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>> hello, im aarerin brurn et. 200,000 people signed a petition ruling against bank of america for the new debit card fee. $5. weve been saying all weeks that the fees banks are putting on people are showing how tone deaf they are at a very bad time. the person who led the petition is 22-year-old molly catchpole. she out front tonight. she is in washington and came to talk us to. we really appreciate you coming in. >> i appreciate it. >> so you and i were talking before. you said you s...

she out front tonight. she is in washington and came to talk us to. we really appreciate you coming in. >> i appreciate it. >> so you and i were talking before. you said you set up this petition just a week ago. >> one week ago. >> and what made you decide to do it? what made you say ive had enough? >> well, im 22 years old. im working two part time jobs and i dont have an extra $60 a year to give to bank of america. and i knew that thousands of other americans would feel the same way....

former imf cheap dominique strauss-kahn says something inappropriate and of moral weakness happened in that new york hotel suite in may. but he says it was not violent or aggressive. he gave his first post sex scandal today in paris and i spoke with jim bittermann about that a short time ago. >> reporter: we were expecting a very short interview, but it went on for about 20 minutes, covered a lot of topics including what happened in new york, also what hes facing here, what his politic...

traitor? even jon stewart is making fun of the medias lack of interest in ron paul. what gives? a "new york times" columnist throws his weight behind the creation of a third party. tom friedman on beltway gridlock, the economy and why the coverage of politics reminds him of epsn. yahoo! digs up allegations that money, cars sex were improperly provided to university of miami athletes. im howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources". hes an instant front-runner in some polls, but he has...

Party. mitt romney is the only one who hasnt dived head-first into the crazy end of the pool. and even he is trying to squirm his way out. 2012 is obamas to lose, which he is fully capable of doing, unfortunately. this from chad. the republicans and democrats unite to drive out ron paul and dennis cue sin yich, because two honest politician who is stand behind the u.s. constitution and the american people are a threat to the corrupt criminal factions in congress. whew! this from michael. hyper p...

>> reporter: open floodgates, thousands hit by floodwaters so new orleans stays dry. the alternative, city officials say, would have been worse than katrina. >> water is pouring through 15 of 125 floodgates at morganza, louisiana right now, a quarter of the gates will eventually be opened. downstream, water from the spillway is already overrunning some homes. as many as 25,000 could go under water in the next few weeks. president obama is welcoming jordan king abdallah to the white h...

Some cases they can be productive, but a lot of times they cant, then they come back and suffer. the long-range impl indication. heres something children didnt learn in cool. now we can find it in a skrab bell, the word added is slang. a good business decision or a warning sign of the apocalypse. christine? >> yes, it is a good business move and a sign of the apocalypse. >> alfred? >> as a scrab brble buff and scrabble fanatic, it really does help you improve your vocabul y vocabulary. >> they c...

problems. >> these should be actual cuts. real reforms to these programs, not broad deficit or deficit targets that punt the questions to the future. and with the exception of tax hikes which, in my opinion, will destroy americas jobs, everything is on the table. >> what serious conversation about debt reduction begins by absolutely taking the possibility or discussion of tax hikes off the table? >> not very many serious discussions. i remember when i was little, my dad took me to a ca...

Like tweet or bling, words that are -- but i havent even heard isnt it until today -- >> thank is not a real new word. >> new words that are part of the zeitgeist, im totally fine with. but slang is a travesty. >> kids these days. we just lost all our kid viewership here. thanks to all of you. its always a pleasure to have you all here. leigh, alfred and christine. if a dealership sold you a car with no brakes and took out a life insurance policy on you, youd be demanding criminal charges. som...

Workforce. >> heres something most of us didnt learn in school. its in scrabbles diction ri now. the word game is adding slang. good business decision or the sign of the apocalypse? christine? >> yes. >> yes, what? >> it is a good business move and its a sign of the apocalypse. yes. >> alfred? >> as a scrabble buff and scrabble fanatic, it hurts me. i think the great thing about scrabble -- my mother used to play with us as kids -- it really does force you to expand your voe kcabularyvocabulary....