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broadcasting. well have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a porno...

North carolina after going blue in 2008, they swung deeply red in 2010. the political consensus is that it will be difficult for intellectually serious attempt -- >> to massively balloon the deficit? >> to deal with the debt problems. mitt romney, as a political matter, you will see him walk back from elements of the ryan budget over the course of the next couple of months. what he outlined tonight is a big philosophical disagreement. hes saying its not the job of federal government or the unite...

I think you saw mitt romney tonight very effectively preview his. >> i totally disagree. >> which is shocking to me. >> mitt romney, even if you just look at food stamps. even if you look at the student loan thing, hes trying to run as the guy that fully embraced paul ryans budget. he made an ad that made it look like paul rye yoon was running and not him. paul ryan cuts food stamps and allow interest rates to double. if theres a clear distinction, the two sides are both mitt romney. whats his p...

Careening down the path toward a debt crisis. its a serious attempt deal with the countrys debt problems. mitt romney, as a political matter, you will see him walk back from elements of the ryan budget over the course of the next couple of months. what he outlined tonight is a big philosophical disagreement. hes saying its not the job of federal government or the united states to decides who gets what piece of an ever shrinking pie. were all in this together. that everybody benefits from economi...

Helps the short-term and right now, i see it as just a balloon expanding and expanding and lets hope one day is doesnt pop. >> if its the wrong course of action to take, why are we involved in it? >> because, we dont get to make these decisions and it comes out of washington and comes out of washington with the imf and the european commission also. and were just little puppets here, as they play on the merry-go-round using our dollars and by the way, these are not real dollars, these are dollars...

Fires and rescue an economy in crisis caused only about 12%, a very small fraction of the increase in debt youve seen over this period of time. the vast bulk of the increase in debt is a result of the policy choices made by his predecessor to finance very expensive tax cuts by borrowing to finance two wars by borrowing, finance a big expansion of medicare by borrowing, not cutting other spending or raising taxes. thats the bulk of the contribution. as a broad challenge we face as a country, they...

Crisis caused only about 12%, a very small fraction of the increase in debt youve seen over this period of time. the vast bulk of the increase in debt is a result of the policy choices made by his predecessor to finance very expensive tax cuts by borrowing to finance two wars by borrowing, finance a big expansion of medicare by borrowing, not cutting other spending or raising taxes. thats the bulk of the contribution. as a broad challenge we face as a country, they are mostly about how to get th...

The stock market is off to its best start since he was president. mandy drury is here. >> reporter: this past quarter has been a best stock start since 1998 with the dow up over 8%, the s&p 500 up 12% year to date. the techs were really the stars. the nasdaq was up 19% in the first quarter. the best since 1991. why? its been a combination of things. youve got continued easy money from the fed. youve got improving economic data and even the massive debt problems in europe was somewhat resolved. i...

authenticity of this. opposition activists say at least 5 the people were kill add cross syria monday and another 12 were killed this tuesday. more than 50 world leaders gathered in seoul, south korea to discover nuclear weapons casting a shadow on the summit is north koreas plan to launch what it calls a peaceful satellite next month despite pressure, north korean state media says pyongyang will not abandon the launch. im monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. goo...

Military service, active and retired, they will pay more in terms of pharmacy co-pays, theyll be paying more for brand name drugs by mail, theyll be paying more at retail outlets if theyre not buying them at military bases. and the problem is a lot of americans who are serving overseas whose families are not near hill tear bases -- hill tear bases -- military bases. a lot of organizations like the vfw and others are speaking out loudly and saying this is wrong. megyn: well, theres a real questio...