0 the business has more customers, which means they may hire more workers and make more of a profit. and let s not forget, not only is it good for the economy, it s the right thing to do. there s a simple, moral principle at stake if you take responsibility and you work as hard as these folks work, if you work full-time, you shouldn t be living in poverty. not in america. we believe that. [ applause ] and this executive order will cover americans are disabilities, because this principle doesn t just apply to some of us, it applies to all of us. so i m going to keep doing whatever i can to raise working american s wages, and i would ask any business leader out there, any governor, any mayor, any local leader listening, do it would lift millions of americans out of the poverty immediately. it would help millions more work their way out of poverty without a single dollar in taxes or new spending. it s the right thing to do. just last month, 600 economists, including seven nobel prize winn
0 are not going to want to hear this. and the site of the winter olympics is in the midst of a winter thaw. talk about a yolo flip. and i heard a rumor that matt lauer was wearing a tank top? and come back to spin about a thaw of sorts in american politics and a potential storm for speaker boehner. i m ari mel ber in washington. and democrats are asking what can we get this guy to do? plus in the guest spot, who let the dogs out? the moderate middle is unleashed right here on the cycle. i m abby huntsman, tune in today for my one-on-one with utah democrat jim mathison. good afternoon, everyone. and for the sake of about 100 million americans, i suppose i will use that term a bit loosely. we are waiting here in new york for our fourth big storm of this crazy winter season, and a certain ground hog recently told me we have beweeks to go. snow and ice are making a mess of things in the south. it s not just a nuisance, the national weather service has thrown around the terms catast
likely to take this red state seat. in right-leaning utah both sides believe incumbent democrat jim mathison s retirement means all four utah house seat will be democrat next year. democrat sean eldredge, a millionaire investor married to facebook co-founder will bring national attention and money to that race and in new jersey john runyon is retiring and democrats do have a shot at a few pickups. another nail-biter will be in cole california s sixth district where the incumbent republican mike kaufman faces a tough challenge from the popular former speaker democrat andrew romanoff. this may be the closest race of the year, but overall it s pretty clear that democrats are rattled. next week both president obama and former president bill clinton will attend a retreat with senate democrats to try to buck up the troops. bret? carl, thank you. breaking late this afternoon, an italian appeals court upheld the murder
principles, trying to show the gop is the party for big ideas. doing immigration reform in a common sense, step-by-step manner helps our members understand the bite-sized pieces and it helps our constituents build more confidence that what we re doing makes sense. the bill as amended is passed. that s a contrast from the senate which last year passed a massive bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill. while the senate provides a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegals in this country, the house is expected to only offer them legal status. the house republican principles obtained by fox also include border security and interior enforcement must come first, implementation of an entry/exit visa tracking system, employment verification and workplace enforcement and reforming legal immigration so the best and brightest educated here can stay. it also says children of illegals brought here should be provided an opportunity for legal residence and cit
it s pay to play. and i agree with the word extortion. as harsh a word as that is, it s an atrocity that nobody seems to care about because it just goes on and goes on and goes on. reporter: we wanted to ask utah democratic congressman jim mathison about fundraising at his breakfast, and specifically why he was raising money for his political action committee at the same time he was deciding to leave congress. he wasn t interested. we also wanted to ask michigan republican congressman dave kemp why he needed so much money. he raised nearly $4.5 million in his last campaign. his opponent raised a paltry $37,000. kemp has blown out his closest challengers for years. so what s all this money for? no comment. and then there s florida governor rick scott. remember that first fundraiser he was having? it was hosted by the princopee group, a company founded by