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Parole if theyre found guilty of murder? that is the issue playing out today in the supreme court. the justices will hear two cases. one involves evan miller who beat a neighbor and then set his trailer on fire, killing him. the other involves a 14-year-old who received life without parole for a murder back in 1999. a murder he witnessed. not one where he pulled the trigger. those are the two cases theyre hearing. there are big questions ahead of the justices today. lis wiehl, former federal pro...

Of 11 he was indignant. he said you are greedy. i know this because people who gave the president a lot of money in 08 were shocked when he raised taxes and passed regulations. thats fine but understand what drive this is economy. the president wasnt open to listening to his allies. is he getting more open? does he understand this is not about everybody on wall street being greedy? this may be that he needs to listen more to old allies? >> i think the second part of that, theres no doubt the pre...

Electorate. >> you brought it up. i was going to do this at the end. theres been a turnout issue for both sides ive noticed. right? theres clearly been, i think, you know, at best, you see in many of these places republicans are, maybe, almost equal turnout from 08 or not making the mark from 08, but in comparing and the best apples to apples comparison here would be the democratic primary turnout of 96 when bill clinton was returning for re-election democratic turn joust this time and theres be...

Bush did in 08. george w. bushs record horrific. >> absolutely. >> hoar risk. a home man abroad. >> no admiration for george w. bush on fiscal matters. >> so, but what do we say to the rick santorums and the mitt romneys and the newt gingrichs that put out budgets that allow the national debt positive explode as much or more than barack obama? what is the difference for a conservative small government voter between democrats and republicans this year? >> as i argue in my book, we need to cut fed...

Revealed apple will begin paying a tiff dend of $2.65 a share later this year in addition to launching a $10 billion stock buyback program. apple hit another historic high, closing above $600 for the first time. meanwhile, an analyst downgrade sent next tell spiring with predictions that future iphone versions could dauz a disconnect with springs network. elsewhere, a healthy analyst upgrade gave u.s. steel a 6% boost. the price of oil continued to climb, bubbling up more than $1 a barrel to s...

Thats what hes saying and that is putting a great deal of pressure, along with other democrats on the president. now, martha at $108 a barrel, thats what oil has just gone back up to, its possible that that is a high enough price to trigger an immediate response from the president, which would be, open up the spigots on the strategic petroleum reserve. he talked about doing that last week and the price dropped to a buck and a half. it is possible that will come back on to the front burner given ...

Politically foolish. they seem small, petty, weak. look, winners take responsibility. losers blame others. >> bret: a.b., do you sense there is a confidence in the white house about their standing for this election? >> they know exactly where the liabilities lie and that its going to be very tight race in the end. which is why theyre preparing so vigorously for that. their fundraising is not as great as they had hoped. they probably wont reach a billion dollars. that is making them nervous. howe...

Through. >> bret: all right, brit, thank you. >> you bet. >> bret: crude oil picked up today where it left off on friday. that will cost you money. future were up 1.03 to finish at $108 a barrel. $3 increase over the last two trading days. the national average for gasoline is 3.84 a gallon. up four cents from a week ago. the dow got back in positive territory today gaining 6 and a half. the s&p 500 was up 5 and a half. the nasdaq finished up 23. newly obtained documents show top suspect in opera...

Been a lot of comparisons made by republicans to the 08 race between obama and clinton. in that race both obama and clinton for the most part went to the center. here its become like the archie bunker hour. you couldnt do a better job offending more con switch wen ss constituencies if you tried. the evidence is very clear. the republicans and particularly romney, have a 20 point deficit with independents. they are offending important groups like hispanics. most importantly, theyre not talking ab...

Politically foolish. they seem small, petty, weak. look, winners take responsibility. losers blame others. >> bret: a.b., do you sense there is a confidence in the white house about their standing for this election? >> they know exactly where the liabilities lie and that its going to be very tight race in the end. which is why theyre preparing so vigorously for that. their fundraising is not as great as they had hoped. they probably wont reach a billion dollars. that is making them nervous. howe...