MUST SEE - LOU DOBBS VIDEOS: BP Agents, Border Fence, War on Middle Class

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video: Prosecutor Illegally Withheld Information that Showed Border Agents Were Innocent

A document has surfaced that could have undermined the government's entire case against against imprisoned former Border Patrol agents Compean and Ramos. At the heart of the prosecution's case was the alleged cover-up of the shooting of a Mexican illegal alien drug smuggler. A Homeland Security Department document suggests that two Border Patrol supervisors were at scene and knew about the shooting. That's consistent with the agents' statements that they did not report the shooting because they believed supervisors already knew about it. The document lists the names of Border Patrol agents and supervisors who were at the scene. It also says, "Investigation disclosed that none of the above agents reported the shooting or the subsequent cover-up." Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) said: "The more that comes out about this case, the more it seems that the prosecution was relentless in making sure these border agents were convicted. And this is just another example of another piece of evidence that the defense should have known about, the jury should have known about during the trial to make their determination on whether these border agents even violated the law or not." Since prosecutors never disclosed the existence of the documents, this amounts to a serious legal breach that could result in a new trial.

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video: Border Fence Sham Continues

Construction on new security barriers began at the Arizona-Mexico border. It's all part of an initiative to protect our border with a combination of physical and virtual fencing. U.S. homeland security chief, Michael Chertoff took part by welding a piece of the new border fence that's going up in San Luis, Arizona. A colorful photo-op, but critics say the border fence with Mexico is actually one of the nation's weakest security links. President Bush promised to build 700 miles of fencing as part of the Secure Fences Act signed in October. This year, only 75 miles of new actual border fence will be built. And by the time President Bush leaves office, there will only be 370 miles of fencing along the southern border. And much of it not a fence that you can even see or touch. A virtual fence, sensors and cameras. Immigration reform groups say that's not good enough. Dan Stein of the Federation for American Immigration Reform said: "It represents a continuing train of betrayals by the Bush administration in not fulfilling promises made since 9/11." Congressional lawmakers are trying to figure out how a law that was passed is being reinterpreted.
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video: American Families Under Severe Wage Pressure

A conference in Phoenix, Arizona, is asking professionals to try to find solutions to the punishing schedules many families have to work these days. Today, the generations that are working now work anywhere from 10 to 15 hours more per week than any other generation prior to them. Today, it takes two people, two in the couple to make one living. We're expected to work 24 by 7. Technology keeps us tethered night and day. A recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has some dire information of what went on in a five-year period in this economy. Women are taking more than half of the new jobs created. Women are now contributing 42 to 43 percent of family income. Their jobs are absolutely necessary to the survival of the family. But the jobs that are available tend to often be lower-paid jobs. And the biggest growth in the economy is among these lower-paid jobs. The government report also finds a number of industries sustained employment decreases. Some quite severe. One industry, where the U.S. is supposed to excel, the so-called information industry. Internet publishing, software, and other information media -- 660,000 jobs were lost. Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute said: "I really don't think policymakers appreciate this. If you listen to the discussion, it sounds like there are huge unmet demands in our IT sector, that employers just can't get enough workers. But if you look the at employment trends, they're pretty flat." The largest job loss, 3.3 million manufacturing jobs, high-paying jobs for middle class workers.