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solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many of them. a simple answer would be the cleanest, the most convenient, out of control deficits or stimulus. its barack obama or george w. bush, but its not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, masked the underlying fact that lo...

solutions and right now, those solutions, many of them, lie with congress. but there are causes and there are many of them. a simple answer would be the cleanest, the most convenient, out of control deficits or stimulus. its barack obama or george w. bush, but its not that simple, not that satisfying. one cause however does stand out amongst many. cheap and ample credit. for years the ability of almost every working american to access more credit than they should have been able to, mas...

this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why its down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if americans are worried about the economy, they delay making important purchases and a perceived economic slowdown can easily become a reality. okay. so its happening. but why? well, probably the...

proof. thats fair. so here you go. you probably know that more than any other developed nation, the u.s. economy is driven by its citizens and on how confident they feel about their future. this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why its down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if ame...

congressman peter king in new york is chairman of the homeland security committee. hes been briefed on the plot and joins us on the phone. what are the latest you can tell us? >> i got briefed by secretary napolitano and john brennan. basically its a nonmetallic deaf vits, intended to be put on an american-bound airline. it never made to it the airline. its right now as you said being tested and analyzed by the fbi. obviously a concern would be that being unmetallic as to whether or no...

everyone, its 10:00 here on the east coast. they have foiled a terrorist plot to blow up an airliner, theyre not saying where, oar when it happened. heres what we know, according to the fbi an improvised explosive device was seized and fbi officials are investigating it. its a nonmetallic explosive similar to the one the underwear bomber used in his failed attempt in 2009. similar but not the same. the plot has the hallmarks of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and president obama was...

briefed on the details and joins us on the phone. >> ive just discussed this. its a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on an american bound airline. it never made it to the airline, its right now, as you said, being tested and analyzed by the fbi. a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this would affect the security in our airports. this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about -- sometime last month. sometime in april. its ...

we are joined by congressman king on the phone. whats the latest you can tell us? >> we spoke with napolitano. a nonmetallic device that was intended to be put on a american-bound airline. it never made it to the airline. its being tested and analyzed by this fbi. obviously a concern would be that being nonmetallic as to whether or not this could evade security in our airports. thats a really concern. also, this is an ongoing operation. this particular part of it occurred about some ti...

afghanistan this week, it is now increasingly clear that the united states is winding down its massive military commitments to the two wars of the last decade. we are out of iraq and we will soon largely be out of afghanistan. threats remain, but they are being handled using special forces and intelligence. finally, after a decade we seem to be right sizing the threat from terrorist groups. or are we? we leave the battlefields of the greater middle east, and we are firmly committed to ...

why lyndon baines johnson could get things done in washington and the lessons for today. and is china changing from a company into a country? ill explain. first, heres my take. whatever you thought of president obamas speech on afghanistan this week, it is now increasingly clear that the united states is winding down its massive military commitments to the two wars of the last decade. we are out of iraq and we will soon largely be out of afghanistan. osama bin laden is dead, al qae...