Gregg Lets Devil News Today

Tax/fee? >> the problem is, gregg, were not paying for anything. the debt is over $15 trillion. were not paying for anything. were borrowing it. we are mortgaging our future. when a republican is in the, who the democrats say this is catastrophe. but now that a democrat is in the white house, we hear nothing about the debt. at least from them. we cant go on like this. nobody in the world behaves like this. all these people out buying their christmas presents are the last -- at the last minute, w...

Look, is the charity trying to expand because thats probably needed. >> absolutely. like we said, its tough for everyone right now, but we are seeing more people give. in fact, that food drive that we spoke about took place at six bases across the country. one young family who we spoke with at that toy drive and the food drive, mary and dean dewitt, they tell thus is their first christmas in two years. dean, who is only 27 years old, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, reminding us that military ...

Consumer confidence is rising, gregg, especially when you look at the numbers. some of the analysts we talked to say that holiday spending is projected to be up about 7% this year over last. e commerce has risen 15% this year. that is all of the internet sales. a lot of folks dont even step foot this a store anymore. economists tell us there are several reasons were seeing promising numbers this year. many retailers are offering a big deals to lure people to their stores. but as we also know, un...

Able to formulate more questions o for me, be more educated and i absolutely agree with the patients surveyed that the more educated a patient, the better they are. >> gregg: all right. the flip side is doctors are not very happy about this. theres a down side, i suppose. >> here is the down side, gregg. first of all, doctors think patients are going to worry too much cause there is a lot of technical jarringen in those notes. things like rule out lung cancer. well, i may not think lung cancer i...

Breeding orchard, researchers hope to use the best 15 to create the next generation. >> the only thing we want from the chinese trees is the blight resistant genetics. everything else we want from the american tree. >> experts say a viable american chestnut tree will have a small percentage of genetic material from its blight resistant chinese cousin. researchers are optimistic the program will be a success and one day again the american chestnut tree will provide not only a source of lumber, bu...

27 years. >> stores really do not mind that people are waiting until the last minute to buy. in fact, businesses anticipate the procrastinator rush, especially when you consider that the national retail federation tells us that half of americans wait until theyre shopping just this week before christmas. another reason why there are so many deals to be had in this final stretch. >> i think the retailers are generate ago lot of cash flow. their margin also be lower because of the deep discounting...

Is that it? >> well, thats one of the reasons. but also with all of the money thats been printed and the inflationary pressure, you will see interest rates rise. the short run -- excuse me, on the short end, you wont see those rates rise. but the long end, rates will rise and that will hurt bonds. anybody owning a bond fund, gregg, should get out of of that and get into money market. im telling you right now, get out of those bond funds. >> if you look at the average 401(k) and even iras and so ...

This is process down. i find a lot of times as im about to go into an exam room, the patient is reading their notes and i think thats fine. but sometimes the questions they ask are excess worry driven. a lot of the times -- here is the bottom line, gregg. i want the opportunity to explain this to patients. if they want to read their notes, fine. but i have to have a chance to explain what i mean. >> gregg: thanks very much for being with us. that will do it for us this christmas eve. thank you f...

Forth. thats going to mean more time for you trying to communicate with the patient. cause theyre going to have a million questions. >> no question about it. and a significant number of doctors surveyed, and this worries me, too -- said theyre going to write different notes. if they know a patient is looking issues they -- you as an attorney may zero in on that. you asked me before we came on if you thought there was a risk -- if i thought there was a risk of legal issues. i really dont. i dont ...

This year, times got too tough and they actually had to take from the program. >> gregg: we wish them all well and merry christmas. elizabeth, thanks very much. >> merry christmas. >> gregg: speaking of which, nor ad is tracking santa claus. not only is he bringing gifts to kids all over the world this christmas eve, he is breaking records along the way. the north american aero space command has 100,000 likes on their page and they have received a record number of calls from people wanting to kn...