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The takers rose to the surface last night as well. >> before too long we could become a society we were never ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers not makers. 70% of americans get more benefits from the federal government in dollar value than they pay back in taxes. so you could argue that were already passed that tipping point. the good news is, survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center right 70/30 country. 70...

>> for adult prisoners, we have the alaska corrections industries which is the furniture shop where they learn the skills of woodworking. but they really learn the skills of going to work every day, giving a full days job. >> some of these guys are the highest-paid guys in the institution. we start off at 85 cents an hour and it goes from there. >> greg houck has supervised the alaska correctional industries furniture shop for the last five years. >> we sell to private businesses, oil fields, re...

Assigns a dollar value to it. so you have bragging rights. so to speak. >> you have to have work. you have to have a purpose. and sometimes here they lose that purpose. particularly the ones that have, you know, the life sentences. >> the spring hill hobby shop offers additional opportunities for eligible prisoners to learn skills and work on personal projects. >> those model ships that are sailing ships, i think ive built like ten of those. those things take anywhere from a year to a year and a...

it is scary in the end. stay tuned. well tell you exactly whats going op. good morning. welcome to "early start." im john berman. >> im zoraida sambolin. 5:00 a.m. in the east. coming one a man who says he has been cured of hiv. dr. sanjay gupta talked to him. youll hear about that later this hour. really remarkable. plus, brett favre couldnt stay retired after all. hes back in football taking a job you might not expect. well tell you all about it. stay tuned. you need to watch befor...

jim spellman. hes standing outside the theater. we can see the neon sign behind you. lets talk first about this video. i know its black and white. what more can you tell us? >> yeah, police describe this whole apartment as being designed to kill. all rigged up to a trip wire at the front door. it took them almost two days before they could figure out how to dismantle this safely, ult the matly using water to render inoperable this control box. fortunately there wasnt a timer to it beca...

full extent of this until the cotton is picked and the kernels are counted. now setting them to stun, is it going too far? >> hello, everyone. im poppy harlow. a senior government official with 34 years of service now says hes on the side of the rebel upriding. he says he cant be part of a dictatorship any locker. youll hear him in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation, coming up. an eg...

he talked with cnns national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. >> governor, thanks for joining us. lets talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. ill put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didnt you clear this up sooner? >> well, i was the owner of an entity that is f...

bottom of the hour now. welcome back, im randi kaye. here are the stories we are watching. visa, mastercard and the biggest banks agreed to a historic settlement that totals $7.25 billion. it centers around credit card swipe fees. credit card companies were fixing the price of the fees. retailers will see the fees reduced temporarily. this settlement may cost you more when you swipe your credit card to pay. they will tack on a surcharge for credit card purchases. theres a but to that, ...

he was controversial. a bit on the edge. especially when i asked him about his murder of his wife, bonny lee bakley. >> i mean, i was worth $25 million. i could have hired somebody to kill her when she was in tibet or some place. she drove all over the country. she was out selling, doing her -- i could have hired somebody to follow her for ten months and make her disappear so nobody would ever find he for christs sake. i would go out to dinner to kill her? what the [ bleep ]s the matte...

it is $5.8 billion and counting. thats how much the nations biggest bank said it lost so far from a complex trading scheme that was supposed to hedge against risk. the updated figures came in as the ceo jamie dimon personally briefed analysts on second quarter earnings which still managed to beat expectations. team coverage this morning, alison kosik live at the new york stock exchange to explain how this could impact all of our wallets. lets start with felicia taylor. youre at jpmorga...