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the new avalon has a different style. it has a wider grill and conspicuous line on the side. toyota also announced a plan to hire 250 engineers in the u.s. over the next five years to bolster its development. >> this is the first vehicle that was developed here exclusively for the u.s. market. and we have more to follow. >> the avalon is due to hit the north american market later this year. toyota's move shows japanese automakers are speeding up their shift to the united states. that's because the japanese currency continues at near record high levels making exports more expensive. toyota motor is now to move the production of sports utility vehicles from its plant in southern japan to the u.s. in 2013. the relocation will include hybrid models currently made at the facility. in the meantime, honda motor will start its first u.s. production of hybrid vehicles later this year. the maker had formerly made hybrids only in japan. >>> as china's economy grows, middle class families are earning more. many are finding new ways to spend their disposable income on leisure and other th

our john avalon has her story. >> there used to be nothing down here but crackheads.t here. >> reporter: in the summer of 1989, jeri williams was viciously raped by ten men. after they finished, she was locked in a room, let out only to turn tricks, forced to return after she met her nightly quota. >> 15 dates a night, seven days a week. and then i'd go home and my pimp would cavity search me to make sure i wasn't hiding any money from him. >> reporter: her story is heart breaking but all too typical for victims of sex trafficking. married at age 19, she had four children before her husband turned abusive. scared with no one to turn to, she fled to portland and moved in with a friend. that friend turned out to be a former prostitute who was in the business of trading women to the crips gang for crack cocaine. jeri's nightmare had just begun. >> if you could for a moment just imagine what it would take for you to stand out on this street half naked and let some crazy stranger pull up and you would have sex with them. >> reporter: it would be months before jeri was able

joining me now, rayhon salon, and cnn contributor john avalon. let me ask you guys a question about this. first of all, rayhon, who do you think paid more taxes as a rate, the president or his secretary? >> you know something, i would bnt surprised if his secretary paid a little bit more. >> ding ding, that's correct. the white house spokeswoman points out that this secretary pays a slightly higher rate on her somewhat lower income. it's very, very different in the amount, but they say that underscores their need for this whole program. >> exactly. >> and they're coming out hard, hard, hard, hitting this idea of the big buffett tax. it's very popular right now with everybody paying their taxes saying, yeah, make the millionaires pay more. >> look, i am incredibly supportive of the buffett rule. you know, it's about fundamental fairness right now. 1 in 4 millionaires, including romney, pay less than many firefighters and police officers. >> but let me raise a point here. that has to do with interest income, investment income. it's not overall inco

john avalon joins us.g also here and mary kate cary in washington, former speechwriter for president george h.b. bush. mary kay, let me start with you. poll numbers really show a problem for mitt romney with women. 16-point margin. is there anything that he can do to close that gap given that his secret weapon, ann romney, he's already used that weapon? >> i think the polls are showing that mitt romney is more vulnerable than he'd like to be. but it's not hopeless. he can pivot like he did this week very easily to get back to those pocketbook issues that the women want to hear about. one thing we learned last week with the hilary rosen incident was that the women's vote is not monolithic. the fact that the president, the vice president, the first lady, the head of the campaign, the dnc, all lowered the boom on her so quickly, said to me that they see how volatile the women's vote is as well. we saw tremendous movement in 2010 during the midterms so it's not a hopeless situation for romney. i think he can t

franky avalon. >> you played a record of mine that was thursday, and monday, i was on my way. >> reporterere was something else dick clark did. he broke the color barrier on that stage. giving k4ubby checker his first break. so many others too. ♪ i know send me >> ladies and gentlemen, for their first visit, the jackson 5. ♪ >> reporter: decades would be go, but dick clark still spotted talent long before the rest of us. >> and this is madonna. ♪ a holiday >> reporter: over the years, clark barely seemed to age. me spoke of america's nickname for him. >> i have a terrible problem. people refer to me as america's oldest teenager. >> i have been watching dick clark since i was a little kid. >> reporter: but behind the youthful looks a business sense investing in programs he would host. creating an umpire. game shows, and tv's bloopers and practical jokes. and he was the one that counted us down on abc. that boy who knew from the start what he wanted to do. >> i knew when i was 13 what i wanted to do. it's very rare. i walked in a radio station and saw them doing a radio show and i said, wow

cnn contributor john avalon and paul callan are both here.start with this pew study, john. this is something we've been talking about for a while. we've seen these numbers dropping and dropping. the economy is certainly a part of it. they are trying to take credit for border security. what's the truth? >> it's a little bit of both. the laws of supply and demand to apply here. we've had a rough spot in the economy and as opportunities decline, less people risk their lives to get across the border. just to say it's solely a measure of the economy isn't accurate. this is a problem that's been going on four decades, a serious problem with the southern border. there is good news to report also because of increased border enforcement. the numbers are actually staggering. we've seen an 85% increase in border patrols since 2004. we've seen arrests up more than 14% including a 70% increase in deportation of criminals who are illegal here in this country. 31% more drugs confiscated, 64% more weapons and a record high number of deportations in all, 1.5

. >> we show pry pearl in -- primarily in the commercial theaters, the avalon uptown, e street thee doer downtown. -- theater downtown. >> are there any time limits to films? some come be a documentary which can be three hours long. are there certain parameters? >> they're feature films. the vast majority about about 90 minutes long. we bring in the director when we can so there might be an opportunity at the end of the film to learn more about how the film was made. >> why did you start this 26 years ago? >> i love films, i love the arts, i love people. film is the communication medium of this century. i want to show people there are alternatives to hollywood films. there are great films made all over the world. if we didn't present them in washington, they wouldn't be seen. >> let's talk about the one we're seeing right now. >> this is rasta: a soul's journey. >> we're doing a special segment about films from the caribbean. this is bob marli's granddaughter. she is trying to find herself understanding the philosophy of rasta. it's a film of her traveling around the world. >> let's chec

frankie avalon. >> you played a record of mine. >> reporter: but there was something else dick clark. he broke the color barrier on that stage celebrating black artists ahead of his time. giving chubby checker his big break. and so many others, too. ♪ darling, you send me i know you ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, for their first visit, jackson five. this is madonna. ♪ holiday >> reporter: over the years, clark barely seemed to age. he spoke of america's nickname for him. >> i have a terrible problem because people keep referring to me as america's oldest living teenager. >> reporter: and he was the one who count us down here on abc. >> 3, 2, 1, happy 2000. >> only a stroke would slow dick clark down. >> my speech is not perfect, but i'm getting there. >> reporter: forever the teenager who never liked to say good-bye, not on new year's nor on that stage that broke so much ground. >> so long. so long. for now, dick clark. so long. >> reporter: and here in times square where he ushered in the new year every year, the crowds that have gathered to honor dick clark. i asked them, what's the on

but the argument about who to pay for the avalon. it will split the $1 million price tag. this is been a hot topic since 2010 when the city decided they wanted something more permanent here dent. >> it was for a mock trial competition, and the park school won big. >> what is the contents of the set of complaints? to go there either the next attorneys or hollywood actors. the mock trial club state champions two years in a row, something that has never been done before. >> it is incredible. there are not simple words for it, other than we play a lot of really tough teams. it is a tremendous challenge. after we won it state last year, we decided anything else was gravy. >> the students won in the finals after they had to argue a case with the real judge presiding. they beat team after team. hearing both sides, we have to come up with a legal argument and then prepare witnesses and directs and crosses. >> you cannot really anticipate what the other team is going to do. as a we do have some things we have prepared in advance, but ultimately you are responding to what the other

debbie, three years ago you co-hosted "time" life with frankie avalon. dick clark. what was it about him that made him so universally popular? >> well, i think it's what the guys were saying. he didn't put his own opinion -- he really represented the music that america loved and wanted to hear. i remember as a very young teenager seeing madonna on the show and, again, it wasn't that he was some kind of fuddy, duddy host putting them on the show. he are really dug into what real americans wanted to hear and i think that's what really made him who he was. he really, liked the guys were just saying, introduced all kinds of music to people and -- versatile. he loved it all. he was so respectful. as a teenager, for instance, a lot of people were quick to act condescending to me, if you will. i hosted the american music awards which he produced and i remember him sitting with me as a professional going over the script and he was very nurturing and very respectful. >> you know, he was a great man i think in many ways. debbie gibson, thank you very much. and wil

want to bring in john avalon.e on friday, on friday eric cantor's office told outfront that the money he donated was meant for one specific race only. let's listen to part of your interview here. >> eric cantor's office responded and said his pac did give the $25,000 to your super pac with the understanding that that money was only supposed to go to support adam. seems like that is news to you. you said it is one general fund. >> it is news to me. i don't know what their expectation was but i never talked to anyone in their office. i don't know what their expectations were. for us it came in and went into our super pac and we spent it on the activity that was underway. >> and john that's very different from what sources close to cantorare saying now which at the tip top are saying this was a staff error. why are they saying that? why back track? >> well, the back tracking is a bad sign. blaming something on staff error is the equivalent of saying the dog ate my homework. whenever you have a more detailed explanati

debbie let me come back to you, you hosted the bandstand 50th anniversary show with frankie avalon. to love him. what was it about him that made him so universally popular? >> well, i think it's what the guys were saying. you know, he didn't put his own opinion -- he really represented the music that america loved and wanted to hear. i remember as a very young teenager seeing madonna on the show. and, again, it wasn't like he was some kind of fuddy-duddy gloss-over host that was just going to put these pristine acts on the show. he dug into what real americans wanted to hear. and i think that's what really made him who he was. like the guys were saying, he introduced all kinds of music to people and he was just versatile, he loved it all and he was so respectful, i know that like as a teenager, for instance, a lot of people were very quick to kind of act condescending towards me if you will. i actually hosted the american music awards, i remember him sitting with me as a professional and he was very nurturing and very respectful. >> he was a great man, i think in many ways debbie gi

the folks of -- frankie avalon, paul anka -- it goes on and on. i heard you talking to larry, you could go on "american bandstand" and the next thing, hua hit record. it was that important. but to me, how important he was to me was he showed me the importance of reinventing. he showed me i could be more than just a disk jockey. i signed the beatles to their concerts in 64, 65, 66. he called me and he carked i want to congratulate you for that, man. that's just wonderful. he was such a kind guy. >> you know, it's interesting, a lot of people come and go in this business. it's the one who is stay for decades. you wonder, what's their secret? what's their magic? why was dick clark able to last decades with enormous success? everything he touched turned to gold? >> he wanted to do a lot of thing, you know? he had a very successful production company and they did a lot of specials, he even hired my wife on the country music awards. she was the presenter on one of those awards. and in his company, he did all kinds of specials. at the same time, he was o

. >> john avalon is with us, riamm salem.aid this would be a nice bumper sticker so i guess it's nice to hear them taking your idea. >> i think it is a strong argument to make. it's strong, optimistic and unapologetic. you're going to own those key accomplishments. so i do think it's a smart argument for them to make. >> foreign ppolicy, how importat will it be. there he was talking about osama bin laden, up got the iran issue where personally mitt romney's proposed way of dealing with it looks identical to barack obama's, but 16 points is the margin where the electorate thinks obama is stronger as commander in chief than mitt romney. >> that's a very, very big gap and something he's going to have to close. the question is, is it going to be a salient issue and the issue going to get voters to decide. republicans traditionally have an advantage of the idea of foreign policy and military strength. so the question is can romney capitalize on that in the future. >> chris, i want to show karl rove's superpac rolled out an ad tryi

let's hand it back to john avalon to get the latest. >> president obama kicked off a tour today to wine voters who pushed him into the white house four years ago. first stop, north carolina. where the president told an enthusiastic college crowd, he and the first lady know what it's like to be in their shoes. >> check this out. i'm the president of the united states. we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. >> president obama won young voters by 2-1 margin in 2008. can a message like that help him do it again? david frump joins us now. and netter and chief for think progress.org. they are both in washington tonight. this is a serious issue. but before we begin, i've got to share something that happened a while ago that highlights what stage of a full court press we're at now when it comes to youth voters. president obama was on jimmy fallon and he slow jammed his message on this issue. let's take a listen. >> what we said is simple. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> oh, yeah. >> now, i'm going to go on a limb and say

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john avalon is here, contributor david fromm and jamal stevens are in washington. david, let me start with this basic premise. does romney need to walk back on those statements about immigration law or is this being misread? >> it's being misread. there are statements that romney will need to walk back but we have to be very careful about overinferring from organized latino groups say to the voting behavior of actual american latinos who are eligible to vote. for that group of people, the overwhelming issues are economic. american latinos tend to be somewhat poorer than average, they tend to be more likely without health insurance. they have been hit very hard by the collapse of the mortgage and housing industry. so their concerns are going to be about housing. their concerns are going to be about health care and not abandoning the uninsured. it is a big, big mistake and we did this during the bush years to think that you can have no economic agenda that's relevant to latinos and make it up to them by offering those latinos who are not eligible to vote permission t

andy and john avalon here. it's a pretty amazing story. not a lot of people know who this man is, but when they hear that, they say, how can this happen? >> it's amazing. aubrey is super smart, he's charming, he has this business, you know, well in hand, he really knows what he's talking about, but he definitely has the board of directors in his pocket. they're the board of enablers. the price of natural gas has really gone down, and that has really hurt his country, and he's relentless. he's borrowing money, constantly trying to get more stuff, more houses, more land, he wants to be king of the world, one of these people, yet he gets rubber stamped by the board, for maybe the past decade, and now coming home to roost. >> have you been hearing? it all comes down to people trusting whether they want to do deals with you. >> people in the oil places i've talked to in oklahoma say, we're starting to back off. not to want to do deal with chesapeake, not to want to compete against him because they've got very sharp elbows, someone told me a lit