which protects those pigeons it's embedded in michigan constitution so you have this legal tango between the rights of pensioners that are and trying to in their state constitution verses the. several bankruptcy law if that prevails and pensions can be cut in a bankruptcy proceeding the chapter nine you could see others just municipalities possibly consider bankruptcy is an option if they have liabilities they can't deal with now i want to it's quite significant and very significant but i want to switch gears a little to up puerto rico now it's the u.s. territorial government with some serious problems can you explain to our viewers what's happening in puerto rico today. so in two thousand and six puerto rico lost a congressional tax preference they had that allowed us corporations to go down there and basically earn income and shelter it from federal income taxes congress took that away once that was taken away there was a massive amount of pharmaceutical manufacturing down there some of that left and went to lower tax jurisdictions and since that time the puerto rico economy has been i

which protects those pigeons it's imbedded in michigan constitution so you have this legal tango between the rights of pensioners that are and trying to in their state constitution verses the. several bankruptcy law if that prevails and pensions can be cut in a bankruptcy proceeding the chapter nine you could see others just municipalities possibly consider bankruptcy is an option if they have liabilities they can't deal with now i want to it's quite significant and very significant but i want to switch gears a little to up puerto rico now it's the u.s. territorial government with some serious problems can you explain to our viewers what's happening in puerto rico today. so in two thousand and six puerto rico lost a congressional tax preference they had that allowed us corporations to go down there and basically earn income and shelter it from federal income taxes congress took that away once that was taken away there was a massive amount of pharmaceutical manufacturing down there some of that left and went to lower tax jurisdictions and since that time the puerto rico economy has been i

michigan, minnesota, and hawaii. the tactic is odd, but it appears to be legal. the constitutionson elected to the house must be a resident of the state that is represented, so he argues he does not have to pick a state until he wins a primary. quote, i can represent the public no matter where i live. >>> stop me if you have heard this before. a government program that needs lots of young people to sign up and the financial benefit goes to old people. correspondent doug mckelway examines a new and old idea. >> you don't think even for one moment i would force you or anyone to buy savings bonds. >> count me in, father. i'll buy. >> fast forward 56 years and an old idea has been resurrected. >> we're calling it my r.a., not i.r.a., my r.a. it's a new type of savings bond that we can set up without legislation that encourages americans to begin to build a nest egg. >> a generation of baby boomers facing retirement with savings depleted from the recession. and a culture of instant gratification has led to a nation unprepared for its financial future. >> there's no question that ameri

constitute a serious threat to u.s. national security? we're joined by a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, and a prominent blogger and professor of history at the university of michigan, and former senior advisor at the state department who worked on digital diplomacy to the muslim world. juan how is the al-qaeda today different than the al-qaeda that attacked the u.s. on 9/11? >> well, in my view it's a mistake to refer to core al-qaeda and the affiliates as al-qaeda. the original al-qaeda was multinational and it made a decision to hit the far united states first because it felt like the united states was propping up these local states. so the things that are being al-qaeda in iraq and syria are not like that at all. they are not multinational. they have a national focus, and they are not interested, i think, very much in hitting the united states. they are just rad sunni islam, the political islam. >> when the president's claim was challenged by pointing out that their flag flies all over iraq and syria obama responded . . . david i want to go to you, a significant portion of al-qaeda leadership has been taken out. how has that effected their ability to coordinate

and sugar corporations were given the ax in michigan ohio nebraska new york by the eighteen seventies nineteen states that amended their state constitutions to give lawmakers the power to execute corporations that violated the public safety trust the practice of giving businesses the corporate death penalty only really stopped when president warren g. harding was elected president in one nine hundred twenty one on the promise of putting less government in business and more business in government there's less regulation more privatization goes without saying that we need stronger regulations on companies like freedom industries exactly what he's threaten the health and safety of the general public we also need need to make sure that state local and federal agencies actually enforce those regulations or regulations alone aren't enough we make you know we need to make sure that corporations know that if they violate the public's trust they will face serious consequences it's high time we brought back the corporate death penalty. joining me now for more on the latest out of west virginia is r t correspondent megan lopez it's good welcome than

constitute a serious threat to u.s. national security? david gurstei nrveg ross, and brian jenkins, sr. advisor to the rand corporation and author of many books on terrorism topic. juan cole, university of michigan and shahid, thanks oall of you for being here. so juan, how is the al qaeda of today different from the al qaeda that attacked the u.s. on 9/11? >> well, in my view, it's a mistake to refer both to core al qaeda and to the affiliates in syria and iraq as all queald. al qaeda. the original al qaeda was in fact multinational and it made a decision to hit the far even my, the united states first before engaging in local battles because it felt that the united states were propping up these local states. so the things that are being called al qaeda in iraq and syria are not like that at all. they are not multinational. they have a national focus and they are not interested very much in hitting the united states. they're just radical sunni islam political slawrm. islam so i don't think it is the same. >>> when david renniik made a statement, president obama countered by, just because there's a kobe brighten doesn't mean they're nba. david i want to go to you. a significant part of al qaeda'

constitution is one that think he ought to take up. >> your that your fellow michigander sitting up his bucks. >> that's right. she went to college in my hometown of flint, michigan. it's good to see her in the position. >> al is the auto industry doing? >> is recovering. it's slow. the president spoke tonight about expanding his manufacturing innovation institute. as the kind of thing that we need to do to grow our manufacturing base. just wishing that we have a strong manufacturing base is enough to be the need to make the investments that create the opportunities. it's going to take that kind of felt. the president expressed that tonight. >> to "the president, climate change is a fact. >> it is. it is. of course a lot of folks back home right now, seven below zero. as my daughter says, if you're wondering about cool weather and climate change as a reason another scientist. >> representative, doesn't climate change affect manufacturers? >> it clearly -- the entire environment affect manufacturers. we're talking about here is how the auto industry can make the transition to be cleaner and greener. my own hometown remanufacture a portion of the volt engine that s

constitution aren't willing to defend the fourth amendment rights of welfare recipients. this judge, an appointee of president george w. bush did just that. her opinion is not only consistent with the very similar michiganhe same matter, but also uses the same logic, lack of individualized suspicion, that u.s. district judge richard leon in washington, d.c., used when he ruled that the nsa surveillance program is unconstitutional. i know this is difficult for politicians on both sides of the aisle, but you can't pick and choose which amendments you want to enforce, nor can you choose how you interpret any single amendment based on the underlying politics of a case. that's "hardball" for now. thank you for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york and happy new year. i'm chris hayes. as a winter storm bears down on much of the country this evening, we begin with some very good news from the coldest place on earth. >> the first of the helicopters to take us home! >> thanks, everyone! >> this incredible rescue today of 52 scientists, journalists, and tourists, all part of a month-long research trip to study changes in antarctica's environment over the last hu

michigan to join a protect of the fact that speaker boehner did not bring up the bill to extend long-term unemployment benefits. it is a shame. it is unprecedented. right now, long-term unemployed constitute the workforce. long-term unemployment rate right now. the highest it ever was before since 1959 when they cut off long-term extensions is 1.3% and now double what it ever was before cutting the folks like la shawn off. it's the wrong thing to do. it is unprecedented. and that's why we are raising our voices on the democratic side of the aisle against this. >> la shawn, the congressman obviously does not represent your district but what would you like limb to take back to the house of representatives and explain to them about how you feel about all of this? >> i would like him to take back that there are other individuals like myself that are taking up training, changing careers, looking to relocate in terms of finding work. not within the five boroughs and searching diligently. we're just not sitting back, not looking, not searching, not trying to advance ourselves with training and workshops. we are but we still need support. >> congressman, at the end of the year, congress promised

if the new constitution is approved, there will be presidential and parliamentary elections in the summer. relations at the university of michigan. he is in ann arbor this morning and we certainly appreciate you joining us, professor. so the first question is this referendum, is it a step forward or a step backward for the people of egypt for the last the years and there's been a lot of upheaval. they hope this begins a process of stabilization. >> how much do the egyptians who are -- did we just lose our guest? i think we may have just -- how much, professor are you there? >> i'm here. i'm here. can you hear me? >> absolutely i can. how much do egyptians who are turning up at the polls actually understand about what is in the constitution? and i don't mean that as a light so egyptians. often voters here showing up to vote on any particular issue may not know the minute details of it. how much d what they're voting for. for example, the christian pope that come out in favor of this constitution, because it gives less of a space to the muslim religious authorities to determine egyptian law, so it's a more secular consist doing br

michigan. go ahead, you are on the independent line. caller: hi. i don't believe they can rule against the president making recess appointments because it is in the constitution. they need to rule on whether the senate has the right to pretend that it is in session when it is actually not in session. host: the difference between those pro forma sessions and regular old recesses, right? caller: yeah. to me, pro forma sessions are recesses. and for people saying that obama doesn't have the right to do that, i think obama is trying to clarify the situation. this is going to affect both republicans and democratic presidents in the future. it is not a partisan issue, if you think about it. they need to find whether they will uphold the constitution and let the president appoint recess isointments when the senate actually in recess, and pro forma is not an active session. it is a recess. host: the court hears the case today and we will have the oral arguments later in the week for you. the ap points out that a few hours after the court hears the scheduled toate is vote on the nomination of robert wilkins am a currently a federal trial judge, to serve on the federal

constitution, take it out and read it sometime. try to understand it. it says we have a right to privacy. host: bob from mount pleasant, michigan. democrat line. caller: i agree with the caller. this is absurd. it is because they are poor. it makes no sense. why don't they drug test college kids who get scholarships? absolutely not. they only do that because people are poor. it is policy when you start talking about testing people for drugs. it is a stereotype that if you're on welfare, your black. it is ok to test them. we know that those laws are racist. the fact is that we have many blacks who are arrested for marijuana while whites walk free. it is a racist law. rick scott is a racist. this is absolutely absurd. host: what do you think about the argument that the caller made that he was making the analogy that if you go for a job interview, you might be drug tested as well. caller: i agree with the attorney who just spoke. that is private enterprise. i don't think they should do it either, but the fact is that that is private enterprise. the government should not be searching people illegally. host: california is on the republican line. he