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white house press secretary jay carney say no white house personnel were involved in the secret service sex scandal. who conducted the investigation? the white house legal counsel, with apparently, refusing to give any details on it. and at the same time, the gsa scandal continues to fester unresol unresolved. secret service, gsa, solyndra, fast and furious. and breaking news, "the washington post" reports that walmart is now facing a justice department federal criminal investigation...

and andrew ross sorkin and chief science correspondent bob bazell. thank you. you spoke to mr. buffett today, is that right? >> thats correct. he reiterated a lot of things he put out in the release. he feels great, is he not worried. this is survivable and doesnt change any day-to-day activities at this point. he said that the succession plan, one of the huge questions. the succession plans are not changed at all, and, larry, we talked with him, a cnbc interview with him back at the e...

2013. this taxmageddon should be priority number one to avoid destroying the economy. so far, congress is not nearly anywheres getting to it. plus tonight an obama administration official pleads the fifth amendment in front of congress. and hes still on the payroll. this gsa official wouldnt tell congress what happened to almost a million dollars in taxpayer money that reportedly went to an over-the-top conference full of mind readers and clowns. my special guest tonight oversight chai...

down significantly. but i remain an optimistic on stronger dollar and lower energy prices. youll hear more of my riff in just a moment. sizzle story number two tonight. fresh off victory in three primaries, mitt romney assumes the nomination, pushes back hard against the presidents vicious social darwinism attack on him, and some choice words of his own. take a listen. >> he wants us to reelect him so we can find out what hell actually do. with all the challenges the nation faces, this...

routine permit without all this political hoopla. were all over this story. and sizzle number two tonight, mitt romney wins big in illinois. and now the republican party is kohl lessing behind him. former florida governor jeb bush endorsed as did the freedom works tea party. now the most basic question of all, can romney beat obama. but first up this evening, lets get the lay of the land on this whole keystone pipeline. good evening, eamon. >> good evening, larry. president obama calls...

then the 130 billion euro bailout coming from the rest of the european un yor for greece is conditional on this deal happening today. whatever happens, it looks like the situation is likely to trigger a credit default swap, the cds event that almost a year ago everyone was so terrified of but now the european union seems willing to accept. all of this is going to unfold over the next day, the next 24 hours. i spoke with the energy minister of this country, the energy minister is the fo...

a few moments. then theres sizzle story number two. italy, spain and portugal downgraded by moodys, but a greek bailout deal does boost stocks. the dow climbed 73 points on our long march toward 14,000, strength of the better economy. thats my card. first up tonight, cnbcs eamon javers joins me with the details. >> good evening, larry. the obama administration is saying now is not the time for austerity as the president unveiled his $3. billion budget for the fiscal year of 2013. take ...

the ron paul dollar backed by gold. now more than ever, thats what we need. ron paul is my special live guest this evening. first up, a good comeback as stocks clawed back from an early 131-point drop to end just 6 points lower on the day. the european union continues to wrestle over the greek bail just. we have mike holland. david goldman is former head of fixed income research at bank of america, now president of macro strategy.com and andy bush, bimo capital markets contributed to c...

pythons? >> i did. >> did you read that story yet in "the journal"? >> i did not. >> so many pythons have been released, pets, that there are no medium size d animals in the everglades anymore. >> when he says medium sized hes talking about bobcats, possums. >> in some areas the population is down 99% because of all these pythons. can you imagine? this is like a movie. >> theyre going to start eating little kids next. >> lets hope not. >> so many have been released in the everglades bu...

obama is way out in front of the former house speaker in pennsylvania. meanwhile, mitt romney is launching an all-out offensive against the current front-runner, he held a conference call this morning with surrogates who work with gingrich back during his time on capitol him. wendy hiller is an associate professor of political science at brown university and richard wolf is an msnbc analyst. what should the white house as well as romneys team make of the new numbers in the fact that ne...