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Obamacare would help or hurt their budget and wondering when the sluggish economy in the beginning of the year would finally turn around. what does 2014 have in store? joining me now is our biz panel. kate rogers of fox business. simon constable, columnist at "the wall street journal." ari zoldan, ceo of quantum networks. let me start with you, ari p p you can come at this from a small business perspective. what were the challenges of 2013? >> i think first it was banks and lending. i found out ...

Stolen in the old fashioned swipe machines at the stores? simon, let me start with you on this. i know in europe, frankly all the rest of the world, right, has a digital kind of a system? whats the difference? >> it has a chip. basically, it sends an authorization code, a different one for every transaction. its encrypted. it sort of rotates it so you cant just take that and use it again once that encryption, that code is -- >> why dont we have it here? >> well, i think its because the banks hav...

Communities they love. >> congressman, please keep us posted if you do decide to put that bill forthright. thank you so much, congressman lou barletta. one of the biggest obstacles to a budget deal in washington is a possible extension of jobless benefits. many republicans oppose it. but president obama and other democrats say extending the benefits is good for not just those struggling families, but for the overall economy. listen to this. >> i do support unemployment benefits for the 26 week...

There racked up. recited by the president today as he took credit for getting america back on its feet this morning. five years after the start of the economic crisis. hard to believe, right? to say that the administration had laid a new foundation for a stronger economy, but the latest fox news poll shows that 60% of americans disapprove of the way that the president is handling the u.s. economy. and you see that number has crept up from september of 2012. a combined 70% say his policies have e...

The finance minister of the euro zone, hes the head, the head finance minister, thats europes economic union and another european leader was so upset by the comments, he came out and in a fair showing of public dissension, called the earlier statements wrong. and this dustup comes as new protests erupt in cyprus and demonstrators there outraged over the deal and effectively steals money, just takes it from the wealthy and from businesses that cannot pay salaries and suppliers. protesters urging ...

Spoiling for this fight. this issue will be front and center if he puts susan rice forward to be secretary of state. megyn: he said if i want to nominate her, i will. president obama scheduled to meet with business leaders. busy day at the white house, to talk about budget cuts and tax hikes. its part of his plan to help avoid the fiscal cliff. but we got reports on two different studies, one by ernst and young and the conscious at budget office that predicted raising tax rates even on the wealt...

Month. lets debate all this. charles payne is the ceo of w street.com and a fox business contributor -- i knew that. julie ro roginsky is former advr to new mexico senator frank lautenberg, and simon constable, author of "wall street journal guide to the 50 economic indicators that really matter." with a dietl like that -- title like that, sounds like i should start with you. theres been a general narrative in the media that, yes, weve been through a rough road, but things are looking up. is tha...

And i think its time to widen the circle of opportunity and help more americans who work hard to get ahead. its time that we learned the lessons of our past and laid the foundation for a better future. thats what im focused on every day and i hope congress will join me in doing the right thing. so, thank you very much all for being here. thank you. [applause] jon: president obama there saying that he wants to preserve the bush era tax cuts for those making less than $250,000 a year, but he would...

Declining consumer confidence. one thing i would say about the forthcoming election is that jobs will be it. its not just the economy, its specifically jobs, how hard is it to get a job? and to some extent the numbers we get for unemployment slightly mask that. i think the raoeurb real issue is if you want a job and youre willing to work can you get one? if you cant, then i dont think youll be very happy with the incumbent president. megyn: chris what matters really matter? the unemployment rate...

Not to mention the presidential race. joining me right now, standby we are going to have chris stirewalt in a moment, you can see him standing there. we are getting his audio fixed. we like to keep you on the edge of your seats. as well as simon constable who is a journalist for the "wall street journal." you put into perspective for us if you could this 1.9% growth rate, because what they are saying is we need to be at 3% i guess to sort of maintain the level, and we are at 1.9. >> 1.9, we are ...