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Buying opportunity. >> he wont tell us which ones, be will we know at 9:30? will it be obvious? >> probably not. he told us there are two stocks hes been a longtime shareholder of. he says he bought about 60 million worth on friday, hes going to buy more today, and the more the market drops, the more he likes it. >> here comes the oracle. becky quick, as always, great stuff. thank you. the economy, toppling incumbent after incumbent in europe. what does president obama have to fear from that? ...

We are. has he spent money in virginia? yes. was the money spent in terms of getting to virginia, some of that money that was in the supplement? yes. and that is going to be very, very big in terms of people saying, where are we? where were we? and where we need to go. i think the president will be better suited to continue to show that we are, indeed, better off, and can even be better? >> governors strickland and wilder, have to leave it there. im sure ill have you both back. you know your sta...

The standards i just talked about, those individuals will be held accountable. in other news former john edwards aid andrew young is back in court. he was called by federal prosecutors in the criminal trial. both sides gave opening statements after the jury was selected. edwards pleaded not guilty to violations of campaign finance law. and the sanford police chiefs resignation was not accepted, they said who months of investigation is necessary, he heads the department facing national scruti...

Try to say the word indices. >> too many tongue twisters today. >> it is. what i hate about this walmart scandal they played to the worst stereotypes of what americans think is the way to do business in mexico thats actually not the way to do business in mexico, anyway, becky, thanks very much. florida senate race is getting downright nasty, its my "deep dive" in what is likely seen a key race for control of the senate. plus former vice president dick cheney gives very public advice to mitt ...

Federal charges that he illegally used campaign funds to hide his extra mmarital affair. despite spend issing over $700,000, tea party activists failed this their bid to not off veteran utah senator orrin hatch, although the vote was close enough it is forcing hatch into his first primary since 1976. hatch needed 60% of the vote at the convention to avoid a primary but was shy 32 votes out of 3,908 votes that were cast. folks, hatch is a heavy favorite to win the primary itself. president ni...

And alleging that walmart officials in mexico were handing out bribes to try to get their stores open more quickly, permitting done. the allegation in "the new york times" is that when higher ups beckon, they tried to cover it up rather than turning it over to u.s. officials and this is now playing out in a very large way. the foreign corrupt practices act which is the anti-bribery laws in the united states, thats a question whether they had been violated and theres going to be some big investig...

Booker was treated for smoke inhalation and second degree burns on his hands. the neighbor is in stable condition. arizonas governor jan brewer has signed a bill barring most abortions in the state after 20 weeks except when the mothers health is at risk. now, seven states have similar laws now. and democratic state senator linda lopez said the law was "a horrible thing to do to women." governor brewer said she was trying to protect both the mothers and the rights of the fetus. man who accus...

Some point in that process, zimmerman lost track of trayvon martin. and then he was attacked from behind by surprise. thats why they have said this was an act of self defense. and, yes, we do expect that the so-called stand your ground law will come into play. thats what the sanford police department, the first attorney general, the first state attorney who saw this, thats why they did not arrest zimmerman. and that is what we expect to be his defense, self defense. >> ron allen from sanford, fl...

There to carry things through, it means we have to see some very, very strong economic numbers in order to really see numbers start moving up on wall street again. >> the safety net is going to be pulled away. all right, becky quick, thank you, maam. >> thank you. >> up next, focus on the fall. president obama around mitt romney. they are both firing their opening sal voes in the general campaign. we are looking at how this works. plus, the name game. why do politicians xling to their old titles...

When you attack business, and you vilify success, you are going to have less business and less success. >> cnbcs becky quick joins me now. i wanted you to hear that. those are the two sort of contrasting reasons both are giving for why is the roux ecov good not great. >> they are both correct. the president is correct when he says if the local economies were back on track and we had more local and state employees, we would see significantly lower unemployment rate, about a percentage point. mitt...