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Washington Watch Roundtable: Newt's Rise In The Polls, $1.6 Million Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae Paycheck & The Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss Newt Gingrich sudden rise in the polls, his $1.6 million paycheck from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Plus the Penn State Child Sexual Abuse Scandal. MR. MARTIN: New Hampshire poll out.  Newt Gingrich basically tied with Mitt Romney.  In the last debate, Newt talked about Freddie Mac and [...]

Newt Gingrich Thinks School Children Should Work As Janitors (VIDEO)

Source: Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called child labor laws "stupid" Friday in an appearance at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, child laws, which are truly stupid," said the former House speaker,according to [...]

Kwame Kilpatrick's Planned Speech At EMU Stirs Opposition

Source: Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News Detroit— Opposition appears to be mounting to a speaking engagement by former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick next week at Eastern Michigan University. Kilpatrick is scheduled to speak 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at an event on campus sponsored by B.L.A.C.K., Black Leaders Aspiring for Critical Knowledge. The program will [...]

Washington Watch Roundtable: Cain's Libya Flub, POTUS Says Americans Have Become Lazy (VIDEO)

One person's ignorance is on display, another may be running out of money, one is suddenly popular, and another still gets no love.  Is this "The Real Housewives of Atlanta"?  No, it's the Republican presidential campaign. Sophia Nelson, author of Black Woman Redefined; Dr. Boyce Watkins, professor of finance at Syracuse University and founder of [...]

Gunman Barricaded In Building At Colorado Air Force Base That Controls All GPS Satellites

Source: AP / The Washington Post SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force officials say an airman armed with a pistol has barricaded himself in a building at a Colorado Air Force base that controls all GPS satellites, but operations haven't been disrupted. Schriever (SHREE'-ver) Air Force Base spokeswoman Jennifer Thibault (THEE'-balt) says the [...]

Alleged Victim In Sandusky Case Leaves High School Due To Bullying

Source: The Huffington Post The first known alleged victim in the Jerry Sandusky case, known as "Victim One" was forced to leave his school because of an onslaught of bullying, The Patriot-News reports. Mike Gillum, psychologist for the family, told the news source that officials at Central Mountain High School didn't step in and provide [...]

Republican Congressman Steve King On The GOP Presidential Campaign, Debt Super Committee (VIDEO)

This week's Washington Watch newsmaker is one of the Republican Party's most outspoken fiscal and social conservatives. Cong. Steve King has represented Iowa's Fifth Congressional District since 2003, so it's safe to say knows his way around Washington. MR. MARTIN: Our newsmaker guest is one of the Republican Party's most outspoken fiscal and social conservatives.  He's [...]

AP Sources: FBI Concluded NYC Bomb Plot Suspected Lacked Ability, Passed On Case

Source: AThe Washington Post NEW YORK — Federal authorities declined to pursue a case against an "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of wanting to bomb police stations and post offices in New York City because they believed he was mentally unstable and incapable of pulling off the alleged plot, two law enforcement officials said Monday. New York [...]

PERSPECTIVE: The Greatest Danger To Escalating Health Care Cost Is Obesity (VIDEO)

Talk to any medical professional — not politician; any medical professional, and they will tell you the greatest danger to escalating healthcare costs is tied directly to obesity — not cancer, not AIDS, not breast cancer, not anything else but obesity. And for political leaders to sit here and fall for the lobbying dollars of [...]

Aides: Debt Super Committee Preparing To Announce Failure

Source: Ted Barrett, Kate Bolduan and Deidre Walsh / CNN Washington – Members of the congressional "super committee" — the bipartisan panel tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over the next decade — will likely announce Monday that they have failed, according to both Democratic and Republican aides. "No decisions or agreement has been reached [...]