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As you can imagine, treatment of alzheimers like the other diseases ive been talking to but here is costly. $259 billion is spent in treatment each year. 68% of this comes from medicaid or medicare. thats why this is such an important part of this discussion. cost of treatment isnt exclusively monetary, either. last year, more than 15 million americans contributed to the more than 18 billion hours, get this, of unpaid care to individuals who are affected by alzheimers and other forms of dementia...

Back to you. >> jonathan glad to hear the damage was minimal. up next fireworks in the middle east and not the fourth of july kind. but first heres what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 10 in phoenix with a chicken recall. california based foster farms issued a recall for 170 different chicken products that came from its fresno facilities in march. they are linked to an antibiotic resistant strain of salmonella. >> the one time monk won $259 billion powerball jackpot. he pl...

In 1965 it had risen to $3 billion. in 1929 at the time of the stock market crash it had risen to 17 billion. towards the end of world war ii it was 259 billion. all those numbers pale in comparison to president obama, more than all the presidents combined. >> a pretty picture, not so much. bill: some of these warnings now the national debt is nearing dangerous levels. steven moore is here with the "wall street journal." what does it mean that the warnings are there, steve. >> the amazing thing ...

The takedown was successful, but no word yet on their condition. martha: all right, this has been getting my attention lately, folks. get ready to fork over more of your taxpayer cash, because fannie mae it in the hole for $4.5 billion now the mortgage giant is going back to the u.s. government for yet another bailout. this is the largest bailout in the history of this financial debacle and eric bolling is the perfect person to bring in to ask about this, fox business network and of course from ...

American treasure. we have spent a trillion dollars in the last decade. now some portion of that trillion dollars should be used to build highways and schools. >> brian: should we be adding $259 billion out of the next five years? >> there are many weapon systems that dont work that, are kept alive because of various special interests and congressmen lobbying for their districts. there has to be an objective look at this massive expenditure >> steve: during the commercial, you two can continue t...

Of the americans who asked not to be identified told fox they have been offered refuge at the u.s. ambassadors residence if its not resolved be i friday. >> bret: thank you. >> youre welcome. >> bret: pentagon officials today announce specifics of the proposal to cut a half central from pentagon budget in the next decade. jennifer griffin looks at part of the plan. >> at the pentagon, winners and losers. no branch of the armed services went untouched as the defense chief announced $259 billion i...

Central from pentagon budget in the next decade. jennifer griffin looks at part of the plan. >> at the pentagon, winners and losers. no branch of the armed services went untouched as the defense chief announced $259 billion in cuts over the next five years. >> this is tough. >> reporter: tough on the ground forces, army and marines slated to lose 100,000 troops. army will shrink to 490,000 troops down from the current 562,000. the marines will slink by 20,000. the new emphasis will be on the sma...