and get out there and apologize. bill: especially when it s caught on national tv. martha: yeah, i m appalled. it s appalling. they ve been under a lot of pressure lately. maybe that s where that came from, right? let s move on, shall we? don t think about that. some more later. hedge funds investors taking on a new risk, betting on the lawsuits that are generated by the victims of convicted ponzi schemer bernie madoff, investors offering the bankruptcy victims a cut if their victims do not want to wait for the federal bankruptcy court to decide their cases. rick leonel up that is live to explain this new trend. how does this work for those who were left out in the cold and broke, many of them, by bernie madoff? reporter: absolutely martha. the madoff case, we ll explain this in a second, it s the latest trend that s been building for years, exactly, investing in lawsuits or loaning money to plaintiffs so they can afford to take cases to court. pursuing a case like the madoff swi
below temperatures. bill: if the damage is as bad as predicted, consumers might be hit with higher price, florida is a major producer of winters fruits and vegetables and is causing a lot of angst. warm it up! martha: the final battle in the war over health care will probably end up being waged in the supreme court, this after a federal judge ruled requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli applauded the decision, saying it is a simple case of the government stepping over the lines. if you really think about what is at stake in this case it s not about health insurance, not about health care, it is about liberty, the federal government acknowledged in their briefs if the individual mandate is uncushionstitutional the res the insurance scheme won t work,
also a price and a burden, and lowering the price and making sure it does not go up on successful work, does not go up on productive work, does not go up on capital and capital creation, which it would have done if they hadn t done anything, is a huge positive and worth all the junk and all the spending they ve embedded in these bills. this is going to be the last time they re going to get away with something like that. martha: well, everybody pays a lot of attention when you speak, sir, and we re going to see what the folks think about that out there. rush limbaugh is very much against this tax plan and other folks think it is a second stimulus, steve forbes weighing in in america s america s newsroom . thank you steve. thank you martha. martha: do you agree at home? log on to foxnews.com/ america s newsroom , we re asking this: to improve the economy congress must cut spending or increase spending? weigh in with your vote, twitter me at martha maccallum and let me know what you th