the governor, president obama's solid blue home state, would be relatively safe, but illinois's pat quinnincumbents running this fall in the state of the state, quinn touted illinois as a state in the midst of an economic comeback. but with an unemployment rate higher than all but two other states, quinn's republican opponents say the governor is part of the problem in illinois, not part of the solution. >> career politicians are running our state into the ground, and pat quinn, he's at the top of the heap. if we don't fundamentally change direction, we're toast. >> i know a lot of businesses that aren't sure that we've turned the corner, and there are a lot of families who are still looking for a be jo. the governor also failed to realize he's built up a mountain of debt, over $6 billion in the state. the fact of the matter is, we need a governor who can turn the corner, really turn the corner. >> well, that was bruce ronner and bill brady, two of the four republicans who are battling it out ahead of the gop primary march 18th. but roener seems to be the man to beat, raised some $4 milli

pat quinn's running for re-election in illinois and he came on and duked it out with governor haslam. i think there's a little bit of political standard even. the differences are real, don't get me wrong. >> i think the problem is running in tennessee. he believe it so good for him. just on the issues, first on the minimum wage because we just had this big ceo report come out in washington. it's a mixed bag with a lot of policies. there are winners and losers. the losers, many more millions of people see the wage increases. the losers would be some loss of jobs potentially in the ballpark of 500,000. how do you weigh that. i would say two things. when you take people out of the labor force especially when our labor foreis so decimated you're really doing long term harm to them. i weigh that very heavily. i'm a little subsequent cull o f -- skeptical of minimum wage. we have another policy of income tax credit that provide the same sort of benefits to low income workers without the labor market effects. why are we not talking about that instead of the minimum wage. we see that transpar

we have the wonderful pat quinn from illinois and republican governor -- >> wonderful, wonderful. >> governor perry of texas. i'm glad to have you here, but we're going to have a big fight tonight. i'm mad. you have this whole thing, this texas miracle, everybody is talking about how great the red states are. tell me why we should be trying to emulate you. >> you said all you need to say. from california. you are out of there, brother. >> i'll be on a plane very shortly. listen, here's your beautiful red state. 11 of the 13 states with the highest kids in poverty, red states. food stamp use highest in the red states, not the blue states. hard to go from being poor to the rich in the red states. why should we emulate your miserable record. i'm sure you're going to brag on texas. >> all of these red state, when you think about it, because the real issue from my perspective is what's the best that you can do for your family? it's i got to think even van jones thinks it's to take care of my family so they can go on with what they want to do in life. >> no argument there. >> and having a

it's good that out of a very very ugly good over pat quinn the illinois governor as big getting all of his state's residents access to paid sick leave one of his top priorities his budget team is currently putting together a bill that would allow both full and part time workers in the state of illinois to . who's to paid sick days every year according to how many hours they work well not as expansive as the paid sick leave laws in other developed countries governor quinn's bill is a good start no american matter where they work should have to choose between making a job or going to work say the bad bill o'reilly very monday's episode of the factor the fox news host went on an ethical rant about what he called the raw nerve of america. we are a country in decline primarily because three hundred twenty million american citizens are paying attention they do not seem to be interested in the welfare of their country they are primarily interested in their own welfare once again i'm generalizing and i have a kamiya i'm not pandering here those of you watching this broadcast right now are most

we have the wonderful pat quinn from illinois and republican governor -- >> wonderful, wonderful. >>ad to have you here, but we're going to have a big fight tonight. i'm mad. you have this whole thing, this texas miracle, everybody is talking about how great the red states are. tell me why we should be trying to emulate you. >> you said all you need to

arthur bishop is resigning as director of d-c-f-s after being appointed to the position by governor pat quinnsince the appointment, reports surfaced that bishop had plead guilty in 1995 to misdemeanor theft for mis-use of money at a community health center. he was also involved in a paternity case that proved a woman was his daughter through d-n-a testing 11 years ago. chicago public schools will once again begin after labor day next fall. c-p-s changed the master calendar yesterday - approving a start date of tuesday, september 2nd. officials say they pushed back the start of the school year after getting feedback from parents and the teachers union. one other notable change -- the district reinstated presidents' day as a holiday instead of lincoln's birthday. the governor of arizona has vetoed a controversial bill that would protect businesses that denied services to gay and lesbian customers based on the owner's religious beliefs. governor jan brewer spent yesterday meeting with supporters and opponents of the bill before rejecting the law. she says the bill was "broadly worded" and would

we've got the governor of the great state of illinois, pat quinn is sheer, in the house. we've got somebody who is responsible for trimming my trees and potholes in front of my house. and shoveling snow and i haven't been back for a while. i don't know how it's going, but i'm assuming he's handling his business. the mayor of the great city of chicago, rahm emanuel is here. we've got phil lajoy who is the supervisor of canton township, michigan who is here. there he is. good job, phil. and we've got some outstanding members of congress who are here. especially who just announced that this would be his last term in congress, but is somebody who so many of us have learned from, have admired. he is a man who has every single day of his life in office made sure that he was fight on behalf of people who really needed help. and he is going to be very missed. john, you are not just the longest serving member of congress in american history. you're also one of the very best, michigan's own john dingell. we are better off because of john's service and we're going to miss him. now,

state policies versus blue state policies, for instance, i was on another program with governor pat quinns. and we were -- we were juxtapositioning those liberal blue state policies versus texas or louisiana or florida's red state policies. and we're crushing them so to speak from an economic standpoint. texans are seeing our population grow, people moving out of california because of overtaxation, overregulation, overlitigation and i think it's wise for us as a country to have this conversation, to decentralize the power out of washington, d.c. they seem to can't even have cordial conversations much less get anything done. back to the states and let the governors make the decisions. >> people keep saying the nation's governors are really today's success stories in terms of what they are doing in their states. >> well, they are. >> and being really able to manage in ways that washington doesn't seem to grasp. >> listen, people should have the right to decide where they want to live. if you want to live in a high-tax, high-regulatory state with a legal system that allows for substantial su

i'm going to compete against jerry brown and pat quinn, and those guys are a little easier to competeace. >> whoa, whoa, what's he talking about there? is he talking about 2016? it sure sounded like him and christie going at it in 2016, but he said no, no, no, i'm talking about 2014, helping more republican governors get elected. we'll see. stay tuned if rick perry runs or not. guess where perry will be next week? iowa. >> it's cold in iyt wf. we keep showing pictures of how cold and snowy it is in iowa, but iowa's hot, hot, hot for politics, right? >> reporter: you got it. >> all the talk about 2016 has been about hillary. and you know, it's so interesting, because last night on "piers morgan," walk us through what john mccain says about the hillary chances. >> reporter: this raised some eyebrows. they were talking about 2016, of course, and whether clinton may run or not. listen to john mccain. >> i would bet, my friend, as much as i hate to admit it, that right now, this is why we have campaigns, but right now, if the election were tomorrow, hillary clinton would most likely be the

to compete against him, against rick scott, against bobby jindal, nikki haley and jerry brown and pat quinnare easier to compete against because of the policies they put into place. >> okay. so, paul, what does he mean why in? that he's in? >> what are you talking jab i thought rick per ray wry was ta about 2016. no. he said he was talking about 2014. it seemed he was talking about 2016. the thing about rick perry, longtime texas governor, seriously considering another bid for the white house is not running for re-election at governor and said it's too early to talk about this. he'll make some decision at the end of the year. stay tuned on that one. >> and stay tuned to this. hillary clinton, is she, is he not in? and apparently just might if she is in, might have a supporter in senator john mccain? >> yes. straight talk from the senator from arizona. the republican senator from arizona, the party's presidential nominee 2008, on piers morgan the other night. get what, the country is not ready for a woman president. mccain disagreed. here's what he said. >> i would bet, my friend, as much as

pat quinn is in the house. [applause] we've got somebody who is responsible for training my trees and potholes in front of my house and shoveling snow. i haven't been back for a while. i don't know how it's going, but i assume he's handling his business. the mayor of the great city of chicago, rahm emmanuel. [applause] we've got phil lajoy, supervisor of township michigan who is here. there he is. good job, phil. and we've got some outstanding members of congress who are here, especially someone who just announced that this would be his last term in congress, but if somebody who's so many of us have learned from and admired. he is a man who has every single day of his life and off-base, nature that he was fighting on behalf of the people who really needed help and he is going to be not just the longest-serving member of congress in american history, you're also one of the best. michigan so john dingell is here. [applause] we are better off because of john's surveys and we are going to miss him. now, today i am