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And to rear that child today could be about $241,000. these numbers dont include the cost of sending that kid on to college. now to business, where later today we are going to get a look at the weekly jobless claims as well as some other economic key data. the fate of the fed stimulus program continues to impact the markets, all three indices were down yesterday with the dow falling more than 100 points. for more on todays business headlines we say good morning to jeff cutmore who is live in l...

Were cracking down on medicare fraud. lets make medicare stronger for all of us. my favorite time of day. it is money time. allison is here with hopefully good news this morning. >> what goes down must go up. here is what we are expecting on wall street. following, of course, three straight days of losses. stocks dropped on fears the federal reserve will turn off the economic stimulus program. its been propping up the market. with the losses we have seen over the past few days, the dow and s&p...

>> this could drag out until november. >> thank you. >> always a pleasure, andy. >> always a pleasure. ♪ >> hear the mumusic? >> time for the rock block. first up -- >> lets look in the new york post. the twitter effect. a new side says live tweets about a primetime television comedy or drama can boost a shows ratings. elementary schools send ing a message. do not request your favorite teacher. more schools are skipping parental input. in the washington post, dolphins have the best memory in t...

Im with john on this. >> youre going to john the pool? >> i think i will, i will join the pool. lets look the at stocks. maybe you can make some money maybe not this week. dow futures are down 70 points this morning. this is going to be the third straight decline. who do you want to blame? blame the federal reserve. two fed presents are talking about that "t" word again. it could pull back on the stimulus program as early as next month. thats the stimulus program in the form of $85 billion a mon...

All right. believe it or not today the the last day before members of congress begin their summer recess. analysis find cnn lawmakers are spending a lot less time on capitol hill. senate met for 133 days before the august recess in 2009. thats 24 days miranda warning the same period this year. the house met 19 dmore days bac in 2009. i want to bring in candy crowley. you dont get a break. we dont get a break. just because theyre taking time off you have to cover this all the time. seems like the...

Rating. what are we doing to get it back? the federal rerve characterized recent economic growth as modest and says it is expecting economic growth to pick up. but the fed, and ben bernanke was mum on when it might slow down its stimulus program, which a lot of people interpreted as a sign the fed will keep the accelerator going and pumping money into the economy. our fourth story out front the tsa gets a pat down or slap down. a congressional committee held a hearing today to discuss an embar...

That economic growth will pick up. the unemployment rate will drop. and the fed will continue its stimulus program. and the news comes on a day when the stocks are on the rise. as you can see, christine romans breaks it down for us today. hey, christine. >> brooke, we got our first look at how well the economy grew in the second quarter. 1.7% is how fast the economy was growing. look, its gaining momentum. i would say its crawling forward. but it could be doing better. when you look at the last ...

Neutral to them. >> well, the president in tennessee today making this effort he says on a grand bargain, offering to cut the corporate tax rate down to 28% in exchange, in exchange for either a change in the depreciation rules for businesses or a one time fee for businesses who hold earnings overseas, in other words bringing earnings over, they would be taxed on that, and they would use that money, the administration would, on a new stimulus program for a number of different things. lets bring ...

Yellen has been a strong supporter of the bond buying program. her appointment would mean a continuation of bernankes policy. larry summers, you know him. he had questioned the feds stimulus program and hasnt helped the economy as much as people think and he could cause a shift in policy. the politics around these two is getting so interesting in washington. >> white hot over the last week. >> white hot and the white house not making any indication who theyll pick and exactly when but i promise ...

China has become the worlds second largest economy. its per capita income is that of a middle income country. it cannot grow at the pace it did when it was much poorer. but growth has dropped faster and deeper than many predicted, and it could slow further because the truth is chinas authoritarian system has made some significant mistakes in recent years. when the financial crisis hit in 2007 and growth began to drop from a giddy 14%, beijing responded with a huge expansion of credit and a massi...