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Issues for a slump in holiday shopping. sales fell more than 4% during the second week of december. but overall sales should be up 2.5%. thats less than earlier predictions. retailers expect $258 billion in sales by christmas day. online sales, meanwhile, are up more than 8% on saturday to an estimated 48 billion. you done with your shopping? or are you so slow like me? >> i am done. i got most of it done. my husband is going to have to finish it off for the rest of the family because i dont hav...

That. leaders of the 16-year-old nations are going to meet tomorrow in belgium to finalized the details. can you imagine if something were to happen like that here, don, there would be angry people here as well. >> greaeces problems are spreading across the european union. are there concerns they could come to american shores, steph? >> there definitely are concerns about that. if we can break down why we care. europe and the u.s., were connected, basically, through investment and trade. you tak...

85% of the debt -- our figures are policies that were instituted during the bush administration, between tax cuts, wars, however i do believe -- i do agree with terry that we have to do something about this monumental debt. and it is something that is going to have to be addressed and the president will be forced to address it. we have a lot to do as far as fiscal responsibility. >> what james said isnt correct. the stat is coming from the big entitlement programs, social security and medicare. ...

Republican governors including jindal have said that they may opt out implementing the law medicare expansion. it would have a devastating effect on the uninsured. gop governors may turn down $258 billion in federal money leaving 9.2 million americans uninsured. bob, that could be devastating. >> it could be. i think in the end in most places it wont happen. federal government pays 100% the first three years. pays 90% after that of this cost. you have governors like jindal or rick scott in flori...