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Vacations you take. americans are not savers, but we are workaholics. a survey from expedia.com shows not only do americans get less vacation than everyone, they also dont seem to take the vacation they get. richard, whats going on with the rest of the world? are we all just lazy? >> no, stop that now. reverse the question, ali. whats wrong in the united states? youre archaic. it is prime evil. it is medieval. the way in which people get two weeks vacation and even then feel guilty about taking ...

so he is running counter to conventional wisdom in that people still blame president bush for the current state of the economy. so i dont think its -- while it looks like a great number, republicans ought to be jumping in and saying, oh, wow, the president is really vulnerable. when you look inside the numbers, he is less vulnerable than that would imply. >> lets take a look at some of the notable republicans who have said no just for the month of may for running for the gop election. ...

Went skiing? growing going did for three days. that was -- hard work. >> heather: a new survey fanning the u.s. is becoming the no -- finding the u.s. is becoming no vacation nation. jeremy campbell has those details. >> reporter: it is a mass departure downtown, 5:00 friday the beginning of memorial day weekend. fewer workers will be taking monday off this year, by choice. >> simply, a lot of times they dont have time to take their full vacation because they are probably trying to do the job of...

Reuters, 57% of americans did not take all of their vacation time. lets talk about why. we will check out the numbers from career builder.com, and 25% say they cannot afford to take time off. 12% of you cant foot the bill for a trip out of town, so you dont go. and so when you add up the numbers to 37% of americans wont take a vacation this year, that is more than one-third of the people in the country. talking about how much vacation time we all get. according to the survey by expedia.com, amer...

And france. america lags behind in the amount of vacation thats given to employees. thats the topic being debated in todays "your money." >> richard, i got a story specifically for you here because it is a real treat to have you here working as opposed to on one of those several vacations you take. americans are not savers but we are work holics, a survey from expedia.com shows not only do americans get less vacation than everyone, they seem to take less vacation than they get. whats going on wi...

as you explain, basically saying we would not carry out any operations inside pakistan, and in return, you would allow us, our senior leaders, to exist and live here in pakistan without coming after us. the key here is that u.s. officials say at this point they dont see any evidence that al qaeda actually presented this plan to pakistani officials. right now all they have is that it atears to be an internal discussion. >> cnn got immediate reaction from the u.s. ambassador. lets listen...

In chicago with the thunderstorms rolling their way off towards the east. hopefully well get into a bit of a quiet part. may the first couple weeks was quiet, but obviously now were paying the piper so to speak. once we get through this system, well get a little bit of a break. but severe weather season as you know kind of goes right through june. >> been a bear this year. >> it has been. but summertime is right around the corner. >> thats right. >> hurricane season. >> thanks, rob. >> we believ...

thanks so much for being with us on this wednesday. good to see everybody this morning. you know the pictures are coming in, new pictures, and the devastation, continues for the midwest. >> thats right. ali velshi in joplin, missouri, where they had a harrowing night. hi, ali. >> good morning, christine, kiran, it is a better morning here. people counting their blessings. a near miss last night in joplin, missouri. everyone taking shelter and bracing for another twister that thanchgful...

Result exploded, sank to the bottom of the ocean, and pumped millions of gallons of ocean into the gulf of mexico threatening a quarter of americas wetlands not to mention the gulf region economic stability. you know, tomato/tomato. what is not in dispute is the result of tony haywards metaphorical ship captaining. as a reward for his i guess leadership lets say during this really stellar moment in bps corporate history, tony hayward is getting a severance package plus pension payments that amou...

Expedia.com made $1.4 billion. ray ronny of oxidental petroleum $857 million. steve jobs of apple made $749 million. richard fairbanks ceo of capital one made off with $569 million. okay. so ceos in other words make an astonishing amount of money and we know that. if weve learned anything from our friend tony hayward it is not because they are all great at their jobs and totally worth it to the company they work for. ceo pay is not in fact a meritocracy but a result of the cozy relationship betw...