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Up. >> that is what jay carnkarn ald to, its something that all of us have to work on. republicans are saying that the white house is playing politics on this and in particular they are arguing that legislation is not going to help. what do you say to that charge when republicans say, for instance, that legislation will just clog up the system, there will be more lawsuits? >> no, sir. i can attest to that, there will not be. because this legislation will help encourage korpgtss and employers, es...

On hand and they are not as leveraged and they dont have that same collapsing quality to them. i think thats the key difference for the positive. >> but theyve gotten bigger in the financial crisis they consolidated. they havent gotten bigger because they have grown. >> doesnt matter. they are still bigger and huge concentration of money in a handful of institutions. its a fact of the balance sheet. >> absolutely. its interesting because the large banks, their loan balances are contracting and t...

650 square feet it will cool with no problem. a couple of rooms, a living room, a family room. a little bit noisier than some of the other models well look at. so not ideal for a bedroom. >> steve: this goes for $320. >> the next one. >> this is a mini version of the frigidair, $170. about half as much and half as powerful. 6,000 btus. better off in a bedroom. its quieter. it will give you 400 square feet of cooling power. so any good size bedroom youll be fine with this model. >> steve: just 17...

Anderson, associate editor from kip linger. you determine what the cheapest cost is over five years, not the cheapest cost which many people determine. >> what were looking at is stuff like fuel cost, maintenance or repairs, all the other ownership costs, like financing your car, taxes and fees youre going to pay up front, the opportunity costs of not investing that cost elsewhere and finally depreciation. >>steve: lets start with the first car. its a kia. >> the kia forte is just above $16,000....

And there was a gaping hole in the side of the tower. as we were waiting outside and looking at it, another plane came in low. i believe from the other side, and hit the sort of the middle of the other tower. now, i saw both planes, two separate planes, crash into each tower. >> and, dan, again, the size of the planes, tell me about that. >> i would say that the plane was a mid-size commercial airline. i dont know. i thought perhaps, you know, a commercial airline, a mid-size, not, you know, not...

Of the other tower. i saw both planes, two separate planes crash into each tower. >> dan, again, the side of the planes, tell me about that. >> caller: i would say the plane was a mid-sized looked to be commercial airline. i dont know, i thought perhaps a commercial airline, mid-size, not a jumbo jet. >> this, of course, is unconfirmed, but were getting information from an employee of united airlines, and we want to emphasize its unconfirmed, but theres speculation that an american airlines plan...

watch what you do and israel could be ready to strike irans nuclear program by as early as this spring. >> mitt romney holding the trump card and the very poor, hes more than back-pedaling saying he misspoke. >> this one blew up. the feud between the cancer charity and planned parenthood. a top charity, susan g. komen charity, has executives starting to resign in protest because they pulled their funding from planned parenthood. women who are in need, the critics say, are being caught ...

up support for today, and essentially it would raise the debt ceiling and also save some $917 billion in spending over the course of the next decade, so were keeping an eye on that as always, but first lets get to that developing story for you out of texas. an awol muslim-american soldier has been arrested near ft. hood with what the fbi is saying is a large amount of bomb-making materials. private first class naser abdo is now in custody after a sales clerk at a gun shop alerted polic...

Stability control and top ratings for front, side, rear and rollover crash protection. you may ask why, because i mean ive driven these cars, theyre very small. why did they get such great ratings? the weight helps and the weight from the batteries, the batteries of both plug-ins are heavy, more than 400 pounds, giving the small cars the weight of a mid-size or even full-size car. you get better handling and much better crash response. note as you mentioned, the leaf is fully electric and the vo...

Point because the fallout is being felt on the used car lot. sales of used trucks, and suvs are taking a major hit as buyers opt for a more fuel-efficient car. phil lebeau covers the auto industry for cnbc and he joins us. that was the hot car to have for a while, those suvs, phil. not anymore? >> not anymore. chuck, if youre selling your truck, youre not going to get as much as if you were selling a compact car. we are definitely seeing a split in the used car market inç ter of price accelera...