you're right, you point out governor cuomo. governor duvall patrick in massachusetts actually signed something very similar, collective bargaining reform for health insurance for local officials. those are things that people -- even rahm emanuel of chicago is doing the same things. honest leaders are knowing you cannot move forward unless you're going to gut services or raise taxes but we took the path that was right for the people of wisconsin. >> got it. and governor walker, always enjoy talking to you. it's not an easy thing you did but no one can question your leadership. thank you very much for joining us today. >> happy thanksgiving. >> same to you, sir. next, the top five companies hiring for the holidays much let's give them a great thanksgiving. some of the jobs are for keeps as well. cheryl casone will be out here. and in 1964 "the leader of the pack" was the number one song. [ male announcer ] what if you have potatoes? but you've got a meat and potatoes guy? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes

they're telling their story only to anchor, chris cuomo. chris? >> reporter: good morning, robin. the headline is enough for everybody. but it's not like that's the story. this is a story you need to watch. not just because it happened, but why it happened. there's big issues at play at this very small town. linda and kevin lusk were high school sweethearts living a simple life. linda, the exmayor. kevin, the principal. their home, a hangout for their friends, including their daughter's ex-boyfriend, richard bubba frank. but a one-time encounter between linda and the then-14-year-old bubba, would spread like wildfire, sending rumors ricochetting around their small town. carly lusk first heard about it in the hallways at school. and was surprised at her mother's response when she asked her about it. >> she said, what you're hearing is not entirely true. but i did have inappropriate texting with this kid. >> i was mortified at the pain i caused my family. >> reporter: how did you learn about this, kevin? >> late-night conversation. she said, i need to talk to you. it was incredible.

you have worked for mario cuomo, obama, and bill clinton. >> that would be a great question to answer. [laughter] up there with who you love more, mom or dad? greta and your answer to that question is? >> my answer to that question is that i have lived a charmed life as a progressive policy wonk. the privilege i have had to work for people who are of such intelligence and commitment. that is not to say that there are not other people who would be great leaders to work for, but all of them were so intelligent, so thoughtful, so interested in the details of public policy. when i was asked about ron barack's book about obama, i was so upset about the thesis that he was being dragged along by others. i sat in march in a six-hour meeting in the roosevelt room on whether we should go forward with our stress test. the fact that the economic team did not totally agree to meant that the president had to sit there at the most complex financial issues imaginable and go back and forth quizzing some of the top economists and financial experts in the world and then making what ultimately proved to

we're also offering this really night cuomo know that can be -- nice komono that will be warn outside. >> reporter: what's nice for some teens and young adults on your shopping list? >> right now, we have a lot of party blouses. they are also just $5. bright, bright colors. really lux ourous -- really lux ourous -- luxurious. >> tell us about deals that you got here. >> reporter: we also have a really nice party blazer for men. it's velvet. it's $29.95, though. but that's not really so bad. a lot of other sweaters that you can wear along with your party outfits. great accessories. now, if you are willing to wait this is a great place to be. the wait is long but you got deals from $5, $10. all kinds of prices. >> yes, we do. we go as fast as we can to accommodate everyone. >> reporter: all right. thank you so much camille. and we're live at sun valley mall, coming up, santa claus is coming to the mall around 8:00 a.m. we will be live. we'll see santa claus, we'll show you some of the interesting ways some stores are trying to -- we're not just trying -- talking about $5 deals. we're ta

well, chris cuomo is going to tackle that question tonight on "world news." be sure to watch. >>> one other programming note. a game we have all been waiting for, the latest game of the century. number one, lsu, number two, alabama. tomorrow, 9:00 a.m. eastern for pregame coverage. it doesn't get better, one and two. a championship game. >>> that, right there. starlings, millions of them, doing what's called a murmuration. they fly in the designs. the crazy thing, they fly 20 miles per hour. they never collide. no one knows why, or let's face it, how they do it. >> it looks like art. >> that's chemistry. >> that is. >> beautiful. >> go, lsu. >> it would only be better if penn state was playing. i'll take it. that will be a great game. >>> how about pop news, everybody? good morning, everybody. want to celebrate another endangered species. happy birthday to po, the panda. the only giant panda got born at a u.s. zoo. turned 1 yesterday. and po's family was sure to shower him attention on the big day. a fruit-filled ice cake and an orange traffic cone to play wi

they're telling their story only to "20/20" anchor, chris cuomo. chris? >> reporter: good morning, robin. the headline is enough for everybody. but it's not like that's the story. this is a story you need to watch. not just because it happened, but why it happened. there's big issues at play at this very small town. linda and kevin lusk were high school sweethearts living a simple life. linda, the exmayor. kevin, the principal. their home, a hangout for their friends, including their daughter's ex-boyfriend, richard bubba frank. but a one-time encounter between linda and the then-14-year-old bubba, would spread like wildfire, sending rumors ricochetting around their small town. carly lusk first heard about it in the hallways at school. and was surprised at her mother's response when she asked her about it. >> she said, what you're hearing is not entirely true. but i did have inappropriate texting with this kid. >> i was mortified at the pain i caused my family. >> reporter: how did you learn about this, kevin? >> late-night conversation. she said, i need

new york state, governor cuomo when he was attorney general he pushed through legislation so people could have the power to consolidate. they have thousands much taxing districts up there. >> reporter: princeton borough and princeton township have similar populations and tax rates some say one size fits all solution may not work for other towns considering consolidation. >> you have to consider when municipalities merge and grate one government entity where there were two, that will be a larger government entry, covering a greater amount of ground. consolidation and municipal merger is an interesting debate because the one-time where you hear it said that bigger government is more efficient and more effective. >> reporter: in a statement to fox news governor chris christie says he hopes that more new jersey municipalities will follow the princeton example to help consolidate and save money. martha, back to you. martha: it is a very interesting idea when you look at the burden going on in so many states and all the small municipalities. thank you very much. laura engle in beautiful princet

i think it would be a breath of realism and pragmatism to have chris christie and andrew cuomo said in on some of these sessions and began to help what is a hyper-divided governing class in this town begin to get its act together. >> before i speak on defense, because you say localities could do more, the fed's could do less, that raises the obvious question, how much can federal spending on domestic discretion accounts be reduced? i know you do not have a detailed final answer for us across the entire government -- question is relevant with sequestration kicking in. do you feel sequestration will go too far, or will then be compatible with what you said? >> the kind of remaking federalism i am describing also requires that you remake the tax code, how much can be made at the staid and local level. that has to be not just about the cuts and revenue remaining the same. we have to sort this out in major, structural ways. you can cut them, you can cut smart. sequestration, to me, sounds all-cut strategy. when you think about what the federal government does with regard to the growth of th

that has been an extremely welcomed development as governor cuomo has said, you know, people are thrilled that new york joined the states recognize every loving and committed couple's right to marry. >> as we mentioned, you advised president clinton who ended up signing defensive marriage act in 1996 if you were advising president obama today, what would you tell him about this? >> well, president obama has already done a lot to advance the cause of basic fairness for gay and lesbian americans. he supports the legislation and his justice department has taken important steps in providing a much fairer, much more reasonable context in which the courts are hearing these cases. so i would advise him to keep it up. you know, i think when president clinton signed this bill, unfortunately, you know, no states in n no state could you be married. this was a republican employ at the -- right at the beginning of the 1996 re-election campaign. so, you know, i think he regrets signing it and he has announced himself he supports the right of all americans to have equal marriage rights. so i think presi

new york state you have governor cuomo when he was attorney general he pushed through legislation so the people could have the power to consolidate. >> reporter: while they have similar populations and tax rates local officials say that a one size fits all solution may not work for other towns considering consolidation. >> you have to consider that when municipalities merge and create one government entity where there were two, that is going to be a larger government entity covering a greater amount of ground. consolidation and municipal merger is an interesting debate, because it's the one time you hear it said that bigger government is more efficient and more effective. >> reporter: and in a statement to fox news governor chris christie says he hopes other municipalities within new jersey will follow the princeton example as the state continues to look to create more opportunity, more savings and efficiencies in a difficult economy. jon. jon: you know i hope they learn to do that where i live in new york. that would be very helpful. laura ingl, thank you. >> reporter: it will work,

andrew cuomo was not at fault, rahm emanuel was not at fault, is that right in your estimation? >> my contentious is that the housing bubble was driven by private market forces and if you look at the period where housing bubble takes off, around 200 2 and 2003 at the moment fannie and freddie's share of plummeted from 50% to 20%. private securitization was driving all. subprime lending. fannie and freddie are corrupt in all sorts of terrible ways and really awful entity in a whole bunch of ways and spreading money all around washington but they resident the cause of the housing double and catastrophe. but to the policy of newt gingrich. >> i think you're right that perry was hurt very badly coming out of the gate. i do not think michele bachmann's attacks blew back in her face. i think immigration hurt him. i think largely his own fault 37 when you tell your own constituents they are heartless, they will respond in kind. newt gingrich, right? what a man. in any other race this fannie/freddie thing would be damaging, disqualifying but we're in a very special race right now. it ma

new york state you have governor cuomo when he was attorney general he pushed through legislation so the people could have the power to consolidate. >> reporter: while they have similar populations and tax rates local officials say that a one size fits all solution may not work for other towns considering consolidation. >> you have to consider that when municipalities merge and create one government entity where there were two, that is going to be a larger government entity covering a greater amount of ground. consolidation and municipal merger is an interesting debate, because it's the one time you hear it said that bigger government is more efficient and more effective. >> reporter: and in a statement to fox news governor chris christie says he hopes other municipalities within new jersey will follow the princeton example as the state continues to look to create more opportunity, more savings and efficiencies in a difficult economy. jon. jon: younow i hope they learn to do that where i live in new york. that would be very helpful. laura ingl, thank you. >> reporter: it will work, t

the misappropriation -- this goes back to len andrew cuomo was in charge of hud. there was a $4 million loss then. now he went up the letter to governor of new york. i would think this money is coming in and is being misappropriated into buildings is not authorized for. host: the hud's inspector general has pointed out that there is a small group of nonprofits that keep getting the money, and perhaps there are favored non-profit groups that get the money. overall housing agencies are supposed to award this money to developers that have the capacity to build. that does not always happened. hopefully that will change. host: did you talk with the developers? guest: i did. i talked to some nonprofit developers, good ones that seem to know what they're doing, right. the district. they have done this before. it is a challenge -- right here in the district. they have done this before. it is a challenge. they're trying to get financing at a time when most banks are not issuing loans. in some cases, the word does get done. host: debbie cenziper is an investigative reporter

i should also note that last night i spoke with governor cuomo to inform him of our course of action and he offered any help if we thought it was needed. thank you, all, and i will be happy to answer a question or two. >> one or two incidents in the last couple days and like you said, the rights of these folks. do you feel badly at all you had to take this action? >> i don't feel bad because they can come right back in, at least they could have up to a few minutes ago, which we believe an order was issued. before this order was issued we were planning to let them back in and let them protest. what we are trying to do and what was done in many other places. in many places they were prevented from going back in after safety conditions were improved to protest. quite the contrary. here, we welcome them back in. if they want to protest, they have a right to do so. brookfield properties has a legal operation in agreement with the city to let them and said they are happy to have them there to express their views. but that is not the same as taking over the park so that other people cannot

i should also note that last night i spoke with governor cuomo to inform him of our course of action and he offered any help if we thought it was needed. thank you, all, and i will be happy to answer a question or two. >> one or two incidents in the last couple days and like you said, the rights of these folks. do you feel badly at all you had to take this action? >> i don't feel bad because they can come right back in, at least they could have up to a few minutes ago, which we believe an order was issued. before this order was issued we were planning to let them back in and let them protest. what we are trying to do and what was done in many other places. in many places they were prevented from going back in after safety conditions were imoved to protest. quite the contrary. here, we welcome them back in. if they want to protest, they have a right to do so. brookfield properties has a legal operation in agreement with the city to let them and said they are happy to have them there to express their views. but that is not the same as taking over the park so that other people cannot ge

most people were gearing up for this is the logical, generational battle come up with mario cuomo of perhaps representing the old new deal consensus and clinton running as a centrist new generation new democrat. instead, your main rival became paul tsongas, who came at of the neo-liberal strain, who ran at mostly from the center, in many ways. how much did that scramble your calculations and change your approach to the way that he presented himself to the electorate? >> first, we had some defense before the primary that scrambled that more than paul tsongas did. [laughter] one of the things -- and i think anybody who has worked a presidential campaign, everybody talks about the general. the general is actually kind of easy. you have airplanes and staff and funding and you land at one place and sleep in the same bed every night. the primary is just always going. it is like harry thomason's airplane, sitting in their pact, going to new hampshire, four- hour flight, freezing cold. you would have staff meetings at 2:00 in the morning. >> no lunchtime. >> the thing that struck me was unbe

well, chris cuomo is going to tackle that question tonight on "world news." be sure to watch. >> and we will. >>> one other quick programming note. a game we have all been waiting for, the latest game of the century. number one, lsu, number two, alabama tomorrow, espn's "college gameday," tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern for pregame coverage. we'll take a look at the phenomenon of tailgating. one v. two. a championship game. >>> that, right there, though. starlings, millions of them, doing what's called a murmuration. they fly in those designs in the sky. here's the crazy thing, though. they fly 20 miles per hour. they never collide. no one knows why, or let's face it, how they do it. >> it looks like art. >> so beautiful. >> that, right there, that's chemistry. >> that is. >> beautiful. >> go, lsu. go, lsu. >> it would only be better if penn state was playing. but i'll take it. that will be a great game. >> how about some pop news, everybody? all right. good morning, everybody. want to celebrate another endangered species. happy birthday to po, the panda. the o

cuomo used to reveal a glimmer truth when he got hot under the collar. he said the average wage in the country is over $24 an hour, and we just have to get that down. in the intelligence squared debate, at the very end, he said california is not a field state -- a failed state because we had innovation. he says he cannot innovate things, you cannot outsourced things until you innovate them. host: sum it up. we are about to leave the segment. what is your final comment? caller: my final comment is this is similar in some regards to refusing to prevent immigration and open borders. this is to bring up everyone else a little bit at the expense of america. this is economic treason. i do not know if people still laugh at the term -- these to laugh when people said it 20 years ago, when we were being told by certain groups around the united states what was coming. everything we were told by those groups that we so demonize has come to fruition. ladies gentlemen, this is economic treason, and we are ready for a nationalistic candidate. host: we have to cut rick

you have worked for mario cuomo, obama, and bill clinton. >> that would be a great question to answer. [laughter] up there with who you love more, mom or dad? greta and your answer to that question is? >> my answer to that question is that i have lived a charmed life as a progressive policy wonk. the privilege i have had to work for people who are of such intelligence and commitment. that is not to say that there are not other people who would be great leaders to work for, but all of them were so intelligent, so thoughtful, so interested in the details of public policy. when i was asked about ron barack's book about obama, i was so upset about the thesis that he was being dragged along by others. i sat in march in a six-hour meeting in the roosevelt room on whether we should go forward with our stress test. the fact that the economic team did not totally agree to meant that the president had to sit there at the most complex financial issues imaginable and go back and forth quizzing some of the top economists and financial experts in the world and then making what ultimately proved to

you have worked for mario cuomo, obama, and bill clinton. >> that would be a great question to answer. [laughter] up there with who you love more, mom or dad? greta and your answer to that question is? >> my answer to that question is that i have lived a charmed life as a progressive policy wonk. the privilege i have had to work for people who are of such intelligence and commitment. that is not to say that there are not other people who would be great leaders to work for, but all of them were so intelligent, so thoughtful, so interested in the details of public policy. when i was asked about ron barack's book about obama, i was so upset about the thesis that he was being dragged along by others. i sat in march in a six-hour meeting in the roosevelt room on whether we should go forward with our stress test. the fact that the economic team did not totally agree to meant that the president had to sit there at the most complex financial issues imaginable and go back and forth quizzing some of the top economists and financial experts in the world and then making what ultimately proved to

breath of realism and a breath of realism and depressive pragmatism to have chris christie and andrew cuomo said in some of these sessions and began to help, what is it, a truly hyper divided governing class in this town to begin to get its act together. >> one follow-up. since you are saying that localities and states could do more and the fed could do less in some areas, that raises the obvious question, how much in federal spending on domestic discretionary accounts be reduced? i realize you don't have necessary detail final and are forced today across the entire government, but nonetheless the question is germane with the sequestration taking him. and i guess my question is, do you feel that sequestration is going to go too far, or do you do it is compatible with what he just laid out? if, in fact, the fed should do less is it okay that a 10 or 20% real cut occur in and you budget for domestic discretion? >> well, the kind of remaking federalism i'm describing also requires you to make tax cuts and how much can get raised at the state and local level. and i think that has to be sorted.