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Methane gas. despite that news, after three days of tests, thad allen, the governments point man on the spill, sees encouraging signs so the ongoing well integrity tests will continue with potential for additional extensions in 24-hour increments. bp and government officials have extended the testing of that capped well into a fourth day. >> as long as its holding the pressure thats building inside of it, thats a very, very good sign. >> reporter: the government might still ask bp to open the va...

Stimulate the economy. >> chris: let me jump in because i want to ask about that issue. there is a big vote, perhapses whetherk coming up on weather to extend unemployment benefits. republicans say it must be paid for. here is the presidents response. >> i have no problem spending money on tax breaks for those at the top who didnt need them and didnt ask for them but object to folks laid off in this recession who really do need help. >> chris: why is it that extending unemployment benefits has t...

That they didnt want people of color in this country. period. >> mr. webb, whats your reaction to that? >> well, my first reaction is that if you look selectively, you, bob, can find single examples in any movement. there are fringe elements. dale robertson has been discredited and has been denounced and is not a tea party member. mark williams is not a tea party leader, although hes perceived as such by some in the media and by mr. jealous. three, hes being a little disingenuous. he did in his ...

I mean, they are essentially -- >> about somalia. >> nationalists focused on conflict in somalia and view their terror attack in uganda this past week as an extensions of that because ugandan troops are in the country. >> that is changing. from what i have been told is a lot of the shabaab commanders are now burning somali flags that they dont -- they dont recognize somali nationalism. they see that as limiting that they have a bigger ambition, which may be regional because theres always been de...

Stimulate the economy. >> chris: let me jump in because i want to ask about that issue. there is a big vote, perhapses whetherk coming up on weather to extend unemployment benefits. republicans say it must be paid for. here is the presidents response. >> i have no problem spending money on tax breaks for those at the top who didnt need them and didnt ask for them but object to folks laid off in this recession who really do need help. >> chris: why is it that extending unemployment benefits has t...

Clyburn let me jump in. i want to ask exactly about the issue, there is, congressman pence, a big vote, perhaps that week coming up on whether to extend unemployment benefits, and republicans say it must be paid for here, is the presidents response: >> president barack obama: we have no problems spending money on tax breaks for folks at the top who dont need them and didnt even ask for them and object to helping folks laid off in this recession who really do need help. >> chris: congressman penc...

It will impede some economic activity, it will be a disincentive. generally since weve stopped extensions in the past of unemployment benefits at much lower unemployment rates -- in the 1980less we stopped it at a rate of 7.2%. were nowhere near where we were in the past, and i think talking about the unemployment benefits as a disincentive to look for a job is somewhat cynical given how many millions of people are looking for jobs, how few job openings there are, how long people have already st...

14.6 million americans have been out of work. they are out of work now. half of them, almost, have been out of work for more than six months. this is this continuing debate in washington about extending unemployment benefits for people very much split down party lines, but when you look at the maximum amount of help that people can get, its 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, almost two years of benefits. once those max out there is not a life line and no more unplimt benefits for them. at the en...

And the reason theres so much divide and debate over whether we can get people more, is do we have the money? it is really a growing problem when you look at the numbers on your screen. more than 14.5 million americans out of work. about half of them have been out of work for six months or longer. by the end of this year, its expected that a million people will have exhausted completely exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits and theres really not much else out there for them when it c...

Right now in this country, the maximum amount of benefits you can get for unemployment is 99 weeks, almost two years. at the end of this year, about a million americans will have exhausted those benefits without much other hope, without another lifeline. we talked to some of those people here in new york. take a listen. >> every time i go on an interview, its always the same old story. dont call us, well call you. >> ive had unemployment insurance to help me. so far. and pretty much exhausted tw...