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boris johnson, the mayor of london. he has a surprising message on the euro and on republicans. well talk about the olympics, of course. then, economics. a sharp discussion between two great scholars. robert skedelski, rbiographer o the euro, austerity, and fears of a meltdown. looking ahead to the real environmental summit, a sharply contrarian date from someone who says the whole thing is a waste of time. finally -- >> i am for free press, fair elections, and equal rights for w...

Our economy would be stronger. of course, congress refused to pass this jobs plan in full. >> among other things, the plan would have created or saved 400,000 education jobs. it would have done the same for thousands of police and firefighter jobs, and it would have jumpstarted new infrastructure projects across the country. when it was introduced, john mccains former economist said it would create 1.9 million new jobs and reduce the unemployment rate by 1%, and the american people loved it. 75%...

The inauguration is less than five weeks away. at the rate weve been going, another 500,000 jobs will be lost by then. the downward spiral is deepening and accelerating. congress and the president must act now. see? mitt romney once knew how bad the economy was just before barack obama became president. what did mitt romney and the president to do right then, right at that moment on december 19th, 2008? this is surely the time for economic stimulus. a stimulus plan is needed without further dela...

Five weeks away. at the rate weve been going, another 500,000 jobs will be lost by then. the downward spiral is deepening and accelerating. congress and the president must act now. see? mitt romney once knew how bad the economy was just before barack obama became president. what did mitt romney and the president to do right then, right at that moment on december 19th, 2008? this is surely the time for economic stimulus. a stimulus plan is needed without further delay. on the spending front, infr...

isnt selling arms to syria. secretary of state, clton, says the evidence is clear. vladimir putin isnt telling the truth. the job report for just a moment. we will begin this hour with dangerous weather here in washington and along the mid-atlantic coast. you see it there down to the carolinas. right this minute, things are especially bad right here in the district of columbia, maryland and northern virginia. highways are choked, airport delays, excuse me, are building up. the storms...

$49,000, unemployment would be 5%. so why dont they? because its uncertain. we need a rainy day fund. if we provide widgets, nobody will buy them because we dont have the confidence in them. you do tax, entitlement, and defense, and you then deal with the demand for infrastructure program that would create millions of jobs and would be a $1 trillion program on 50 national high-priority infrastructure projects like high-speed rail on both coasts, like a new air traffic control system. >> i though...

Money which was intended for shovel-ready infrastructure projects. which was intended to create jobs and it didnt happen. what the three hearings proved that management, the poor management started at the very top of gsa with the political leadership appointed by president obama. gregg: well this week we learned of alleged fraud, theft, misuse of federal taxpayer money. even kickbacks and bribes according to the inspector general. >> yes. gregg: neelys wife apparently had her own parking space a...

Because it would be fraud, because when you submit an expense report youre supposed to be giving true and accurate, plus receipts should be attached. what is more important for something that varies that diffe differently than what is the government stabbe established rate for a hotel room or per diem youd have to get a waiver from someone very s*r in the organization. once again that points to the top political leadership. bill: you have paoerpbs in this organization. where does that lead you t...

Megamillions pot of money veering towards $600 million. jon, what happens to your money when you make that bet is the question. when states enact lotteries about three decades ago they wanted to pay for things like education. i got to tell you, there is about 55, $56 billion of that, gambled on lotteries every year. only about, you know, 20 or 30% of that goes actually towards program like education. the rest goes towards operating the state lottery. basically for prize winnings and other infras...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com major new backing and a brewing new controversy for the republican presidential candidate mitt romney. hes picked up one of the most sought-after endorsements of the campaign, but a remark by one of his top aides is now threatening to overshadow it. our national political correspondent jim acosta is with romney who is holding a town hall meeting outside baltimore. jim, what happened? >> reporter: wolf, as you just mentioned mitt romney is about t...