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afghanistan to tell you about. general john allen, the is now strongly condemning some photos that will be appearing in "the los angeles times" at 8:00 a.m. eastern time and those photos depict u.s. troops posing with the bodies of suicide bombers in afghanistan. the incident which took place back in 2010 "represents a serious error in judgment by several soldiers who acted out of ignorance and unfamiliarity with u.s. army values." nick, we havent seen the photos yet. what exactly are ...

Percent in favor of this plan. and now like with us in washington this afternoon. james? >>reporter: this showdown will take the follow of three procedural votes in the senate before 6:00. it will not pass. let alone the house of representatives. but as a wedge issue the buffett rule will be with us all way to november. roughly 438,000 households will earn $1 million a year. or more. in 2015. less than half, 210,000 will be affected by the rule if it comes to pass and pay the higher tax rates. s...

Their pocket, thats come down this year? >> its actually shrinking in january and february. its basically a little -- slightly positive last year, but to the average person its just not the crummy employment numbers weve seen, its the cash in the pocket, which isnt there. >> mary, weve got the greater growth slowing down, we understand in the first quarter of this year. job recreation rate cut in half. the unemployment rate still above 8%. do you think were headed to recession? >> i dont think w...

Were sitting here with all these nervous investors, scared companies, individuals sitting on cash, investing in long-term treasury bonds instead of taking risks. this is an arrow right at that risk-taking to say well make it more expensive to invest in equities. >> yeah. to james point, whats so fascinating about the presidents presentation, especially invoking reagan, he himself does not even talk about the growth aspects of this tax policy. did anyone hear him talking about how his tax policy ...

>> new applications for unemployment benefits jumped sharply last week, to their highest level since january, yet another sign that the jobs picture is worsening. so what about the rest of the economy? is the recovery on track or heading off the rails? james, what do you say? >> i think were continuing to bump along. i dont think you can say were sliding into recession. just to continue with the reagan theme, making comparisons, one thing thats disturbing during the reagan years real disposable ...

Romney, both in softening his image. the attack on her just teed her up to go out there and make headway on this. to the extent that were stuck in some of these roundabout questions like the mommy wars that arent necessarily about the economy, this wasnt the best move by democrats. but shes going to be a very forceful presence for him in this campaign. you saw that this week with her response to all of that. >> dan, james? have you yet seen mitt romney come out of his corner and start attacking,...

The middle class? why are you against women? what is your problem with poor people? why are you just for the rich? all of these kind of unanswerable questions that have resonance, and people go, yeah, why is he? hes going to have to come back and talk about that 2% growth rate, 8% unemployment, and what happened on barack obamas economic watch, because the president is doing everything he can to keep that off the table. >> well, theres a poll out, and it shows that -- the question was asked, did...

Comments yesterday. but prosecutors are supposed to prosecute so they can editorialize all they want. james, mount pleasant, south carolina. >> think about what you just wrote, james. you werent there u dont know if zimmerman was railroaded. dont do what you are accusing the other side of doing. david silverman, the philippines. >> thats possible, david, but what good is speculating? captain david smith, from texas. >> from baltimore.

Comments yesterday. but prosecutors are supposed to prosecute so they can editorialize all they want. james, mount pleasant, south carolina. >> think about what you just wrote, james. you werent there u dont know if zimmerman was railroaded. dont do what you are accusing the other side of doing. david silverman, the philippines. >> thats possible, david, but what good is speculating? captain david smith, from texas. >> from baltimore. >> brian smith, tucson, arizona.

Absolutely. >> susan, in your hot shot park avenue republican consulting gram russ avenue no cash? >> absolutely. 100%. >> jimmy, your bizarrely juxtaposed advocacy with your lifestyle few people know, could you do all that without cash? >> i am here to state unequivocally as a gay man, hell, no. >> whoa, whoa, jimmy, whoa! >> tell us, james, where you would run into a cash problem. >> just calling it like it is, guys, just calling it like it is. we have an image to keep up. hell, look at me, it...