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Scared. about 28%, less than a third say they are scared. >> reporter: i think thats debt. by now a lot of people know our currency keeps going down and down and down. i think that worry about the future, that particular question refers to our debt problem and dollar problem. bill: how did you feel looking back in your homeland today? >> reporter: ill tell you the truth. i had tears in myees. i am a hopeless low man particular, the sight of two fine young people out there telling the world we lo...

Mixing up two different problems. one is the debt ceiling problem, and the other is the question of long-term american debt. and when s&p came out with its warning, it didnt tie it to the debt ceiling, it talked about whether we, in fact, have a credible plan to deal with the deficits in the medium term and long term. that is serious, and the s&p is not the only group. look what pimco did in baling out of all its treasury bonds and warning that interest rates could easily go up in the next few m...

Medium term and long term. and that is serious. and the s&p is not the only group. and the imf has warned of this. look at what pimco did in bailing out of all of its treasury bonds and warning that interest rates could easily go up in the next few months. i think the long-term debt problem is a serious problem, regardless of what happens to the debt ceiling. on the debt ceiling, i agree, i dont think were going to go over the debt ceiling. i think were going to have one hell of a fight between ...

Be out in 2012. weve gone after the republicans. this is not about party politics. this is about americans. if this country goes bankrupt, are our children and grandchildren really going to care if it was republicans and democrats? no, its congress and they need to do the job they were sent to do. >> amy cramer sending the message on this good friday. thanks so much. and up next, ditching the dollar bill. americans arent embracing the change. why saying good-bye to the green back could help ou...

Their staffs are working. theyre working and theyre trying to come to a compromise. because its so is he severe, it sounds like they are compromising. >> theyve worked for many, many months and all hours of the night and basically secret meetings while other stuff is going on to see if they could hammer something out and what theyre saying is basically not everyone is going to like what were doing. we need to increase taxes but radically reduce the size of government in the united states. the g....

About cutting spending. this is nothing new according to politico.com. lawmakers from states where nasa, space agency, the corporations typically awarded these contracts operate, have long pushed for the continuation of space programs. even when they arent exactly popular. states like alabama, maryland, texas, utah. lawmakers from those states insist their support of projects like this one stems from the overall importance of the u.s. space program. and there is something to that argument. they ...

And youve got an incredible story about the biggest debt problem facing americans. >> yeah. well, you know, our nations credit card debt is crazy high. and guess what, another debt most of us owe has just zoomed past it, making that look like chump change. what are we doing wrong? how can we change direction, and why is this important to us and our children? well find out. eliot? >> tough time for much of the middle class, for whom we know the job numbers and the income numbers over the past dec...

All over the country to support the aclu so from a financial perspective they will make millions, if not tens of millions from contributions for stupidity. >>shepard: thank you drew and arthur. president obama is headed out west to promote the plan to reduce the deficit. the first stop is headquarters of facebook. and the president is using social media to debate the debt problem in washington. we will have a live report ahead. [ older brother ] h, thats the last crescent.

I wouldnt call it particularly courageous. >> the presidents plan cuts spending and raises taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year. republicans say tax hikes are a nonstarter and argue the presidents proposal fails to cut enough spending to seriously address this countrys debt problem. shep? >> shepard: rich edson from the biz live in washington. rich, thanks. a grand jury handing up a 15 count indictment against the former rutgers university student accuses of using a web cam to spy...

Officer of rothschild, lady linda rothschild joins us live and grammy award winning country music singer because we needed one, larry gaitlin. >> must have one on every panel. >> bob, lets start with you. s&p said the united states could lose its triple a credit rating unless they address the debt problem. thats the last thing the president needed to hear this week. >> last thing our country needs to hear this week. the good -- >> its true! >> good news is we have republican leadership and parti...