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and have a right to kill or capture enemy combatants trumps the fact that one or another of those combatants might have u.s. personhood wrapped around them. >> reporter: and the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee is in too, but she wants the administration to be transparent about its legal justification for killing an american without due process. >> i believe there is a good case. imminent threat beyond our ability to arrest him, the authorization to use milit...

Among them, this isnt leadership, to show real moral leadership, you try to follow international law instead of carries out the extra-judicial killing of an american citizens without bringing charges, you know, without bringing an indictment, without getting a conviction, that sort of thing. but from the consumer perspective -- >> you wont get the debate on the right. thats my point. >> youre exactly right, you wont. thats why you saw earlier today rick perry puts out a statement for killing al ...

hour. the details just coming in. an awol muslim american soldier now in custody in texas found with what the fbi is now saying is a large amount of bomb-making material near ft. hood. barbara starr is all over the story and will join nus a few minutes. first, debt debate but no deal. it all comes down to numbers. i dont mean 13-digit numbers with dollar signs in front of them. i mean this number. take a look here. five days until the treasury says it will run out of borrowed money. fi...

They rolled out the deals to try to get people to come back to them. you could see economic growth take a hit as well. if you look at food, energy, all the stuff going up, combine that with the housing problems, people arent feeling as wealthy. whatever the case may b some of the analysts have lowered their growth estimates for the quarter. you are seeing that happen. >> this is all feeding this inflation pain. long-term outlook is what? >> depends who you ask. the fed is saying the inflation is...

Or what. i mean when the media begin digging into something like this, there is a 100% chance you will find an e-mail, you will find a memo, you will find a renegade who says they dont like it. i dont hold a lot of credence to that simply because it happens in every case ive ever worked on, but it doesnt mean that from a consumer perspective you have to hold our hands and at some point the emotional love we feel for the product gives way to the fact that if i cant use it, its going to be a probl...

20,000 or 30,000 vehicles, the numbers were talking about are material. from a consumer perspective its hard to look a consumer in the eye and say this is going to make a lot of difference in terms of your experience based on whether you buy a ford, toyota, nissan or chevrolet. >> is it just another symbol that people need to get beyond for what was for a long time the perception of the inferiority of detroit. >> i think it is. cars coming out of the detroit car companies are very good cars toda...

You know this better than anyone. we continue to need this recovery to be more robust and to pick up steam. as we get into 2011, where are we in this economy and more importantly, where are we headed? >> another bright spot for next year. the share of americans paychecks that they pay for financial obligations like mortgage, credit card, debts, their main financial expenditures, that share is going down. its much lower than its been any time in recent memory. thats giving people more financial f...

Highs. retailers reported strong sales and consumers were feeling better as the year drew to a close. they are even saving more money. yet, christine romans, you do this every day. you talk about everything in the business world every morning. you know this better than anyone. we continue to need this recovery to be more robust and to pick up steam. as we get into 2011, where are we in this economy and more importantly, where are we headed? >> another bright spot for next year. the share of amer...