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Ukrainian aircraft, and then as the story goes along they find out its something else. its clear they were speaking openly, freely, unabashedly, and thats one reason to believe its true. communications can also be used for deception but i dont think there was any deceit? what these guys were talking about, and thats part of the evidence we have. >> talk to me more, if you, colonel, what kind of intelligence we would be working with right now? >> thanks, harris. a great way. we have imagery, inte...

Individuals and companies and they dont like it. >> do you think theres any possibility when the troops gather in the house next week, they dont vote for this $26 million state spending measure. >> sure. theres always a possibility of that, neil. and i think it certainly could happen. its interesting that charles brings up a political will or political appetite. the president is demonstrating a difficult political situation here which is to let those tax cuts expire on only the highest earning a...

Nevertheless, he receives a $12 million severance package. keep it here on fox for the latest news all day long. >> such a disconnect from washington to the people of this country. you have set yourselves up on a level that you do not identify with your own constituents anymore. >> that was the rage then and this is the reality now in missouri. 71% of voters rejecting a provision in president obamas health care law forcing americans to buy health insurance and jerry, the show me state is trying ...

Because as more companies start to hire, more folks look for work again inflating unemployment figures. tim geithner acknowledge its still a tough economy but argues in support of ending the bush tax cuts for the wealthy americans. >> if you extend tax cuts that only go to 2% of the highest earning americans, then there would be a higher probability theyll be extended indefinitely. that would be a deeply fiscally irresponsible act. >> shepard: the other side says getting rid of the cuts amounts ...

Some say it is only the top 2% or 3% of the population. on the other hand you talk about paying down the deficit. how significant are these? >> the upper 2% or 3% of americans are a significant group but relative to the other 97%, we cannot balance the budget on the back of 2% or 3% of taxpayers. what treasury secretary timothy geithner says a and people who support this expiration say were putting into place a deficit reduction mechanism and there is a lot of push to start to do that. we cant d...

That missed a target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wrchthe document release, the white house said, "the united states strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at risk and threaten our national security." but the editor for wikileaks denies that the site has put troops in danger and says it did hold back some sensitive material. >> there certainly have been people that have lost...

Make sure we can show the world that were willing as a country to start to make progress bringing down our long-term deficits. >> raising taxes to pay down the deficit or cut the deficit and begin to rein in the exploding debt is an idea thats gaining traction. alan greenspan says, dont just raise taxes on wealthy americans, raise taxes on everybody. but what about cutting spending? >> experts say you have to do both. the head of the presidents fiscal commission says he finds it interesting how ...

Credibly with that uncertainly it is going to be a very subpar economy. there are very serious headwinds in the face of this economy. >> at the same time the white house is out in full force defending the administrations push to let the bush tax cuts for wealthy americans expire this year. cuts critics argue would hinder economic growth. joining us with some perspective on what this could mean for the economy is jeanne saha sahadi, senior writer with cnnmoney.com. lets first look at some of th...

The big events, the casualty events, it is the boy killed by a shell that missed the target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wikileaks afghan document release, the white house said, the united states strongly don condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of americans and our partners at risk, and thenen our national security. but the editor for wikileaks denies this has put troops in damg danger and says it held back se...

Of classified documents to wikileaks. >> is the sort of total squalor of the war. so all these people killed and the small events that we havent heard about which numerically eclipse the bigger, casualty events. it is the boy killed by a shell that missed a target. >> reporter: in a statement responding to wikileaks afghan document release, the white house said, "the united states strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the live...