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Scandal. ratko mladic is now under arrest in serbia. mladic has been on the run since 1995 when a u.n. tribunal indicted for him 8,000 bosnian muslims between 92 and 95. they still accounted for 28% of all home sales, six times higher than in a healthy housing market. they say the overall economy grew less than expected in a first quarter at 1.9%. they blame low consumer spending and government cut backs. heres how the markets are reacting to all of that, the dow down 62 points and s&p down ...

Jump. that could cause a lot more headaches on capitol hill. >> i also want to join us with the responses of the talk back question. several republicans proposing raising the social security retirement age to help the country save money. carol, give us a sense, what have folks been telling you about this? >> a lot of controversial issues today. they are all flying around on capitol hill. our talk back question is should the social security age be raised to 70? not just no, but no, no, a thousand...

As far as honda and subaru go, they are scaling back production in the u.s. because of this parts shortage. there just arent enough cars to go ahead and bill. as for subaru, theyre slowing down production at its plant in louisiana. and honda says its cut backs vary plant by plant. and new car production in north america will be reduced. keep in mind, one analyst says we could really start to see the parts crunch happen in april or may. a missing $5 part can stop an entire assembly line. kind of ...

Working as a trader on the chicago board of trade and the chicago mercantile exchange and then went to a futures fund and found another exciting place to use the skills he learned. he has four children ages 11 to 4, but now as a result of cut backs, charles is out of a job. he needs to get back in the job market. we give him 30 seconds to get there. he joins us live from chicago. you worked on your own for quite a while. is that still an option? >> well, you know, the pits in chicago, a lot of t...

Joining me now from capitol hill, vermont independent bernie sanders thank you very much for joining me. >> good to be with you, larry. >> whose ideas do you really hope get more attention tomorrow night? the presidents or congressman ryans plan to cut social security? >> thats an interesting question and i hope both of the ideas get significant coverage. we need a real national debate on what congressman ryan has been saying. i applaud him for being straight forward and forth coming and essenti...

Tamp it down. i mean, g.e. was able to tamp this whole thing down. and as i said, most americans dont even know whats going on over there. so, its hard for me to basically get outraged about it. is it important in the long run because all -- not all companies but many, many american corporations do these kind of things. >> when i think its a hugely important story here because g.e. basically cut deals subsidiaries cut deals with the iraqi regime which helped keep saddam hussein in power. one of ...

Tamp it down. i mean, g.e. was able to tamp this whole thing down. and as i said, most americans dont even know whats going on over there. so, its hard for me to basically get outraged about it. is it important in the long run because all -- not all companies but many, many american corporations do these kind of things. >> when i think its a hugely important story here because g.e. basically cut deals subsidiaries cut deals with the iraqi regime which helped keep saddam hussein in power. one of ...

Tamp it down. i mean, g.e. was able to tamp this whole thing down. and as i said, most americans dont even know whats going on over there. so, its hard for me to basically get outraged about it. is it important in the long run because all -- not all companies but many, many american corporations do these kind of things. >> when i think its a hugely important story here because g.e. basically cut deals subsidiaries cut deals with the iraqi regime which helped keep saddam hussein in power. one of ...

Parents to provide more. and cuts may be more serious. cuts to police and fire departments could potentially put lives at risk. we may be seeing some of that already. people in philadelphia are asking if this 12-year-old little boy had to die. he was trapped in a burning home but the nearest fire station had been closed because of cut backs. and this suspected serial killer was on the loose for months. most of his crimes took place in flint, michigan. christopher hany is director. are these isol...

People like you, do to pressure other democrat who is are in leadership to actually march down that path? >> dylan, i am doing my best. im doing my best by speaking out among my -- im the longest serving tin depend in u.s. congressional history. but im working with my democratic colleagues. we have to invest in america. we have to make fundament changes in the trade policy. we have to deal with the deficit that was caused by our republican friends, war on iraq, and in a progressive way, not rais...