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Attorney general martha coakley. says its going to end most of its business in the bay state. and this is apparently in reaction to this lawsuit filed. coakley sued the nations five biggest mortgage services, bork, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, citigroup, and allied alleging the foreclosure practices were unlawful and deceptive. now coakley says she proceeded with a lawsuit after the settlement talks with other state attorney generals failed to yield progress. a spokesman for gmacs parent company...

America spends more money on the defense budget than all other countries on the planet combined. we can squabble maybe its 50%. but i just know the way washington works and youre starting to hear it now, barney, these defense triggers will be undercut by the white house and republicans. >> there are two things that i think make it somewhat different this time. there really is a pro-deficit reduction party. thats there. and people who are have for the first time -- pete peterson who has been very...

And ive been a democrat virtually my entire life. however short that life is. so im very dismayed by what we are witnessing. i dont make commitments at this stage of the game until i know who the other candidate is going to be. would you ask me whether or not i am dispointed in the lack of competency. absolutely i am. im one of many, many people who lost fay in the administration. >> well have more of my interview later on in the show. including his take on the 2012 republican field and which ca...

Bigger. weve received larger commitments. we now have 60 major companies, universities, labor unions, hospitals, cities and states. and they are stepping up with nearly $2 billion in financing to upgrade an additional 1.6 billion square feet of commercial and industrial space by our target year of 2020. thats more than 500 empire state buildings. i just had the chance, along with president clinton, to meet with representatives of these 60 institutions that are involved and hear firsthand how the...

that it is on the right track. merkel reaffirmed her confidence. we expect to hear from president obama about the drop in the jobless rate just minutes from now. the president is also going to be outlining a plan to upgrade buildings, make them more energy efficient. the administration says it will create tens of thousands of construction jobs. the president speaking about 11:10 eastern. well take you there live. senators trying to figure out a compromise today to extend the payrol...

Segment of our elect rat right now. were inviting every registered voter to come and participate. >> we want to take you now back live to george washington university. lets take a listen. >> might have been recipients but now are in a position to step up as major donors. china and other major economies are in a position to transition in a way that can help more people. to congress, keep working together. keep the commitments you have made in tact. at a time when so much in washington divides us....

The globe at fund to fight aids and tur burke loes sis is reaching a critical level. during a world aids day event, president obama pledged moneyç for the cause and vowed to continue the fight. >> im announcing new kmimt commitments, an additional $15 million for the ryan white program that supports care provided by hiv medical clinic across the country and $35 million for state aids drug assistance programs. weve got some stuff to be proud of. but weve got to do more. weve got to keep refinin...

a sign of better times ahead or just, i dont know, one feel good day for investors? >> it is a very big feel-good day. 490 points. we were talking about this yesterday morning. we havent seen a big move like that in 2 1/2 years but we have concerns here and as i pointed out to you yesterday, that was a defensive move by the world central banks to make sure that the oxygen is still flowing to the european financial system and to the capital markets. so, because of big danger signals ove...

I think highly of romney, and hes been the front-runner. newt, romney, one of those guys is moving forward. they both looked you in the eye and said theyre not going to raise your taxes. >> whos got the better conservative credentials? >> on taxes theyre both fine. on their commitments not to raise taxes, and newts put together a fairly radical, robust tax reform proposal. i think the most written-out one is now rick perrys of texas. his 20% top rate, kill cap gains, thats great. i think romney ...

That? it looks like if youre not a wall street bank, youre screwed. >> when you look at the fact that many on the right were making all types of claims about the t.a.r.p. money -- lets look at this from bloomberg. $7.77 trillion fed loans to banks. only $700 billion to t.a.r.p. what are we talking about? so while $700 billion went to t.a.r.p. that had some commitments had to be made, some collections, we had these loans in the trillions, over $7 trillion in loans with no strings attached that we...