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The potential for a double dip and the debt challenges left unmet, theres a good prescription for the future, vote for barack obama. but if you want to unleash the power of the free enterprise system, tackle the debt and entitlement issues, repeal obama care, vote for mitt romney. >> we started out at 9,000 and now were almost at 13,000 on the dow. were unleashing the private sectors. people like you are making good money from the stock market through this president. so -- im not finished yet. t...

a high court is nearing the end of a remarkable six hours of arguments on four separate issues arising from the affordable care act of 2010. the session that began last hour is due to wrap up 45 minutes from now. soon after that the final health care arguments will center on the power of the feds to compel states to broaden medicaid coverage. we dont expect any decisions until june at the earliest, but our jeff toobin and kate baldwin will step out of the courthouse to bring us up to s...

227,000 jobs created last month. unemployment stayed at 8.3 percent because almost half a million people joined the work force. 1.2 million jobs created in the past month. there are still 5.2 million fewer jobs. what does all of that mean for the economy and president obamas reelection chance? >> good news is good news. on the hill democrats would say this is absolutely horrible and not good enough. 227,000 jobs is a positive trend and should that continue and should we see a drop in unemploymen...

Transgression against conservatism. that was a couple of days ago, santorum has seen his fundraising triple. >> bret: john, thank you. explaining his policy decisions, president obama today tried to bring the most powerful figure into the 2012 equation. the almighty. ed henry has that part of the story. >> speaking at the nonpartisan national prayer breakfast, president obama used the bible to make the case for tax fairness, the central focus of his reelection. >> i actually think thats going to...

Of human rights, the prisoners across the country. so the central bank is the pay master, its the central focus, and a weak point of the regime and the obama administration opposed the menendez-kirk amendment, bipartisan amendment, but not a single senator stood with them, they voted 100-zero against the obama position. martha: its striking because in an era where we barely see any votes that go the way this one did, 100-zero on this to pressure the central bank in iran but their argument is, if...

jet in 172 dressed as a priest. the fbi says wright then forced agents to deliver $1 million ransom dressed only in swim trunks to prove agents had no guns. he flew to algeria and vanished, until now. he was living in a resort town and is now fighting extradition. for a second day workers are hanging outside the washington monument at the very tippy top, checking each marble block. that earthquake that shook the east coast last month did more damage than first thought. >> these engin...

bridge collapses. sending a tourist bus plunging into the forest below and the death toll could get higher. clock is ticking and tensions are soaring and if you want an idea how things heat are over the debt crisis, listen to this. president obama storms out of yesterdays meeting vowing he will veto any extension of the debt ceiling that is only short term. reports say he said to aeric cantor, quote, many could bring down my presidency. the august 2nd deadline is looming and pessim...

The syria and israel border, but asad is killing his own people so theres a feeling that the u.s. has to do more there. you cant be bombing libya and not do more about syria. some people think if you push him out of power it might weaken iran and other enemies in the region, shep. >> shepard: president obama is expected to give a speech on the middle east this thursday. i guess we got a preview today. is that right? >> a source told me moments ago that there will be a mention of iran, but the ce...

And yuan evaluation is another issue. some believe the yuan is hugely undervalued. some are calling for as much as a 25% rise. an analyst told me that really isnt going to happen, toe, but says a nominal rise after this two-day dialogue wouldnt be unheard of. if that happens, it could be seen as a gift from the bank of china to keep talks going. adjust eed for inflation since last june, this is a 10% gain. u.s. hit rates not seen since 1993. right now, the u.s. dollar is trading at about 6.49 yu...

The bigger problem may be something thats very structural here in the u.s., piers, and that is the fact that the federal government develops and does develop very excellent guidelines. but the states are actually not obligated nor the cities to follow those guidelines. we have a federalist system. we dont have really national direction of disaster preparedness planning as they do in japan, as they do in great britain and israel and so forth. so we have more than 100 committees and subcommittees ...