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horn of africa. the united nations says it has received half of the $2.5 billion it needs to tackle the crisis. china says it is slowing down its bullet trains and stopping new construction because of an accident that killed last month that killed at least 40 people. the accident was blamed on design flaws on equipment. and syrian troop -- efforts are growing to end the crackdown. under scored the urgency of the situation there. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news le...

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increases are a job killer, particularly when you have over 9% unemployment. >> norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. theres one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and thats because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, a...

with experts from the region. another consequence of the recession? green is no longer hot. well explain why that could be good. what is the cheapest city for a world in an american ex-pat. well get to the debt ceiling in a moment. i wanted to give you my take on something else of importance that happened this week. amid karzai was gunned down by a close family associate. he was hamid karzais half brother and ran the crucial southern provinces. his death has been described as a hug...

of the recession? green is no longer hot. well explain why that could be good. finally, what is the cheapest city for a world in an american ex-pat? well get to the debt ceiling in a moment. i wanted to give you my take on something else of importance that happened this week. ahmed walid karzai was gunned down by a close family associate. he was hamid karzais half brother and ran the crucial southern provinces of afghanistan for karzai. his death has been described as a huge setbac...

Medicare. take a listen to this and i have a question for you on the back side. >> steny hoyer is saying medicare must be on the table for discussions about deficit cutting. do democrats have a clear message that they will protect medicare? >> just reflect back just a few months ago. we saved one-half trillion dollars in our health care plan as it relates to medicare. >> sir, theres people out there who would say that the only way republicans can rescue the ryan budget is for ryan to actually ev...

At the same time on the house side stephane diony hoyer is saying that medicare must be on the table for discussions about deficit cutting. do democrats have a clear message? >> steny would reflect back a few months ago, we saved half a trillion dollars in our health care plan. we increased benefits, making things better. getting rid of fraud and abuse and we extended the life of medicare. so of course this is a huge plan and theres money to be saved. and we proved it can be done and take care o...

While on again, off again. now hes against it. we have newt gingrich said it was social engineering at its worst. so republicans speak out against it as you know newt gingrich had to walk himself back and social its social engineering by the right wing is one of the greatest plans to hit america. >> in terms of that forgive the term flip-flopping by newt gingrich, the multipositions on it by senator scott brown that you eluded to and the voting of new york 26, that all points in the same directi...

>> keep going. >> there arent any tea partiers exactly in disaster sites, as well. so that carries -- >> by the way, you raised a point. i saw a poll today in the favorite conservative newspaper "washington examiner" and even in the republican party, the most conservative of the parties, obviously, the tea partys doing about 60%. outside, theyre not popular. its stunning. >> right. >> very unpopular among independents, democrats and among republicans, three out of five. thats not exactly -- and ...

Independents, democrats and among republicans, three out of five. thats not xktly -- theyre benefiting. >> what do people want at a time of disaster like this? government, federal government help. >> cutting jobs in the space program in florida. >> local level, yeah. remember as well, taking a hit here for the budget cuts that republicans want more of. that just show that is if they really pushl it hard theyre all going to suffer. >> theyre real. >> thats not deficit cutting does not create jobs...