conference call and talked about this new ad. here's what he had to say. >> almost every measure, governor romney's jobs record in massachusetts was undistinguished and yet he positions himself as a job creator. >> if we go right to the numbers on this, unemployment in massachusetts, it improved during romney's tenure. is the obama campaign's strategy apt to back fire here? or is this a winning strategy to look at the fact that after all was said and done, that mitt

romney was able to take massachusetts from 50th to 47th? >> i think the president has to go in that direction. >> remember, the election is come down to the economy. that has been clearly defined and clearly put in place. that will be the talking points for both sides. both the president and mitt romney. you have a situation where mitt romney essentially has run on, tim job creator. he has put his record out there in massachusetts and essentially he has attacked the president over and over again saying i can create jobs. you destroy jobs. i think it is fair game for the president to take that tack. however, there is one problem here. i think the president at this point in time has to really sound and look presidential. in a sense, above the fray. it is okay to go after your opponent, mitt romney. but at the same time, you've got to continue to reinforce the vision that, look, i am a job creator. i came in with a bad situation.

i've done a number of things. i am going to do more. so he has to in a sense say, look, i have to convince the american people, forget what mitt romney is saying about me not creating jobs and him creating jobs. at the same time, i have a vision of the future that is even going to be more productive in terms of how i can create jobs and how i can go about it. so i think that's the task for the president. not just attack but also present a vision for the future. >> as we talk about what the president is doing right now, we all know he was not the first to bring up this line of attack on mitt romney's record as massachusetts governor. it happened during the primary. the whole season we repeatedly heard, 47 out of 50. when it came to job creation, ranked by state. why did the romney camp not push back with hard numbers and do so sooner? why wait until now? >> well, i think because it hasn't yet been made a campaign issue until the obama campaign went out and targeted first the role of bain capital and now the

record as the massachusetts chief executive. thomas, you might be interested to know that i've been speaking to callers for the last couple hours who are frustrated at the prospect that with these neck in neck polls comes a lack of resolve on either side to try to work together in the next five months and bring some change about and instead, it is as if everybody has now dug in wants to just get to the election. and is could not ten to run on the record as it stands today. that's a frustrating observation if true. >> it means nothing. everybody is worried that nothing will get done. it is like we're in this stuck phase. stuck in the mud, so to speak. as we take a look at the new obama ad, the campaign ad, it will run in these battleground states. the latest nbc "wall street journal" poll shows them in a dead heat in three of the state, colorado, nevada and iowa. is the president so uncertain of running hoist own record that the only way he sees a wide yepping in that poll gap is to chip away at romney's economic message? basically tear down that pillar

that is romney's strength? >> two parts to that. the first part is, yes. he has to go after. he has to go on the attack. you have to remember, romney has defined this election as i am the president, or i will be the president if you elected me that essentially will be the job creator. on the other hand, he has the record over there. to an extent with bain capital. that's been made an issue and of course, with his record as ceo, governor of massachusetts. so there are discrepancies there that i think are legitimate attack points. on the other hand, more directly, i still feel at the end of the day, you are the president. many people, the majority of people are going to say, mr. president, in the four years of your stewardship, what have you done? what is the record? we want to know the record? we want you to spell it out. more importantly, we want to know if you get another four years, what will you do to enhance your record? to essentially put to rest what mitt romney and the gop is saying. that essentially, you are a job killer. so i think that is the task of

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the two men vying for president will be on opposite coasts today stumping for campaign cash. president obama will attend three fund-raisers here in new york city alongside president bill clinton and mitt romney will be in oregon to kick off two days of fundraising for his presidential run. joining me now, strategist and referring, the syndicated columnist and political analyst. earl, i want to start with you. president obama and clinton will fundraise together tonight a few days after president clinton called mitt romney's record sterling. jay carney was asked today whether the president agrees. take a listen to this response. >> i think president obama has

spoken to this issue and i'm sure the campaign will be happy to help you more on the specifics of the debate at the purely political campaign. >> so there's been no type of video that has come out from president clinton, like cory booker had to do. president clinton has stood by his words on this. is president clinton still one of president obama's biggest assets, even if he can't control his talking points? >> there's no question about it. for two reasons. number one, he is bill clinton. and let's face it. a lot of democrats and a lot of independents love bill clinton. number two, hollywood. as he prolific fund-raiser in hollywood. and a lot of money come out in california and of course the movie industry, a lot of big money. the second part to that is, clinton is a cash cow. he is the fund-raiser barring none. so i think from a political standpoint and a money standpoint, i think clinton is a major asset. >> the president will attend

this fund-raiser hosted by actress sarah jessica parker, co-hosted later this month. she is now featured in this new campaign that launched. take a look. >> a guy who ended the war in iraq, the guy who says you should be able to marry anyone you want, and the guy who created $4 million new joks, that guy, president obama and michelle, are coming to my house for dinner on june 14th. >> he had george clooney on the west coast for that big fund-raiser. how important is the hollywood set? >> it is an important source of money. that's pretty clear. here's i think the catch 22. you have to be a little bit careful with the celebrity angle because especially in terms of middle america and independent voters, it doesn't matter the celebrities are from the right or the left. it rubs voters a little bit wrong. i'm not sure you'll see a lot of

celebrity hosted fund-raisers come the fall. at least get this kind of press coverage. >> is that the idea, get it out of the way early? remember, john mccain launched those web ads. not web ads but those campaign ads like getting president obama to britney spears and paris hilton. he had the celebrity status. >> i don't think this is something that rubs off on the president. directly. but it is one of those things, you don't necessarily want to be hanging around with hollywood when the country, i think, is kind of struggling. and i think the reality is you have to balance that. both sides will do this. and the romney campaign, the super pacs, they'll raise well over $1 billion. you have to kind of deal with this reality. raise this money now and focus on the campaign come the summer and the fall. >> the rnc released an ad in response mocking the obama campaign for focusing on hollywood fund-raisers in the wake of last week's dismal unemployment report. the gop tried to use, as i said,

the obama celebrity against him in 2008. do you think this is a more effective strategy? let us not forget that mitt romney is palling around with donald trump who likes to go on tv and launch the conspiracy theories of birtherism. it is a lot different when you think of s.j.p. and george clooney than donald trump. >> a major difference. when you look at george clooney, you're looking at someone who is clearly, although there is clearly politics involved, he is a political person. at the same time, they don't see him necessarily as someone running for office. someone who is an elected official or someone who is a political bent even though he is. he is a hollywood celebrity. he is on the "a" list. when you look at donald trump, not only are you looking at a celebrity, you're looking at a politician, or a political wannabe. if you're associating with him. someone who has views to say the least, and i'm being very charitable, can be considered very controversial, if not

outright kooky and za zinni, there is a huge risk. mitt romney has been challenged time and time again. why are you going in that direction? is there some connection we need to know about? in that sense, it could back fire how many. >> real quickly, i want to get to this. a lot of eyes will be on this. president obama has voiced his support for democrat steve rothman and hillary clinton has backed bill pascrell. what implications could this have? >> not much. president obama has his views. president clinton has his views. the good thing about these pretty strong personalities, i think they respect that difference. in term of any wider implications, i don't think it will have any. the reality is president clinton is full on in terms of trying to get president obama elected, no one doubts that. no one questions that. going forward you'll see these two real icons in the party

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we begin this half-hour with what could be another full summer for president obama as he seeks to win reelection in the face of this struggling economy. that effort was complicated by friday's dismal unemployment numbers coming out. this employment report showing businesses add just 69,000 jobs in may. the fewest that we've seen in a year and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. joining me now, msnbc political editor. it is a word that we heard repeatedly ever since that report. a lot of an lists are saying it could reshape this race. it certainly shapes the narrative for what could be the conversation for the entire month until the next jobs report. >> we've talked about that this could be a very close race. that the economy is what will job this. seeing last month's report, seeing two months before that,

those are real problems for this white house as they look to see what will happen with this fall. they wanted to be able to start demitt romney but the prob is they need to run on what their accomplishment are. if that is at all discredited because of slowing jobs growth, then that's a big problem for them. >> let's remind everybody as we talk about these hard summers for the obama team. in 2010 it was the bp oil spill and the initial greece debt crisis. then in 2011 it was the debt ceiling debacle. now what is team obama do in the wake of what they've got going on right now? with what's looming come november? >> well, there is also potentially, who knows what other things could happen this summer. needing to be bailed out in europe. watching that. watching syria, iran, you never

know what will happen. with the economy back home, i think the white house knows that they'll need to start talking about what they want congress to do and enact. you saw that for a few months. where the president was pushing things that he thought that congress should work on to get this economy going again and i think we'll probably hear a little more from them on things like construction jobs and starting to hear them talk more about that. remember, congress is still much less favorable than this president or mitt romney or anyone running. >> thank you, sir. appreciate it. >> for now, florida says it will defy a warning from the federal government to stop its controversial voter purge. florida republicans including the governor, rick scott, defend this program saying it is intended to keep noncitizens from voting. democrats argue, it is just another effort to suppress the vote. florida congresswoman and democratic party chair debbie wasserman schultz addressed that issue in the last hour. >> this has been an insidious attempt to deliberately prevent

groups of voters likely to go to the polls from actually getting to the polls and doing that. >> now according to the miami haro herald, they are the most likely to be targeted. whites and republicans are the least likely. in a letter sent to the top elections official, the u.s. department of justice gave state officials until wednesday to agree to put the purge on hold. the office says the practice will be continuing. we want to bring in now civil rights attorney, the founder and co-director of the advancement project. a spokesman for florida secretary of state released a statement about this saying, quote, we have a year round obligation to make sure the voter poll are accurate. we're going to continue forward and do everything that we can legally to make sure that ineligible voters cannot vote. now, we understand that eligible voters are actually being targeted as well in this.

how is that happening? how is this being able to wipe what would be eligible americans off these rolls? >> thank you. what the state of florida has done, it has prepared a list of voters could be removed from the rolls that includes mostly citizens and even though the state says that it is removing noncitizens, there's no evidence that there are any noncitizens on the voting rolls of florida. and they've used an inaccurate database based on the department of transportation data that is out of date. and they have sent letters to voters telling them that they have 30 days to bring proof of citizenship to their local election supervisor or they will be taken off the rolls. this is just flat out illegal under florida, under federal law. >> let's look at that. the justice department says that florida will be violating the 1965 voting rights act and the national voter registration act of 1993. if they have all of this in their favor, you know, the

federal government, why is florida standing up to them saying, well, you've given us this wednesday deadline? we'll continue going forward with this. we're not listening to you. >> it is florida. the same play book they've had since 2000. they violate federal law. they wait for somebody to catch them and go to court and make them stop. and in the meantime, voters are confused. voters are taken off the roll and have to be put back on. and if you can shave off even a few percentage points of voter turnout, then you can effect the outcome of elections. this is manipulation of the election rules for the purpose of stealing elections. >> you say it is florida. i know you have a long history with florida. i know you were there in 2004, the recount. as we look at this and what's going on, what is the next step if florida doesn't heed the feds' warning to halt this purge? what can happen? what is the consequence? >> we at the advancement project have given notice to florida that we intend to sue them under

the national voter registration act. we need to give them 20 days to respond. so i believe next week, or the week after, we will be able to go into court and seek an injunction to stop this purge. the u.s. department of justice doesn't even have to wait the 20 days. they can go into court now under the national voter registration act. they can also go into court under the voting rights act. and i applaud the action that the department of justice has taken in stepping up and telling florida that it needs to follow federal law. and it needs to stop this continuous pattern of taking away the vote of african americans and latinos and haitian americans to gain a partisan advantage. our democracy is just too important to allow that to continue to happen. election cycle after election cycle. >> why do you have a feeling that you'll be spending time in florida coming up very shortly? >> i've spent a lot of time in florida. it is the same play book over and over and over and we need to really, the federal courts really need to come down strong on this.

>> thank you for joining me today. i appreciate it. >> thank you. straight ahead, george zimmerman's attorney tries to get his client a new bond hearing after zimmerman's bond gets revoked and it put him back behind bars. first, there is a lot going on and here are some of the things we thought you shk. a fifth grader who skipped school has the perfect excuse. he was with the president at the time. the 11-year-old tyler sullivan even got a handwritten note from the commander-in-chief. he went to see the president speak at the honey well plant where his dad works. after asked if he was skipping school, the president whipped out a pen and wrote, please excuse tyler. he was with me. barack obama. and the first to make on it to a congressional ballot. he was also an adjunct professor of politics in new york city. he will challenge congresswoman in the democratic primary later this month. ♪

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coming up, mitt romney's mms. his record up for debate. we'll bite into his hard candy sell. plus what the president must do to regain his mojo and a pep talk by congress inspired by one mr. john belushi. now back to thomas. the new york time reports today on an escalating battle to head off $600 billion in automatic budget cuts due to hit the pentagon in the new year. cuts pentagon officials say will be devastating. among those leading the cuts, south carolina republican senator lindsey graham. joining me now, new york times congressional correspondent, jonathan wiceman who is

reporting on this appears in the paper. good to have you here. i want to get straight to this. you compare senator graham to paul revere. the defense cuts are coming. anyone in the military facilities of the state could be hit really hard. what is the reality? how worried should south carolinians be about this? >> i think they should be worried. right now the democrats are in the cat bird seat them say, look. if republicans aren't going to accept tax increases on the wealthy, some kind of loophole closures, all they have to do is sit on their hands and $600 billion in defense cuts will come. and it looks like this is bringing republicans to the table. i spent last week with lindsay graham and he did go around from facilities in greenville to buford to charleston to columbia. everywhere it was, the defense cuts are coming, the defense cuts are coming. we need to do something about this.

the fact is that for a lot of these programs, the sword is like 13% right off the top of every program in the state. >> this is ending the nation's debt limit which is white house press secretary jay carney just pointed out in his daily briefing men, was meant to be so that congress would be forced to make some tough choices. the fact that congress was able to be listed a it's a do nothing congress and force their hands. how is this going to come to a rematch coming up? >> the idea was to make it so difficult for republican that's they would get to the table and start about revenues. the idea was they didn't want these defense cuts. so far, that grand bargain on the budget, on the deficit and deficit reduction just hand

happened. and as the time goes by, the fact of the matter is, no matter who wins the presidential election in november, barack obama will be sitting at the white house on january 2nd when these cuts are scheduled to take place. somebody is going to have to go and negotiate with him. he doesn't have to do anything. the cuts will hit defense unless the republicans make a deal that democrats can accept. >> when we talk about a deal that democrats will accept, when we talk about no new taxes coming from the right. who is going to blink first? >> well, you know, lindsay graham, the senator from south carolina, does say, look. i'm not going to accept increases in the tax rate. but basically, nobody about increasing tax rates. what they're talking about closing loopholes and making changes to simplify the tax code. now, lindsay graham told me that he would accept the framework that was laid out in the president's deficit reduction commission. that one that was headed bier

skin boles. that envision, $2 billion in increases in revenues. now, actually tax rates would go down. but the tax code would be so simplified that there would be a surge of new revenues into the federal government. you know, americans with tax reform, and that group are saying, no. that is a tax increase. we're not going to accept that. but i think a lot of republicans are starting to say, you know, we may have to make some changes in that philosophy to head off these kinds of defense cuts. >> from the new york time, great to see you today. thank you. >> we're going to take you down to florida where george zimmerman is back in jail and his wife could also be in some legal trouble after prosecutors say the couple misled the court about zimmerman's finances. the 28-year-old surrendered yesterday. two days after the judge revoked his bail. with his wife's assistance, prosecutors say that zimmerman

deceived the court about $135,000 that was raised for his defense through a website. zimmerman's own lawyer admits this is a new challenge for the defense. >> it's a credibility question with mr. zimmerman. now that credibility has been attacked or tarnished. and now he will have to rehabilitate it. >> nbc's kerry sanders is live outside the jail in florida. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. he was free on this $150,000 bond. what do we know about when a new bond hearing could be held? >> reporter: well, it won't be this week. george zimmerman will spend the week in the seminole county jail. he is in solitary confinement. he is in a schedule about 67 square feet. he is alone there being kept out of the general population. the reason he will not get a bobbed hearing even though his attorney is filing for a bond hearing so they can review what the lawyer calls a mistake

failing to disclose the money in the online account is because the judge, judge kenneth lester, has a previous engagement for the entire week so he won't be here. and there is no other judge that will handle this bond hearing so he will remain here in jail at least until sometime next week. and it is not even certain if there is a bond hearing. if the judge will establish a bond that he can meet. that may be stricter. as you noted, it was $150,000. that was based on he and his family's assets. now that they've revealed that they have this account, and it continues to grow, it will be a sliding scale, perhaps, for the judge to determine how much to set the bond at. >> what is the implication for george zimmerman's wife? >> well, his wife shelly zimmerman is one who spoke and testified under oath to the court that she knew of no other assets that the family had. however, the prosecutor says that they have numerous recorded phone conversations of shelly

zimmerman talking to her husband here in the jail on the recorded phone lines at the jail. at times she was even at the credit union. she was making the call. and they say she was using coded language, talking about the money in the account. $135,000 plus dollars in there. in fact, the attorney, mark o'mara said his client is concern for his wife's safety. this is what he had to say. >> he is worried about himself. he is worried about his wife. his family. he is worried about everybody who has to be in hiding because of the enormous anger and frustration and hatred that has spurred from this case. >> reporter: so thomas, it is sort of a waiting game at this point. trayvon martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed, the lawyers representing his family say that while they do recognize everybody deserves the opportunity to post a bond, they say now that this anomaly has surfaced, the claim of not having more assets and then revealing there are more assets is an indication to them that

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facebook is working on new technology that would allow young kids to use the site and with parental supervision. as it stands now, facebook bans user under the age of 13 from joining. but they've had little success in actually enforcing that ban. patricia is a digital strategist and social media expert and joins us now. as we talk about this, it used to be that facebook could ban people because if you didn't have an edu website address, you could not get on. now pits open to the masses, if a kid technically has an e-mail address, they could get on and get around their dodgy little system. >> absolutely. you have the restrictions in place, thanks to copa, the privacy protection act for children online. but ultimately, you can't verify or auth author authentic indicate if this is an adult. they can get beyond that and they can play around with how

they verify parental consend as well. >> for driving, we have driver's license ages, 16. there's no internet age for what is too young. is 13, is that the proper age for kids to start getting involved social mediawise? or is that too young? >> it makes all of us a bit uncomfortable. whether we like to admit it, there are millions of teens already on the platform. what facebook is looking to do. and a lot have been signed up by their parents. about 78% of parents admit to creating the accounts for their kids. i think what facebook needs to do is to make sure that it is secure and that the privacy settings in place are there to protect kids. a lot of them are experiencing cyber bullying. there are predators online and there is the issue of children sharing too much information that could possibly hurt them in the future when it come to applying for jobs or even college. so making sure the platform is a safe and secure experience for teens until they're able to make

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