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Did. >> paul: you two are going to be competing on that idea. >> here are some things we did in minnesota, talking about my record. one is we have one of the highest if not the highest rate of use sages of health savings accounts in the country they work. number two. we move towards getting consumers in the drivers seat. getting good information about price and quality giving them financial incentives to use it wisely, incentivising producers providers of the service. hospitals, clinics, the doc...

President obama has tapped the middle. even with a recent boost in the polls, it is a long road to 2012. charlie cook is an msnbc analyst. >> you can call me lumpy, though. >> were not going to call you lumpy, though. stop it, charlie. anyway, lets talk about new polling out there. it shows 54% of voters approve of president obama. those are his highest marks since april. what do you think is behind it? >> weve seen across the board the higher marks over the last couple of years. in some of thes...

Weather, and go ahead and make your bets moscow and dress them whether they are relied later, what are the markets telling us? more of this? >>guest: right now it is really cold and more is expected. it is pushing the price of heating oil up. when that price goes up the oil price goes up because people are demanding more heating oil. while that happens, the other major product coming from refined barrel of crude, flynn. heating oil is 2 1/2 your high the highest since september of 2008 and it wi...

It should really be a year round jobs program. look, when we put people to work, its a hedge against crime. when we put people to work, it stimules the economy. i think that this year there ought to be a focus on jobs but a special focus on those communities where the unemployment rates are indeed the highest. so we would encourage people to follow us, the national urban league, our 12-point jobs plan. we look forward to working with president obama and his new economic team as well as with memb...

Journal" poll shows people split 45, 46%. where does it go from here? >> the republicans dont have the strength to repeal this in the senate, even if they did, the president would veto it. largely symbolic and acting out of a republican campaign issue. the other issue for the republicans, what will you do in its place? a lot of things are popular. like keeping students on their parents health care plans or children up to 26, not really children any more on their parents health care plans and not...

Providing the health care and we need the same thing for children and fog 26-year-olds and those with pre-existing conditions. >>neil: you are using this woman to make a statement and you are right to argue in defense of something you believe passionately but i am saying you are using the wrong photograph. the wrong old lady. >>guest: no, i am not. you are distracted because im telling the truth and you dont want to hear it. >>neil: i am distracted because it is like in my business, if i use the...

The press gets medium great, just barely a majority support the way the press covered this tragedy. support for stricter gun control has dropped, except for a few exceptions. a majority, now support 57% support banning high-capacity clips like loughner used and a full 83% want more funding for gun registries to make sure we can track people with mental illness so they cant buy guns. >> some of the other findings from our new poll offer good news for president obama. 54% now approve of his job pe...

Might have to go along with this thing and raise it but if you agree to do that, should you then get something in return and what would it be? >> absolutely. i think one of the critical things we have to look at is this is an opportunity for us to put in place some of those budgetary control measures to make sure that maybe we dont have to continue to ask for this debt ceiling to be erased. so i think that we have to cap federal spending, you know, about 20%. i think when you look at the fact th...

Martha: the highest, more formal invitation we can offer to another country, and there are tense times between our two countries. the white house says not raising the debt ceiling would be an economic catastrophy if we were to let that happen. but former governor tim pawlenty says republicans should quote call their bluff. >> you have to be willing to stand up to a culture, a history, a pattern, 21% spending in my state for four years and say we are not doing that anymore. im glad we had that sh...

Specialty. diana olick joins us in front of a massive home being built in potomac, maryland. doesnt seem right. >> reporter: no, it doesnt seem right at all, and thats why its our story today, richard. home builders are downsizing. their confidence is low but the builder of this home has no problem with confidence. take a look at this megamansion. 32,000 square feet of cement and steel. he says its the most solid home youre ever going to find. when you say your home is your castle, this is what ...