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Theres plenty of division and that divide comes between generations of people, as profiled in "the next america," a new book full of evidence from the folks at pew research center. its about our desires, fears, hopes, and the increasingly elusive struggle to achieve the american dream. the books author paul taylor is with us from washington. paul, its great to see you again. >> thanks for having me. >> so one stat that i found pretty concerning was around trust, when you asked if people can be t...

Than the year before, same time this year. >> weather channel meteorologist mike seidel live in chicago, mike, i was looking at my weather channel app and it said its getting colder as the day goes on. classic question, how cold is it? >> well, johnny, hey, its so cold out here, brian, it is down to 3 below zero and the wind chill now 21 below zero. youre right, its been falling through the morning hours. the arctic front blew through last night, now were going to break the record of 10 below ze...

Administration, they cannot be honest with the american people, because theyre holding out for that one interview, every year or two with obama, that one interview every year or two with hillary clinton, and they do not have the capability of standing up for the people in this country, those that deserve honest, truthful government, and theyre not holding them accountable. i want your reaction to that. >> yeah. look, theres a classic question over centuries, who watches the watchdogs. me, you, a...

Administration, they cannot be honest with the american people, because theyre holding out for that one interview, every year or two with obama, that one interview every year or two with hillary clinton, and they do not have the capability of standing up for the people in this country, those that deserve honest, truthful government, and theyre not holding them accountable. i want your reaction to that. >> yeah. look, theres a classic question over centuries, who watches the watchdogs. me, you, a...

Its going to be a good time for -- >> does a gentrified harlem mean a gentrified dance theater of harlem? i dont mean that in the negative notion of what gentrification means. i mean in the sense of a different kind as there was a decade ago or four decades ago. >> the thing is, we want to put the emphasis on ballet on what is this art form and what does this art form do in this century. its not about one or another. to have a diverse group of dancers showing what the possibilities of the art fo...

Equity first twice the size of bain capital. white house saw no incon analysis stepsy in bashing of one private equity firm and milking of another. >> its not a question of whether private equity specifically is important or valid. its the vision you bring to the job. >> team romney struck back with the second web video in two days. this focused not on another plant thying today, but on the ordinary iowanss among the 23 million americans unemployed, underemployed or departed from the workforce. ...

Thought was a significant take-away from comments he want to push the fight before the election. theyll have some of votes before the election. put the president on the spot. i dont think its going to go anywhere. i dont think the president wants to have the debate before the election. its interesting that boehner seems to think, even with everything that happened last summer this is a winning issue for republicans. its something they can run on. >> bret: today, mitt romney said this is a prairi...

Happened in round one and threaten with a round two, democrats will say go ahead. make my day. >> bret: right. on the sequester, they are passing alternatives to sequester going nowhere in the senate. the question is if the republican party is the party doing something ase as opposed o not doing something. >> you wont have a republican hold the republican elect hostage on the debt ceiling so obama has a program on the debt. the house of representatives will support him. it will be enacted if he ...

Himself to the house republicans. that is something to watch more than anything else in this. at the end of the day, goodbye thanksgiving goodbye christmas. this is the tense period after the question. its fascinating theater. on the substance front. its important. i dont see an end dame here. >> bret: there will be short-term patches to get in next year to avoid a train wreck. you have wonder how that is going to happen with the politics of an election year? >> i dont think it can be patched....

Protest. >> the euro zone may be able to survive without greece, the question is at what cost? what will be effect. bret? >> bret: thank you. >> $5.12 trillion. china boosted the holding for a third straight month. its currently the largest buyer of treasury securities. we learn today that the justice department is investigating the $2 billion plus traying loss at j.p. morgan chase. the head of the company faces the music and the shareholders today in florida. box business network senior washing...