there s not much love in the markets this valentine s day. stock futures right now little changed. the dow gained 60 yesterday. the nasdaq is on a six-day winning streak. six people have died in accidents tied to faulty ignition switches in some general motors cars. gm now recalling more than 700,000 cars in north america to fix this problem. the bad switches can cause the engine to shut off unexpectedly and airbags not to deploy. the cars in question are chevrolet cobalt and the pontiac g-5 cars made between 2005 and 2007. all right, billionaire tom perkins speaking again about unfair maligning of the top 1% in this country. he s the businessman whose letter to the editor to the wall street journal last month compared the modern movement against america s top 1% to nazi germany s treatment of the jews. now perkins, co-founder of the venture capitalist firm aclina, perkins, caufield and byers,
gm recalled 8,000 pontiac g-6 midsized cars then. but it did not recall the other vehicles until three weeks ago. yesterday we told you about the president s upcoming escalation of what his critics call the war on coal. tonight the epa sets its sights on a different target in what some are terming its biggest land grab ever. this is an abomination. reporter: add kirt schrader to the growing list of those firing back. authority over private land. the regulations stem from the clean water act and would define which water sources the agency can and cannot regulate. the role world impact of the regulations could put them out