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fl, ceo. the by far, biggest contributor to democrats around the country, state, local and federal elections is the big labor unions, and that's why almost every decision that has been made over the last two and a half years when it comes to the economy has benefitted the labor unions, by the way, i do think, stuart, that this is an assault against the rights of individual workers to decide for themselves, whether they want to join unions or not. >> i just wonder if playing the union card is, is it still a powerful political card? union membership, therefore, votes is shrinking and they're deeply in debt, having supported president obama in the '08 election, do they have the manpower? do they have the money to make them a viable and potent political card? kim, do you have an answer on that one? >> yeah, look, the president is even under more pressure than unusual though to help unions. here is why, because they're on defense across the country. look out at the debates that are happening in all

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this has been i think what has fl flum oxed people from the beginning. >> let me make a point. i made it clear and i believe that the democrats would vote overwhelmingly to make sure that america does not default on its bills, if that proposition were before us, and in fact a majority of democrats have already voted on that proposition, even on a bill that the republicans put on the floor clearly designed to fail, and every single one of them voted no. notwithstanding the fact that they know we need to meet our obligations and not default on our bills. so i said today again that democrats would clearly be ready to support such a piece of legislation. now, having said that, we want to see what -- if that's not put on the floor, we want to see what package is contemplated to be on the floor, and that's what we're talking about at the white house. clearly, there are some things that if first of all we're not going to balance the budget or bring the deficit down on the backs of the most vulnerable in america. >> let me ask you about that question, because what's currently being --

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second, you want to get ges what cor fl yn was doing all week?must be working nonstop on an agreement for the debt issue, right? of course not. he took a break wednesday night to host a republican senate council fund-raiser. i thought he said fund-raising at this critical juncture was a terrible thing to do? by the way, he was there in his role as chair of the national senate republican committee. the official group that raises cash for gop senators. besides that fund-raiser, cornyn must have been working overtime on the budget, right? well, not last night either. cornyn was holding a fund-raiser for dean heller. this must be an atypical week for him, meaning real busy with fund-raising this week, but not last week, right? maybe not. he also cohosted a fund-raiser last wednesday for ron johnson. all cornyn does is raise money. he was the one that called out obama for doing just that for his side. these guys aren't just hypocritical, they pretend to be outraged if democrats do not always do unilateral disarmament. they say, how dare you raise mone

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he was fl fully dressed.nd it seems that the camera was the variable. >> reporter: the pros ecutor's office later dropped the charge against emily good, but however, questions involving the rochester police and the recording are still very much in play. on the same night emily good was cleared, a supporter of hers, rochester resident warren barnes recorded police officers stopping several men in his neighborhood. >> what are you being detained for? >> reporter: you can hear barnes speaking out to the young men being questioned. >> what are they being detained for, officer? >> reporter: the men were released and barnes was approached by the police officers. >> can i have your lieutenant's name, sir? can i have the business card so i know who interacted with the boys? >> reporter: barnes says he did not record what happened next. >> i walked across the street like this gentle sman about to do, and they sped across the street, and they said jaywalking, jaywalking, and we got you on camera for jaywalking. >> repo

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from you is that the sell is all on the gop side of the aisle and i'm interpreting you have your duck fls a row? is that a fair statement? >> we've said from day one we will produce the votes necessary to pass an extension of the debt ceiling so long as it is balanced, doesn't hurt seniors on medicare, doesn't hurt the middle class, and involved the right balance of revenue adjustment and spending cuts. and we will provide those votes along those lines. and the american people are with us. look at every single poll it says the same thing. republican, democrat, independents agree with our balanced approach. >> i was going to say according to the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll 5 percen58t the president's plan. 36% side with republicans in congress, and their proposal with just cuts to spending and no increase in taxes. and i sense, my day job is one of being talk radio host. i sense a shift just in the last three weeks as more people have come to the recognition that if there's skin in the game from all, it's going to be a salable package. final word from you? >> skin in the gam

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chuck, what are we expecting to hear fl the white house as we hear the gang of six has reconstituted and there may be another option for actually doing something significant about debt reduction before the debt ceiling deadline? >> andrea, you hit the nail on the head. there's been a couple of moments on capitol hill. publicly we know there's a bunch of show votes, the balanced budget amendment and speaker boehner needs to do for the base of his party mchl the united states senate there has been a gang of six, three democrats and three republicans including conservative senator tome coburn who personally is very close with president obama. we know they've been talking fairly frequently over the last few weeks. coburn who had pulled out of the gang of six is now in. it is very slaer to the plan that the president himself has been pushing in his form of a grand bargain. while don't expect a full endorsement, don't be surprised if there's strong signals from the president of how support i have he would be of an idea like that as opposed to the legislative gymnastics that the u.s. senate

constitution a supermajority requirement for fiscal policy invites political blackmail and gridlock fl we've seen enough of that already. the source of our budgetary problems does not lie with the constitution. the constitution remains sound. the fault lies with those who will not work with the president to achieve results that will help the american people. it is lacking the political courage to do what is right. the last time we balanced a budget, not a single republican voted for that balanced budget. yet it created enormous surpluses. these proposed constitutional amendments would not cut a single dime from the debt or federal budget. rather than deal with our problems, some want to require that we deface the constitution with a measure that will by its own terms not be effective for five years, if it were to be adopted by two-thirds of both houses, the congress, and then ratified by three-fourths of the states. put that another way, at least three election cycles from now. we get our bumper stickers today but we kick the can down the road three election cycles. congress has the po

the damage to the credit card standing fl our country has already been done. rating agencies warn that if lawmakers reach an agreement, they might still downgrade the nation's credit rating. executives from major rating agencies are testifying right now on capitol hill and christine romans of our money team explains how these agencies work and why they matter. >> before you can get a credit card or borrow money, banks run a credit check on you. the ratings agency runs credit checks on companies and even countries. standard & poor's, fitch, moody's, they analyze how risky is country is, it reflects the borrower's act to pay back hones. the safest bets like u.s. government debt are stamped aaa, the safest rating this is. and it's been that way since 1917 when moody's first assigned a rating. but that could change soon. let's take a look at other countries. the united states and these other 18 countries have aaa ratings. the u.s. is the big safe haven in the world. so why do these credit agencies matter? who listens to them? investors around the world listen to t

fl >> plus, the numbers are out and the news isn't good. 14 million americans are now out of work.mber in eight months. now damage control from the president. i'm e.d. hill, the news starts no uh. >> two, one, liftoff. >> nasa sends a shuttle into space for the final time. >> we still have a big hole to fill. >> the unemployment is 9.2%. >> i'm willing to roll up my sleeves the next several weeks, next several months. >> the u.k. phone hacking scandal reaches new lows and hits high places. >> the decision was mine and mine alone and i take full responsibility for it. >> this man, with ties to the british prime minister and the tabloid behind the corruption. the royal newlyweds are ready for their first american trip. and the hords of hollywood paparazzi are ready for them. >>> welcome. i'm e.d. hill. we'll be joined by brooke in just a little bit. we start at this hour with the white house. another high-level meeting set for sunday, 25 days before the u.s. treasury runs out of funds to pay all the bills. unless congress steps in and approves more borrowing. that is what the meeting