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Of the wars we wage to secure our energy interests, not to mention environmental costs. factor those in, and the institute says the cost jumps to $14 a gallon. in universities, its a debt for diploma system. its paid back over decades while crippling our young professionals. americans are collectively $830 billion in student loan debt while the universities simply value their prestige over the actual experimentation necessary for true learning. colleges have the pricing power and are driven by g...

Debt. $830 billion collectively across our nation. the bankers are offering easy credit that traps graduates for decades. its a debt for diploma system. there are proven solutions to all of this. but the "greedy bastards" are so bent on paying off, that they refuse to let anything threaten it. it becomes a vicious and destructive cycle for our country. poverty, which creates low property taxes to fund schools, which means little money for poor schools, leads to limited problem solving skills, li...

As part of the debt deal last summer, republicans and democrats agreed to spending totals but now some republicans particularly in the house are saying you know what, the spending totals are too low. are you willing to say lets cut spending now and not go with the spending totals and therefore lets risk another government shutdown? lie comingthe big lycoming out out of washington which quite frankly the press has helped to present to the american people is that we cut spending. we didnt cut a pe...

As part of the debt deal last summer, republicans and democrats agreed to spending totals but now some republicans particularly in the house are saying you know what, the spending totals are too low. are you willing to say lets cut spending now and not go with the spending totals and therefore lets risk another government shutdown? lie comingthe big lycoming out out of washington which quite frankly the press has helped to present to the american people is that we cut spending. we didnt cut a pe...

As part of the debt deal last summer, republicans and democrats agreed to spending totals but now some republicans particularly in the house are saying you know what, the spending totals are too low. are you willing to say lets cut spending now and not go with the spending totals and therefore lets risk another government shutdown? lie comingthe big lycoming out out of washington which quite frankly the press has helped to present to the american people is that we cut spending. we didnt cut a pe...

security to a ponzi scheme. will his performance in his first presidential debate come back to haunt him? the chilling words of the lead high-jacker of 9/11. while the attacks were in progress. stand by for unforgettable audio, some of it never heard before. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." president obama certainly knows full well what he and the american people have at stake this evening. there will be an urgency in his voice when the president goes before a joint ...

"situation room" starts now. thanks very much, brooke. happening now, republicans pouncing on president obama and a horrible new unemployment report. this hour, the numbers and the politics and what it all means for millions of americans who need a job now. plus, ill talk to a republican congressman who plans to boycott the presidents big jobs speech before a joint session of congress next week. also, a new worldwide travel alert as we approach the tenth anniversary of 9/11. national...

August 5th the plan has paid $668 billion of the 830 billion designated. that equals 889 days averages out to $743 million spent every day since 2009. and $30 million spent per hour. unemployment last month was at 9.1%. it was not at 7.5%. when the president signed the bill it was actually at 8.2%. lets listen to the president now on what -- we expect this to some economic and job focus. and well see if we can learn more details on what he plans to do for the economy between now and september. >...

Their level best to come out of their circumstances and theyve got this giant obstacle in the way. it is this presidents policies. >> greta: joining us karl rove. author of "courage and consequence." nice to see you. >> great to see you greta. >> greta: joke or wisecrack and admission of failure? >> well, i suspect it was meant as a joke. but the joke is on us. if anybody looked at the stimulus bill, 830 billion dollars, they would have seen out of the total 5.7%, 47 billion dollars was allocate...

At a bad joke. >> they knew from the get-go out of the 830 billion dollars in the stimulus bill 47 billion dollars went for shovel-ready projects. some of those shovel-ready projects are the high speed rail projects that are not being built and wont be. not even all of the 47 billions has been spent. not all has been obligated. certainly we haven«tten the kind of jobs that we were lead to believe we had. >> greta: karl, thank you. >> you bet. >> greta: tears flowing today in the casey anthony m...