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June 26, 2010
Encouraging, so how -- it cant be possible that we are losing this next generation, not when you see that proof of that acknowledgment of how important an american is and living that american ideal is when you see who is enlisting in our military. >> juliet: the dinner was expected to bring in more than $200,000, making it the most successful fund-raiser in the universitys history. >> rick: is the world broke? issue number one as the g-20 summit kicks off in canada. around the globe, many countr...
June 26, 2010
Taxpayer money. this new fee would impose a less than 1% tax on the u.s.s biggest financial institutions. critics question whether its fair to tax banks that have repaid all that bailout money that theyve received. the proposal coming on the heels of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations that just passed in the senate. >> a potentially key vote in the wall street overhaul bill is not yet on board. massachusetts senator scott brown holding back his support, at least for now. the senator sa...
June 26, 2010
>> rick, it looks like the cutters are winning this debate here in toronto. the spenders include president obama, who came here with the goal of trying to convince some of these european countries that are very worried and shaken by the debt crisis over there to hold off cutting too quickly to make sure that the global economic recovery stays on track. a lot of those countries, germany, france, britain, say that those big budget deficits and all those big national debts have shaken confidence in...
June 26, 2010
They were growth towns because toronto had been warned. we are taking it seriously. were not going to take these protesters lightly and the guys, who ever, men and women running around in these masks taunting police, is exactly what toronto was worried about. then you hear people complain being how its a police state there. >> well, the police will crack down and theyre going to -- theyre using these maneuvers that mike tobin was talking about and what else are they going to do? it seems like th...
June 26, 2010
Responsibility because shifting the responsibility to bush -- >> i want to give you the last word. at what point do democrats, really the last word, at what points do democrats take ownership of everything thats going on? >> well, well take ownership once we have a have to stop cleaning up the mess. george bush is playing golf, he started to wars and he drove this economy into the ditch. its going to take barak obama more than a few months to clean up eight years of a mess. if i were dick cheney...
June 26, 2010
Themselves. from the crowd control unit. most of the smoke that we saw was coming from the demonstrators themselves. theyre shooting fireworks at the officers. again, with the intention of provoking them. so just smoke right now. it wasnt tear gas. weve got all the gear at the ready in the event it becomes needed. the guys we were talking about starting the trouble, see that guy with the t-shirt? these are a lot of the guys who broke off and went into the back of the crowd and started breaking o...
June 26, 2010
$5 billion to its war chest by arranging more than $3 billion in credit lines and $2 billion in cash borrowed against its stake in a russian oil firm. bp now said to have $20 billion cash and credit available. the oil giant said it spent almost $2.4 billion on this gulf oil spill. the u.s. had its world cup dreams dashed today, losing by just one goal against ghana. the same team that knocked them out of the last world cup. we have brand-new video of president obama watching the world cup on t...
June 26, 2010
Targets. >> rick: and this just in to fox news, president obama inviting the chinese president to have a state visit to the united states and he has accepted. theyre both in toronto, canada for the g-20 summit. >> juliet: now health concerns for former vice president dick cheney. hes now in the hospital after reports of not feeling well and were told he may be staying there through the weekend. cheney has a long history of heart trouble. james rosen is live at george washington university hospit...
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That big government spending is exactly the way to go and what will all of this mean as we head towards an election in november? joining us a political panel, andrea is a conservative columnist and fox news contributor, and dick is the former chairman of the democratic party in south carolina. nice to see you both. thanks for coming in. andrea, i think it was the great snoop dogg who said he had his mind on his money and his money on his mind. and as we head towards this midterm election, isnt t...
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Gathering for the g-20 summit. the protesters broke off from the larger march just as we said. they set police cars on fire, theyre clashing with riot police. mike tobin has been following this and live in toronto with the latest. >> its hard to hear you with a lot of commotion that sprang up. this row of police officers in the riot gear, suddenly made a radical move. they moved about 20 yards forward, very rapidly, very physical when they did it. they made one arrest right here. you can see tha...