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>> yeah. >> cleaning up the atmosphere. putting out fires in older cities, those were things for which they would deny funding. >> bill: lou dobbs will take on the barney frank propaganda tonight giving me a deserved rest. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ hi, im bill oreilly. thanks for watching us tonight. bad week for the obama re-election effort. that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. as we reported last night....

jane alexander signed on for the toughest role of all: chairman of the national endowment for the arts. shes here today to talk about her new book detailing her experiences with the n.e.a. its called command performance: an actress in the theater of politics. thanks very much for being here. ive enjoyed your book very much. its a-- its a terrific read both for people who care about the theater and those who have a commitment to free expression. i-i was struck, though, by a lot of the c...

any better. conditions in the midwest are the worse they have been in half a century. agriculture department extension food costs will rise. and a number of companies are reporting today. before the bell well hear from exxon, 3m, your nighted technologies, boston scientific, colgate palmolive, kimberly-clark, mcgraw-hill a few of the names. >> sounds like a busy morning. in other news to watch a couple key economic release, weekly jobless claims tn at 10:00 the national association of ...

>> thanks, john. >> excellent point, john. the reality is, i said this earlier, we need to come up with the money to fund our transportation train structure in this country. we need to find the courage to step up to the plate. we wont be raising any taxes. and thats not what im advoc e advocating, but i do advocate that we accept right now as a bridge -- excuse the pun, but as bridge to getting us out of an election season in which we can address seriously how to fund robust long-term ...

opinion about the republican likely nominee, romney, as both parties make accusations about their appeal to women voters. our phone lines are open on this friday morning for women callers only. you can post your comment on facebook or twitter, women only, for the first 45 minutes. but our next segment is on politics and men will be part of that discussion. good friday morning to you. we would like to show you some numbers and about how both parties are using those numbers to fight a wa...

o." "the washington post" has an investigation of earmarks. the story says more than $300 million has been steered home to lawmakers neighborhoods and districts. it is legal, but generally undisclosed. we would like to discuss this. here are the numbers. you can also e-mail us and find us on twitter. you can join the conversation on facebook by looking for c-span. lets take a look at "the washington post" front-page story. it starts off like this. host: as we go deeper into the story, ...

moving from democracy. the other tentatively is moving into it. the good news is cassocks stand. it has just had an election, has been criticized, far from an open and perfect election. overturning the authoritarian system that has existed for 20 years and has an excitement about it. a step in the right direction. for the first time, there will be more than one party in the lower house of parliament. the other and sadder story is hungary. once one of the jewels of europe looking as if ...

the other tentatively is moving into it. the good news is cassocks stand. it has just had an election, has been criticized, far from an open and perfect election. overturning the authoritarian system that has existed for 20 years and has an excitement about it. a step in the right direction. for the first time, there will be more than one party in the lower house of parliament. the other and sadder story is hungary. once one of the jewels of europe looking as if it was going to be a be...

>> tonight on frontline... for 30 years, americans have played a game with the banks, with the banks holding all the cards. >> changing the terms, raising interest rates, changing the rules of the games. >> consumers use plastic for 100,000 transactions a minute. it has produced billions in profits, and nearly a trillion dollars in debt. >> americans people simply cannot pay back the level of debt that has grown over the last 30 years. >> and the credit card industry even played a hand...

>> tonight on frontline... for 30 years, americans have played a game with the banks, with the banks holding all the cards. >> changing the terms, raising interest rates, changing the rules of the games. >> consumers use plastic for 100,000 transactions a minute. it has produced billions in profits, and nearly a trillion dollars in debt. >> americans people simply cannot pay back the level of debt that has grown over the last 30 years. >> and the credit card industry even played a hand...