some question whether it s time to start holding its holdings of gold at ft. knox as well as other assets. republican candidate ron paul thinks it s a good move as well as the heritage foundation. an analyst at the heritage foundation says given the high price it is now and tremendous debt problem we now have, by all means, sell at the peak. so the question for the stream team is should they lick question dade assets to pay off the debt. patty is the president of mmi public relations. mark skoda is the founder and chairman of the memphis tea party. mark, i want to start with you. is selling off the gold reserves a good thing, do you think? they suggested that even at current levels that would generate about $390 billion in 15 years. in the 1990s northern european countries did that and found their currency diminished.
as many as 850 people. we will have much more on this in 20 minutes from our senior white house correspondent ed henry. now, i want to show you an x ray like none you have never seen before. take a good look at this. these are people crammed into a tractor-trailer in mexico. they shouldn t have been in the trailer nor in mexico, nor in the united states. where this rig and another like it were allegedly headed. they were stopped yesterday in the southern state of chiapas. 530 migrants who authorities paid $7,000 each to make a journey that is not just illegal but dangerous. in the words of national migration institute, inhuman. and where were they coming from? this, too, will surprise you as well. they came not just from central america but china, nep pal, india, and japan. rafael romo is joining me live from atlanta. first off, rafael, japan? we re not used to hearing about illegal immigrants from asia. reporter: that s right, randi. it used to be that you would find peo
responsibility. i think that is prudent. all right, mark skoda, thank you for your thoughts. what do you think about a possible government shutdown? join the conversation on our blog, cnn.com/ali. you can also post on ali s and my facebook and twitter pages. we ll share your comments with yoplait delights, now you can finally have both. two indulgently rich layers of chocolate and raspberry yogurt. and only 100 calories. [ male announcer ] lately, there s been a lot of talk about fuel efficiency, hybrids, and plug-in vehicles. and we ve got cars like that, even trucks. but we can do more. when you buy a chevrolet, we ll invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and tree-planting programs across america, reducing carbon emissions by up to 8 million metric tons over the next few years in just one more way, we can proudly say, chevy runs deep.
the white house. thank you. i want to read to you now what bob posted on our blog, the government shutdown is a result of the polarization of our congress and our country. this is about nothing more than placing extremist political ideology ahead of the welfare of the country and its citizens. i m joined now by the founder and chairman of the memphis tea party. mark, i m sure you ve been watching this along with us. many democratic leaders are blaming republican leaders for listening to the tea paefrt and not listening to their constituents. what do you say about this? well, let s be clear, the tea party is a majority part of those constituents. at this point the rasmussen poll suggests 40% of americans side with the tea party in terms of fiscal issues here. it isn t extremism. at the end of the day the republicans promises in their platform to get elected in 2010 to shave $100 billion. we re at $160 billion and we re holding them accountable to that. it s that simple. the charge
when that happens, when over 2 million families have lost their homes in foreclosure in the last two years and there s many, many more to come, there is that growing sense that people are not safe. there is that fear that comes. when people operate from fear, unfortunately, they operate not from the better angels of our nature but darker instincts. that s exactly what we ve seen much of. mark skoda, founder of the memphis tea party. mark, shortly after the shooting in arizona, nobel prize winning paul krugman wrote this in the new york times. citizens of other democracies may marvel at the american psyche, efforts by mildly liberal presidents to expand health coverage are met with cries of tyranny and talk of armed resistant. still that s what happens when a democrat occupies the white house and a market for anyone willing to stoke that anger. that is a commentary that has come under some criticism. it may have started the ball