why did you make that film and make flint look bad?l i'm just showing what general motors has done to flint. and at that time remember in 1989, we had only lost 30,000 jobs, only lost -- we still had 50,000 jobs. and you came in and very heroically tried to put your finger in a number of the dikes that were springing all of this water, but it was a flood -- >> jennifer: it was a flood, but the problem is right, that we got now -- we now potentially have an administration in washington that cares about keeping manufacturing jobs in the united states. but prior to that under the bush administration, and the hands off posture the u.s. has taken, there is no way we're going to be able to keep those good-paying middle class jobs in america. you need to have an active government to enable us to do that. >> yes, we lost all of those years. you had the unfortunate job of being the governor of michigan while george w. bush was president. but the bush plan was part and parcel to what we're seeing now. and actually before bush it happened to the

there was no middle-class before flint.here was a great middle class after flint and for decades after that. and they've been on this run since reagan. they've been doing whatever we could do to make sure that wages remain stagnant, that jobs are shipped out -- this governor snyder, you understand what he did before he was the governor of michigan. >> he shipped jobs it china. >> he was at gateway computers. which by the way, i think we can stop at gateway because everybody knows it was just a crap computer. and then he just shipped all the jobs right to taiwan. it should have been like a coming atraction for michigan, looking at what he did at gateway. and people say, well, mike, how did this guy get in there? i mean, this is a state that voted for obama ten points over romney. and i think honestly, i think people didn't take 2010 serious enough. and i think a lot of people were -- i think a lot of the base was depressed because at least the perception of what president obama was doing in that first year or two, he was try

cities and towns and in flint, michigan, they come in at over 100,000 here. and west palm beach, florida, just over 100,000. and that's basically less than citigroup have laid off since the financial crisis. 96,500 jobs gone at various units across the business, up to to 2011. and now they're adding on top of that another 11,000 across various businesses here. just try to save the company about $1 billion. that is just quite remarkable when you put it up against the size of flint, michigan. moving you all, i want to talk about apple here. shocking day in the market for them yesterday. the worst decline in four years for this stock. they are now officially once again in bad territory with a 23% decline from the all time high on the share price. the market getting a little nervous about competition particularly in the china market. is it possible that nokia may have a crowd pleaser in the future to take on the iphone? i don't know. it is something analysts are chewing over and it's another reason why apple had another rocky day in the markets. >> jeff cutmore l

having a daily police presence on school campuses in oaklandsays the district's spokesperson troy flint> "we have a dedicated police staff attached to the school district we prepare for this" in addition to the school district having its own school police departmenta federal grant allows oakland police to station officers on 6 campuses in some higher crime areasanother advantage says flint when it comes to situations >> "unfortunately we do deal with a lot of violence here in certain parts of oakland. we have a degree of expertise and readiness to deal with shootings, we haven't experienced one, thank goodness, of this magnitude, but it is a fact of life here in this community, we feel like we are as well prepared for this as anybody could be" >> in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news >> the elementary school shooting in connecticut. is also having some effect in the south bay. thinespecially at a school already on edge. after a threat to kill a teacher with a bomb, appeared yesterday. this is that threat -- we have blurred out the teachers name, who is targeted in the message. tokron 4's j

not my face in shame from spitting for the lord god will help me therefore have i set my face like a flint and i know i shall not be ashamed. let us stand together. who is my adversary. let him come near unto me. fear of the lord god will -- who will condemn me. lo, they all shall wax old as a garment, isaiah chapter 50. there's a lot in that but jesus christ is actually speaking through the prophet. seven centuries before it happened, in luc, jesus said these are the words which i spoke to you while i was yet with you that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of moses, and in the prophets, that would be isaiah and in psalms concerning me. >> president chiu: thank you. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? please step up. next speaker. >> it's great to see you guys honoring a local business today. that made me feel good. i love this city. i became inspired to eat healthier and started my first business here. i started a dream and a vision to provide healthy food options, working endlessly to build my location. now a gr

to talk about is the numbers and with a administrators is doing about is the spokesperson, is troy flint thanks for having me. >> cheryl: 26.6%, you must be doing a lot to address the issues? >> it's one of the most critical issues. districts across the country particularly urban districts. there is no one comprehensive solution. we're attacking it from null of angle that has address the social components that gets kids disenchanted with schools. >> cheryl: you have a different population in schools especially as they progress? >> we are predominantly low income district, 70% of our students qualify for free lunch program. as you elementary to middle, it increases. poverty is a factor in some of these negative outcomes but it shouldn't be did he term in an event. that is determinant. so that is why we are drying trying a address these issues. >> cheryl: can you give me some examples? >> one factor that we have identified is the literacy score how proficient they are in english language and arts. that you can identify an impact as early as third great. not that students can't catch up. bu

yeah, exactly, from flint, believe it or not. i was born in flint, michigan. i went to law school and became a lawyer and clerk for justice powell of the supreme court. was a lawyer and was planning to do that for my career in washington. was plucked to be general counsel of the parent company of abc back in 81. i did that for a few years. through a roundabout way i ended up becoming president of abc news. it's not something i ever saw to do. even when what to do it i did it because we need secession plant because we needed secession plan and his i thought i would do it for a couple of years. the biggest surprise was that came to absolutely love it. i've met some wonderful jobs. i've been very blessed, but been any news organization like abc news, much less running it is a rare privilege. that's part of the reason i wrote the book is, people have not had that experience, some sense what it is like. >> how do you get to go to the supreme court? what was that process? what did you learn at the supreme court that helped you run abc? >> as i said it went to michig

he placed his own works side by side with objects that caught his eye: bones, shells, and flints. his own habits coincided with surrealism's interest in the found object and the creative possibilities of unexpected juxtapositions. the fusion of front and back, internal and external spaces, had been one of moore's goals since the early '30s. tunneling holes through heavy masses was a theme that preoccupied him for many years. in the late 1930s, he merged mathematical models he had seen at the science museum in london with early surrealist forms, leading to a series of stringed pieces. the works were a breakthrough for moore - literally. he punched through the masses and looked through strings in a new way that allowed him to see forms within forms. that interplay between the interior and exterior fascinated him. he explored it in several works and photographed them from several angles to gauge the impact of different perspectives. throughout the '30s moore sifted new influences and folded them into his preoccupations with the human figure, seeking out the abstract in shapes drawn f

i'll take you back to a report february 29, 2000, in flint, michigan.here a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to buelle elementary school in mount morris township. he killed his first grade classmate kayla roland. that's in flint, michigan. i'll take you back to 1979. san diego, california. fortunately, there, alex, brenda spentser, at the time, 16, pulled out a .22 caliber rifle from her family's house across the vietnam and said after she had shot some students, i just don't like mondays. this is really a tough and emotional story to watch when we listen to some of the children what they have to say here, alex. we think of these places as safe havens, and, unfortunately, today it was not. >> nbc's -- nbc -- msnbc's richard lui. chelg -- i don't know what the word is to describe this. horrifying, chilling, a moment of national tragedy. you know, the culture -- we talk about violence. it's not something that is just happening in schools. it's not something that's just happening 234 movie theaters. we were talking during the break about violence that's happen

her mum flint. goodspeed. her. wish. to. be. good. luck. to. her. a. little. welcome back here with aussie law from moscow less than two hours to go now two hours left of twenty twelve though it's already twenty third. in some parts of the world that's including china japan singapore and thailand are bring out the map for you now celebrations in full swing in seven of russia's nine time zones at the moment over the urals just joining the far east and siberia as the world or gradually greets the new year we do have a look now at the events which twenty twelve will be remembered for. my. point it while has reached its and along with the nine colander. but it looked more like this. a decade of war is a. good friend years. well we're still here and when it comes down to it the world not only didn't end but very little changed in two thousand and twelve we have the same challenges facing the globe the same conflicts preventing peace the same policies hampering solutions and many of the same people in power as we come into twenty thirteen so what will twenty twelve

the biggest banks declared they would need to twenty seven billion euro bailed out but used to stand flint well crisis a strategist who goes on in there says that the spite all the efforts european nations still haven't solved their basic problems right now. you know national community b i have nothing to see be an easy. wars austerity which makes investors happy but of course makes the people and a better community is relatively happy because you know there was more greater safeguards that their money is going to be turned down in the form of a lot so i think that you going to continue to see this where eels go up and the people are happier but the investor community is less technique and then you have a swerves to the right where you have more austerity making people more angry and more riots and more protests and more stripes and yet investors feeling more secure in in in the bonds that they buy and greets you have to keep in mind this crisis is far from over the europeans have yet to solve the basic problem that the european. countries are insolvent simply do not have the money to pay

. >>> news around the nation on this wednesday morning, a somber christmas in a neighborhood in flint, michigan. two people were found dead inside a home cordoned off by yellow crime scene tape. an area hospital. alive and family friend caroline broach was shocked and saddend when she first learned the news. >> they was good people. they didn't bother nobody, they didn't harm nobody. they came home and they was going to have christmas and they was supposed to have new year's. [ sobbing ] [ indiscernable ] >> local media reports indicate carbon monoxide poisoning could be to blame, but police have not confirmed that report. >>> news time right now 4:52. it's like finding a needle in a haystack. a snow chain installer finds a silver wedding ring in the snow and now he's hoping to track down the owner. doug benadebti was working on a highway in california when he saw a man jogging up and down the road in a panic. he said that man lost his wedding ring while he was running. so benadetti was determined to help. he too started looking for it and eventually found it laying there in the snow.

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having a daily police presence on school campuses in oaklandsays the district's spokesperson troy flint >> "we have a dedicated police staff attached to the school district we prepare for this" >> in addition to the school district having its own school police departmenta federal grant allows oakland police to station officers on 6 campuses in some higher crime areasanother advantage says flint when it comes to preparing for emergency situations >> "unfortunately we do deal with a lot of violence here in certain parts of oakland. we have a degree of expertise and readiness to deal with shootings, we haven't experienced one, thank goodness, of this magnitude, but it is a fact of life here in this community, we feel like we are as well prepared for this as anybody could be" . in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news >>pam: our team coverage continues now with alecia reid. she is in san francisco, with how schools there are reacting tongight -- after the deadly elementary school shooting. >> parents picking up their children from city public schools received a letter from the district alerting t

then you tamp that down with a rod and then you flip the thing up you poor little gunpowder into the flint lock and then you pull back and if everything was properly done you might get off one shot and if somebody were to walk into a mcdonald's with one of those front loaders and fire off one shot by the time they got around to reloading the thing that for the second shot they would have been dragged out and you know just. dragged off to jail or whatever i mean it's pretty. do we really does anybody here really think that the second amendment means that we have the right to have semiautomatic weapons. i think that the founders were as you mentioned just now conceptualizing semiautomatic weapons but i also don't think that they were necessarily thinking that technology wouldn't advance i mean obviously it had gotten to the point where they were able to create a goal that's what jefferson said if you know every twenty years we should reinvent the constitution he said you shouldn't expect a man to wear the clothes that he wore as a boy you know that we grow up and you know the first part of t

the heads of flint hills which is refining and georgia-pacific those are the two biggest companies.e other top members are family members. but i would bet that they are going to end up in control at some point. >> and most presumably they will continue the political influencing, or attempt to. daniel fisher i really thing you for coming in. up next there's been a mitt romney siting. yes, he was in las vegas over the weekend. you're watching "the war room" and it's only on current tv. the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. ♪ >>> it is not like we needed any more proof that mitt romney just isn't the guy you want in your corner, but we got some. [ cheers ] >> the former presidential candidate was ring side in vegas this weekend when juan manuel marquez knocked out mani pacquiao pacquiao. he reported said hi mani i'm mitt romney. i ran for president and lost. join us to talk about this is the king of excitement david shuster. >> oh, man. than

flint and his family are in town for the christmas season.the site of jesus birthplace but also to pay for tour guide and stay at hotel and buy souvenirs. they stop at the holy land sue near store. >> we expanded from one shop, 25 to another souvenir shop. and three restaurants. and next week we are going be opening the hotel. >> a risky proposition in the west bank where the anger on the street reaches a breaking point. this month, a major round of violence rocked the area and last month dozens were hurt when they attacked check points in response to the war with gaza. anger is growing over the newly announced settlement that the land prince want for the future state. the israelis announced a building spree in response to palestinian victory at the u.n. this statehood bid was a risky proposition by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas who hoped to force israel to restart, failed peace talks. >> we tonight have a good feeling about it. this is our only hope. if anything goes wrong, everything will go bad. >> here, bad is very bad. there is

ironically, this year marks the 75th anniversary of the flint sit-down strike when several hundred auto workers forced gm to the table to improve safety standards and working conditions. michigan's united autoworkers stood up to the bosses and national guard for 44 days and the victory changed the uaw from a loose collection of locals to the powerful union it is today. but they are challenged. tonight, michigan is starting the next chapter a long history of fighting for workers' rights. let's bring in senator debbie stabenow. senator, this is a real stuff one to stomach for a lot of workers and middle classers in this state. in the big picture, what does this mean for michigan and the country? >> first of all, ed, it's really outrageous what's happening. as you were talking about, michigan is the home of the middle class in our country. we're the state that started building things, making automobiles and to find ourselves in this situation is terrible. i want to step back and remind everyone that in 2008 and 2009, when the auto industry was on the brink, it was the uaw and workers comin

flint michigan, 65 degrees, all going do come to an end. we have a pattern shift on the way.the cold air has been bottled up across canada but a dip in the jet stream and the cold air is going to spill southward so temperatures in the 20's and 30's tonight and into the weekend as things start to change and it feels more seasonal. trace? >>trace: back to normal, good to see you. >> president obama is preparing to ask congress for additional emergency aid money for victims of super storm sandy. the final price tag is $50 billion. that is according to multiple sources in washington, dc but the states hardest hit asked for more, new york, new jersey and connecticut have asked for $82 billion in aid as lawmakers debate spending cuts linked to the upcoming fiscal cliff. the deadly storm destroyed or otherwise damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses knocking out power to millions of people along the northeast coast. be careful what you say in front your television because one day soon it could be listening. a new system is in the works that could target commercials jus

larry flint's hustler club.ned up a bill of $28,000, he claims because the waitresses which happens in these places, help him run up the bill and sued the club to get the money back. he said he was too drunk, incapacitated. the judge threw it out. if i could have sued for every bit of money i left at a bar, i'd be -- it's work. ridiculous concept. the guy, if you can't handle it, buddy. get out. you know? what do you think the women are there for? they are there to push drinks on you. >> dana: can i ask you something. is it possible to order $28,000 worth of drinks at a club like that? >> bob: yeah. >> andrea: i'm surprised it's so little. every six months there is a story about someone who goes in one of the manly, meccas and i pulled up the numbers. $241,000 at flash dancers. another guy spent $47,000. >> dana: one night? >> bob: that was tips. >> andrea: lap dancing and other activity. >> bob: do you know anything about lap dancing? >> eric: no but i know something about bottle service in nightclubs. $500 a b

in 1936 autoworkers in flint, michigan, staged a sit-down demanding their rights. it lasted 44 days and they won. general motors recognized the united auto workers for the first time. and in 1965, michigan's republican governor george romney worked with unions to sign historical bills recognizing the right to collective bargaining. nearly 50 years later, the gop is trying to undo all that progress. a massive power grab by a republican party that just lost an election. this didn't just happen out of the blue. we're learning this has been orchestrated by far right conservatives who have made threats against politicians and literally bullied their way into getting what they wanted. >> dick devos and extreme right wing control what's going on in the state. and the koch brothers, americans for prosperity all pushing for the legislation, threatening the governor, threatening different representatives. they were threatened that they would have a primary challenge from the tea party. >> threats, intimidation. on democratic moves. right now michigan is the center of the rig

all year we've seen killings from chicago to flint michigan to new york.children killed in the bronx. too long have we buried children in silence. >> now, everyone is beginning to see that it's the suburbs, it's urban, it's black, it's white, rich or poor. we have no choice to deal with a societal problem. today, people were asking what was wrong with this shooter. 20 years from now, if we don't solve the problem, they'll be asking what was wrong with us. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >> law and order. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start with this. is gun violence, mass violence against children the price we pay for freedom? is watching and doing nothing what we have to put up with to obey the second amendment? is it? we're supposed to do nothing because the constitution upholds the right to bear arms. well, we have easy access to semi-automatic weapons in this country. is it a good society that does this, allows it? i ask the questions knowing the only way we can

all year we've seen killings from chicago to flint michigan to new york.children killed in the bronx. too long have we buried children in silence. >> now, everyone is begin

in that sizzling skyful of spite whirled the whole black storm of the future: the flint knife in abel'st swelled us into a tribe, a nation, and brought us all like driven lambs, straight to his flood. i blamed it on human nature, even then, when there were only two humans around, and if human nature was a mistake, whose mistake was it? i didn't ask to be cursed with curiosity. i only wanted the apple, and of course, that promise-to be like gods. maybe we are like gods. maybe we're all exactly like gods. and maybe that's our really original sin." >> the original sin. hubris, right? >> yes. >> you've said that's one of your favorites. what makes it a favorite? >> i like the personal tone of eve, who, you know, doesn't get to say anything in the bible, to speak of. and to turn her into a kind of down-to-earth re-interpreter of that kind of tickles me, that's all. >> she finally gets to tell her own story. >> right. >> did you ever wonder about the silence in that story of the first woman, as it says? >> yeah. no woman i know would tolerate it. >> exactly. here's one that we like, especiall

you have limited summoning millions of jobs, ruined committed these like flint, michigan, you have killedple. having seen first hand the effects of these corporate decisions, the outcry listen, drug abuse, the war suicides, all the social problems that go along with this act of violence, but we do not call it violence and no one has ever been arrested for it, i think it is a real shame. frankly, as an american, this is not how i want to be remembered. >> michael moore, the oscar- winning filmmaker who won the academy award for "bowling for columbine" after the massacre, speaking just hours after the massacre in connecticut. special thanks to filmmaker lorna tucker who is currently working on a documentary with the working title of "leonard peltier: an american prisoner." since friday's massacre in newtown, connecticut, that left 27 dead -- 20 children and six woman who tried to protect them" the national rifle association has been silent the powerful lobbying organization has refused to give interviews on monday, more than 150 gun control advocates marched on the nra's capital hill headqu

i understand there were two 90-year-old flint sit-down strike areas the rally in lansing today. and they stood up in the 1930s to build the american middle class, as we once knew it in the '50s and '60s in this country. and since 1972, workers have been losing wage gains that were won when 30% of us had the right to bargain and lift wages for everybody. and i think snyder is action both decides that michigan needs to become a low wage economy, where you have to string together three jobs in order to make ends meet, and eliminate the remaining middle class in the state. and it's bad for economics, and it's bad for our democracy. >> but what is the plan for american labor going forward? this has been a dispiriting year for supporters of the labor movement, or two years, actually in wisconsin and michigan and in michigan. is there in your meetings, is there a strategy for coming back? are these setbacks seen as reversible? >> well, ezra, i see it as a reawake inning of people. dispiriting because the attacks have been so relentless. it's a attacks on workers, on planned parenthood,