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We are back in southern california. home to some of the highest gas prices in the country, not that it is a bargain anywhere. national average is 3.83 a gallon, up more than 30 cents in the past month. the automakers are actually unlike in past years changing, innovating, in fact, consumers are changing in ways that are softening the blows. theyre changing their behavior in the production side and corporate side and on the consumer side. what we try to continue to push an honest political conver...

activists or government. u.s. officials say the american soldier who allegedly shot and killed 16 afghan civilians was acting alone. the unidentified staff sergeant turn himself in after the shootings. officials have not said whether he had mental health issues or what his motive may have been. meanwhile, the taliban have issued a statement vowing to take revenge against, quote, american invaders and savage murders. security officials and medical sources say israel launched a new r...

The beat who was going to, you know, have a lot more power than any regulator has and a lot more desire to actually take care of them and families that stand up for the banks. we have always had this split between that, which is the high watermark of the bill and then when you got to actually regulateding wall street, actually doing some things to prevent future bailout and changing the business mod on wall street which is the area i was walking on. the dodd/frank reform bill. >> we will blame y...

at least four people are dead and another 24 injured in a blast. officials are calling it a terrorist attack by an unknown group carried out with a homemade ammonium night trait bomb. experts are on on the scene and police have cordoned off the area. theres been a bombing in the city of qatar. the senior police official says 11 were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up. another 20 were bounded. the city has seen many attacks in a taliban cam been it destabilize the government...

>> we have over 50 tlts in unfunded liabilities, medicare, medicaid, all unsustainable. i think we need to do something in connection with the decision to raise the debt ceiling. it deals with the debt. both medium and short-term, medium term and long-term. that what it would take to get my vote. >> a cnn contributor, secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. now, he concedes no one knows for certain what could happen in the event that ...

Other so they can know if thats the best deal for me. when we can deliver that, then we have consumers who are better informed and making good decisions, and we start to have a competitive market in consumer credit that actually works, works to deliver lower prices and better products, just like it should. >> so youll get more information out there. youll have a more informed consumer. however, that was only one ingredient in the mortgage meltdown. greed was the other, both on the industry side ...

some serious concessions from democrats. >> we have over $50 trillion in unfunded liabilities. all of them are unsustainable. we need to raise the debt ceiling -- both short term, medium term and long term. thats what it would take to get my vote. >> will cain is a cnn contributor. secretary geithner said not raising the debt ceiling would be catastrophic for the economy. he concedes no one knows for certain in the event that its not raised. are republicans willing to risk sending this...

It cant close the gap all by itself. >> reporter: and on the consumer side, hybrid and electric cars are a viable alternative to their gas guzzling counterparts, but they represent less than 3% of the car market. in order to make a significant dent in our demand for foreign oil and, therefore, reduce gas prices, those cars would have to make up 20% of the market. so for now the only quick fix to high prices at the gas pump is a lifestyle adjustment. back in 2008 the last time americans experienc...

A provider or wherein a content company could pay to have its content prioritized. >> okay. what are the issues against doing that? >> the issue against doing that, first of all, that if you think about the cable system, you have premium channels, less premium channels, hob packages. the argument on the consumer side, this would mean that pricing for broad band internet would go up. on the business side the argument big companies like google or microsoft or amazon could pay to have their content...

Wall street still owns washington, better to have appointed federal former reserve chairman dictator in chief than to have let the lobbyists dilute what needs to be done. melissa francis, good to see you. >> these are not ringing endorsements? >> theyre not ringing endorts dorsmentes, a lot of people think the banks really got off easy. there are a few things in there, theres a regulatory commission to take apart banks that are too big to fail. if the worst happens, theres sort of a wave to be t...