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Do business to the 11th. and he was in line to become the finance minister for the ukraine and he passed away in november. >> he will be missed. dan? >> as an ohioan, im going to give a miss to ohio senator rob hortman who announced he will not run for the presidency. lets make it clear, you have to respect somebodys decision to get into something like that, but people are worried about gridlock in washington and things not happening. no one knew more about why that was happening and what could ...

Pander or ponder this. >> you have the islamic rampaging in the middle east. putin is seeking iran. and the question is whether the president should be right on common core? >> dan, thank you. when we come back, lower pump prices give american consumers a boost and deal a blow to some of the worlds dictators. is there a downside to oils plunging? mheres our new trainer! ensure active heart health.

Facing sharp criticism from allies in saudi arabia and israel and deep skepticism from some members of congress, president obama this week defended last sundays deal with iran, praising the diplomacy he says is responsible for halting the progress of their nuclear program. calling the accord an important first step towards peace. >> huge challenges remain. but we cannot close the door on diplomacy. and we cannot rule out peaceful solutions to the worlds problems. we cannot commit ourselves to an...

But capitalism broadly but an attack on bank shareholders. its not coming out of the sky. its coming out of jpmorgan and im telling you many mutual funds across the country, if youre saving money in your 401(k), you likely got jpmorgan in it and as james said these attacks will continue. >> the people who actually did what the government is saying was bad, dan, arent even there anymore. it is the shareholders of the bank that are paying the cost, not the people who did the bad things. >> yeah, w...

It is time now for our "hits & misses" of the week. dan? >> big hit to bill cosby. he went on janovich stewarts daily show and told him that he really ought to stop all the cursing and swearing he does in his public stage performances. i mean cosby said cursing used to be a serious business. but now people are doing it just to get laughs. and i mean boy, is he right. little kids are cursing because they have learned it from dulls and i think this is a a really big hit for the bill take it. >> he...

Yet because much doesnt exist but the most interesting moment this week was when the president said at our wall julstreet jour cou council, it needs to be rebranded. whenever they get it up, the system of throwing people out of insurance and giving them more expensive policies they dont want is not sustainable >> thats the point, dan, is that really the website is the smallest of their problems. its the policy cancellation, the sky high premiums. those are going to last and those are much more p...

Time now for hits and misses of the week. steve, first to you. >> this week dreamworks rolls out the new movie "the fifth estate," grandizes julian assange, the organization that leaked highly sensitive information. all that it benefited was the terrorists. shame on hollywood. if you want to do your patriotic duty this weekend, do not go see this movie. >> joe? >> paul, the sharks are back. a hit this week to mark cuban, the owner of the dallas mavericks who beat specious insider trading charges...

Medal of honor for actions he took at the battle in 2009 in afghanistan, repeatedly running under enemy fire to save wounded comrades and get them to safety. barack obama talks all the time about how we are getting out of afghanistan. im glad were recognizing the best people we have and what they did while we were in afghanistan. >> here, here, dan. on the mark cuban case, its five years. this is nearly five years this case is going on. mark cuban is a billionaire. he could afford to defend hims...

Forcing a partial shutdown of the federal government and ra e raising fears of a default. its a partisan standoff. president obama insists he has nothing to do with. >> during the course of my presiden presidency, i have bent over backwards to work with the republican party. and have purposely kept my rhetoric down. i think im pretty well known for being a calm guy. sometimes people think im too calm. >> joining panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan headinger. wa...

Defunding obama care. until i am no longer able to stand. >> texas senator ted cruz, the republican at the center of the budget showdown, kicking off a 21-hour floor speech tuesday aimed at drawing attention to his efforts to defund obama care. but his tactics are instead drawing fire. predictably from those on the left but also from many on the right. were back with dan headinger and kim stozle and "wall street journal" political editor jason riley also joins the panel. kim, the senator said hi...