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This is the number one issue out there. its got to make democrats on the hill very skittish. >> well it should. but it would be odd if a majority didnt disapprove of the economy. because guess what? the economy is not doing well. when youre at 10% unemployment. look, just -- by the way, those two polls you cite, theyre both done, look, i think our methodology is the best out there. "the washington post" poll is a very good poll. >> im not saying its not a very good poll. im just saying you can l...

Calpers the biggest fund there is only 17% chance they will be able to make good on their obligations. >> stanford students have taken a methodology and come up with that report. >> reporter: the director of external affairs at calpers says the study is flawed. she insists calpers has a tremendous as set base and is doing just fine. >> we have $200 billion. we have the ability to meet every retiree who retires we have the ability to pay their pensions without dipping into our assets. >> reporter...

A methodology, and come up with that result. >> the director said calpers has a tremendous asset base and is doing fine. >> we have $200 billion. we have the ability to meet retiree who retires will have the ability to pay tensions. the legislator rejected a bill to require benefits for new workers and raise employee retirement contribution. even so, some unions are taking steps toward voluntary reform, to avoid adding a pension crisis to californias already disastrous financial situation. in sa...

There are so many of them. what do you think about that? why isnt congress to act sort of in euna son -- u.n. ison with this president. >> there is a big disagreement. the stimulus plan, if there was a sometime plus plan really should a plan to rebuild americas infrastructure. the national highway system was built back in the 50s by the eisenhower administration. it wasnt just for the methodology to go to the shore or visit grandma and grandpa, it was a national defense infrastructure where we c...

It, and the q 4,000, which is a system that siphons more oil out using a different methodology and burns it. the flare is so bright, we were able to see it from 10 miles out when i was out on the gulf of mexico. 204,000 barrels siphoned since june 3rd. tony hayward was having the worst possible day yesterday before a house senate sub committ committee. lets take a look at the press in london. "hayward has the communication skills of a tax inspector, dry and arrogant." tony hayward does have any ...

Hey, i need money for my losses. it is going to be very difficult to sort out the legitimate claims from the con artists. but thats what kenneth feinberg has been charged to do. he says there will be transparent methodology, and prompt employments employed here for -- prompt payments employed for the legitimate claims. good luck sorting out the legitimate ones from the bad ones, but thats his job. jamie: early we were talking to harris faulkner in any evidence for the disappearance of the second...

The government panel was delivering the bad news that the leak is worse, much worse than previously estimated. up to 60,000 barrels of oil leaking a day. nbcs tom costello is in venice, louisiana, for us this morning. tom, bring us up-to-date on the efforts to contain this leak. i know there was a lightning strike yesterday. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah, there was a lightning strike on the most important rig out there. that is the ship that is helping to collect the oil that they are gr...

Less than half of the oil coming out of the well is being recovered, and it could be as little as one quarter of the oil, wolf. >> why are the numbers changing, jeanne? >> well, the government says more and different data is available and they specifically mentioned detailed pressure measurements within the top hat taken from the 24 hours, and in addition, the scientists used a weeks worth of day the to be collected and acoustic technology, and high resolution video, and because of the methodolo...

When all of this is over they want to review all those procedures to determine whether unmanned camp sites like this, camp sites that dont have somebody up and awake 24 hours a day, are something that theyre going to try to change. as i indicated, the remoteness, remote nature of this area is what attracts people to begin with. about the only way i know of they would have done something different in this situation would be if they had somebody tuned to the weather warning apparatus and had some ...

Operation had allowed them to proceed ahead, the oil in this tube would have been siphoned to a tanker. bp has said all along it would not completely stop the leak into the gulf, but it would provide perhaps a 75% solution. what we have here this morning now is a promising development, but fox news has not been independently able to confirm what is now being reported. jamie. >> jamie: so david lee, even if there is a methodology that appears to have made a difference in one area, between these p...