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Everyone in congress. calculate what they owe for everyone they do. stounts should have to calculate whether or not they could pay it back. they should see if they can afford it pay off the debt, right? >> wayne, it is not going to solve the debt problem filling out a form with a flop. >> did you see the form? >> yeah, right here. >> you have to be a moron. it is it like a yes, no exam. these are for people going to college. you have to be blind not to fill it out. the congress is blind. and it ...

Government but across the country. huge pension liabilities and cities, thats as big as the national, federal debt problem and weve got to take that on. i think governor rendell is right, if you make the case, point out this is not an attack on public workers, this is just saying, many cases we can sustain more public workers by getting finances under control. >> what you talked about in terms of what you learned along the way in politics, telling the truth when talking to people. >> tell the tr...

look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. >> he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? well have a live report from the middle east. >> but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried o...

Economist, i do believe that mitt romney has a proven record of bringing economies back. he brought down unemployment as govern governor. he created jobs as governor. he was effective as a business person overall and i think you have to apply the principles. when you have someone with a record and understands the concept of growing this economy through businesses and streamlining and savings and all of these things, i think you have to take it to account and look at that and see how hell apply i...

Megyn: you helped get president clinton -- >> ive worked on 600, 700 campaigns all over the world. megyn: but this president has continuously said, all i want to do with these tax hikes that im proposing is bring us back to the clinton era and business was booming and the economy was booming, so dont act like this is some huge -- the messaging on the small business is a different thing. >> the clinton tax increase was required to insure that -- if you look at the outcome of the clinton years thi...

Influence of europe. i am not sure you can compare decades to each other, economically. >> you can certainly compare the naysayers in 1993 who said when we adopted the program, the economy was going to go into the tank and unemployment would go off the charts. none of that happened. we had a good economy. you are right, this is a different time, a different economy, which is why we are saying, everybodys $250,000 taxable income for everybody -- all 100% of us, it is first $250,000 wont see a tax...

Are two big problems that ceos are paying attention to, one is the debt problem in europe, which just doesnt seem toned. you know, it looks like maybe it got a little bit better recently but this is going to go on for a long time and a long time before we are out of the woods on that. that could affect our economy some what not directly, but still has an effect. the other is the fiscal cliff we keep hearing about big decisions made in washington. that explains why businesses are not hiring and w...

Towards $16 trillion. my next guest had enough but hes not any guest, 18 years old, charlie kirk and charlie is on a mission. he wants to educate young voters about the debt problem by these means, if you will. hes putting them on facebook and twitter. very clever. hes trying to get the word out. charlie, you call it generational theft and youre so passionate youre delaying starting college by at least a semester to get the word out. >> thats right. turning point u.s.a. exploded. were using uniq...

The market, the housing market is starting to turn around marginally. the second largest region in terms of foreclosures. high unemployment rate. starting to see light at the end of the tunnel in stockton. good times have come back and they have fixed the debt problem. it looks pretty katcataclysmic paper. but trying to close a shortfall. maybe they could have managed if they werent obliterated by the housing crisis and financial crisis. >> what about the state of california? any talk about gett...

>> reporter: yeah. they had hard-fought races. charlie rangel, of course, had been censured for ethics violations, so he was vulnerable. but in the end he was victorious over four different challengers in his harlem district thats now largely hispanic. >> i can tell everybody who doesnt know this district or the bronx, when im walking the streets of the bronx, i feel my district in the blood and the minds and the ambitions and the things that people want for their children. >> reporter: and utah...