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jobs in march. unemployment claims are starting to slow down. the all-important unemployment rate comes out tomorrow. on top of that, the president just signed a new law making it easier for small businesses to raise money. >> because of this bill, start-ups and small business will now have access to a big new pool of potential investors. namely, the american people. >> we also saw something really unusual at todays bill signing. the man right over the presidents shoulder, circled in r...

Technological innovation takes time. >> everybody in america is screaming for lower gasoline prices and is he talking about well we need to get on to something else. it may be more expensive. that doesnt seem to bother him. >> the presidents alternatives can take even locker than drilling to effect gas prices. government projections show it will take years even decades before they can compete with oil. shep? >> shepard: jim angle live tonight in washington. jim, thanks very much. four years afte...

The gunfire, and a whole lot of fear spreading across that campus as you might imagine. so today theyre trying to figure out exactly who did this and then maybe at that point they can work toward the motive. police putting out this photo as soon as they can possibly get it. again, hoping that the public can answer those questions. back to you. jon: what a strange story. harris faulkner, thanks. jenna: well, growing outrage over executive pay at fannie mae and freddie mac, and now were seeing som...

Put online so we can see what the lawyers are charging. i know some of the law firms. how much do they charge and nothing costs $50 million in a legal bill. >> guest: what this report shows the lawyers are basically billing to the tenth of the hour meeting for every six minutes and fannie mae is most egregious. i have covered them in "wall street journal" and fannie mae sands out. because it was two that cooked the books, $6 billion of accounting statements in 2004. even the government stated th...

We should get the bill online, to know what the lawyers are charging. i want to know, how much are they charging for copying papers? nothing costs $50 million in a legal bill. nothing. >> what this remit -- report shows is that the lawyers are billing to the 10th of the hour, every 6 minutes for fees. fannie mae was frank rin reins and two other executives who cooked the books at fannie, even a government agency said that franklin reins and his executives, knowingly manipulated the books. the th...

It attracts good talent. he is still in the position to make other decisions. is it pretty much -- i know he justify saying attracting good talent. i dont consider good talent if you are failing. what about him? >> he served to the pleasure of the president. the president has been very silent on this. its his reiteration secretary that made the decisions on executive pay. the president hasnt spoken up at all on this. >> greta: that is what i dont get. people that make the decision at solyndra. w...

It attracts good talent. he is still in the position to make other decisions. is it pretty much -- i know he justify saying attracting good talent. i dont consider good talent if you are failing. what about him? >> he served to the pleasure of the president. the president has been very silent on this. its his reiteration secretary that made the decisions on executive pay. the president hasnt spoken up at all on this. >> greta: that is what i dont get. people that make the decision at solyndra. w...

Direction in his comments just before. and it wasnt about the net/net of jobs gained and lost, it was about the private equity capitalism model. which really has kind of overwhelmed our financial system over the last 30 years. and the real questions for romney in the long-term is, are -- is that sort of model, which really aggrandizes executive pay and really opens, you know, iffy companies to ruin, because of the debt that they take on, is that in the best long-term interests of our free market...

Get? >> i think its credible to the republicans, but newt was headed in a really interesting direction in his comments just before. nd it wasnt about the net/net of jobs gained and lost, it was about the private equity capitalism model. which really has kind of overwhelmed our financial system over the last 30 years. and the real questions for romney in the long-term is, are -- is that sort of model, which really aggrandizes executive pay and really opens, you know, iffy companies to ruin, becau...

>>shepard: this is "studio b" at the bottom of the hour and time for the top of the news. despite the struggling economy americas top c.e.o.s got a lot richer. according to the study that group keeps track of how businesses run the executive pay went up as much as 40 percent in 2010 compared to the year prior when total c.e.o. compensation fell by less than 1 percentage point. c.e.o. pay rose more than the stock market in 2010 and more than the pay for the average american worker by a long shot....