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Jack cafferty is here with the cafferty file. jack? >> at least one in six people in the united states gets government handouts. unemployment insurance had, food stamps, medicaid, rent subsidies, aid to dent depend children, you name t lots of americans get money for more than one of these programs at the same time. republican congressman ron paul of texas says we simply cannot afford all of the entitlement and welfare programs that we currently have. ron paul is one of the few voices of reason ...

Post a comment on my blog. wolf? >> thank you, jack. jack will be back shortly. other news we are following. nearly 30 years ago, the egyptian president anwar sadat was gunned down during a military procession. now, one of the conspire norse his killing is out of prison, released by the new military government of cairo and he is talking to cnns ivan watson about the assassination and some controversial theories about who was really responsible. >> reporter: october 6, 1981, this was supposed t...

Yes. joe biden appeared to nod off briefly during obamas deficit reduction speech today. it happened as the president tried to accuse republicans of trying to end medicare as we know it. theres been no response from the vice presidents office. take a look though, bidens eyes opened up as the president was saying tough luck, youre on your own. so jack cafferty is here. he is either sleeping, jack, or hes concentrating really hard on what the president is saying. or hes praying for that matter. co...

Heres the question. how are you handling near record high gas prices? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. my daughter has a chef vee trailblazer. i filled it up with the middle grade and it was like $70. it was like, what? youve got to be kidding me. >> was that in new jersey or new york. >> new jersey. >> and its relatively cheap. >> its cheaper where i live than in the city. it got my attention. $70? wow. >> you know what i caught? you were nice about sarah palin. >> no, i wasnt nice. i said she wasnt...

I would encourage anyone who can to do it. you wont regret it. richard in kansas writes since im a wealthy oil executive i would say im handling it quite well. i just keep getting richer while you poor dumb saps just keep paying whatever i demand. suckers. if you want to read more on this go to the blog.fferty cnn.com/caffertyfile. we need more stuff on the screen. we can get pictures of your trip last summer. >> we are trying to make sure everyone enjoys the than tire visual experience. >> unbe...

Probably does. you can look at wisconsin and you can look at ohio where they are having these union battles and other places where fundamental divisions are boiling over like we havent seen maybe since vietnam. by the way, brown has a deficit that he has to address that was as high as $26.6 billion in the state level. with the budget hole like that good luck on the unity thing. here is the question. california governor jerry brown says the country is the most divided it has been since the civil ...

Time to time. >> you think hell be on the ticket next year? >> i do. i think hes very popular in the administration. i think he does a good job. >> well, and he gets enough rest to where he should be alert. >> needs a little sleep, a little cat nap. happened to me too or you too, jack. >> absolutely, but im not the vice president. >> no, youre just jack. all right. thank you. outrageous at times. controversial at others. jeanne moos has donald trumps greatest hits. youre going to want to see t...

"piers morgan show" during a taping. well have that later on this evening. its interesting, he said this, the polling numbers puts him only at 2% of prospective gop voters, compare that to donald trump. you can see pawlenty trying to pick up some momentum. its very interesting development, wolf. and one of the things he said. i have a quote here. he says our trajectory is a tortoise and hare strategy. so well have to stay tuned and watch piers morgan tonight, wolf. >> you can follow piers on twi...

The snuns. >> even if the radiation increases to much more than it is now, its still, by the time it comes over here, will be diluted to just trace amounts? theres no health risk to americans at this point. >> thank you very much for coming in. >> my pleasure, wolf. cost cutting in washington. my jack is here with the jack cafferty file. jack? >> without question, its the most serious problem facing this country. if its not addressed in a meaningful way and soon, were not going to have a count...

>> reporter: strike force riva says pakistani officials know the u.s. needs their intelligence and them laying down demands is there way of telling u.s. officials pakistan can help fill the power vacuum in stags. >> they are basically with confidence because they know that the united states is going to be extremely reliant on them as they try to withdraw. >> one pentagon official says there has been no interruption in military to military operations. we know that pakistan has not demanded that t...