the number of illegal immigrants here dropped from 2007 when there was a construction and tourism boom, a study of the state of nevada overall last year suggests that it has the highest percentage still of any state of illegal immigrants in the workforce. 12%. the hispanic population in clark county has almost doubled from 2000 to 2010. about 300,000 to 600,000. the you issue of illegal immigration, emotional and dividing the electorate with unemployment rate of 12% here, most people don t think the issue trumps the economy overall. or the housing issue. special report will be back after this. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there s a new new york state. one that s working to attract businesses and create jobs.
now. looking ahead to healthcare when it s in place makes a big difference for you? absolutely. for all small businesses. all the people that are small businesses. two are watching closely we are watching closely. it becomes a huge issue for us. bret: so if the margins shrink the margins shrink. because of food prices. we lose it on a bonus. there are so many pancakes that it offsets the cost of our food costs. a lot of people don t know. you measure it on pancakes? will would you say you are feeling uncertain about the future? uncertain is a good word. bret: a lot of people like brandon and the question is how does it play out? the top issue in the state. the economy and jobs.
nomination in primetime, hoping to grab the clinton mantle is a good bet. president obama spoke about clinton s success dealing with the economic challenges that the country faced when president clinton was in the white house. president clinton s record speaks for itself. republicans charge the current president is trying to piggyback on a better record. president clinton presided over economic propersty and it may remind people of what president obama is not. a leader on the economy. some of the presumptive nominee romney former rivals say the move may backfire. that will be a terrific opportunity for those of us who served with president clinton to point out that barack obama is no bill clinton. white house officials and former clinton aides beg to differ and say perhaps nobody in the democratic party is better at framing the arguments. i think it s a shrewd move by the obama campaign to tee up their convention.
weekend. president obama voiced his personal support for same-sex unions earlier in year. same-sex marriage. several pastors including prominent church leaders voiced concern about the move. tim geithner and his german counterpart pushing for international cooperation and coordination in the face of the euro zone debt crisis. they met today in germany. the dow lost three today. the s&p 500 was up two-thirds. nasdaq was down 12. mitt romney did something today in poland that president obama could not do. get a meeting with one of the country s political heroes. chief political correspondent carl cameron is traveling with the governor in warsaw. on the time leg of his trip, mitt romney got a warm welcome in poland. with a growing economy outside the euro zone. cut taxes and government regulation. and has had a strained relationship with president obama. romney met with iconic former
i don t think bill clinton will pay him back with some off the reservation remark. best thing for hillary clinton and bill clinton and the best thing for president obama. i think bill clinton will be reminding, he is good housekeeping seal of approval for the wavering democrats. reminding the democrats and independents watching that his record paired historic deficit reduction with 20 million new jobs and he will critique romney s approach to the economy and the republican economic policies. i think he is the best spoke spokesman that obama could have put forward at the convention, especially on a big sports night that threatens their viewership. i think it s a win-win for all three of them. bret: charles, does this indicate a weakness with perhaps middle class white voters with the obama campaign? and remember, last time former president clinton went out he started by saying we should keep going with all of the bush tax cuts.