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Was effusive. you couldnt help like him while despairing of a lot of things he did. i found him terribly interesting. >> christiane, how much did chavez change not only venezuela, but venezuelas relationships with other nations? >> well, i think really a lot. and i think what larry just said, all these people larry interviewed in one day. i like to call it loosely, you know, the axis of friendship that chavez collected around himself. you know, really sort of professionally kicking sand in the e...

Benefits will be cut enormously. >> how much does the taxes go up? they found the young would face staggering tax increases in decade to come. taxes would have to increase by a whopping 86% in 2050 to drive the top rate of 73%, the highest since 1980. corporate rates would have to increase from 35 to 65%. >> it is clear you have to make explicit tax increase if you dont change the benefit of those programs specificall specifically. >> the cost of entitlement will increase the debt to unsupportab...

This is when i need to run for governor against chris christie? >> actually, thats not why im running. why im running, people ask me all the time, they say, barbara, it takes courage to run and i really dont feel that way. i dont see how i couldnt run. new jersey, the state that were in is just unacceptable. we have the highest unemployment in over three decades, its stuck at 10%. we have, you know, our property taxes are still the highest in the nation. they have -- the burden has increased 20%...

That we should let a sensible mindless blunt guillotine decide where we make reductions in our budgets to extract savings to reduce our deficits. we believe we can do this in a smart way. >> so new poll numbers out today from gallop showed the presidents approval has taken a hit since those sweeping across the board cuts known as the sequester kicked in on friday. his approval has dropped 46%, below the 50% number and the presidents disapproval number also at 46%. thats the highest weve seen the...

Morals. but im actually disgusted by this. it underscores the terrible values in america that say, you know, just do sports, just win a beauty pageant, win an academy award. you dont need to get educated. i happen to be dual citizen, canadian, there is no thing as a sports scholarships, only academic scholarships. if this guy wants to do well in our eyes now, give half the money and put it back into education. just saying. >> that was a whole lot she just said. ill say this, hes worth it, he des...

I think that is clearly what theyre trying to do. >> here is bush talking to matt lauer. >> i think its a little hard to imagine after january where the highest, biggest tax increase in american history took place to then go back to say that we have a revenue problem. i think the focus -- >> no wiggle room there at all? >> there may be if the president is sincere about dealing with our structural problems. >> jonathan, isnt this a no-no for the republican party to concede that there might be som...

>> well, jeb bush jr., the conversation in florida is he may run against newly elected congressman joe garcia, which would be a precursor to the dad saying, you know, id really like to get that republican nomination. how influential is this? is jeb bush jr. going to run? >> well, i think its been talked about since before the last election, before joe garcia won. we think thats not an easy district. joe garcia did great. he is still doing very, very well. thats a serious challenge. but what we h...

The cavs, carmelo anthony goes down hard there as he tries to pull in a pass. comes up limping. he leaves the game. soreness in the right knee. he says his knee has been hurting him for a couple weeks. he had an mri on it a couple days ago. the knicks, after anthony left, went on to win the game 102-97. some womens college basketball now. top-ranked baylor is taking on kansas state. britney griner, huge game, its senior night. second half here, she throws down the one-handed dunk. her 14th dun...

>> the u.s. has the highest corporate tax rate in the world and with tax hikes kicking in for all, companies and individuals are stark cash in offshore -- are stashing cash in in places like the cayman islands. >>gretchen: how can we keep the u.s. from dodging these taxes? ask stuart varney. good morning. >> it is more important to ask how can we get corporations with $1 trillion overseas to bring it back home to stimulate the u.s. economy? the answer is very simple. you lower the corporate tax ...

When the people of venezuela were suffering vitally when chavez was taking private property and making it public property and leaving a lot of people who lived in venezuela, not necessarily the poor because they seemed to do quite well. but some in the middle there was a lot of unrest in that country. i wonder if this is an opportunity for any sort of change in your estimation, maybe the people get control of their own destiny. >> certainly that is going to be the push in the opposition. the opp...