Break. Today its clear American Voters of every stripe, want action on inequality. Look at this poll. 91 of democrats support raising the minimum wage. 76 of independents support it. And here comes the big one. 58 of republicans support it. Yes, a big majority of americans including Republican Voters want it. This comes a week after new jersey residents voted to raise minimum wage. In washington state, a 15 per hour minimum wage appears to be on the verge of passing. President obama wants it and so do senate democrats. Theyre all pushing for a minimum wage hike. So what are republicans in congress doing about this . Nothing. In fact, theyre hardly working at all. Just six legislative days left on the house calendar this month. And theyre scheduled to work just eight days in december. And today we learned Speaker Boehner joked to reporters, the house shouldnt even remain in session in december. Thats a great idea, speaker. Take december off. While real americans struggle to make ends me
That stronger action could be on the horizon. Well have the latest. Challenge comes on the same day as the state of the Union Address. Will it change the president s message . Or will jobs still be the centerpiece . Well break down expectations for tonight. And the world wondering who will succeed Pope Benedict xvi, developments on when well know the name of the next pope. The president made a lot of promises in his state of the Union Address last year about jobs. Did he keep them . Were reviewing the past year and doing a fact check and reality check on job creation. This morning, talking to gordon chang, author of nuclear showdown. Gene sperling, of the National Economic coast. Bob mcdonnell, and chief washington correspondent jake tapper and the archbishop of washington will be with us as well. A special edition of starting point, live in washington, d. C. , begins right now. Welcome, everybody. North korea producing a nuclear test. The minister says its a defensive measure against
Conversations that centered how they would pursue prosecution of those conservative groups applying for taxexempt status. The documents contain a conversation between lerner and the chief of staff to former irs director steven miller, discussing how they would work with the department of justice to accomplish their goal. Miller, you may remember, visited the white house 118 times, from 2010 to 2011. On may 8th of last year, lerner wrote, quote, i got a call today from richard hill gear, the director of Elections Crimes Branch at doj. Who doj foaming to caulk to could piece together false statement cases. About am plants, lied, end quote on their 1024s. Doj is feeling like it needs to respond but wants to talk to the right folks at irs, to see whether there are impediments from our side. I told them it sounded like we might need several folks from irs. But a message sent minutes later shows lerner admitting no such evidence existed. Lerner wrote, quote, whether there was a false stateme
Conversations that centered how they would pursue prosecution of those conservative groups applying for taxexempt status. The documents contain a conversation between lerner and the chief of staff to former irs director steven miller, discussing how they would work with the department of justice to accomplish their goal. Miller, you may remember, visited the white house 118 times, from 2010 to 2011. On may 8th of last year, lerner wrote, quote, i got a call today from richard hill gear, the director of Elections Crimes Branch at doj. Who doj foaming to caulk to could piece together false statement cases. About am plants, lied, end quote on their 1024s. Doj is feeling like it needs to respond but wants to talk to the right folks at irs, to see whether there are impediments from our side. I told them it sounded like we might need several folks from irs. But a message sent minutes later shows lerner admitting no such evidence existed. Lerner wrote, quote, whether there was a false stateme
Million dollar tax threshold. Votes arent there yet. Thats why we are following this live through the whole thing this evening. And as the president s new antigun Violence Task force starts work, we learn that now outside experts have yet joined that panel. Meanwhile, the debate on gun control rages across the country. Tonight we will hear from outspoken tv host piers morgan and former new york mayor rudolph giuliani. The kudlow report begins right now. First up, the latest on the vote of plan b. The plan b bill sponsored by john boehner that may decide how deep into january they have to go for a solution. May decide the fate of the economy and the stock market and decide the fate of jaohn boehne and ultimate lif the second term agenda of president obama. John harwood joins us now live with all the details. Good evening, john. Reporter good evening, larry. You know, the house has now passed on a party line vote, zero democrats in favor, about 20 republicans defecting the spending cut p