i was governor along with tommy thompson and governor engler in michigan. we worked with president clinton to get the welfare moved from entitlement program to a program that focused on job training and work. and we helped to move millions of people off of the welfare rolls boo permanent employment. we reduced the cost of medicare. we see this administration trying to get it. i think it is illegal because it is in the law . i don't think they have a right to waive it. tommy thompson is thinking about suing them over it it is absolutely wrong and a move in the wrong direction . the focus needs to move people from welfare to work can not making people permanently dependent on the government welfare program. it didn't work in the 80s. we changed it in the 90s. this program has worked. >> brit: governor, isn't it unusual for a republican like yourself to be arguing that the federal burrcrats in washington with the rules they have laid out are no better than the governors in the states across the country ask their subordinates of how best able to implement the l

i know tommy thompson is saying he's thinking about suing over it. it is absolutely wrong and a move in the wrong direction. it is unfair to move from welfare to work not making people permanently dependent on the government welfare program. >> we will be hearing more about this one. in the meantime florida's republican governor rick scott weighing in on the issue saying the federal government taxpayers simply can't afford this. >> it is time to brew on this. last week we told you about the u.s. liolympic teams made in china. ralph lauren said he will produce made in america uniforms for the winter games in 2014. >> according to the new york post the designer and olympic committee have been beaten to the punch by an em babarrassing competitor. they have been in talks with american apparel for a deal to design its clothing and what's even more embarrassing, american apparel ceo says he was never even approached about a clothing deal for team usa. >> this leads us to the question of the day. what do you think about this olympic uniform outrage? is it j

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bush, and former governor tommy thompson now running for the cites senate in his home state and fullisclosure, i have endorsed his campaign for a lot of reasons i just shared with you. >> thank you very much, governor. >> mike: i want to begin right at the heart of this issue, you helped create the welfare reform movement by in an area in wisconsin, trying out the things that ended up working. other gorps said we'd like to do that, too. now we're seeing an attempt by the obama administration to make changes. i want you to first speak, what's the heart of what makes welfare reform work? >> the fact that people have to get up in the morning, go to work, and be able to get themselves out of poverty. i always told people you can't get out of poverty by not working and the welfares mothers responded in the state of wisconsin and across the country. always the responsibility for them, they had to have some skin in the game. and we would continue to provide for help for them and assistance, but they had to get up, look for a job and go out and get a job and work. you know, they were happier

i know tommy thompson is saying he is thinking about suing thve a a on we you 1990s. this program has worked. it is absolutely a terrible step in the wrong direction. >> governor, isn't it unusual for aepub >> but isn't it unusual for a republican like yourself to be arguing that the federal bureaucrats should not be talking like this? >> the governors wrote this. you can talk to those governors that helped pass this law and we saw it work effectively in our states, the welfare roles went down and we help add lot of people move to more opportunity and this guts it. this goes back to the kind of entitlement mentality and that --. >> but, governor, they had to eliminate, there was activity underway, and they are allowing states to have more flexibility in how to implement that. >> what i would like to see is more flexibility on the medicaid program and i am sure the health and human services committee for the national governors we with like more flexibility instead of the maintenance of effort requirements that the federal government has imposed on medicaid. if they giv

i know tommy thompson is saying he is thinking about suing them over it. it is wrong and a move in the wrong direction. the focus needs to be on helping people to move from welfare to work, not making people permanently dependent on the government welfare program. we know that didn't work back in the 1970s and 1980s and finally changing it in the 1990s. this program has worked. it is absolutely a terrible step in the wrong direction. >> governor, isn't it unusual for a republican like yourself to be arguing that it is federal bureaucrats in washington with the rules they have laid out for this know better than the governors in the states across the country, and their saw bored nets about how to best implement the law? >> well, actually the governors are the ones who wrote the law in the first place. we are the ones i mentioned, thompson, angler, you can talk to the governors who helped pass the law. we saw it work effectively in our states. the welfare roles went down substantially. we helped a lot of people move to a higher standard of living and more opp

because that's where the credit is and you rob it through now willie sutton was famous for using tommy thompson. today the modern equivalent is derivatives there at least eight hundred trillion perhaps one point two quadrillion even more that are used in order to hold up the central banks of the world and tell them give us all your credit now high frequency trading is the tommy gun of this era use to rob banks. borrow rob about there's jamie diamond in his time again or lloyd blankfein over to goldman sachs and as tommy gun rob rob rob rob rob rob rob rob rob is robber barons on high frequency trading i mean if the robber barons were alive today they'd be high frequency trading and lloyd blankfein is a robber baron africans are treading well for further. evidence of this assertion of mine that they're robbing the global central banks of the credit available whatever credit remains in the system you know willie sutton said he robbed banks with the tommy gun because you can't rob a bank on charm and personality so we're going to go to a charmless guy without personality bob diamond and piece admi

governor tommy thompson of wisconsin, new york mayor rudy giuliani leading the way. imitated and adapted by the leaders of many other states and cities, most of them republicans but many of them democrats as well. in which the federal government was basically an interested and occasionally helpful bystander. the 2010 elections have not yet been followed by major public policy. reversals. but could be depending on the outcome of the elections this year. we do know that the president's health care law, which he expected to be popular, has instead become so unpopular he barely mentioned it in the state of the union address last month. silence tells you a lot in that situation. let me let tocqueville have the last word. the aristocrat so alert in the strengths of democracy even while keenly identifying its weaknesses was a man of piercing intelligence and to read him, you really have to read him slowly and take in a little bit, someone of my acquaintance has tocqueville to read a chapter or so every so often and to ponder. often single paragraphs have insights that can p

in wisconsin, former governor tommy thompson leads tammy baldwin.at for retiring democratic senator herb cole and in maine, king still leads the pack in a new critical insights poll. king with a whopping 28-point lead over the republican and democrat in the race. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. new v8 v-fusion plus energy. ♪ hello...rings ♪ what the... what the... what the... ♪ are you seein' this? ♪ ♪ uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... ♪ ♪ it kinda makes me miss the days when we ♪ ♪ used to rock the microphone ♪ back when our credit score couldn't get us a micro-loan ♪ ♪ so light it up! ♪ even better than we did before ♪ ♪ yeah prep yourself america we're back for more ♪ ♪ our look is slacker chic and our sound is hardcore ♪ ♪ and we're here to drop a rhyme about free-credit-score ♪ ♪ i'm singing free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ dot-com narrator: offer applies with

during the welfare reform efforts of the mid 1990's, engineered originally by wisconsin governor tommy thompsonss in 1994 and speaker newt gingrich worked with democratic president bill clinton, to pass the landmark legislation which was crafted to take people from welfare roles to payrolls. and in my f

tommy thompson not running away with it and buysing had way with it. >> and ran for governor.ht, this is a 3-way and many of them like thompson. the two conservatives will divide the vote and rally behind. >> tammy bold waldwin and who i easiest opponent for her. >> the consensus, the easiest candidate to pete. they say they have a lot on tommy tochompson is the guy the don't want to face. >> i don't know about that. i think -- >> that cross over appeal that others don't. democrats remember voting for them. >> here's a race we didn't think was going to be a race. >> we thought he was going to roll to the nomination. cardon is a serious challenger. >> people are taking it seriously. he has no ledge slittive record and he can spend personal resources as part of the establishment when almost the entire party is for him. >> conservatives and establishment and the hunt for growth. everybody. it's hard to see how he pulls us out. he is so likeable. he's a personable guy. >> some people said that carmona is preferred. >> they are nervous. they think cardon takes away the small shot.

if it isn't tommy thompson it will be businessman larry hute. he is an unknown quantity.ama wins wisconsin, it is possible that the democrat candidate for senate will be carried into office but it is too early to say one way or the other exa lot of interesting developments to come. that's why you watch politics so closely. larry sabato from the university of virginia. >> thank you, jon. jenna: it traveled nearly 8,000 miles, jon. we're taking a look at the olympic torch just a day before we see the opening ceremony for the olympics. i think that is trafalgar square in london. if we see get a closer look at the torch. you see the person in white carrying only a short trip away from buckingham palace and short trip from hyde park where it will be wrested and entire torch will be lit. jon: i love the lighting ceremony. jenna: it is something to think about that tradition. that is a nice wide shot. we're only a day away from the opening of the olympics but soccer or football depending where you're from in the world, usa beat france in the opening games. they're trying to do t

years ago, former president bill clinton and former governor of wisconsin tommy thompson had a welfare program. >> obama gutted that, too. >> i don't agree with the president 100% and i'm sure you don't agree with mitt romney or george bush 100%. and the same for food stamps. i think it is abominable. >> 47% in america. >> we have almost 9 million americans on disability. 88,000 people got on disability last month. only 65,000 jobs created. we have a food stamp president. a disability president. an illegal migration president. a president with home ownership at its historical lows. a president under a black african american president and i'm proud to have someone of color in the white house. the average net worth of the average adult african american is $6,000. we have 40% of black kids unemployed. if there was a white president with that record al sharpton, jesse jackson would be marching. >> i'm not going there with color. this is not an issue of color. when it comes to immigration it is not quite frankly any president's fault. it is the business owner's hiring them and that is who w

i was in favor of something that was a bipartisan idea before between clinton and tommy thompson, whichome celebrities, and i think it was whoopi goldberg who said that she used it as a single mom as a stepping stone. many of these programs are helpful when they don't become systemic. that is what happens in our society in when we see generation after generation on these programs and that is something we need work to change. but i don't think that we just take a hatchet to cut everything, because there is certainly families that need food stamps and certainly are people that needs disability and insurance and need this nation to help them. megyn: temporary support, not in the way of life. thank you so much. one more word, michael. then we have to go. >> the tea party is not about the money that we are talking about. it is about the character. it really is the character of a nation. we have a nation of people who wake up everyday and say what will the government do to me and how will they take jeremy, there is something that is fundamentally different from the america that was founded 23

tommy thompson warns of a brewing legal battle as a result. >> the secretary of health and human servicese the scope of the authority of the law and i think it's a mistake and i think that somebody is definitely going to bring a lawsuit and if somebody else isn't, i will. >> alisyn: will this proposed plan actually make it easier for people to not work? joining us is republican study committee chairman ohio congressman jim jordan. good morning, congressman. >> good morning, alisyn. >> alisyn: so you say that this new plan by hhs changes welfare reform as we know it, how? >> well, when you take away the work requirement, you're taking away that critical tough love component that's actually going to help people get to a better life and they're just doing this unilaterally. remember, alisyn, this is the law that bill clinton signed that's actually been helpful moving people away from poverty, away from the poor to a life that is actually one that allows them to pursue excellence and goals and dreams. this is completely unfair, it's unfair to everybody. it's unfair to them. that the tax payin

tommy thompson came in third. they consider him to moderate.and that is good for us because if they don't put him in, every statewide poll against all of the other candidates, tammy baldwin comes ahead so that is one of our big concerns. but again, we would like to take florida. bill nelson is a doable guy. he is a good guy. connie mack is smarter than he ought to be. and his father was a great senator. his grandfather was a great baseball player. and because of that, you know, he is running and maybe winning. so we have just got to look at -- here is how i take the swing states. these are the 33 that are up. if i had my distance glasses i could probably see them. i think the republicans -- i go back to this map with these things. i think the republicans are definitely going -- i think we will take the next -- nevada is surely berkeley who has not been ahead in any poll. but the state is going to go for obama and that may be enough to pull her through. my colleagues again, assure me that john tester can win. he has got a fan club here. north da

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tommy thompson if no one else does he will sue the federal government to challenge the legality of doinghave to work . >> i want to show our audience the activities that will qualify as work. include bed rest and motivational reading and mass annuals and exercise and journaling and personal care activities. i am not sure what that moons and moking and weight loss participating in parent-teacher meetings and helping friend or relative with household and errand and doing shores for people. governor, we assume why the administration wants to do this. i want you to give your thoughts on why? >> it is simple gretchin, make the people dependent on the government that is in power so they will get benefits you think of getting paid for a massage. for those of us who work hard and pay taxings. that is it a massage that rubs us the wrong way and the idea that you are going to get paid for these ridiculous activities like a parent-toacher meet reading a motivational book. utterly abured that someone would qualify that as work. >> eric: how do they cope track of that. >> trust. that is just the poin

in fact, tommy thompson, former governor of the state of wisconsin, who was a real leader in welfare reform, has indicated nobody else -- if nobody else sues he's going to file suit to prevent the president from doing this. this is outrageous. what happened, when we passed welfare reform back -- this was during the clinton administration, we saw a lot of people move from welfare to work and we were able to reduce not only the welfare rolls but also the medicaid rolls, and we also helped people to move out of poverty into good paying jobs, and we are working every day in iowa to help retrain people so they can upgrade and improve their skills so they can get good jobs. and i think taking this work requirement and job training out of welfare reform and doing it by an administrative edict is illegal and inappropriate and hopefully it will be overturned, but it shows the arrogance of this administration, undoing one of the most successful and popular changes that's been made, and one of the few things that's been done in recent years in the last couple of decades to actually reduce the c

thompson, also. kwame brown, tommy wells. >> everybody has problems, but the paradigm has not changed. one of the things we need to talk about is really the election rules and laws and whether they can be altered to create a level transparent playing field. >> to be continued, thanks a lot, really appreciate it, good discussion. back to you. >>> come up the cost of getting the kids ready to go back to school. >> but up next a wrong-way driver causing terror on a busy highway. >> don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com. >>> some really scary moments for drivers in mississippi. this was video shot last week by a drive going north on the school -- a driver going north on the collins highway. see that other driver also going north on the other side of the road? witnesses tell police he was going the wrong way for miles and miles, whoa, until he smacked into somebody. that was kind of nasty. the suv is what he hit. the woman and her passenger in that suv walked away from the crash. the wrong-way driver went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. he told the cops he just d

thompson made donations to the campaigns of previous mayors, adrian fenty and tony williams, as well as lynn do crop. donations were made with the exception of tommy and today, one of those council members said it's time for the mayor to step aside. >> there are enough convictions of senior people within his campaign and enough allegations and evidence to suggest that our democratic institutions who were seriously underminded by a shadow campaign off the books. and whether the mayor knew or not, he's the beneficiary of that illegal activity and i think he should resign. >> councilwoman also calls for the mayor's resignation. she joins us live in the studio. thanks for joining us. why the call for the mayor's resignation at this time? >> i don't think we can tolerate this scandal and the dimensions of what was recently revealed are too great in terms of undermining the election. and i do think that while i respect mayor gray very much and i came to admire him very much when he was chair of the council, he has to bear responsibility for what was done in his name. we knew about it or it is unfortunate it comes from the