have been around here for a long long time you know and i think there has to be this moving of the goalpost the educational aspect of it the realities of implementing this it was really serious about doing the right thing and all these need to businesses need to know and how we're we stand on the issues it's a big question and it's very difficult question but at least that next step commissioner said would be to kind of take position our start the dialogue to start taking positions and maybe generate some sort of answers where we all feel comfortable that if somebody genuinely makes the effort is that the end and i think what from dermot's point of view they don't ever really know if they're compliant and i think that's a very difficult thing and the other aspect of it which the commissioner brought up was you know if you don't have property owners cooperate with the businesses. it's probably very difficult leases might be open to three years it might take next month or dollars to do this you know it's a no win situation here for the business they might by investing all this money you know

this movement of the goalposts, the educational aspect. if we are serious about doing the right thing, we have the education aspect. these businesses need to know where we stand on the issues. it is a difficult question but at least, and xtech, as the commissioner said, would be to start a dialogue to start to take positions and may be generate some sort of answer where we feel comfortable that if somebody generally makes the effort, is that the end? they do not ever really know if they are compliant. that is a difficult thing. the other aspect which is the vt thing. and the other thing that is brought out is if you do not have the property owners -- it might take x amount of dollars and it is a no-win situation and they have invested all of this money. for me, the idea this morning is to talk about its. i would like you to stay on our radar and show the community that we understand the pain that you're going through trying to deal with these issues and open up the department more if you do need answers. >> we do have a technical services

. >> you're going to see more of this moving the goalpost. at one point it was let's create x null of jobs. now it is 8.1 isn't enough. it has to be 4%. we know it is not likely to get to 4% between now and november. the idea here, keep moving the goal posts so it keeps looking like the president isn't delivering on what he said he would do. at the same time, that's why it is wise for us to say, okay, mitt romney, what are you going to do to get unemployment down to 4%? we know from experience if we go back to the policy that's you're advocating, that's when we lost jobs. >> at the same time creating a 4.2 million jobs in 26 months, the nation has slashed 600,000 public sector jobs. again, bridges and roads are crumbling. the president wants to put people to work but republicans know if they were to allow that to happen, it would likely undermine romney's prospects at the next election. so that's their focus. it is not job creation. it is mitt romney's job. >> yeah. and i think it is obstructionism. i think this election will be about account

the first step is, i think, to just to widen the goalposts, to suggest impossible yet realistic ideasommitted in the name of, you know, capital's rampage. and that, i think -- just -- not only broadens the debate, but it allows people who used to be like me in that conservative ton of libertyville, illinois, to feel less alone with those opinions. i saw the world very differently than the community around me. but i had no way to plug in. the way, the first way that i plugged in was through music. it was through bands like the clash and public enemy, who -- seemed to me to be speaking the truth in the, in a way that the that the news, nightly news anchors were not. they made me feel like i was part of a community that was beyond the walls of this stultifying, you know, town that i lived in, and made me think that, yes, there is a way to engage in the world and to make a difference. >> let me play this for you. ♪ this land is your land ♪ as i was walking that ribbon of highway i saw above me that endless skyway ♪ ♪ i saw below me a golden valley this land was made for you and me ♪ sing!

to move the goalposts as it were to allow greece to remain within the single currency here in germany we've heard from chancellor angela merkel who is said alongside french counterpart newly sworn in french president francois hollande has said that they want to see greece remain within the. and said that they're willing to try and help greece alone through its financial troubles however they said that they will also respect the the results of a ballot should greece decide to elect people who want to pull him out of the euro zone now finance ministers in the we'll be meeting on the thirty first of may to talk more about the ongoing crisis throughout europe throughout the eurozone and the future of the single currency what happens if greece pulls out well it's it's unprecedented there would have to be a huge change in treaties across europe so all i hear in germany as well as across europe focused on athens to find out what's going to happen next as this story unfolds. money has been flowing out of greece for more than a two and a half years now ever since its financial troubles hit eco

refinancing rate on changeless the major movers now almost double digit growth of polluters the goalpost grew today after a terrible twenty twelve truck make it come as swung to a twenty eleven profit coproducer also announced that group washington says jobless claims fell a little bit america's trade deficit jumped again in march and that's left wall street struggling for direction but more painful portugal the vatican has held talks with its government over lisbon's decision to suspend two religious bank holidays portugal says the euro crisis is so bad people called to fall to take those breaks but traders say even that won't help more than hold of investors think at least one member will quit the single currency this year according to a new poll out today. and all attempts to form a coalition in greece and also for the eurozone rescue fund says it will transfer four billion euro to greece on thursday as part of its risky package but that's one billion less than planned and troubled greece portugal as well as spain's stock markets of all this year's rises in london frankfurt madrid is

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that's a new form and we have you can't have a football game without somebody putting up goalposts somebody establishing rules and somebody being referees that's government you know but the people who play the system make a lot more than the people pay in the water and that's just the way it is he meant to me and you know you have to do because i've got nothing to show and nobody's paying me millions to be here tonight but as a football player they would that's how the market works no no that's that's the direct consequence of government involvement how much were how much were football players making before nineteen eighty-four. for free agency yeah i have to admit i go back a lot less you know nobody was a nobody was making over a million bucks what happened was ronald reagan said that top seventy four percent tax rate were going to drop it down to twenty eight percent and all of a sudden anybody who could get got and anybody who couldn't get got screwed and that's why the median income in the united states rose twenty six thousand dollars and you got sports figures and c.e.o.'s making for

. >> the romney campaign are moving the goalpost in terms of what constitutes a bad economy.nything over 8% is unacceptable. that will take away that talking point. they're also talking about greed as the worst-case scenario. if things continue on this path america could it a greece-like wall. >> you know, also to your point, not everyone is responding in the same way. consiste consistently, your abc/washington post poll, the separation between white-collar americans and blue-collar americans. >> the general point, trust to handle the economy it was obama 46%, romney 47%. so they're and neck. with white noncollege educated voters, romney, 59%. obama, 35%. >> we have been living between 30 years. in this election, all of that is being reinforced. not only the idea logical, more open to activist government than blue-collar americans. in your poll, roughly 40% of noncollege whites knew somebody had been laid off in their household. half, half in your poll, half of working-class whites said that they're struggling to remain in the middle class. >> he's going to lose white, colleg

. >> well, it is interesting that the goalpost shifted this week.a while the argument was president obama said it is under 8.0%, and they didn't show it, but romney said under 4:%, and knowing that we won't get there and knowing that what matters is the trend. he did the same on the foreign policy front, and not just afghanistan and iraq, but pakistan. and i would argue that there were successes with pakistan based on the agreement with afghanistan. so the trend is to move the goalpost along so it is unattainable. >> well, the line is going to way because of the shrinkinging labor market and that is not good news. we don't know whether it is moving toward a stall in the recoverier owhether or not this means that some jobs came into the economy early because of the favorable weather. this is an indeterminant moment as a result. we make too much of small changes in big numbers which is the number of people there, but there is a big number of people holding back and not in the labor force at all and experiencing pain which translates into votes. >> and

them honest, even as democrats have been pursuing this line of attack, they have been moving the goalpost. a spokesman for house minority leader pelosi said 60% of the billion dollar fund goes to women and children. not women. women and children. that's a huge difference. i think we're on solid ground here but both factcheck.org and the white house own fact checker disagree. the post claims two out of four pinocchios. i talked about it earlier tonight with moveon.org's justin ruben. so the funding that the republicans want to cut is actually not specific to women's health. it's funding for a lot of different services as you know, tobacco prevention, nutrition programs, immunizations and hiring more doctors, services that benefit men, women and children. how can you say that the republicans are targeting women's health? pitting students against women? >> the background here folks should know, you have student loan rates will double on june 1st. it's a huge problem for all the students groaning under the weight of new loans and republicans are blocking efforts to fix that and their latest g

keeping them honest, even if democrats were pursuing this line, they have been moving the goalpost. 60% of the billion-dollar fund goes to women and children. not women. women and children. that's a huge difference. a spokesman says i think we're on solid ground. but some disagree. the post awarding the claim two out of four pinocchios. i talked with justin rubin. >> the funding that rlicans want to cut is not specific women's health. it's funding for a lot of different services as you know. nutrition programs, hiring more doctors, and these are services that benefit men, women, and children. how can you say republicans are pitting students against women. >> you have student it loan rates that are going to double on july 1st. it's a huge problem for students that are groaning under the weight of all these loans. and republicans are under a lot of pressure for blocking efforts to fix that. then their latest has been to turn around and say we're going to cut the health care programs, which predominantly benefit women. >> that's not true. >> it is true actually. >> how can you say that? >>

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. >> one of the things that you see from the romney campaign, they are moving the goalpost in terms oft constitutes a bad economy. anything over 8% is unacceptable. he would guarantee 6% unemployment, they always say. that will take away that talking point. greece as the worst-case they're also talking about greece as the worst-case scenario. if things continue on this path america could hit a greece-like wall. i think they're trying to reframe it. there are little signs that the economy -- >> you know, also to your point, not everyone is responding in the same way. not everyone has the same view of what's happening here. consistently, your abc/washington post poll, the separation between white-collar america and blue-collar america. >> first of all, as a general point, trust to handle the economy it was obama 46%, romney 47%. so they're neck and neck. with white noncollege educated voters, romney, 59%. obama, 35%. >> absolutely, you know, we have been living between 30 years in this election, all of that is of class inversion. being reinforced. not only the idealogical, more open to a

accusing the president of moving the goalposts for success to a second term.nd arguing that americans are not better off now than they were four years ago. despite a brutal primary battle, polls show that romney will be competitive in the 11 battleground states where this campaign will be fought. and former romney rival newt gingrich said sunday that republicans are now united on the core issue of the election. >> the choice is the most radical president in american history and a failed president at the economy and somebody who has a solid record on jobs and who, in fact, basic principles as a conservative. >> reporter: conservative is one of the tags the president will try to pin on romney recycling romney's attempts to appeal to the tea party during the represent primaries. meanwhile, the president himself may have a little more work to do to boost enthusiasm among his supporters there were 14,000 people at one of his rallies over the weekend. but there were also 4,000 empty seats. charlie, erica? >> bill plante, thank you. >>> there is a massive manhunt thi