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Little and could be humbled in the november elections, we still dont know. and there is nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal, right, tends to get desperate. >> i dont condone violence but the unions lost their influence over the last 35 years and are a shadow of what they were and to the remarks that have been made, now, from my -- the fellow panelist here, that they are doing the dirty work for the white house, what have they gotten, weve seen a constant and steady decline in earnings a...

Next week. so three storms, one, two, three, all in line. but look at how pretty the storm is. gorgeous looking storm, category four, 135 miles per hour sustained winds. you dont see this a whole lot, that well-defined eye, youre starting to see the colder cloud pops around the system developing. so we could actually have a category five storm on our hands. thats the highest on the scale. heres danielles path. the good news, its not going to affect land. great news. good news for the surfers out...

Blacks, hispanic, and on and on it goes. wait until you hear who gets to decide our punishment. plus stu varney just detailed the new job numbers today. the four week unemployment average is the highest in almost a year. coming up country music star john rich tells us what he is hearing from some of the folks hit hardest by this economy. >> the rest of us that live in the real world dealing with every day real issues are going, thats ridiculous and we are so numb to it now, you hear reports comi...

Economy is not recovering as well in karl rove, what is your take on that? >> well, these are another dismal sets of numbers for the administration and look, we have first time claims for unemployment the highest in nine months and we have unemployment rate stuck at 9.5% and an under employment rate at over 16% and we have all home sales in july, dropping to the lowest since 1995, new home sales number, being bad and this was supposed to be the summer of recovery in twhch the administration woul...

Banks try to cover the bottom line. >> reporter: the new numbers show the average interest rate on credit cards now stands at 14.7%. thats the highest since 2001. how did this happen? even with these new protections? banks are charging higher rates for customers now signing up for credit. and for existing customers, they were already hiking rates before these new protections could take effect. >> higher introductory rates. higher and new fees. >> doesnt make any sense when we have these new rule...

Banks try to cover the bottom line. >> reporter: the new numbers show the average interest rate on credit cards now stands at 14.7%. thats the highest since 2001. how did this happen? even with these new protections? banks are charging higher rates for customers now signing up for credit. and for existing customers, they were already hiking rates before these new protections could take effect. >> higher introductory rates. higher and new fees. >> doesnt make any sense when we have these new rule...

Martha: if you carry a balance you pay more on it now than you were a year ago, and, if you want a new card, or extra credit, on your existing card, if you raise any kind of red flag, you will not get that extra credit or the new card, so, the result of this new rule is to restrict credit to raise the price of credit, when you are supposed to be protecting consumers. gregg: the highest in a decade, and, yet, it is almost the lowest in terms of what, the overnight fed funds rate, that -- i mean, ...

>> now, we are back to bush. just keep giving tax cuts to everybody, why not. >> the presidents -- the democrats biggest problem is that they own the economy now. you cant go back two years and replay the tape. we passed a stimulus that didnt work. >> i agree -- >> where are the republicans when. >> chris: im going to pick up on that. news thisad economic yews this week. unemployment claims up to half a million. the highest since november of last year. the nonpartisan congressional budget office...

>> now, we are back to bush. just keep giving tax cuts to everybody, why not. >> the presidents -- the democrats biggest problem is that they own the economy now. you cant go back two years and replay the tape. we passed a stimulus that didnt work. >> i agree -- >> where are the republicans when. >> chris: im going to pick up on that. news thisad economic yews this week. unemployment claims up to half a million. the highest since november of last year. the nonpartisan congressional budget office...

They know theres a problem and in greece and states like california, new york, our home state and voters are not stupid. they know sacrifice has to be done and that involves cutting spending and reducing the tax burden on the american people. >> neil: ronald reagan would have got nowhere if he didnt see a bang for his tax cutting bucks. do you think it will happen in jersey? >> when the income tax, one of the highest in the country, the high rate came up and everyone thought it would be renewed,...