Compared to a little less than half of everyone else 60 of tea partiers. We asked if it is the responsibility of government to reduce these income differences are not. We see a very huge difference 80 of tea pertiers do not believe it is the partiers do not believe it is the role of government to redistribute wealth. If it is their view that this is a land of equal opportunity regardless of background, and the reasons why they might not also think it is the responsibility of the government to redistribute wealth. This is where we see probably the most striking difference. We asked about those in this country who are poor how good of a chance to they have for escaping poverty . This is a striking difference. 57 of tea partiers think these individuals have a very good chance of escaping poverty compared to only 33 of nontea party supporters. 67 think the poor have very little chance of escaping poverty. This is so striking that i wanted to delve a little deeper into the data and look at
Hln, im mike galanos. Our top story, George Zimmerman goes back to court this afternoon. His first appearance before the newly appointed judge. Now, his lawyers are trying to get Trayvon Martins school transcript, cell phone records, social media accounts released. George zimmermans the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin, 17yearold back in february. He said the teen was acting suspiciously and shot him in selfdefense. We know he was unarmed. Lets get to the matter at hand. And for that, we go to sanford. And was there at Trayvon Martins family held a press conference and basically their contention is to go after the School Records, online records. Hes been revictimized again. What else do they have to say, david . Reporter well, theyre saying these records are not relevant. Theyre being very strong here saying that Trayvon Martin, they believe was the victim here. He is the only person in this case who cant speak up for himself. And right now, theyre trying to defen
1 15. Up until then from this mornings washington journal, senator sanders from vermont. Host senator bernie sanders, senator from vermont, here. Thank you for being here. You served on the Budget Committee. We saw senator patty murray, the chairman, introduce her budget plan. Heres the headline in the Washington Times there are no sacred cows that calls for 1 trillion in new taxes. Whats your takeaway . Guest well, what it does is also call for substantial cuts, but it deals with deficit reduction in a balanced way. What the republicans want to do is do deficit reduction simply by cutting, cutting, cutting. Doing away with medicare as we know it. Right now converting that into a voucher system which we very, very onerous for senior citizens, making devastating cuts in medicaid which means that millions of millions of American People and kids will lose their Health Insurance. Massive cuts in education, in nutrition. Basically every program that in the middle of a terrible recession wor
Our hurricane consultant David Bernard at our miami station wfor. Reporter good evening, margaret. Not much change on the storm in intensity or the expected track. Latest from the National Hurricane center puts sandy at 75mileperhour storm, 345 miles south of cape hatteras, north carolina, moving to the northeast at 13. Based on that track, the best chance for significant windses, 58 Miles Per Hour or greater, are going to be in the area along the jersey shore, right into the new york city metropolitan area, and when we talk about significant winds, were talking about winds that have a good chance of causing Power Outages and a lot of do you understand trees glerg david, how much flooding should we expect . Coastal flooding could be a huge problem. There are evacuations being ordered along the coast because of that, and we have two things going on. We have the angle of approach. The storm is going to make that turn and move directly west or westnorthwest into the coastline, and that ca
The latest developments as soon as they come in the the newsroom. Black flag of isis flying over a Key Syrian Town near Turkish Border. Khorasan was working on an attack. And looking to do it soon. We know they are coming but how and when . We have to act like it is coming tomorrow. Tracking terrorist on american soil. Can we stop them before they strike us here . Plus. The divorce was final. Sex, lies and murder . Prosecutors say the former church usher killed his wife so he could be with another woman. The legal twists and turns in a bizarre case. My heart is beating now. Kyakters come facetoface with a giant shark. Those are holes from a great white shark. It is all happening now. The raging battle to control a syrian town near the Turkish Border as isis fighters face off betweens the fighters. Shannon, i am eric in for jon scott. Plumes of smoke from the town. They are sitting there and turkey is not intervening in the battle although the government promised that kobani will not fa