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A boon to democrats, and the ever-growing hispanic electorate that republicans dont have any interest in you. im not sure thats the case. if we break this down and take it just beyond that particular congressional district in virginia, it was a very mixed picture. it a more comfortable, more conservative state? the statewide primary, he wins easily. so, that, it seems to me, counters the argument -- >> he ran a good primary. he ran a good race. so did mcconnell and so did boehner. >> i know it i...

Rebecca jarvis has the details. >> reporter: you remember george clooney in "up in the air" counting his miles and who hasnt done that? >> i dont spend a nickel if i can help it unless it somehow proves my mileage account. >> reporter: for every mile you flew you earned a frequent flier now. now with uniteds changes its based on what you spent, not the miles you travel. take one flight, the people in the front of the plane that pay more will be getting more miles than the people in the back. >> ...

>> reporter: you remember george clooney in "up in the air" counting his miles and who hasnt done that? >> i dont spend a nickel if i can help it unless it somehow proves my mileage account. >> reporter: for every mile you flew you earned a frequent flier now. now with uniteds changes its based on what you spent, not the miles you travel. take one flight, the people in the front of the plane that pay more will be getting more miles than the people in the back. >> theyre in longer frequent flier ...

Of sugary drinks is to tax them. a professor said with a tax of $12 cents per ounce could lead americans to kconsume 1,500 fewr calories a year, and that is one of the national soda summits kicking off today, and the doctors are leading the e researchers and individuals across the country are meeting in washington, d.c. to look at the initiatives to lower the consumption of those sugary drinks, and joining me is ellie krieger from the food network. and you know when people say, tax, you are seei...

Alternative universe here, im not sure where those numbers truly come from. and you look at the medical device, youve lost about 33,000 real jobs right now. youre going to lose about 123,000 according to all the studies from the medical device people. this is one of emils businesses. this does hurt business in a real way. talk about subsidies all you want. somebody is paying for it. >> more people have health insurance, how is that going to lead to less consumption of medical devices? that is th...

>> fascinating discussion. thank you both. up next, the worlds biggest sporting event is less than two months away. but the host country has gone from boon to basket case. why? stay with us and well tell you. cmon, you want heartburn? when your favorite food starts a fight,

Even in the smallest way, to be coming to terms with that proposition. >> richard, weve got 30 seconds. do you think that the obama administration is pursuing this correctly, or very quickly, what would be your central advice to them? >> i would pursue it, fareed, with much more urgency and intensity. i would do something about american energy policy to begin the process of waning the europeans from dependence on russia. i would put much more diplomatic emphasis on ratcheting up the sanctions to...

Here. and what happened with credit cards? everybody moved this delaware because delaware had the lightest consumer protection laws. and thats why credit card companies are able to do anything sthept, because youre allowed to buy across state lines. and they pitch this as if its some boon to consumers that all state consumer laws on insurance would be wiped out. you know, im not sure that the speaker actually believes that statement, because if they had to put it in writing, theres no way that t...

Thats particularly true for a little financial company called bain capital, founded and headed the up for 15 years by mitt romney. what bain does is rain tens of millions of dollars, invest into businesses, give some business advice, and sell their shares to the public at a profit. in other words, this is a company that became one of the top private equity firms today. and in the process, they helped revolutionize american capitalism, which has been a boon for private equity and some of their sh...

Thats particularly true for a little financial company called bain capital, founded and headed the up for 15 years by mitt romney. what bain does is rain tens of millions of dollars, invest into businesses, give some business advice, and sell their shares to the public at a profit. in other words, this is a company that became one of the top private equity firms today. and in the process, they helped revolutionize american capitalism, which has been a boon for private equity and some of their sh...