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Alan bjerga of Bloomberg News. It is a 21 billion a year program. How many people does that reach and what is the amount of assistance at each one of the individual recipients in the program gets . It has gone from the 20 million level and its been 70 billion now. It affects 40 one million americans. That is about one out of every eight. During the recession at one point it was one out of seven. You have seen the number go down. The amount of money people get can very much vary. Some people get ...

Details on senator ted cruz and his decision to run for president in 2016. And hans nichols is in berlin as the greek Prime Minister meets with the german chancellor. First lets hit you to the top stories we are following at this hour. Shares of previously owned homes came up short for the second month in a row. They were again below and annual sales rate of 5 million homes will stop the Real Estate Industry is struggling because of higher prices and a lack of inventory. We heard from the Federa...

Drought in the state of california. Manus cranny is in paris with highlights of his excuses interview with greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. First, lets get right to the top stories we are following this thursday. A number of americans filing for on a plummet benefits is that a 15year low. Claims averaged 282,000 a week over the past month, the fewest since june 2000. That raises a key question. Was the worst than expected jobs report last week an anomaly . According to the labor departme...

This government is not seeking some extra european solution to what is a european problem. Cory grace, meanwhile has named the 495 million loan payment to the imf which was once in question. They have also increased the emergency funding available to greek banks. The news from greece helped to propel banks today. The stock 600 index of 1. 1 to an alltime high. Investors hoping the Quantitative Easing Program will boost the european economy. Meanwhile, a new report out of germany showed productio...

Next year or so, there are going to be ramifications for that. They relate to implementation of the law. They tie everybodys hands because we cant get agreement on moving forward. We need to move forward and fix the things that need to be fixed. The problems in the launch at the federal level scared away a lot of early adopters, particularly in the business community. Thats not a good thing. The federal government has done a great job recovering and theyre moving forward really well. But we have...

Both parties, we want to begin with your comments on Third Party Politics in america. Is the country ready for a thirdparty . What type of thirdparty would you support and would you vote for a thirdparty . Our phone lines lets begin with some of the headlines beginning with the l. A. Times. The front page story that is the story courtesy of the museum. Theres is this from the , good care,icle bad debts. Coming up in just a couple of minutes we are going to turn our attention to thirdParty Politi...

Hour, but first, lets get headlines from my radio cohost, carol massar. We got some retail news to tell you about jc penney stock blazing in afterhours. Posted a loss of 1. 16 a share. Analysts predicted 1. 22 a share. Nordstrom posted firstquarter revenue and profit that topped analyst estimates. The company relied on ecommerce and outlet sales to drive up sales to nearly 3 billion. Warren Buffetts Berkshire hathaway disclosed its share of verizon. The stake is valued at more than 528 based on ...

Trying to change the energy market. Details ahead. All that ahead over the next hour, but first, lets get headlines from my radio cohost, carol massar. We got some retail news to tell you about jc penney stock blazing in afterhours. Share. A loss of 1. 16 a analysts predicted 1. 22 a share. Nordstrom posted firstquarter revenue and profit that topped analyst estimates. The company relied on ecommerce sales to drive up sales to nearly 3 billion. War and Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway disclose...

Host you can join the conversation on twitter, twitter. Com cspanwj. Or join the conversation on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Lets look at some of the headlines. Usa today. The president and republicans jousted again yesterday. Host the headline on the story from the New York Times. republicans are calling the impact overstated and citing spending as a key issue. Here is what americans are saying. The wall street journal has a new poll. You can see the breakdown of numbers on the opinions of w...

House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson is using the farm bill to address California's animal welfare law and return whole milk to school.