falling since last year have jumped about 6% in the last three weeks. march sales of existing homes fell 2.6% and factory output slipped in march after rising in february. then there was this iffy forecast for europe from the managing director of the international monetary fund. we are seeing light recovery blowing in a spring wind, but we re seeing some dark clouds on the horizon. if, as the economy goes so goes the election, then it was a worrisome week for the president s re-election team. joining me now president obama s senior re-election strategist david axelrod. good to see you. good to be here again. let me show you and our viewers the nbc news/ wall street journal survey this week on who has good ideas to help the economy. and it said president obama 34%, romney, 40%. how do you account for that? i account for it by the fact that people don t know mitt romney very well yet. they see businessman. they hope he has new ideas. but, candy, i think here is the p
probably not because by now he would be 40 years old. why this case is back in the headlines. plus a high school athlete so beloved that both teams cheer for him and after you meet him, we promise you will, too. a century old rule might bench him for good. hello, everyone. i m don lemon. thank you for joining a. 56 days ago, george zimmerman crossed paths with trayvon martin. 11 days ago, he was arrested for shooting the unarmed teen. now just a week and half in jail, he could be released at any minute. a judge granted him $150,000 bond in a hearing that took unusual turns and surprising moves. he took the stand and said this to trayvon martin s parents. i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am, and i did not know if he was armed or not. david mattingly is outside the jail where zimmerman is held in sanford, florida. hello to you. any indication about when he ll get out? wel
armed or not. that expression of regret as you ll see did not move trayvon martin s family. it did, however, as you ll also see tonight inject high drama into a bond hearing that many thought would be routine. it was not. zimmerman s apology was only part of the reason why. today s hearing also exposed some of the strengths and many believe weaknesses of the prosecution s case. for example, an investigator today admitted that he does not know one way or another who threw the first punch. martin or zimmerman. even though the second degree murder charge might indicate there was some evidence zimmerman was the aggressor. he admitted that there was no evidence for the claim he was attacked by martin while walking back to his truck. yet he also testified that the state has evidence raising doubts about other parts of zimmerman s story including his claim that trayvon martin was slamming his head against the ground shortly before he pulled the trigger. you add up all the testimon
for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. that expression of regret as you ll see did not move trayvon martin s family. it did, however, as you ll also see tonight, inject into a bond hearing that many thought would be routine. it was not. zimmerman s apology was only part of the reason why. today s hearing also exposed some of the strengths and many believe weaknesses of the prosecution s case. an investigator today admitted that he does not know one way or another who threw the first punch. martin or zimmerman. even though the second degree murder charge might indicate there was some evidence zimmerman was the aggressor. he admitted that there was no evidence for the claim he was attack bid martin. yet he also testified that the state has evidence raising doubts about other parts of zimmerman s story including his claim that trayvon martin was slamming his head again
the folks at the brookings tax policy center helped us put this together. these different groups of popcorn represent your income level. the bigger the bag, the bigger the income level of the group we re talking about. i want to use the popcorn to demonstrate how much of the total pie, how much of the total tax revenue is generated by each group. let s start over here with the little one. these are people who earn less than $30,000 a year. that, by the way, is about 44.8% of all households in the united states. they don t pay a lot in income tax. in fact, generally speaking they get back 4.8%. i m going to put a few kernels into their pot because they are not paying taxes. let s look at another group. this bag represents people who earn between $30 and $100,000 a year. that s about 40% of households in the united states. this group represents a contribution of 18%. 18% of the total personal tax revenues come from here. i m going to put about two handfuls of popcorn in the bow