bob barr. you remember him? well, he's running for congress again. and, yes, he's talking impeachment again. >>> good morning from washington, it's friday, february 7, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." let's get right to the headlines of the january jobs report. it was better than last month, but that's a relative term. in all, this was another pretty disappointing report. second one -- second month in a row, just 113,000 jobs added overall in january. the unemployment rate did tick down to 6.6%. that's the lowest since october of 2008. but the revisions we were expecting in november and december did not materialize. upward revisions of just 34,000 jobs total in those two months combined. you'll recall a lot of folks thought the december report would get revised way up. that didn't happen. we'll have a more in-depth look when mark zahndy joins me in a few minutes. >>> let plme get to the first political reads, and immigration reform in 2014. is it dead? after six weeks of raising expectations,

i was asked a question about impeachment, and i answered it very seriously. >> in 1999, bob barr wasse floor managers to prosecute the impeachment charges before the senate. if he goes back to capitol hill, he'll join a list of at least 15 of the republicans talking about impeachment. >> we want all tools available to use, including that impeachment. >> so tell me how i can impeach the president of the united states. >> if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably get the votes in the house of representatives. >> people may be starting to use the i word before too long. >> the i-word meaning impeachment? >> yeah. >> if it continues, could that build up to make a case for possible impeachment? >> all options should be on the table. >> if this sounds like a growing trend, that's because it is. during president obama's first term in office, the number of news articles mentioning him in impeachment stayed pretty steady, maybe because the right-wingers thought they would beat him in 2012. but after president obama won reelection, impeachment talk exploded. look at that

by the way, were you a barr by fan. >> a little bit. i loved the dream park, i had the dream car. >> the dream house, all of it. stay around. mattel is trying to revive barr by sales with ads on the payments of the "sports illustrated" swim suit issue. it is sparking controversy. >> barbie held down 150 jobs ranging from architect to astronaut. it's the latest having her posed on the issue of "sports illustrated." >> it's a little racy considering 8-year-old girls are playing with the goals. i wouldn't think it's the best marketing campaign. >> a campaign that mattel is calling unapologetic. >> she's an icon, not just a girl's toy. she's a 55-year-old brand and has a place in pop culture. this program is about highlighting barbie as a lem epd and item. >> the limited edition sports illustrated barbie will be out tuesday. she had a debut at the toy fair. >> the tab urks the norms, perhaps, are not what they used to be. there seemed to be no boundaries as a parent. it's our job to provide boundaries for the children, show them boundaries,

barr: i yield back the balance of my time. thank you. the chair: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: i will reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: madam chairman, at this time it's my pleasure to yield four minutes to the gentleman from alabama, mr. back us, the chairman of the regular -- mr. bachus, the chairman of the subcommittee who has worked so closely with us on this legislation and who is the sponsor of one of the pieces of the alert act. the chair: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for four minutes. mr. bachus: when the law is against you, argue the facts. when the facts are against you, argue the law. when the law and the facts are against you, yell like hell and call your opponent names. and that's what we are seeing here. this is a good law that we're proposing. the facts are on our side, so -- and i got to hand it to the gentleman from georgia. crib collapsing, bab

with reporters alistair barr of usa today and npr's laura seidel, this week on "press here." >> good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew, if you look at what's been going on in tech lately, you may be under the impression it's mostly privileged people making apps for other privileged people's problems. but there are a few entrepreneurs, inventor who are trying to save lives. and one of the most ambitious is the pursuit of a safer gun. a prize, of sorts, $1 million to anyone who can invent a way to reduce gun deaths using technology. >> injured person in number 9. >> reporter: an idea borne of the sandy hook tragedy and backed by some of tech's most rich and powerful. dr. pitco leads the effort to create a safer gun, the head of smart tech challenge foundation which put up money for the prize. if anyone can do it perhaps he can. he is a former researcher at xerox park, has a ph.d. in computer science from georgia tech, joined by laura seidel of national public radio and alistair barr of usa today. brings up to date. this is not a brand new effort, how far have you gotten? have you bee

barr from kentucky. mr. barr: i appreciate the hard work that he and his staff put into this amendment which i have had the pleasure to introduce with him. in kentucky, the overregulation of the kentucky coal industry has really taken a toll. under president obama, appalachian kentucky has lost 7,000 jobs in five years putting the employment to its lowest levels since records were first kept in 1927. this amendment would strengthen the regulatory reform legislation by holding accountable those agencies. and i thank my friend from pennsylvania for his leadership on this important amendment and i yield back. mr. rothfus: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from georgia seeks recognition? mr. johnson: i rise in opposition to the rothfus amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. johnson: this would add additional analysis in the regulatory process that examines whether or not regulations have a negative impact on jobs and wages. adding this

often it's used as a way to plea for -- we get some plea barr gains out of it, but the death penalty is where it starts instead of where it finishes. it has been seen, and shown to be used indiscriminately across racial lines as well. and also with the count of one's economic background, so we have lower income people, as mr. deters pointed out, in terms of that disproportionate use of the death penalty. i believe that we are ready for this discussion and part of it is to educate the general public. that there is more to it. i think paw hummer talks about the fact that once the death penalty is applied that it's -- it hatches in a very very small place, and the rest of the population gets to back away from it. we hear about an extraordinary story. but day-to-day, we have no concept of what is going on. and so i think that these discussions are very important. it's expensive. it is yule. on the part of the victim's family. they have to relive the crime all over again, and i have heard from victims family whose have told me that. >> we are just about at the end of our time. are you rea

. >>: thank-you rob barre back for robson check back with robert wall street's winners elders.ow-closed video store in south carolina has decided to drop charges against a woman accused of failing to return a movie nearly a decade ago. pickens county sheriff's deputies said the owner decided to not pursue the charge because of the media attention that 27-year-old kayla michelle finley's arrest received. related: "monster in law" overdue rental sends woman to jail " finley rented the movie "monster-in-law" from dalton videos in 2005. the owner took out a warrant against finley, and she was arrested last week when she was at the sheriff's office for something else and the warrant was found. finley spent the night in jail thinking of what i try to do with their black and fairworking phone numbers for finley and the defunct store's owner could not be found. it's supposed to be the safe option. acetaminophen, most widely known as tylenol, is routinely prescribed by doctors for pregnant women in pain. now - there's a study that shows it could be linked to a problem later on in childr

they didn't get adopted early and they got damaged by the life they lived when institutions but ms barr still isn't it also also the case that the studies that heretofore into they studied adoption in general as a phenomenon rather than a big.

wilkes barre take with you. sometimes like to speak about the outlook is good. you know. just started last november. ukrainian president viktor yanukovich has close economic ties with russia rather than sign a pact which would have seen the fullness of the country eventually joined the eu the prime minister and government have now resigned but the protesters say only a complete change of governments and ultimately the departure of yanukovich from power will make them leave the streets i joined italian us anti mafia blitz is under way on both sides of the atlantic with numerous arrests recorded in america and europe italian anti mafia police said the so called new bridge operation targeted a cocaine trafficking route from south america to the southern italian port of geo colorado the head of the us france and the sicilian mafia with the collaboration enjoying get to a crime syndicate earlier today just after midnight in brooklyn new york and as the sun rose here in italy. american and italian lawn forcing agents simultaneously conducted coordinated operations to strike at

. >> richard barr ot is a counter terrorism expert and says there's no longer training camps or traceable financing for min yip bases. pt u.s. policy of drone strike. >> there was a particular charisma. he'd been in afghanistan. he had given up wealth which appealed to many people. the death of obreason didn't finish you have, but the new leader backs bin lad ep's broad appeal. >> the biggest weak point is his relevance. >> he does not have day to day control over al qaeda affiliates. he ordered the leader. and to concentrate on iraq. he refused, directly challenging the al qaeda leadership. i don't think of the submit between i.s.i.l. has any impact on the jihadists. they'll carry out the operations on their own with or without instructions. >> obama administration officials worried that some fighters were inspired to laurge the attack. >> problem is that there are 7,000 foreigners. this is according to u.s. intelligence officials. they are more like a spiritual leader, making al qaeda more than an organization. it inspires home-grown terrorists. >> what we have learnt is you can't kill

we were having a big visit meeting and and he said to me this is recall his the great producer bob barr from muscle shoals alabama and and. i want him to sit in with me and he set me back and his chair beside him and he said i want him to this into the music with me if he hears here i want to tell me and we played the song and i said this to him as a number one record promoted. he said rick just told me this is a number one record gans and it better be. you know what it was. it was one of those one of those teenage girl things clean you hear me you know and you can you can you see me you know isn't the horror of opera sometimes artists aren't the best judge of their own no they're not of us the senate worth of i guess is the bill that johnny cash was very good to me and i interviewed him many times johnny cash hated i walk go on he listened to it didn't like it he's driving in the car he hears it on the radio couldn't stand it close up sam whatever his name was at that record company this is i can send us as simple as that says it's the number one song in the country and he thought it m

adoption of elizabeth bartholet buckle to director of the child advocacy program at harvard law school ms barr celeb before the break. the investigation that was done by a reuters news agency a couple of months ago into this whole homing phenomenon and. i think. when you look at this issue the issue of international adoption and countries who recently moved to ban or restrict american adoption those issues are very very much politicized but. in the u.s. media those cases of abuse or neglect of the hands of american families are usually treated as as isolated cases but that's reuters investigation. seems to point to the fact that the problem is far more systematic than previously thought when you use the word systematic actually the number of really honed internationally adopted children was infinite testable compared to the number of international adoptions in the last couple of decades an aide to senator landrieu who introduced the bill i just talked about that's been introduced in our congress can calculated that number of something like point zero eight percent but you know that in no way i

gillis, a reporter with the "new york times" who covers mergers and acquisitions and dealbook and barr barron voka, with a technology policy think tank. david gelles, you tweeted, in surprise at how quickly this moved along. was there no long mating dance did a before this announcement? >> these two companies have been in touch over the years. what's happened over the last couple of months is that charter communications has really made a push to try to get a deal done with time warner cable. now, time warner cable was never comfortable with this idea. charter was going to have to take on a lot of debt to get the deal done. they wanted to do a good portion of the deal in stock. and time warner cable believed charter stock after a deal would not be that valuable conduction see. when rob marcus took over as ceo of time warner cable just last month in january, he quietly reached out to brian roberts, the ceo of comcast, we have recently learned. he said, let's restart these deal talks. over the last couple of deeds, those deal talks proceeded but even then they couldn't get there. after br

ofand also tom barr, co-ceo hailo.l be joining me as my radio.n sirius xm ♪ >> 30 minutes to the opening bell, this is "in the loop with betty liu." the countdown begins right now. >> welcome back. you are "in the loop." i am betty liu. openinges away from the pages, indicating stocks will be higher. the credit suisse ceo will say that he was unaware of executives helping employees evade taxes. target takes a hit on the bottom line from the big data breach that affected millions of shoppers. both sales and profits fell in the fourth quarter. the many just one of retailers on our earnings watch this morning. lows, jcpenney, dollar store among some of the other companies on deck. senior markets correspondent julie hyman is tracking the corporate items stories and economics editor michael mckee has a look at what the numbers tell us about the good old american consumer. truly, tell us about target. it is kind of hard, right, because the data breach is part of the problem. >> definitely part of the problem. not only are th

we have yoga to barre, and boot camp and a ton of different studios. >> is it noticeably different to do this through class pass then to go to each one? >> yes, our membership is $99. it is a lot cheaper than going to a gym. and seven percent of -- 70% of people who have a membership at a gym do not attend. ours is a lot more affordable and more engaging and we try to make it a community-based class form. you are seeing the same faces and it is an easier way to work out every single day. >> what would you like to see in the next six months? >> i think everyone around the world should try to find a way to stay active every single day. we are launching in three more cities this next month. we will be in washington, san francisco, d.c., and currently -- and we are currently in new york. we actually did the text our program last year. we have been well ingrained into the startup community in new york city. as we grow, we've got great people supporting us and we are growing very fast right now. the revenue is growing 60% month over month. and we already have thousands of users on the site.

the president of the international olympic committee, thomas barr arrived in sochi, big events like the winter olympics would always be a target for terrorists, but he was confident that the russians will deliver a safe and successful games. >> we have to address this, because anything else, the alternative would be to surrender to terrorists. and this is i think the last thing we all want to do. there, a reorganizer has to make sure that the games are as safe and secure as possible. >> meanwhile the united states bobsledder, "i love ya, ohio" bobsledder,lolo jones. >> from the first week they accepted me, they embraced me, they lifted me up and i think i.t. was what i needed to not only be a bobsled athlete but to return to track with my head held high and like be proud of the things i had achieved in that sport. so just really am grateful for them. >> and finally, five-time olympic gold medalist, ian tho thorp, found are on a street disoriented. he has admitted to being depressed in his autobiography. >> that is the news, from doha, and me, folly bah thibault. please do stay with us o

. >> you are looking at the car barrely tried to slow down -- barely tried to slow down. >> the driveras been saving more of these videos ever -- videos ever since. >> you think something bad is going to happen here. >> reporter: she sees it all. she reached out to 2 investigates after watching our report about similar problems for a neighborhood in oakland. >> when you showed that video. >> reporter: neighbors here went a step further. using a speed detection camera to capture these images recording each car's speed. >> 54, 47, 64. >> reporter: even 74 miles per hourane 25 miles per hour zone -- hour in a 25 miles per hour zone. the width of the street could make things dangerous and cars parked on both sides of the street. they averaged 350 car as day. it counted 800 cars on a nearby street but not a single car going more than 45 miles per hour. >> reporter: are they saying they are mistaken? >> mow. we are not there all the time. >> reporter: he says police have increased patrols in the area. the city is also adding extra parking spaces. residents here say many of the speeders they

>> no doubt that the skiers and snow barre boarders drive the ey here. when they're not down here they are that means that they're not staying here going to the restaurants, doing the shopping. we don't have the trickle down effect that we normally have. mother nature has been instanty so fastingy sofar but i think sp for it eventually. >> we're just keeping our fingers crossed for any kind of snowfall. >> i would love for you to have a great season out there. thank you. coming up on al jazeera america. victory for women in afghanistan that may help fight california c abuse cases. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america >> a new study suggests that bullying can build up over time and effect the way kids feel physically. roxanne has more on the study. it's a first of its kind report. >> what is kneel about this report is that first of all it's in the journal of pediatrics and it follows kids over five years to see the effects of bu

barr. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. barr: thank you. this legislation is about holding washington accountable. the bureau of consumer financial protection is one of the most powerful and unaccountable agencies in the entire federal government. unfortunately, the bureau reaches deeply into the everyday lives of kentuckians. in following its partisan ageneral dark the bureau makes it harder for small business osen -- businesses on main street to get a loan and grow their businesses. it makes it hard for families in kentucky to purchase a home. it makes it harder to get financing discounts to help kentuckians purchase a car or truck. the bureau is so out of touch it even regulates bath county in my district, one of the most rural counties in america, as, quote, nonrural. these concerns are not only voiced inside of washington. -- a small was business owner talked about how the rules are hrming his ability to do business in his community this avalanche of red tape is making life harder for millions of american which is is why we need to pas

in roseville, california, 84-year-old john barre is reading for the first time in his life. he walked into the city library asking for help to read and that was the beginning of tutoring that has changed his life. >> i had these people throughout my life help me. >> and now he can read the book he was seeking at the library, a biography of the serbian-american inventor nikolai tesla. >> did you learn how to read? >> here and there. >> more claim for "12 years as a slave" won four honors last night including the prize for outstanding mocks picture. other winners forest whittaker, kerry washington and kevin hart who is every where was named entertainer of the year. and those are your number ones. . ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you e

his name is david barr katz. he is the man who found his friend after he had overdosed.inst the "national enquirer" about allegations stemming with his relationship with hoffman. we will tell you about it. he will set the record straight about his friend. what his life was about. how his life ended. and wait until you hear about this story with the "inquirenq"" and what the enquirer is going to have to do to make good. >> it is is an amazing story. an incredibleinnuendo. i was shocked and elated. all right, chris. >>> promising news in the battle against obesity. a drastic drop in overweight children. but what's happening with adults? that story's next. . we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com healthy diets are har

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with reporters alistair barr of usa today and npr's laura seidel, this week on "press here." >> goodu look at what's been going on in tech lately, you may be under the impression it's mostly privileged people making apps for other privileged people's problems. but there are a few entrepreneurs, inventor who are trying to

. >> there is no mention of a barr barrel? >> no. >> there is no mention of a lead pipe? >> no. >> faith, they have seen all of this, the contradictory. that was a moment all of you had chosen as a key moment. what does the fact that they are there, working into the night tonight, unlike last night where they went back to the hotel for dinner. they sent for dinner. what does this tell us that they're working late tonight? >> i mean, there is obviously a divide among the jurors on one of the crimes that he is charged with. and when you lock at that testimony, for me, that makes this issue so clear. when michael dunn did not tell his fiancee that there was any weapon of any kind, no gun, no stick, he didn't mistakenly think that he saw a weapon. that means that this man opened fire and released a barrage of bullets on teenagers, knowing, knowing that they had no weapon. that's cold-blooded first-degree murder. and that's what he should be convicted of. and to go back now and watch his testimony and the way he is obviously lying than gun and about that weapon is very disturb

on our panel today, we have katherine barr.he is co-chair of c-100, a tech entrepreneur association and also advisor to the accelerator program 500 startups. also on the panel is jeremy conrad, founding partner of hardware incubator which provides mentorship to engineers. he was captain in the united states air force where as lead engineer, he was responsible for several airborne laser military projects. great to have you both with us. let's huddle up on little bits. katherine, first, what did you think? >> i think she is incredible. i love the product. it's very unique. one of the questions i have is how they plan to make this massively scaleable, in particular given the pricing. >> what about you, jeremy? >> my biggest concern actually comes down to the manufacturing. they often compare themselves to lego but when you look at lego, they have unique manufacturing and high quality operations in the world. >> i'm a little concerned about the amount of competition out there and once you've got one kit, would you go back to buy an

address the concern about the impact of regulations on jobs, to join me in supporting the rothfus-barr amendment that would make sure that agencies do a much better job of identifying adverse job impacts before they impose them on the businesses and individuals that have to make the tough decisions to close businesses like the family that manufactures bricks. they have to eliminate 2/3 of the jobs in their business because of repeated government regulations, making it less and less likely that they can grow their business, much less add jobs and are facing the loss of jobs and possibly the loss of the business altogether. the way to do this is to figure out the impact on jobs before you impose the regulation and that's what the barr-rothfus amendment does, i support that i oppose this and i yield back. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, i request a recorded vote. t

. ♪ plum that playwright david barr cast has the media be trails and intellectual pictor of the actoral when he died. they found osmond said earlier this month. close to 50 envelops it was believed to be heroin in the apartment. << amanda knox's ex-boyfriend is speaking out as lingering questions about the morning that knocks remains was found dead. they said not seem very agitated that morning and found some of the behavior i not posted on defoe's facebook page saying that that is being the result of him used as scapegoats. when it comes to opening doors and men apparently men can do the opening themselves according to a new story men felt less confident when been held by other men. men that have the door open my another man the springs self-esteem problems the men whom are from less self confident by women in the door holding condition. men have a door molding condition is called stupidity. << let's take a live look the winds are starting to pick up to and san jose's south is 54 degrees with high of 63 this afternoon. well be right back [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyso

barr: the president described an economy which inequality has deepened and upward mobility has stalled. unfortunately in many respects, he's right. the poor are worse off today than they were when president obama took office. nearly seven million more americans live in poverty today as compared to 2008. a record 47 million americans receive food stamps. 13 million more than when president obama assumed office. median household income has fallen. over $2,000 in the last four years. 76% of americans live paycheck to paycheck and the percentage working-aged people has dropped to the lowest rate. 92 million americans are not part of the work force, either not employed or not actively looking for work. they are so frustrated with the obama economy, they have just given up. when taking account workers who are unemployed but want a job, workers who are working part-time jobs, the jobless rate is over 13%. mr. speaker, five years after this president took office, the state of the union is not strong. but instead of admitting that his policies have failed, the president offered more big governm

. >> reporter: judge alex barr is the host of judge alex.s jury has been deliberating for 12 hours. today may be the day they have a verdict. michael dunn and his fiance had been at a family wedding. she stopped to go inside at a gas station. she went inside to pay for a bought the of wine. the back and forth on this is the music was loud. michael dunn went over to the car to turn it down. one of the boys did turn it down. and that's when the rest of this began to unfold. one of the boys in the car, his name is kevin thompson. >> did the defendant said anything to you or in your direction. >> yes, sir. turn the music down, i can't hear myself think. >> how did the defendant appear when he said that? >> upset, angry. >> what did you do when he said to turn the music down? >> i turned the music down. martha: what is the major issue the jury might be struggling with in terms of this other weapon issue? >> he didn't go over to the car. he was parked next to it. so close he couldn't actually get out of his car. he claims the music was so loud --

alfano, the new right party, will try to raise the barr when it comes to drafting the new agenda, the new government and whether mr. renzi will have to compromise a lot, again, remains to be seen. we are optimistic on this, but we also know -- with respect to asset prices in italy, well, i think short term, the changeover in government should not have any major impact. it's more important to see that on friday there was moody's bringing its rating out back to neutral. i know global funding, possible government and possible improving in the economic funding. this in the short term is going to drive the market. mr. renzi can make a difference with the perception of italy's long-term goal potential if he's a reform mat is successful. >> thank you for that. >>> now abenomics has hit si set back in japan as gdp missed its mark. they're all holding back the economy with just .3% in the fourth quarter. they're expecting a gain of .7. this data comes as the bank of japan meets for a two-day policy meeting although it's unlikely to meet its mark. joining us from tokyo, the chief economist for

barr for five minutes. >> thank you madam chair. congratulations on your appointment. thank you for your generosity with time particularly for those of us who are at the end of the line of questioners. madam chair you have stressed in your written and in your verbal testimony here today the feds statutory mandate of maximum employment. should the injection of fiscal policy also be to maximize employment? >> fiscal policy has many different objectives. it affects the economy in a whole variety of different ways. and so i wouldn't have stated that that's the main goal of fiscal policy. but it is a goal that fiscal policy should take into account. >> last week, as you know the congressional budget office issued this report and that report projected that the president's health care law will reduce the size of the u.s. labor force by 2.5 million full-time equivalent workers over the next decade. that's triple what the cbo originally projected after congress passed obama care three or four years ago. in commenting on that report, cbo director elmen door f testified that it c

barr. >> just a follow-up mr. pitt jersey last question, this was a subject i was exploring with chair yellen a little bit that i'd like your thoughts on this. obviously as the fed begins to taper continues to taper the asset purchase program and as interest rates begin to normalize and elevate, the cost of bartering to the government is going to rise. what counsel do you have to congress in terms of the urgency and the time sensitivity of getting our fiscal house in order in light of fed monetary policy and tapering and the impact that will have uncovered the cost of borrowing. >> so i think this is more a medium to longer term problem, but it is important to act soon because this is a problem having to do with what people are going to count on in terms of support for their health care, support their income when they retire. so in order to do with a problem that is coming and 10, 15, 20 years, if you're going to reduce the trajectory of the support of me got to do it now. it's not fair to do to people who are goi

barr: i thank the gentlelady and i appreciate her leadership and for organizing this special order and her leadership in highlighting a real problem in our country right now. you know, the president of the united states the other night in the state of the union made an observation. and the president's observation was one where he described an economy in which inequality has deepened and upward mobility has stalled. and unfortunately in many respects, the president is right. but he's wrong about what -- about what has caused that problem to exist in our economy. the truth is a major reason why upward mobility has stalled is because the environmental protection agency under his direction has produced a deluge of red tape and regulations that are literally strangling the nation's economy. the poor are worse off today than they were when president obama took office. seven million more americans live in poverty today as compared to 2008. median household income has fallen over $2,000 in the last four years. 76% of americans live paycheck to paycheck. and the percentage of working-age people

he's the victim of a tidal wave of barr barrianism. one person there to enlist is heard shouting he will kill him. without warning shots or chance to escape. the man is helpless. the soldiers stab him, kick him and hit him with concrease blocks. a man tries to intervene but is whisked away. a man that taned a day of unity is no more, and what is left is his body on the street. his death, one of thousands in central african republic, a country torn apart, and one appearing to plunge deeper into chaos. that sectarian violence shows no signs of letting up. rebels that fled bangui are regrouping in the north-west, where they are launching new attacks. the political crisis in ukraine is taking a toll. they fell to its lowest level. it is down about 10% since anti-government protests began in november. neve barker is in kiev with the story of a protest work are claiming to be tortured. this man is a symbol for the protesters and the fight. >> he has. and the case of dmytro bulatov has sent chills throughout the protest moves, not only in kie