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Sick, immoral, nur rottic. but is it a testament to women and choices they have, is it not? >> exactly. we have more financial freedom to make choices we couldnt make before has changed a lot. >> women have more control in their lives in general. economic independences a big driver but you need that personal independence, too. saudi arabia is a place where theres high levels of affluence, almost nobody lives alone because women cant opt to do that. whereas in countries where theres womens libera...

>> thats been a big driver, when women make enough money in the labor market that they can delay getting married or break out of a marriage thats not working. you see an incredible spike in living alone. let me tell you one place on earth where theres a lot of affluence and very little living alone is saudi arabia, because women dont have that economic independence. on the political side, what this means is the parties are thinking about how to tap into this single voting demographic, half of al...

>> and youve looked at this as a sociologist. what are the key things that you found that sort of characterize this surge in solo living? >> clearly these days people live alone when they can afford to. you find this in societies throughout the world, where theres affluence and welfare states, and also economically independent women. thats a big force here. >> economically independent women we have right here. susan has a question. >> im curious. when we say all these wonderful things about wome...

After the president called her, after it was exposed she is professional activist it unraveled and you say, she is the pathway to affluence, who wants to pay for her birth control? i am woman, hear me beg? is that it, to get men to pay for your birth control. that is a terrible message. >> connect the dots. white house needs someone to turn the discussion, they need to have the war on christianity, to call it and change it to the war on women. here comes mrs. fluke. >> it is manufactured and we ...

joke and somehow im responsible for that, thats gotcha. >> is the press trying to paint santorum as intolerant? tucker carlsons pwebsite launches an attack on media matters saying they gave marching orders to msnbc. >> the line we had from someone at media matters was we basically write their prime time. >> based on what? theres a troubling memo about investigating the personal lives of folks at fox. well have a report. plus, buzz businessen injbi jeremy lynn. why do journalists keep...

Communities large and small over the past 50 years. charles murray is the author of "coming apart, the state of white america 1960 to 2010" in his effort to show the widening gap of influence, affluence, and the quality of life between classes murray strips away race and ethnicity ultimately from the conversation. interested in your thoughts from both mark mekler of the tea party patriots, conservative guy. >> mm-hmm. >> and david degraw. >> the occupy guy. >> original zuccotti park occupier ful...

Speak to the legislature to make sure their congressional lines stay in place. its the opposite of what we usually talk about. the thing is they are still going affluence. but does many have any influence in your redistricting process? you say you have democrats and republicans coming in, but is it really that pure? >> i believe so. i think we had a good process this year in this great state of ours in california. we had, once again, republicans and democrats. we had people who very knowledgeab ...

unimaginable cruelty ive heard. it struck a chord as a father and a journalist and struck a chord with millions around the world. masked men came to his home, covered him with kerosene, and set this little boy on fire. its hard to imagine that anyone could do that to a child. you know, youssifs story isnt so much about cruelty. its about strength, its about healing and courage. heres our story. >> reporter: now 9, its hard to believe that this is the same youssif we met in baghdad four...

cruelty ive ever heard about. it struck a chord with me as a father, viewer, and millions around the world. men covered him with kerosene and set this little boy on fire. its hard to imagine anyone can do that to a child. his story isnt so much about cruelty but strength and healing and courage. >> reporter: now nine, its hard to believe this the same youssif we met in baghdad. no trace of the solemn and angry boy he once was. no trace of the boy who could only speak a few words of eng...

Game changer since he was already sort of falling apart before that but this didnt help. >> it felt like a backstage moment back in the day when they talked that way. i betcha $10 oo,000. >> i want to go to romney, explaining how his life has not always been easy. this is how he does it. and he has to go to his youthful days in france in order to make the point. lets listen to this. >> i grew up in a home with a great deal of affluence. my parents had done very well. my dad had grown up poor. he...