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Its -- there are a lot of issues associated with it. and the president traveled down to latin america said were going to be brazils next customer, those are messages people, republicans on the stop like newt gingrich have jumped on and said why is saudi oil better than american oil or brazilian oil? >> its not better than american oil. the fact is that were importing less now than we have in 16 years because we have been pumping more oichl oil production is less 12%, were producing more domestic...

Its -- there are a lot of issues associated with it. and the president traveled down to latin america said were going to be brazils next customer, those are messages people, republicans on the stop like newt gingrich have jumped on and said why is saudi oil better than american oil or brazilian oil? >> its not better than american oil. the fact is that were importing less now than we have in 16 years because we have been pumping more oichl oil production is less 12%, were producing more domestic...

Solar panels powering 17,000 homes. list lets listen in. >> think about it. you know, i wasnt a math major but i just want, if youre using 20 youve only got two, that means you got to bring in the rest from some place else. would y wouldnt we want to start finding alternatives that make us less reliant, let dependent on what going on in the middle east. so weve got to develop new energy technologies, new energy sources. its the only way forward. and here in boulder city, you know that better tha...

The republicans want votes, the president wants to be reelected. but they arent really talking about poverty much. why is that? >> first of all, good to see you. happy new year. dr. west sends his regards. i was thinking, we say happy new year for so many, so easy, but for many it wont be a happy new year unless and until we talk about the elephant in the room, the issue of poverty. in the last presidential campaign, the three debates between mccain and obama, the word poverty or poor didnt come...

manchester tonight. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is there and so is cnns political reporter shannon travis. good to see both of you. you look very happy. i know youve been working your butts off, but you look lively. paul, lets start with you. there is a debate tonight, another tomorrow. why are they so important? >> well, listen, don. weve seen the whole cycle of debates, theyve been so outsized in importance like weve never seen before. the debates make and break candidates ...

>> reporter: police found the suspect after they handed out dvds with grainy video of a man in his 20s or 30s seen walking away from a parking garage where someone had reported a car fire. l.a. police arrested two people last week and charged them with arson. authorities say they dont believe those two had anything to do with the string of arson attacks over the weekend. scott goldberg, abc news, new york. >> so the arresting officer is a reserve deputy. do you know how much reserve deputies mak...

Quick correction on something i said earlier in the show. i said u.s. foreign aid was.02%, and i was off, and thats important, and you should know that. alex, what is coming up this morning? >> its always the math, chris. thats what gets you. you were not a math major. its okay. its a big endorsement in iowa for mitt romney. we will talk with the editor about their pick. tony morrison once claimed clinton was the first black president. and doris kearns goodwin says why civility in congress is ...

People in our party. >> here is what is disappointing about this. >> joe maxine waters in the republican party. >> his mother was a maid, his father worked three jobs, he grew up poor, just like clarence thomas, his grandfather. they are role models for people of all races. >> not only that, yes, they are. he was a math major, literally a rocket science. not only that but the reason we have a special place for blacks in american society because there was slavery, there was jim crow, thanks democ...

People in our party. >> here is what is disappointing about this. >> joe maxine waters in the republican party. >> his mother was a maid, his father worked three jobs, he grew up poor, just like clarence thomas, his grandfather. they are role models for people of all races. >> not only that, yes, they are. he was a math major, literally a rocket science. not only that but the reason we have a special place for blacks in american society because there was slavery, there was jim crow, thanks democ...

But now were one year into it and suddenly yesterday morning on the anniversary of the one year of the stimulus, oh, no, no, the impact is going to be in the future and because people really dont feel it, you can understand why shed spin it that way. >> yesterday on the anniversary, joe biden wrote an editorial how the stimulus had helped people from losing their jobs. he says only 35,000 jobs a month are being lost. then the chair of the d.n.c. was on our show yesterday, tim cane and he said th...