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Spending more on social services, shelters, subsidies for affordable housing. jobs program. >> this solution is irrelevant to these kids, because they are not planning on settling down. they dont want housing. >> rely on the generosity of others. theres some generous people. >> there sure are. >> thank you so much sir. >> this begger collected $8 in less than an hour. past minimum wage. >> can you help me maam? >> thats me with a beard. thank you. since people wouldnt give john stossel money i h...

Went undercover. >> ready to free load? the new john stossel. >> i hit the streets and started begging. i didnt want to get in anyones face, most of the time i sat on the sidewalk with a sign. at first i tried the basic homeless, anything will help sign. it worked. after half an hour, i switched to this sign. i had seen beggars trying this more honest or funny approach. i begged for an hour, but i did well. i did for an hour day, $90, $23,000 a year. tax free. >> bill: ive seen you on the weeken...

I think legally, its going to be over fairly soon, to be honest with you. martha: you may be right. we dont know that as of now. but it will be very interesting to watch anthony weiner, congressman from new york, as he navigates this. if he makes suggestions about what would be better for the city of new york than the current healthcare reform plan. well watch that very closely to see what he thinks would be better than the plan pushed through congress. gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. martha...

Anti-aircraft fire are going up and the plan is gone and you can see where it ended up, the bomb, out there, and looks like they missed this time. >> reporter: we are seeing a real change here in how the rebels are acting the past two weeks and when we showed up they seemed almost drunk on bravado and didnt care for help from the u.s., didnt want anything from the international community and now are begging for a no-fly zone as they retreat. a couple of them yelled, where is obama and where is t...

The attacks, the top u.s. intelligence officer warned the leader isnt going to stop. >> we believe that gadhafi is in this for the long haul. >> libyan opposition commanders say a massacre is under way. some are begging for a no-fly zone. clapper suggested the biggest threat is not from gadhafis fighters jets. >> theyre -- theyre doing this visually and have not caused very many casualties, though some physical damage. >> reporter: but gadhafi has plenty of firepower to maybe a no-fly zone opera...

And he -- he basically pled out to them. he said, yeah, he didnt deny that he had attacked brooke mueller. i mean the man has an anger issue, a rage issue and i think the more that people like you who have this incredible platform to come from who are -- i dont want to use the word enabling but sort of egging him on, tickling that little funny bone that says, yeah, yeah, this is -- hey, ive got dna and i feel like people love to watch a circus, right? its not funny anymore. >> no, heres the thin...

Internet now? is it social media that is that community? >> its living on -- its begging for a physical space. and i think youll see everything is coming both on and off line and books will be no different. thats why i talk about that shift in how we buy books. a lot wont change but it will get more niched just like social media. you cant discount the human factor. nor the social media factor. >> shelly, pete says were -- where pete says he likes books, physical books, a lot of people do. one of...

Shirt? >> ann compton wrote to mike allen how gorgeous his jacket is. >> lets talk about justin bieber here for a second. apparently justin bieber and mike gundy have like a little mutual respect thing going here. its their choice of ringtones. heres what we heard when biebers phone rang during a live interview last week with radio disney. >> went bungee jumping. >> hey, jaden. thats my ringtone for everything. come after me. im a man. im 40! he said dont go after some kid. whos been doing every...

Or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said not today, son, im getting ready for work, and im cooking and all that, and, he and michael just kept begging, please, let me go, so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> i love you mama. and rode off and just as happy as he could be. >> steve branch, christopher buyers and michael moore were all...

Hobbs, remembers it like it was yesterday. >> we wasnt home probably five or ten minutes when michael moore came over and asked if stevie could come and go ride bikes with him. and i was telling him, i said not today, son, im getting ready for work, and im cooking and all that, and, he and michael just kept begging, please, let me go, let me go, so like a lot of parents do, i gave in and said okay. >> do you remember the last thing stevie said to you? >> i love you mama. and rode off and just as...