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Two-thirds of minimum wage workers in the united states are women, and -- so theyre paying out of pocket as they go along, they dont have enough money to set aside for their retirement. they are very reliant on social security and certainly medicare. they dont have $6,000 a year extra that it will cost if romney and ryan get their hands on medicare. and by the way, if romney and ryan get their hands on medicaid, half of medicaid dollars go to support nursing homes in this country. thousands of -...

all i knew i was on the ground. million dollar baby. this man was once homeless, now hes on the brink of becoming a million dollar champ. meet the man and hear his amazing story live. that and more right here right now on cnn. good evening. im don lemon. until just a few minutes ago we had only heard of him as one of two u.s. service men killed in afghanistan. now it is all too real as we learn his name and see his face. he is luteenant colonel john loften, a 44-year-old officer fr...

>>dave: and now the news. 70 million, that is amount of money general electric agreed to pay other allegations that the finance division engaged in anticompetitive practices. next, 1.4 million minimum wage workers receive a boost between 28 cents and 37 cents an hour. and five, the number of outfit changes kate middleton will make for the royal christmas. >>juliet: a roller coaster for congress over the payroll tax cut but can lawmakers learn anything from the bipartisan showdown? >> this congre...

spending cuts, much of it from medicare and medicaid but also the 1.5 trillion in tax revenue, more than 1 trillion in war savings as operations in iraq and afghanistan draw down and interest savings amounting to more than $400 billion. texas governor rick perry may be asked more about this on the campaign trail. census data shows more than 18% of texans live below the poverty line. thats 3 points higher than the national average. the state also has the highest share of people withou...

youre looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this years general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nations security council. it could have serious implications for th...

know now is are we getting into another recession now? >> no. i submitted my forecast to the various polls last week and said no, the economy would grow faster in the second half, things will get better. are there perils? of course. >> those with money who dont need credit or who have the ability to get credit can really do well in this economy and those without jobs at the bottom, with tough credit, are excused for thinking that things are bad. >> absolutely. if you dont have a job, i...

>> you wonder why a lot of them havent dropped and i am sure some have, to your point, mcdonalds is trying to establish as much as it can in an economic framework, family atmosphere and we are doing something for employees who are, face it, these are for the most part minimum wage workers, $750,000 is a lot of money for the medical care, i think. >>neil: they will not be able to repeal this. chock it. survive pellet. but as long as things like this happen, it is interesting it was announced afte...

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Seriously, how important is this mccutchen decision? hasnt it been the case that there has been an outsized impact for the wealthy relative to governing because they have money to bring to bear? does this really make that big of a difference? >> thats a good question, actually, melissa, because its true. our system is so dramatically skewed already to the big donors that are able to write the massive checks and why thats important is that theres an actual difference in policy preferences between...

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