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What my constituency of 3.2 million hispanic business owners that represent a contribution to this economy, somewhere around $490 billion on an annual basis, what were looking for is somebody thats going to get beyond the spectacle and get down to the substance. we want to hear about a proven track record. we want to get past the rhetoric and get down to the record and see and hear from individuals that have got a plan and that can point to substantive accomplishments when they were in office. >...

Heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. theyre out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series. lets get an early start on your monday this morning. stocks around the world and futures here on hold ahead of the february jobs report. yesterday, the dow climbed about 40 points still very close to mondays all time high. that jobs report 8:30 this morning. big news for banks. for the first time since the federal reserve started its stress tests, all the banks passed the fed...

When does the criticism stop? never. president obama addressed the situation in ukraine while he was in delaware on thursday afternoon. talking about infrastructure. conservatives were quick to criticize the president for not being what they say sensitive to the loss of life and continuing his speech on infrastructure. now, republicans never want to invest in american infrastructure. they dont want to do it. this is the new age of not doing anything. they like to spend your tax dollars on war. t...

Of people killed, again, you dont want to lose one american life. 4,500 american soldiers to 100,000 iraqis many of them children. a scary number. and some other numbers for you. this war apparently cost us $1.7 trillion. $490 billion in benefits for the veterans. that number alone can go up to $6 trillion over 40 years. >> i will tell you this -- the veterans deserve every penny to care for them now that theyre back. the time to pinch pennies might have been before it started. not now. >> thats...

>> reporter: how do they want americans to think of them now? >> i want people to look beyond what happened overseas. they can see the scars on my head, jaw and shoulder and all that stuff. i wish people would look beyond that. there is more to any, any given human. >> reporter: about 1.5 million americans served in the war in iraq. most of those that i met say that whatever you feel about the war, you are against it or for it, history is going to make that determination. for now just thank the ...

Bush was offered two for one. he wanted to cut the deficit by $500 billion. the republicans went to him with clash 490 billion -- $490 billion in spending cuts. the democrats said we can match your 500 billion, but you have to raise taxes. and george h.w. bush raised taxes, the two came in, never got the spending cuts at all, and they hung that around his neck in 1992, and it cost him the election. megyn: how did it happen that your dad agreed to the tax hikes but didnt get the spending cuts? >>...

About the really big items that are within the budget. that is the entitlement spending that you mentioned earlier. simply punted on this issue. >> okay. so, 90 billion in spending cuts. thats all. thats all and im saying to myself it should be 490 billion in spending. im not a tea party person in the sense that im saying federal government has to just wipe out all the entitlements. everybody is on their own and maybe thats oversimplifying the tea party position. its basically they want drastic,...

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Before we send arms and put our men in harms way in syria, because it is a syria war. its hezbollah versus hamas. neither of which are friendly to us. >> again, richard, saying we dont understand the culture, when you look back ten years ago tonight, was we went into this, look at the costs. $1.7 trillion. >> right. >> benefits owed to war veterans, $490 billion. i mean, how can republicans who put this war on a credit card now say we need to tighten our belt and cut programs for the poor and wo...

About the really big items that are within the budget. that is the entitlement spending that you mentioned earlier. simply punted on this issue. >> okay. so, 90 billion in spending cuts. thats all. thats all and im saying to myself it should be 490 billion in spending. im not a tea party person in the sense that im saying federal government has to just wipe out all the entitlements. everybody is on their own and maybe thats oversimplifying the tea party position. its basically they want drastic,...