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The unions to do that. pension and benefit reform has led to $124 billion in savings over the next 30 years. sounds like a conservative record. thats the record ive had in new jersey and im proud of it. >> this is the toughest question i have to ask you. its about new jersey and the economy. new jersey since youve been governor has had nine downgrades by financial surfaces likeervices like moodys. you can see the down grade coming. what would your answer be? >> i have inherited a basket case. al...

The unions to do that. pension and benefit reform has led to $124 billion in savings over the next 30 years. sounds like a conservative record. thats the record ive had in new jersey and im proud of it. >> this is the toughest question i have to ask you. its about new jersey and the economy. new jersey since youve been governor has had nine downgrades by financial surfaces likeervices like moodys. you can see the down grade coming. what would your answer be? >> i have inherited a basket case. al...

Themselves. im watching the big bullying problem on television. i feel for the parents. i think some parents are clueless how to handle this. i think it might help. >> i hear what youre saying but here is the thing. as i read it, the parents if they dont go to the classes, the child will be held back a grade. who is being punished, children for not being parented correctly. >> the thing is youre a great parent. youre able to handle these things. youre in the media. >> you still have to go. >> st...

I think that goes against having good relations with your allies. >> a fair point. but of course, senator paul, people on the other side say america doesnt have the luxury of not spying when other people are spying. if your allies are spying on you, then you got no choice. >> yeah. didnt we have something about that when we were children about two wrong dont make a right? i would say i want our government to spy on terrorists, on people who they have probable cause they may attack us. but i thin...

Then youve got no choice. >> yeah. didnt we have something about that when we were children about two wrongs dont make a right? i want our government to say that on terrorists, on people who they have probable cause that may attack us. but i think wasting time, spying on 70 million spaniards or 30 million french or 124 billion pieces of information from americans, i dont feel any safer. but do i feel like my privacy is being intruded on. i think the rest of the world feels that way. the question...

Another $124 billion by the taxpayers. thank you very much. >> i consider my parents lucky. they were able to get their money back. others, not. neil more right after this. he i. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] couldve had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. [ laughs ] whoo. ♪ oh. nice! great! [ laughs ] a shot like that calls for a postgame celebration. [ male announcer ] share what you love with who you love. kelloggs frosted flakes. the...

Fully take effect until 2014. even before that, just 12 days from now. the supreme court hearing constitutional challenges to the law. that could change everything. bret? >> bret: more with the panel. jim, thank you. oil prices fell today on word that u.s. supplies rose last week. crude futures were down 59 cents to $106.12 a barrel. gasoline went up a half a penny. the national average is $3.81 a gallon. the dow was up for the sixth day in a row. gaining 17. the s&p 500 lost two. nasdaq finishe...

nomination. mitt romney is still in front. newt gingrich has 38. rick santorum has 34 and ron paul, you see it there, has 20. dozens of syrians are reported dead today in a city under siege from its own government. this is homs, where anti-government activists say mortar fires from unseen attackers is almost constant. one says we cannot count the dead any more. ill have more on this 11 will have month conflict and the choices facing washington in the west in our next segment moments ...

people. syrian government forces continue to fire heavy shells into the city of homs and other areas today. homs is ground zero of the uprising against president bashar al assad. opposition groups say at least 21 people, including children, have been killed today alone. the russian foreign minister arrived in syria today, holding talks with assad and calling for an end to the violence without foreign interference. another development, gulf arab states in france, spain and italy, recall...

damascus. >> where can syrians go? theyve been calling out to the world for help. >> we want to see actions, we dont want to see talk. were really tired of talk and talk and talk. weve seen no actions at all. the syrian president still has his legitimacy. until now no country said this president lost his legitimacy. until now. why did they not say that? why does he still have his legitimacy after all the killing he did? >> and that activist is talking about this weekends lack of action...