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pistol from his waistband and shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. other agents moved in to rescue kyliyah and alexandria who were lying on the ground nearby. the girls were hungry, thirsty, and dehydrated. the head of the biggest bank in the country is admitting to a trading mistake that cost jpmorgan chase $2 billion and counting. jamie dimond made the surprise announcement during a conference call yesterday. he said the loss was a case of, qu...

Technology has jumped from 150 million barrels to 24 billion barrels in the last decade. we have more oil in north dakota than we ever dreamed possible. and some people think with another generation of new technology, well have 500 billion barrels in north dakota. its the president who is sort of -- he used the term flat earth society. i think he belongs to the sierra club flat earth society. he cant believe anything that would improve energy. it takes away his desire for government to control o...

Because he said, i will not have it on my head because of a movie. so i guess this is just the way it goes. >> i respect that snow. -- respect that though. i respect them for admitting to doing something everybody else does, but goes about the day without actually copying to the fact that this stuff works. what did they do when they did the whole mohamed thing? they pulled it and were silent. at least these guys were saying how it is. >> or they are saying, what would comedy central do? >> and r...

Recovery, the lack of jobs and lack of investment, et cetera. >> unemployment was between 8 p.9% and 10% for 2 1/2 years, a long time. >> go ahead. >> christine roemer is almost the heroine in your book. can you talk more about that, expand on her? >> yeah. roemer was the one member of the team, the one senior member who never served in government. theres a funny story. when a friend of obamas, also an alumnus of the clinton treasury department, he was the personnel chief during the transition. ...

And you know what im going to do to beat you mitt romney because youve been attacking me nonstop? im just going to churn up old videos, old statements that youve made. i think were about to move into a new phase where newt gingrich becomes the first person to attack mitt romney. >> yes. >> is that going to work? >> mitt romney welcome to the first day of the rest of your life. you know, its going to have an impact. you know, negative advertising works. it has an impact. i talked to a bunch of vo...

Back, mitt romney. and you know what im going to do to beat you mitt romney because youve been attacking me nonstop? im just going to churn up old videos, old statements that youve made. i think were about to move into a new phase where newt gingrich becomes the first person to attack mitt romney. >> yes. >> is that going to work? >> mitt romney welcome to the first day of the rest of your life. you know, its going to have an impact. you know, negative advertising works. it has an impact. i talk...

Theres too much evidence of it. gentlemen like yourself and other folks in different cities, how do we turn this from a novelty that is worthy of going on television and -- and becoming a -- a public figure of sorts because it is so unique and unusual, what youve achieved, to this being the base as to how america uses decisions using the hot-spotting narrative. >> were in the middle somewhere. this is way beyond novelty but its not business as usual across the country yet, and what we need to mo...

Dont stop, dont make us do it. >> so you sit me down, whoever the potential violent actor may be. you lay what you just said here on television out to them and what happens? >> we have entire drug markets, public drug markets, crack houses and street corner sales drying up and never coming back. were seeing 30% to 50% reductions in homicide across cities. were seeing 50%, 60, 70% reductions in homicide in the hot neighborhoods that are driving this stuff. it -- it really seems too good to be tru...

Crusades, and -- and, you know, hes going to inflame and divide, but, you know, when you look at the mix -- hes spending a ton of money out there, millions of dollars that hes dumping in iowa. this is his only play and, yeah, its a long shot but when you put in the mix of what ron paul is doing which well see in a minute and mix that all together, i dont count rick perry out, this is a very -- this is a laser shot and im not sure it might not have some appeal and strike a match out there. >> wow...

Sure it might not have some appeal and strike a match out there. >> wow, thats terrible news for the country if that kind of stuff works. heres mitt romney launching his new ad in both iowa and new hampshire and making it clear an instated contrast between him and the newtster, newt gingrich. lets listen. >> i think people understand that im a man of steadiness and constancy. i dont think youre going to find somebody who has more of those attributes than i do. ive been married to the same woman ...