the census bureau says the income of the average household fell by more than 2% last year, and 46 million americans are poverty-stricken. african-americans and hispanics are disproportionately affected. president obama began a tour to promote his job creation plan. our correspondent is in washington with the details. >> it is about 15.3% of the population the u.s. census bureau says is now living in poverty, the highest rate since 1983. 46.2 million people. 49.9 million people in america are now without health insurance. these are the results, these figures, of an economy that is in terrible shape. growth is minuscule. job creation is around zero. employment seems to be stuck at around 9%. the figure of those living in poverty is care collected by the census bureau coming up with what it calls the poverty threshold, a certain level of income for a family. for a family of four, the poverty threshold would be $22,314. if you think about the world, that is still a lot of money. there are millions of people living on less than $500 a year. but in america, that is the threshold below which 46.

census bureau revealed numbers tads. there are just over 514,000 same-sex unmarried partnered households in the united states. additional 131,000 same sex couples identify as married. it is the first time the census bureau has released counts using the term husband and wife. >>> republican led house issue is wondering about planned parenthood. the organization has to hand over more than a decade's worth of financial audits by the end of this month. federal law bars planned parenthood from spending taxpayer money to end presentations. democrats say, the investigation is really just the latest republican effort to shut down the 90-year old organization. >>> tomorrow, president obama is giving a back to school speech. he will be telling the nation's students that their passion and ideas are needed for the country's success. today, mr. obama finished his western tour with a visit to denver. he is pushing his american jobs about. today he did the same as abraham lincoln high school. >>> however were critics say the nearly $45

to ask if it's proved once and for all that there isn't any difference between the two also the census bureau has released new figures showing that over forty six million people live below the poverty line in the u.s. that is the highest number that it's been since they started measuring so why does the media continue to act like it's had to subject let's talk about what it really means for america and did fannie mae bail out bank of america last month that might be the case and had nobody's talking about that either and the rant as i was going to fill us in with all the details or not all of that and more fit and i included those of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to move. so it's a the mainstream media continued for once to remember that there's a war going on in afghanistan since the u.s. embassy in kabul came under attack and this one they were all over. the. workers at the american embassy in kabul are hunkered down there for an attack one day in the heart in the heart of what is to be the most secure area caliban launching a series of coordinated att

the census bureau report those living below the poverty line topped 15% last year. according to government statistics, a family of four is considered to be in poverty if they have an annual income of 22,350 or less. the census bureau says nearly 50 million americans don't have health insurance. >>> a life and death drama cog on tape. a car catches fire with a man trapped under it. see how strangers saved him by flexing their muscles. >> imprisoned women could be freed early. why california is on the verge of a massive prison release. >>> and want to post those party pictures? how facebook hopes to take the shame out of sharing. >> into the 70s and 80s and take a good look at those now because that's the warmest it will be all week. the cooldown and areas that will cool the most as eyewitness news continues on the cw. ,, capitol of kabul today, afghan and u-s forces fought back >>> in the afghanistan capital of cobble today, afghan and u.s. forces fought back insurgents, but launched attacks on several key buildings. insurgents fired grenades and automatic weapons at

the census bureau reports those living below the poverty line topped 15% last year. to government figures, a family of four is considered to be in poverty if they have an annual income of $22,350 or less. the census bureau says nearly 50 million americans do not have health insurance. >>> all right, imagine a costco sized marijuana superstore in your neighborhood. tonight, san jose city council mobs voted to limit the number of pot clubs, but require them to grow all the marijuana on site. >> kit on the new law that is supposed to make regulating the industry easier. >>> san jose has just become one of the few cities in the country to require medical marijuana to be grown at the same place it's bought. with fewer cops on the force, the police department says it will be easier to keep an eye on everything when it is under one roof. >> we are able to ring late the proposal we have put tabard. >> the city council approved the change today. san jose currently has 140. the operators argue to condense all that supply and demand into ten large locations means trouble. >> wh

census bureau published data that shows that the number of americans living below the poverty line rose to a record forty six point two million people last year take a look you can see this is the highest number of people since the census bureau began tracking poverty figures in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine that second line underneath is the rate of poverty which is about fifteen percent that is one in five americans living with less than eleven thousand one hundred thirty nine dollars for a single person and less than twenty two thousand three hundred fourteen dollars for a family of four now this also happens on the same day of the first meeting of the group tasked with cutting at least one point two trillion dollars from the budget deficit over ten years the so-called super committee it's made up of twelve members of congress it's supposed to be bipartisan and take a look at everything when deciding where to trim one when it comes to the military budget and there are some heated opinions something very apparent in last night's republican presidential debate. there is no west

census bureau published data today that shows that the number of americans living below the poverty line rose to a record forty six point two million people last year you take a look you can see that is the highest number of people since the census bureau began tracking poverty figures in one thousand fifty nine that's like a line on the bottom is the rate of poverty about fifteen percent now that is one in five americans are one of five and a half americans living under eleven thousand one hundred thirty nine dollars for a single person or less than twenty two thousand three hundred fourteen dollars for a family of four these numbers come out the same day of the first meeting of the group tasked with cutting at least one point two trillion dollars from the budget deficit i'm talking about the super committee made up of twelve members of u.s. congress now the group is supposed to take a look at everything when deciding where to trim but when it comes to the military budget there are some heated opinions and that was certainly apparent at last night's republican presidential debate on can

according to the united states census bureau report, nearly one in six americans live in poverty. 46.2e are amazing numbers and it will take a real commitment to turn this whole thing around. with one in six americans living in poverty, over 46 million people, it's going to take a sustained effort from both the private sector and government. it means both parties, republican and democrat, have to work on this together. one president, one congressional member can't do it. all the right wing is talking about is tax cuts for job creators which is another way of saying that they want to give more money to the rich buddies. we've had the bush tax cuts for more than ten years. and we now have the largest number of americans living in poverty since 1993. and the right wing, their answer is just more of the same? no amount of deregulation and freedom will reverse any of this with this horrible trend. our next guest, senator bernie sanders of vermont, held a senate hearing on poverty. here's a small part of that hearing. >> poverty in america leads not just to anxiety, not just to unhappiness o

the census bureau reported that 26 million americans lived at or below the poverty level in 2010. one in six americans, representing a 15% increase from the year before. the figures show that many were without health insurance, representing a new high. >>> and hurting school spirit, the cheerleaders in san jose are being told they have to wear sweat pants under their skirts, but they choose to wear their uniforms during school hours, because the new skirts are shorter than last year. the principal said that the dress code requires skirts to be no shorter than mid-thigh. >> what is distracting about the uniform, it is so short, they're young women, no longer first or second graders, where you know you don't pay attention. >> the principal says she is willing to work out a compromise, and the cheerleaders can wear bike shorts underneath the uniforms, instead of sweat pants. >>> some of the top officials here in contra costa county, lighter in the wallet, and how it could save taxpayers. >>> and the university of california coming up with a plan to pay for higher education costs that

americans living in poverty has grown for the fourth straight year according to a report from the census bureau. 1 in six, more than 46 million people live below theoverty line last year. the percentage is the highest it's been since 1993. the number of poor children also grew. last year 22% of all american children lived in poverty. reverend jim wallace, president of sojourners called poverty the important religious issue in the presidential election. in light of the new figures, many prominent faith groups urged congress to protect anti-poverty programs. many say there is no better way to reduce poverty than create jobs. president obama sent his jobs bill to congress this week saying it should be passed immediately. the president said the legislation will save several thousand jobs and create new ones rebuilding the country's schools, roads and bridges. the coalition of a thousand faith groups praised the plan, calling it a step towards restoring hope and opportunity. in the mideast, tensions were high this week as the palestinian authority pushed hate wh its effort to get the united nations

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i think it's important to understand how the census bureau measures poverty. they use what's called the federal poverty line which is where family of four, two adults and two kids, that's $22,000 aier. so, think about that for a moment. that poverty level, that's the same number they use to measure poverty in the bay area and in california that they do in georgia and mississippi and florida, ohio. and we know what the cost of living is in california. and we know what the cost of living is in the bay area. in a way we kind of need to take these numbers with a grain of salt. >> how is your sister surviving? is there support from friends or family, or who? how is she surviving? >> a lot of support from friends. family is kind of scarce. they are not distant, know what i mean? she gets government assistance as well. so. >> belva: in terms of food stamps? >> yes. she gets that. and she also gets a check as well. but like sometimes she doesn't know where to get the check at because she doesn't have an actual home she's living in her storage unit basically. >> belva:

census bureau says typical household incomes fell by more than 2% last year, and millions of americans are poverty-stricken. today, president obama was back on the road, trying to sell his $447 billion jobs proposal. appearing in ohio, mr. obama pressed the case for political will to get americans back to work. >> tell them that if you want to create jobs right now, that is a step. if you want construction workers renovating school buses, pass this bill. if you want teachers back in the classroom, pass this bill. if you want lower taxes for middle-class business owners, pass this bill. if you want our people to share in opportunities, pass this bill. >> mr. obama on fire in ohio. more problems continue to play the american and global economy. i spoke with tom friedman, author of the new book "that used to be us." >> you talk about the need for a grand bargain to jump-start the american economy. you think with the jobs proposal obama is pitching that america has one? >> the grand bargain has three parts. it has to cut spending, and identify where to cut it, not just from entitlement pro

>>> we begin with ensuring your health care, new numbers out from the census bureau showing the number of people without coverage was up again in 2010 to nearly 50 million. if this doesn't affect you directly it probably affects someone that you know. we want to try to give you some help today. andrew ruben with ligonia medical center and joins know now from new york. welcome back to the program. thanks for being with us. >> good to be here. >> does it surprise you the numbers went up a little bit, they say it wasn't statistically that significant. does it surprise you this doesn't go down or it is where it's at? >> it's where it's at until 2014 assuming the health legislation is where it's at. it didn't surprise me so much but sanjay think of it this way. while it only went up 1 million people a lot lower than people expected, think of it like 12 football stadiums filled with people that lost their health care last year. the numbers are still that big, they didn't grow that much because the unemployment rate between 2009 through 2010 was already pretty bad. >> and because if you have

the census bureau today reported that 15.1% of americans now live in poverty. that's 46.2 million people. and that is the highest level since 1993. the poverty line for a family of four in 2010, $22,113. in the east bay ray lahood urged congress to not allow a shutdown of the faa. he used oakland's new control tower as a backdrop one of several federal transportation projects that has been halted over funding battles in the house and the senate. the house passed a stop-gap bill today to avert a shutdown of the faa as well as highway programs. but without a deal in the senate, both could shut down friday at midnight. >> we need to get the message to the senate they need to pass this bill so americans can continue to work on important projects like this so nobody is laid off. >> funding has been a contentious issue in congress this year, particularly over a new rule that makes it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize. republicans want to overturn the rule. democrats say that would unfairly target unions. >>> he was robbed and killed while working in

the census bureau reports that the recession drove nine million people into poverty and cut the standard of living for millions more. the number living below the poverty line-- that's about $11,000 for an individual-- has grown from about $37 million at the start of the recession to 46 million at the start of this year. and have a look at this. americans as a whole are earning less. the median income of u.s. households has fallen 6.4% to $49,445 a year. median means half the households earn more and half earn less. anthony mason is our senior business correspondent and, anthony, what do these numbers mean? >> reporter: scott, simply put, they mean the american dream is becoming more elusive. we know that it's the poorest americans who have the hardest time moving up the economic ladder. we like to believe that hard work will get us ahead, but studies have found that family income is critical to economic mobility. if you're born into poverty, fact is, it's hard to get out. a survey by the pew economic mobility project found that if you look at the lowest economic level in america-- that's

>>> there's a new data from the census bureau showing the number of people without coverage was up again in 2010 to more than 50 million. in this doesn't affect you directly, it probably affects someone you know. we're going to try to give you help. andrew is with longonia medical center in new york. he joins us on the show. >> good to be here. >> the numbers went up a little bit. they say it wasn't statistically that significant. does it surprise you it didn't go down or this is where it's at? >> it's where it's at until 2014 assuming the health care reform legislation becomes intact, when people will be able to get insurance who don't have it today. sanj sanjay, think of it this way. while it only went up 1 million people, which is lower than expected, think of 12 football stadiums filled with people that lost their health insurance last year. the unemployment rate between 2009 to 2010 was already pretty bad, so it didn't grow as much. >> if you have a job and you have cobra, it lasts for 18 months afterwards. you find another job, you can get health insurance there. what if you don't

census bureau. quote -- "we now have a genie index similar to the philippines and mexico. you'd never have imagined that says phyllis jackson, p&g's vice president of consumer market knowledge for north america. i don't think we've typically thought, she said, about america as a country with big income gaps to this extent. i don't think we've typically thought about america that way either. it's fundamentally not who we purport to be and it's not who we are going to be. but in order to put us on a path that's actually going to produce a rising middle class again instead of a division among the very wealthy at the top and the poorest of our citizens at the bottom, we're going to have to come together on some pretty serious choices. i know there's been some that argue that this is all a problem that's caused by too many regulations. and i'm the first to say that we should only have the regulation that we need. or some that say that the threat of any revenue, even at a time when we are collecting less revenue as a percent of our economy than we have over the last 30 years are

data released by the census bureau show,... the overall poverty rate climbed to 15-point-1 percent of the population, or 46- point-2 million people,... up from 14- point-3 percent in 2009. the poverty line in 2010 for a family of four was an annual income of around 22-thousand us dollars. world leaders are moving fast to coordinate a response to a potential default by greece. french president sarkozy and german chancellor merkel are set to hold a conference call with the greek prime minister wednesday night to discuss possibly restructuring greece's debt. kim nari reports. leaders from greece, germany and france are set to coordinate their responses to avoid a potential debt crisis... with the specter of a possible greek debt default. greek prime minister george papandreou, german chancellor angela merkel... and french president nicolas sarkozy will hold a conference call on wednesday afternoon... to talk about the possibility of restructuring greece's loans. brics countries... brazil, russia, india, china and south africa will also hold discussions later this month on measures to aid

this economy is hitting young americans especially hard according to the census bureau today. the recession's impact among 16- to 29-year-olds is leaving that generation with an employment rate of only 55.3%. that is the lowest employment rate since the end of world war ii. the poverty level for heads of households younger than 25 is 37%. seth doane tells us that all of this is putting lives on hold. >> reporter: researchers have called this the lost generation. does that make any sense to you? >> it's more like the lost job generation. how are you doing? i'm michael. >> reporter: 27-year-old michael lobosco is on his second job hunt in two years. >> it's rough, because you don't have anything to really fall back on. it's kind of like you hit the reset button and you have to start back from the beginning. >> reporter: we met lobosco today at this manhattan career fair. since he graduated from college in 2006, he's worked in sales and the mortgage industry, but was laid off for the second time on tuesday. >> i'm just trying to get the opportunity and trying to get my foot in th

census bureau says typical household incomes fell by more than 2% last year, and 46 million americans are poverty struck. well, no doubt with those poverty levels in mind, today president obama was back on the road trying to sell his 447 billion jobs proposal. in klum columbus ohio today, he pressed the case for political will to lower the unemployment rate and get americans back to work. >> tell them that if you want to create jobs right now, pass this bill! if you want construct workers renovating schools like this one, pass this bill! if you want to put teachers back in the classroom, pass this bill! if you want tax cuts for middle class families and small business owners, then what do you do? pass this bill! if you want to help our veterans, pass this bill! now is the time to act. president obama all fired up. for more on the problems that continue to plague the u.s. and of course the global economy as well, i spoke a short time ago with the "new york times" columnist thomas friedman, author of the new book "that needs to be us." tom, you talk about the need for a grand bargain fo

and i program now last time we told you about a staggering numbers on american poverty for the census bureau over forty six million people are now living below the poverty line allen says no doubt shed light on a growing problem in our country but i want any real solutions for the producer price reason assented a final question how to stop. and june two thousand and nine the recession officially ended according to the business cycle data in committee of the national bureau of economic research and tragically we keep hearing now we're in a recovery stage but try telling that to the two point six million more people that fell into poverty last year we list week that in twenty's and poverty in america grew to the highest number since the census began measuring fifty two years ago these are the numbers last year forty six point two million lived in poverty we never had forty six point two million people in this situation before twenty five point five million of those who are in deep poverty earning around eleven thousand dollars and eighty six million or did not even worth lined up the week out

responses and here's our next question for you just discussed the staggering figure released by the census bureau today on america more than forty six million people now live below the poverty line and that is the highest number on record that's going to fundamentally change this country rather still solutions let us know what you think what should be done to combat rising poverty rates in the u.s. you can respond to us on facebook twitter and who knows your response just might be on there. now it's quite apparent to everybody who traveled on the tenth anniversary of nine eleven the t.s.a. and d.h. as both massively increase their security just yesterday we told you about how three individuals were detained for going to the bathroom too often. the american airlines flight from los angeles to new york was accompanied to the ground by two f. sixteen fighter jets after air marshals onboard the plane reported strange behavior by three men who were coming and going from the bathroom it turns out that's all they were doing and they were questioned and released and everybody else on the plane was like o

hard to see the kind of poverty and youth unemployment numbers that have been coming out of the census bureauand the bureau of labor statistics over the last three weeks is actually truly depressing and concerning about the opportunity environment in the united states for young people going forward and it seems to me that it's not just that the structural issues haven't really been fully adequately addressed but a lot of that base has a lot of the people at the top but the policymakers still remain the same maybe the slightly different jobs that they were calling door between wall street and washington seems to be as much of a concern if not more than before if you have any sense that that's my change or more of a cause for concern in the coming weeks and years. well i certainly would echo your sentiments i absolutely agree with you we haven't seen as much of a shake up as you'd sort of expect in a history would suggest we might need in the wake of a crisis of this depth and this breath i think we're still waiting for that there does seem to be a kind of fundamental lack of creativity from po

the census bureau reported that one in six americans is living in poverty. in raw numbers, that means more than 46 million people lived below the poverty line last year. 22% of them, children. how much of this has to do with the struggling economy? michael? >> a big part of it. i mean, it's two things at play here. the high unemployment levels we've seen. pushed a lot of people who are hanging on the edge of what we would call middle class existence. pushed them back into poverty. and we've seen that for the fourth year in a row. the number of people in poverty go up in this crinlt. and that's -- it's been a huge problem and it's going to continue. and that's i think the scariest thing facing people. the jobless projected to continue. gwen: we have some stereotypes about who these people are. when we look at the census numbers what does it tell us about the demographics of poverty, who are the faces of poverty? >> everyone essentially but the elderly. it's interesting. and throughout this whole economic decline, the people who have suffered the most are thos

if you are having a tough time paying your bills, you're not alone the census bureau says that americanes are lower than they were 13 years ago. in fact they barely improved since lyndon johnson was president and most of the increase is because more women are working male full-time workers are actually earning less than they were in the '70s at the same time the gap between the top and bottom 10% is widening and so is the number of americans living in poverty. last year more than two and half million people slip below the line that is one every 20 seconds. 46 million in all more than any time since the census bureau began tracking poverty in 1959. in terms of percentages the poverty rate is over 50% near its all- time high and the last 30 years. >> they also reported that 50 million americans now have health insurance at least they did not last year, that is an increase of 1 million before the before. much of that is due to a lot of problems with employment and of course the jobs. >> son--sunshine through most of the bay area but the fog remains. it will push into the bayshores a little

the census bureau's numbers show again, without question, how effective and important these safety net programs are to keeping millions of people out of poverty. social security alone -- social security alone, according to the census numbers, kept 20 million people above the poverty line. but for social security, 20 million more people would fall below the poverty line. unemployment insurance kept 3.2 million more people out of poverty. we've always known these were crucial programs. now we know just how important they are. other programs, if they were counted by the official poverty measure -- which they aren't -- would have lifted millions more out of poverty. for example, the snap program -- food stamps -- helped 3.9 million people who are in poverty feed their families. the income tax credit helped 35.9 million more people. without these crucial safety net programs, the poverty situation would be much, much worse. and yet, mark my word, when these -- this supercommittee that's meeting or whether we go into some kind of a sequestration or whatever that means around here, are we goin

approval ratings of congress i mean it goes all around you also look at the fact that now the census bureau report just yesterday we have forty six point two million americans living in poverty and those people don't they don't have a voice they don't have a representative and so i mean is that the kind of picture it is that people we had absolutely no voice at all not you and i now the taxpayers and especially not those living in poverty well you know the problem goes even deeper than the lobbying problem which is severe but it comes from a group from another place which is you know look when you look at the way that the congressional districts are actually created and you look at who representatives are and who it is they're supposed to be representing they're representing a completely unnatural group of people a virtual constituency that's been deliberately carved up to keep sending the same incumbents back to washington over and over again so even at the level of congressional representation even before the guys outside the revolving door come back in we've already got a perversion of w

. >>> a report from the census bureau shows same-sex couples are becoming more open about their livesmore than 130,000 same-sex households reported themselves as married. 650,000 said they were living as same-sex couples. that's almost double the number reported five years ago. when the survey was taken same- sex marriage was legal in five states and the district of columbia. >>> it was a warm day out there today. these were the highs, warmer than yesterday. tomorrow will be warmer than today. so we're going to go mid-90s in some of the inland bay valleys. we're going to see a lot of low 90s. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week, we have a spare the air day tomorrow. fire warning will be elevated. but we're expecting low winds. around the bay, your next microclimate upper 70s to mid- and upper 80s. another warm day in and around the bay and warmer still pardon me in the inland bay valley. we're looking at 83 to 93 degrees tomorrow. we'll get specific with your city's forecast high. and your five day forecast with the weekend in view and it does show a warming trend coming up.

. >>> a report from the census bureau shows same-sex couples are becoming more open about their livesmore than 130,000 same-sex households reported themselves as married. 650,000 said they were living as same-sex couples. that's almost double the number reported five years ago. when the survey was taken same- sex marriage was legal in five states and the district of columbia. >>> it was a warm day out there today. these were the highs, warmer than yesterday. tomorrow will be warmer than today. so we're going to go mid-90s in some of the inland bay valleys. we're going to see a lot of low 90s. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week, we have a spare the air day tomorrow. fire warning will be elevated. but we're expecting low winds. around the bay, your next microclimate upper 70s to mid- and upper 80s. another warm day in and around the bay and warmer still pardon me in the inland bay valley. we're looking at 83 to 93 degrees tomorrow. we'll get specific with your city's forecast high. and your five day forecast with the weekend in view and it does show a warming trend coming up.

census bureau.t's 1 in every 6, 46 million americans are living in poverty right now. that's the highest rate since 1993, and the most ever recorded in the 52 years the government's been keeping track. lisa silver tess's looking at the numbers for us. >> the numbers indicate the impact of the recession. unemployment, hovering around 9%. many workers have been looking for full-time work they can only find part-time work. and poverty is on the rise. >> reporter: in silver spring, maryland, volunteers load furniture on to trucks, they are part of a nonprofit group called a wider circle, that provides furniture to needy families. >> we get about 400 telephone calls a day and out of those telephone calls, more than half are from people who will tell us the same story, which is i have nothing, i don't care if i can sleep in a bed but i want my kids to have a bed. >> reporter: among those benefiting are this woman and her four children, she works full time as a home health aid but her income of $22,000 a y

was adding jobs when and most of that was hiring by the census bureau this brought year prop. more gains a gain of 17,000 jobs in august by a loss of 17,000 jobs now the unemployment rate stood at 7.6% when obama took office currently it is over 9 percent white and the labor department said claims or opera slightly than the last week this is one of the challenges the president is facing >> will not have much more on the kron 4 morning news one we will be right back. >> is still under investigation >> this is as scene after multiple gunshots were fired two cars were driving westbound on geneva the car of the victim was and stopped and two suspects and the other car got out of the car and started shooting >> there could of been as many as 20 shopots. >> the car continued up with this treaty and the kit as palm and hit at muni bus driver that was standing outside the shooting victim bit cooler wasn't on on the other side of freeway he is incorrect " condition is not expected to survive. please believe the issue in it is gain related. >> 85 year-old boy struck and seriously indire

. >> their story is an example of the millions of americans who have slichd into what census bureau definesur making less than $22,000. john and katrina have been living on their savings for the

. >> sean: according to a new report today by the u census bureau 46.2 million americans live in poverty of the country. highest in almost 20 years. while this data proves otherwise the administration continues to insist the economy is growing. president the economy now is starting to stabilize and grow again. the economy is now growing again. the economy was predicted to be growing at 3.5%. we had reversed the recession. avoided a depression. got the economy moving again. the truth of the matter is, the agricultural sector in america, the cornerstone of stays like iowa, is doing very well. -- of states like iowa is doing very well. >> sean: joining me the governor of ohio john kasich. good to see you. i'm still getting used to calling you governor. >> i know. >> sean: an amazing thing happened in your state. you inherited an eight billion dollar budget deficit. you pushed hard to get your budget in balance. you got it passed. got a lot of people protesting. you just were upgraded -- >> not so much the budget. s&p is my favorite rating agency. >> sean: they just upgraded you. >> we had a