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Progressively convincing investors and savers that they were right to have confidence. this is not complacency for any country. this is clearly a change in the overall attitude of the spanish government and in the overall attitude of those who are observing and judging in terms of confidence of investors and savers. now, again, as i said, this is no time for complacency. decisions are in the pipe. >> he carries on, nina, that its the scale of the debt because of greece, ireland and portugal. $78...

In tokyo, just a historically bad day for the nikkei. falling a stunning 1,015 points. while in hong kong the hang seng plunged 667. and it is that ongoing nuclear crisis in japan on top of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that has rattled tokyos stock market to its core. yesterdays 6% nikkei drop saw a staggering $287 billion in value just wiped away. this morning, adding insult to injury, the nikkei nose-dived another 10.5%, losing another half a trillion dollars in value. here at home, m...

For last month, is for 45 billion of that to be taken away, to be cut out and used to pay down the deficit. thats what republicans are calling for. i want to show you what the cbo says the stimulus has cost us. we thought it would cost $787 billion. now they are telling us so far it is $814 billion. more than was expected by billions of dollars. well see how the fight plays out and whether republicans win or not in getting a cutback on that stimulus. >> thank you, poppy. david letterman apologiz...

The biggest problem for him and i think hell talk about this a lot tomorrow night in the state of the union, but the biggest problem is he faces the same fiscal constraints, maybe bigger fiscal constraints. >> but interest rates are zero. clintons biggest fear was higher interest rates persistent rates are effectively not there. how can you say its the same situation? >> same situation except for the budget deficit is even larger than it was then and a lot of economists say interest rates are lo...

Are low today the worry is that those rates will rise in the future if we dont lay out a long-term plan for dealing with the long-term structural deficit. >> but chris, heres the thing. barack obama in the stimulus package, $787 billion passed in february of 2009, that was more public investment than bill clinton managed in eight years. so the issue now is defending what obama already achieved when it came to public investment. the republicans want to roll back spending to 2008 levels. obama is ...

Situation? >> same situation except for the budget deficit is even larger than it was then and a lot of economists say interest rates are low today the worry is that those rates will rise in the future if we dont lay out a long term plan for dealing with the deficit. >> heres thing. barack obama in the stimulus package, $787 billion passed in february of 2009, that was more public investment than bill clinton managed in eight years. so the issue now is defending what obama already achieved when ...

Statement saying he misspoke. he said had i been in the u.s. senate at the time i would have voted against the bill. great way to follow kerrys lead. voted for the $87 billion before betting against it. randy johnson a bad idea? randy: sorry man, you all right? man: yeah, im good. yeah you just winged me. randy: think anybodys going to notice that? man: yeah, probably. maybe we should just go sledding... vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

Things, do you say -- >> there are times that we can get along. but there are also times that if people are not getting along, its like the principal needs to send everybody to their rooms. and so right now, we can ratchet this down. we can calm down. but the mosque does not need to be built there. this is part of a larger context that the radical muslims are going after. >> four separate presidents have called on andy andrews for inspirational sayings. hes one of the most sought off public spea...

-- plot. new figures just out show president obamas stimulus plan will cost $27 billion more than originally projected. >> what? >> the c.b.o. saying it will cost $814 billion over a decade instead of the $787 billion price tag originally said. now report says the economic package added as many as 3.3 million jobs between april and june. those are your headlines. >> lets talk a little bit about mayor michael bloomberg. he has been very clear from the get go as soon as this became a national stor...

The host of the willis report, how did the congressman boehner suggest changing the climate? >>reporter: he wanted to keep the bush tax cuts and make sure congress does not cut jobs. lets keep things status quo, and do not go after initiatives that cost money or will cost people money. dollars out of their pockets. or jobs. sheriff deputy the >>shepard: the other side says we have to do something. >>reporter: look at the spending, stimulus, $787 billion. tarp, $598. $284 to unemployment benefits...