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The american people. >> i just never thought of you as an optimist, but let me say that mitch mcconnell, senate republican leader, told me in a recent interview, i said, so where do you want -- what next? where can you see yourself coming together with the president? he said, entitle reform, i can see us doing that. are you game at the white house for entitlement reform, and what does that mean specifically? would you agree to a larger -- a higher age for retirement and social security? would yo...

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Offe ared new ideas for gthe lat 20 months and speaking of new, is wonder whats new about more stimulus spending, more taxes on more uncertainty for american small businesses? thats what the president is proposing. >> at this moment theres a huge debate raging in washington about extending tax breaks enacted under former president georgoe w. bush. they are set to expire next year. and their fate takes on a whole new meaning as worries ouow about the govenarnments financial situation. and as your...

Thing spicier, the g-20, to go into this thing saying theyre not in agreement or whether thats really the case. the bottom line is were still stuck in economic problems and the leaders have come in with different views about how to get out of it. people will say, cant countries have different views? in the last year and a half, the world has worked in absolute concert, the central banks and leaders have come together to agree that the governments will put in as much money as necessary to make su...

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Europes debt problems will spread. >> from cnbcs maria bartiromo to sue her, a, co-anchor of "power lunch" on cnbc. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> i tell you, you know things are bad when the dow ends up losing 348 points and everyone is thinking oh, thank god. are we any closer to figuring out how this happened? >> it is odd when lou at a loss of about 350 and thats the recovery. but it was frightening yesterday to be sure. whether it was a fat fingered mistake or trading glitch...

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