world war ii vet, born in brooklyn is being challenged. he s been voting for 50 years. if he does not prove citizen ship within 30 days, he ll get thrown off the roles. one of the plaintiffs didn t get the letter because she moved. if she didn t respond in 30 days, she s off the roles and won t find out until she goes to the voting booth to try to cast herbal lot, cast her ballot. governor scott says this purchase is necessary. let s listen to what he says. i ve asked for the database, which we are entitled to from homeland security, to help us make sure that non-u.s. citizens are not on the voter roles. and they have not given them to us for nearly nine months. now justice is saying we are doing something wrong. this is not a partisan issue. this is a democrat, republican, independent, this is protecting the rights of u.s. citizens and not deluting the vote by non-u.s. citizens. layla, i am looking at the
it is lodgicly a lot of issues that are reflected in the congress. you know, a lot of us would like to see more cooperation and collaboration between the parties and look forward hopefully to maybe getting to that in the future. but it s not one party or the other. we need to see it from both sides. jonathan, how about this? we ll talk a look at the clip from the president s weekly address. here it is. the economy is growing again but it s not growing fast enough. our businesses have created 4.3 million new jobs over the last 27 months, but we are not creating them fast enough. and we are facing some pretty serious headwinds. the effects of the recent spike in gas prices to the financial crisis in europe. how tough is it for a president during an election year when he has to qualify his every statement on the economy, jonathan? very tough. the headwinds he talks about are real and they jeopardize his possible re-election. and that s why he tried to tee this up this week as a st
break for hiring more workers and paying them higher wages. nbc s mike have a care wroe is at the white house tomorrow. good saturday to you, mike. good day to you, alex. what do republicans say in response? it is interesting, by any standard, the president was coming off a rough stretch there with bad economic numbers and tightening in the polls. there was a los by the democratic candidate in wisconsin at a special election. he s turned that around somewhat with that sudden announcement yesterday pleasing latino voters with conferring the deportation of young latinos who are here illegally. of course, several weeks ago there was also the stance of the change on gay marriage. the president has been taking care of a lot of core democratic constituencies, making them happy unor up until the election. it is coming down to the economy and that s why the president was focused in that in his weekly address. he talked about the to-do list and the republicans on capitol
with large signs and protesting. we saw a plane with a planner or banner flying above. but generally they hold them in private enclosed properties. these are areas that they have control and haven t had to deal with a lot of proesters protesters away at a safe distance. but when you head to a supermarket, sometimes the message is in the hands of the people who are there. and in this case these people may not be mitt romney s biggest supporters. thank you for phoning in, peter. new today, president obama issuing a strong message on the economy in his weekly address aimed directly at the republican-controlled congress. congress should pass a bill to help states put thousands of teachers and firefighters and police officers back on the job. they should have passed a bill a long time ago to put thousands of construction workers back to work, rebuilding our roads and bridges and runways. and instead of just talking about job creators, they should give small business owners a tax
apply. but again, this is only a temporary solution for herks, y, heydi and many others. we need to still work on approval and reopening, but it is still a possibility for heydi and thousands of others. heydi, i m curious about your reaction when you got the news. and how much are you consumed with the knowledge that you have this hanging over your head all the time. i mean, is this something you worry about a lot and consistently? well, before i got the news of my year reprieve, it was like a big burden over my shoulders. but now i actually feel relieved. and i think everything is going to go well from now on. i have hopes that it will be me staying here permanently. and i feel relieved. well, that s good. rick, has there been any indication that the government was softening its stance on immigration before yesterday s announcement?