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sjhost: you can start dialing in now. we will get to your thoughts and comments this morning. a little bit from president obama is weekly address where he talked about this. he says in the coming weeks and months i hope we can work together. democrats, republicans, and independents alike to make progress on these issues. president obama goes on to say for what we are called to do today is not about democrats or republicans, left or right, it is about us. it is about we know we did what we know this country is capable of. it is about what we know america is capable of. there is a new poll that shows there is a bfans of congressionl gridlock. 43% think gridlock is a good bank. independents and democrats overwhelmingly since that gridlock is a bad thing. what do you think this morning? bipartisanship or divided government? let s hear president obama. this is not the hardest things giving america has ever faced, as long as americans are hurting, we have to look out for one a
on thursday. in a couple of weeks we ll also have from census state level data. jodie, the federal government defines the rate of poverty at $22,000 for a family of four. obviously if you re living in a city like new york, that makes it even more difficult. $22,000 for a family of four. we re in a debate right now about the budget, the deficit, what needs to be cut. but do we have a war against poverty in your estimation? is enough being done? especially when you look at one in seven now, if those numbers are accurate? yes. one in seven of us are poor, even before the great recession. yeah. so we have some structural issues that we need to deal with. the fact that our jobs do not pay enough. right now we re in a scenario where we do not have enough jobs. but we need jobs to be created
not only so that the 15 million people who were looking for work last month can get a job, but so that they can have wages that will be livable. as you said, it s $22,000 roughly for a family of four to survive under poverty each years that s less than $500 per person per year. we need for a congress to work together to create and sustain jobs. in congress there s a bill pending to provide and continue for an emergency fund that has created nearly 250,000 jobs. unless congress actses s bby t of this month, those jobs will go away. it means we must come together, do what s right. jodie levin epstein, thank you very much. and that does it for me in
officials. going to take off and who s flying her off. but we have been given details she is at the airport. all right, ali, thank you very much. we apologize for the audio quality. you heard him say she s that airport and more information on when sarah shourd will be reunited with her family here in the states. voters in seven states are headed to the polls today for the last big primary before the november elections. nbc first read calls this season unpredictable and all bets are off for tonight. the primaries in delaware, new hampshire, new york and the district of columbia. one of the most hotly contested race is the republican primary. it has pitted veteran establishment candidate congressman mike castle against christine o donnell who has captured national attention with support from sarah palin and the tea party. kelly o donnell is in wilmington, delaware. a lot of money sent into that state because of the national attention, kelly, this race has received. what s t