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Gasoline going up and it is already hitting people and we have in the gotten to the summer yet. how big a problem will that be when gas prices maybe spiking higher. >> i am worried about inflation for the following reasons. as you just showed on the screen, food prices impacted in directly because of increase in transportation costs. they have gone up. now, here is another very frightening thing, since gas prices have doublinged in -- doubled in the last two years consumers have nowhere else to ...

1/2 years ago. a supply-demand imbalance. we have to get the supply up or were going to face ever increasing oil prices. >> as i look at that chart, you see that it goes up precipitously over, above libya. it just spikes up. libya only produces 2% of the worlds oil. why is the effect so great? is this uncertainty and fear youre talking about? >> it is a compounding effect. what happens is, it is not just libya. it is the seven other countries in the middle eastern region where all bets are off. ...

Situations in the presidents job approval a point, two points here and there. the news cycle on this issue has not really played out yet. i think there is more of a -- more of a compounding effect here because its a question about leadership, bill. its not particularly about this issue of the ground zero mosque. it is whether or not the american people perceive barack obama to be a strong leader, a strong president. >> bill: i think thats a legitimate point that he doesnt seem to handle these ki...

Job approval a point, two points here and there. the news cycle on this issue has not really played out yet. i think there is more of a -- more of a compounding effect here because its a question about leadership, bill. its not particularly about this issue of the ground zero mosque. it is whether or not the american people perceive barack obama to be a strong leader, a strong president. >> bill: i think thats a legitimate point that he doesnt seem to handle these kind of situations, the cambrid...

Actually up a point from yesterday, standing at 44%. 55% of americans disapprove of the way the president is handling the job. joining us now from washington democratic consultant alicia menendez in for alan colmes tonight. here in the studio fox news analyst monica crowley. i begin with you, monica. i was surprised. i thought that like mayor bloomberg in new york who got pounded on this issue, that president obama would take a hit in the poll today, maybe it will show up tomorrow or later on in...

Situations in the presidents job approval a point, two points here and there. the news cycle on this issue has not really played out yet. i think there is more of a -- more of a compounding effect here because its a question about leadership, bill. its not particularly about this issue of the ground zero mosque. it is whether or not the american people perceive barack obama to be a strong leader, a strong president. >> bill: i think thats a legitimate point that he doesnt seem to handle these ki...

And it allows this compounding effect to grow and grow and grow over time. >> and generally speaking, its easy to understand, a 401(k) or a 403(b), because youve got somebody at work you can call. probably have some website you can go to. an i.r.a., ryan, it gets one level of greater complexity, because its one removed from your workplace. but can actually be more beneficial. there are a couple kinds of them. whats your thought on i.r.a.s? >> well, basically, in terms of the traditional versus t...

Youre 65, you have a lot more money. as a matter of fact, if you wait ten years and you start saving at 35, you only have half as much money. its really important to put this money away tax-free as donna and ryan are suggesting and do it as young as you can, and if youre going to get a match, again, its free money and it allows this compounding effect to grow and grow and grow over time. >> and generally speaking its easy to understand a 401(k) or 4034 4 40 3 b that you can call. there are a cou...

>> it cost us $5 billion. it may have cost us lives. do you fault the budget control act for the death of the sailors? >> two answers there. one, were waiting for the studies to come out, the reviews to come out, hugh. those will be coming out shortly. the second is fundamentally, yes, i do. the navy is an organization that is biased to action. no is not a word that is easily reached for in the lexicon. we will do when tasked. we have been overtasked. we have been stretched thin. 16 years of war...