pella, iowa. it's just 30 miles away from where i was on saturday in newton, iowa, where my wife and i met the salt of the earth middle class americans who worked for maytag. whirlpool bought maytag in 2006. they closed the plant, left 1 1,500 people in the dust. the americans i met weren't complaining about dodd/frank or obama-care. you know what they did talk about? they looked me in the eye and talked about fairness. they don't understand how the wealthiest americans -- you know, ed, that graph you show there with the red line up there and the blue line down there, that's what they talked about. they talked about income inequality in this country and talked about who's brining our jobs back. working americans know corporate greed is killing the american dream. republicans have no answer when whirlpool ships the jobs overseas. the jobs from ft. smith, arkansas, are going to mexico. rick perry was asked a direct question about whirlpool workers in ft. smith, arkansas, losing their jobs and he dod

manufacturing and the economy was the focus of a discussion i candidates in pella, iowa, a discussion dominated by talk of perry pointing to energy exploration in north dakota, encouraging domestic energy those energy jobs need highly skilled workers, which are in short supply according to some. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is among those candidates endorsing the end of u.s. corporate taxes on profits companies make overseas. there's $1.5 trillion potentially sitting in overseas accounts in profits-- you bring in plants and equipment in >> tom: minnesota representative >> i support zeroing out the repatriation. that's the true stimulus. so we want to bring that $1.2 trillion overseas here to the >> without a doubt, it's their >> tom: texas congressman ron paul blames reckless federal reserve policies for weakening on the eve of a news conference by federal reserve chairman ben hear from bernanke tomorrow? >> that he was resigning. towel and say, "i'm very sorry keyseian economics and price controls on money really don't work and everything we've done in the past couple of

was the focus of a discussion i hosted today with five of the republican presidential candidates in pella, iowa, a discussion dominated by talk of lower taxes and more trade opportunities. >> now, i want to talk about my jobs plan first, about getting americans back to work on the energy side of things without having to go to congress without asking anything. >> tom: texas governor rick perry pointing to energy exploration in north dakota, pennsylvania and texas as examples of creating jobs and encouraging domestic energy production. those energy jobs need highly skilled workers, which are in short supply according to some. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is among those candidates endorsing the end of u.s. corporate taxes on profits companies make overseas. >> if you repatriate profits-- and there's estimated that there's $1.5 trillion potentially sitting in overseas accounts in profits-- you bring those back and you invest them in plants and equipment in america, and you pay zero. you pay nothing. >> tom: minnesota representative michele bachmann echoed the idea, but without li

will ensure the unconditional transit of russian gas to european consumers through the territory of pella reuss but russia is keen to secure its gas transit routes to europe it has the north stream pipeline going straight to germany around twenty percent of its gas goes through to europe but the vast majority still flows through ukraine. this was an important deal with rampant inflation and a trade crisis it needs all the money it can get and it'll raise two and a half billion dollars from the sale of trans gas although some of the russians may feel that they have lost out in losing control of the national assets at the moment the priority is to world is not money as possible. and to cut down on the gas price . let's have a look at the markets now commodities first oil prices are next on escalating worries in europe at least borrowing costs are too. high now only for suffer from europe's leaders as germany's president opposition to. buying a new u.s. . stocks finished modestly lower on friday in a short trading session that says rising eurozone values kept traders on edge about europe's d

>> from pella, iowa. it's great to be here. jon: good to have you with us. want to ask you, first, about the controversy engulfing the cain campaign. these are, you know, separating yourself from another candidate is what this campaign is all about. you have been critical of him in the past for his stance on abortion. are you defending him now? >> well, you know, i don't know all the facts, i don't think we know all the facts yet. what i can say is that, you know, there is something to be said for having a candidate in the race who has been in front of the national public eye, who's gotten the scrutiny. you know, i've run five races and three statewide races in pennsylvania and been under the national spotlight and have had to answer all the questions on all the issues, have had my background looked at, all of those things. and there's a disadvantage to that because you're not new, you're not fresh in some respects in the sense that you're a new person on the scene, but there's an advantage that you've been tested and that, and you've been able to weather th

>> there's five republicans running for president who will participate in a manufacturing forum in pella, iowa, on november 1st. steven, what would you like to ask any one of these candidates? >> can you help america out? is what you're doing on the rally that you're on, is that going to help us out? are we capable of having a good, successful life and careers with what you got to say? >> max, are we seeing the american dream evaporate? >> yes, we are. the republicans, their main goal is to defeat president obama rather than do something for the united states. and workers in the united states. >> max, where did all the workers go when they shut the plant down? where did they go? what did they do? what did it do to the community? >> some of them went back to school. and our son and daughter, for example, our son has 21 years at maytag and our daughter had i believe 14 years. they both went back to school and found jobs. and after they graduated from school. so a lot of the employees, former employees, have done that, but i'm not sure of the number. i know there's still a lot of them looki

gingrich, rick santorum, michele bachmann and ron paul will all take part in a candidate forum in pella. notably absent, mitt romney and herman cain who lead in the latest poll in that state. >>> hillary clinton canceled a trip to london and turkey because her mom is sick. she'll stay in washington to keep an eye on 92-year-old dorothy rodham. we do not know the nature of rodham's illness. >>> john boehner using the speech at the university of louisville to take a swipe at the president's executive orders over the last week. >> he decided that maybe the constitution doesn't matter. it's the president who taught constitutional law if i'm correct, so he understands that article 1, section 1 of the constitution gives the congress the power of the purse. >> meantime, doctors have declared that the sprt tobacco-free after his annual physical. his physician also reports at 50 years old, the commander in chief is at a healthy weight, physically active and fit for duty. >>> and speaking of staying fit, four members of the white house staff say they've lost a total of 110 pounds thanks to michel