will cain, lz granderson.s, guys. >>> president obama lays out his job program next week before a joint session of congress, thursday night. live coverage begins 6 eastern, followed by the president's address at 7:00. >>> mitt romney and the tea party have what you may call a complicated relationship. one reason tea partiers don't like the healthcare law he served while massachusetts governor. he is trying to talk about his credentials. paul stein houser is standing by with more. i hear there are some protesters there, not happy that he's there. saying wait a minute, it took you awhile to get on our side, right? >> reporter: oh, exactly. there are a lot of people in the tea party movement that are not so happy with mitt romney because of the healthcare plan he passed in massachusetts. a lot of people say that was basically the inspiration for president obama's national stage, that healthcare plan not very popular with tea party activists and for other reasons as well. they don't feel like he is a real conserva

but lz, i'm not kidding, you have parents who are hovering over their kids and the expectation is always their kids are going to go to college, and they're worried, am i putting too much pressure on my kid? and then the other end of the spectrum, you've got hard-working people who are probably living in poverty and expecting everything from their education system and they're not getting it. that's what's so sad. >> it is two or three or even four different kinds of americas. i'm really fortunate, because my career allows me the luxury of allowing me to be able to visit my son's school and have meaningful conversations with his teachers about his progress. a lot of america doesn't. 80% of the country is fighting with 20% of the wealth. a lot of parents are in that situation, and they're so dependent on our school systems not to fail. that's not an excuse to say that parents shouldn't be involved, but they just don't have the time. and we really need to find a way, and i'm going to keep saying this over and over again, to bridge the gap between the haves and the thhave-nots in tes of quali

lz granderson says don't forget noo 9/11's other lessons.rial you talk about a number of families you met who face every day of their life after losing a member of their family to 9/11. what did you learn from these families? >> i learned a lot. i learned to appreciate the things that i have. i learned to appreciate the people who are in my life. i learned to appreciate the life that i have, you know, separate from anything that i may want in terms of consumption. so, you know, as we get bombarded, if you will, with a lot of media reminiscing and coverage of september 11th, it's i think important not to get so caught up in the depth and in the things that we have lost as a nation but look around our communities and appreciate what we have. >> you even say in your piece that you warn against, quote, obsessing over 9/11 before and after. why? >> well, because i think it's really easy for us in this 24-hours new cycle that we live in to become fixated on one story. the story of 9/11 is a tragic one and can cause us to have a blackened heart and

thanks for weighing in. >> you, too. >> you can get more from lz.ike, you can join the conversation. lz would love to get into it with you. >>> stories across country you nop wildfires threatening homes in california. residents being urged to evacuate. three groups of fires are burning across 87 square miles. >>> and no school today for students in tacoma, washington. teachers there voted to strike. it's the second time tacoma teachers have voted to strike after contract talks fell through. >>> and hospice nurses in colorado went above and beyond to take care of a patient. 55-year-old tom driskal is dying of brain cancer. he is a life hp long denver broncos fan and wanted to go to last night's home opener. as you can see, he went. his nurses called the broncos' organization and managed to get him one of the coveted tickets. >>> well, it was easy for bobby bowden to talk about football when he coached at florida state, but he couldn't talk about cancer. why did he wait so long to reveal it? coach joins me next, live. >>> bobby bowden is one of the bi

lz, in your opinion, why is our government so broken? >> well, there are a lot of reasons why things are messed up the way they are right now. for me, the number one reason is the fact that the higher you go up in the chain, meaning the more power that you get as a politician, the more dollars you. >> need to get there, the more masters that own you. when you look at congress, what you have to remember is you're looking at hundreds and hundreds of people who have made concessions to people that may not necessarily be what's best for the american people. but are favors that were promised to get those contribution dollars. and i think that more than anything else is the way we are struggling the way we are. >> money, favors, payoff. will, you say the government is not broken, it's just being manipulated. >> i couldn't help but laughing, and that's why i was. i don't really think that is our government is that broken. the founders envisioned the government as one of conflict, one where it was hard to get things gone. and that's why we lamen

>> i think lz is right. increased exposure has not been good for michele bachmann. more camera time she has gotten, we have heard promises about $2 gas. she would never, ever, ever, raise the debt ceiling. these kind of things don't play well for somebody that wants to be president of the united states. i don't know if the base has moved on, but it is moving on rapidly. >> all right, guys. we'll all be watching tonight. we'll talk again. lz, will, great to see you guys. >> thanks, cair a. >> you too. >>> on the day after the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we are looking at america's long war on terror. just when will we know it's over? we'll talk about that in just a few moments. >>> and he won a purple heart in combat, but now he is giving his heart away. we'll show you about a surprise marriage proposal in three minutes. (screams) when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. rea

. >> lz, what do we do? we're all paying into it?> we better start thinking about plan b, c and d. this is a real squeeze on the middle class. how do you tell someone who is living check to check right now in their 30s and 40s you need to have money put away somewhere 20 years from now because social security may not be there for you in the same capacity? that's a very scary and frightening scenario. the fact that we're not talking about this more, more aggressively, the fact that we're using this as a political tool is a shame and i'm really afraid for the middle class. i believe if these politicians were keconcerned about us and concerned about the middle class, they would talk about social security. a lot of people will be hurting in 20 or 30 years. >> now i see why you married a sugar daddy. it all makes sense. you can read -- >> back-up plan, girl. >> he's got his back-up plan. not for everybody. sometimes we're just stuck on our own. cnn.com/opinion. if you like, join the conversation and leave a comment for lz. he will cherish

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contributors will cain and lz weighing in on this morning. fair? >> well, i guess it is, because we have allowed the system, the tax code, to rotten things to the point where we are running out of other options. i believe the number is 20% of the population controlling 80% of the wealth. so when you look at that kind of number, you're going to have a lot of poor people. you've got to find ways to balance things out so that society can be more fair for everyone. so we are where we are now, and so yes, i do think at this point that is fair. >> will? >> you know, kyra, fair is a four-letter word. and it's a four-letter word that has a subjective meaning. to me, it means everybody pays about the same percentage. but that being said, we can all recognize there are unfairnesses in the tax code. it is unfair that a millionaire might pay less in effective taxes than his secretary. it is unfair that the tax code honors homeowners over renters. it's unfair that people that get their health insurance through their company aren't taxed on, while people that bu

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lz, is it panic time for the president, or is bill clinton right? >> i was really disappointed that james carville used the word panic because i think head a lot of good ideas. if president obama implements any of them, it is easy to tie it in to looking like president obama is panicking now. so i agree with president clinton. i think he is a brilliant politician. he's absolutely amazing. it is very early and he's right. barack obama is running against him and people are feeling terrible. >> i will let you finish up. >> i think the republicans will win the next presidential election if they would stop revealing who their candidates are. at this point we have two weeks of hope left. >> say that again. >> bill clinton -- i said we'd win this election if we stop saying who our candidates are. we have two weeks to put forth a candidate that doesn't shoot himself in the foot. mitt romney has a real chance to win the election. president clinton entered the race on october 4th. that gives us two weeks left to put out a candidate. this is my personal opinio

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lz, is herman cain now the man to beat? what's the reality here? >> i'm sure he l would like to think so. the the reason he finished number one is because he was the most entertaining in the debate. he had some great responses that were humorous and people felt gook good about him like "american idol" but once it is said and done and people go home, herman cain is not the man for the gop. >> "american idol" and politics. i like that. perry restarted the chris christie kroou rumors but he says the new jersey governor is not the answer. he said it more concisely than anyone. take a listen. >> how many times and how many ways does a man have to say no before we stop running around in circles because someone reported to being a journalist purports to know something. he said over and over again he won't and he won't. >> does that end it? >> will that end the chris christy rumors? >> probably not. >> i said mitt romney was someone who lost in the herman cain win because romney put together a great debate performance. he's been running in florida for six