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chunk of time every day. im not looking for more ways to be on television. and no one in america seems to want me to be on more. so im trying to,ifnyin its very nice. its like a classy airport lounge. its beautiful. but im thrilled to be here. >> im thrilled youre here. im a huge fan, as you know. now, take me back to the first moment you made somebody laugh. do you remember it? >> yes. it was about four years ago. i remember it very well. it was my wife. we had been married at that po...

im a huge fan, as you know. now, take me back to the first moment you made somebody laugh. do you remember it? >> yes. it was about four years ago. i remember it very well. it was my wife. we had been married at that point for seven years. lets see. i think -- i dont remember the exact moment. my mother claims that as an infant i mashed up some food in my high chair and was throwing it around and laughing and it was making my mother laugh and her brother, my uncle, said dont laugh, its...

so im trying to, if anything pull it back. but i couldnt resist this. you have this beautiful lucite desk. its very nice. its like a classy airport lounge. its beautiful. but im thrilled to be here. >> im thrilled youre here. im a huge fan, as you know. now, take me back to the first moment you made somebody laugh. do you remember it? >> yes. it was about four years ago. i remember it very well. it was my wife. we had been married at that point for seven years. lets see. i think -- i d...

the reason i came here today is the first time to see the president in person. >> you are from los angeles. >> i am here for the pre-college program at carnegie mellon. >> so this is a lesson in politics? >> yes, it is, and is cool to see him a hundred feet away. he is right in my front yard. it will be interesting. >> what do you expect to learn today? >> not only how particulate he is, because i have heard he is an amazing speaker, but how he gets people to vote for him and his diffe...

program giving a lot of people on capitol hill this preferential treatment. it was called the friends of angelo program now, the report today names a string of lawmakers and regulators from both parties, democrats and republicans, who benefited from this vip treatment. senate budget committee chairman, for instance, democrat kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the former ceo of...

to last into the weekend. >> heat, extreme heat, so hot part of a roadway near downtown chicago buckled and cracked. people working outside in the windy city were dreaming of a cool breeze as temperatures soared past 100 degrees. the citys been swamped with hundreds of heat-related emergencies and officials are asking the public to check in on elderly or frail neighbors. >> nothing prevents any one of us from doing a well-being check on a neighbor or someone who may need assistance. >>...

the sun is showing no mercy. the mercury soared again today in the central and eastern united states, with temperatures in the 90s and over 100. the weather service put out a heat warning for much of the region, including illinois. the temperature in chicago hit 103, breaking a record that had stood for more than a century. and the heat wave may be aggravating a crime wave. there were 22 more shootings in chicago overnight, five of them deadly. so far this year, the city has cid 270 ho...

how were settling out on wall street stock exchange. volume deadly today, 530 million shares traded in a shortened holiday week. technology catching a bid at the end of the day. 1354 the last trade for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq was the lowest area. and in the red all day after the jobs report showed that the u.s. added an anemic 80,000 jobs. theyre not betting on any federal reserve to prop up this economy, but should you rule the fed out. well get to rod smith, raymond james, and ric...

Former countrywide financial corporation gave discounted housing loans to top lawmakers in order to gain influence in washington. among them, former senate banking committee chairman, democrat chris dodd, current senate budget committee chairman conrad. several more democrats and two more republicans on that list. and it looks like the perks worked because the companies results consulted by congress on a number of issues. even though it was their subprime mortgages that helped start the nations ...

Duo from the g.o.p. bobby jindal, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty will hit the trail for romney in the same exact state and theyll counter the presidents repeated attacks on romneys time at bain. looking for a loan? hopes if youre a member of congress. the former head of countrywide gave loans to top lawmakers in order to gain influence in washington. who were these lawmakers? there they are, former senate banking committee chairman democrat chris dodd. former chairman and several more de...