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It was a year ago today president obama signed the stimulus bill in it law, then $787 billion to jump-start the u.s. economy. but one surprising area getting more than $130 million of that three tiny islands in the came reb bee an. >> jim acosta braved the elements of a tropical paradise as part of our ongoing effort to uncover where your stimulus dollars are going. and he joins us from washington. >> reporter: good morning. i guess could you call this work. the stimulus is now one year old and ...

The u.s. economy will add 95,000 jobs per month over the next year. now, that may sound like a lot, but with unemployment just under 10% at last check, is it going to be enough? peter barnes is our expert and correspondent for fox business network and joins us with more on the picture. peter, thanks t great to have ys today. >> thank you, shan nop. >> happy valentines day to you. >> thank you. what kind of confidence can we have in the predictions? is it enough if its true? >> we can expect to s...

We are watching for news to develop. covering it all by the numbers. 18, number of hours until we get crucial jobs information. glimmer of hope today, tomorrow morning. more fodder for proponents and opponents of the presidents stimulus programs. two, thats the number of hours until a house armed services military subcommittee gets testimony about sexual assaults in the military. something you may not know happens to the women and men in the armed forces. 60, the number of minutes until presid...

And hard choices. republicans call it a fiscally irresponsible spending free claiming it adds nearly $1.3 trillion in deficit spending, which is true? >> both. the reality is theres a short term spending spree under way mostly because of the fiscal crisis and economic crisis the country is in, things like unemployment insurance, stimulus programs, add to the deficit, under like that theres a reality medicare is out of control and social security is a problem. we would get to this point in the ne...

Its groundhog day and were expecting at least six more weeks of stimulus. the president wants to keep some of those key stimulus programs going, so hes slipping them into the budget. congress has to approve it, of course. some of those programs include more money for med cared and infrastructure projects and renewing tax breaks for workers and small businesses. youve seen the stimulus books on our stimulus desk. a whole forest had to die for all those pages. among the pages a school in a new ham...

Thats an incredible statistic and his approval rating is down to 33%. what is remarkable, normally during a foreign policy crisis, americans rally around the commander-in-chief. the opposite is happening. they disapprove not only in the economy but the poll says 39% approval of his handling of ukraine. hes facing a perfect trifecta where people disapprove of his handling of inflation, of ukraine and they disapprove of his presidency. that is deadly for him. >> martha: marc, jen psaki said that w...

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