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Professor of international business at the university of maryland. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: weve heard the president and his party take credit for saving the financial system, but that simply is not true. he didnt do it, did he? >> no, he didnt. most of the steps that were taken to deal with the crisis were taken by the bush treasury department, secretary paulson, the tarp was created before the election. by the federal reserve, which took action with regard to bear & stea...

Scott brown. scott brown is slightly in the lead right now. she worked with president obama overseeing the t.a.r.p. program. and then left public service to go run for senate in massachusetts. we will take a listen as she tries to cement her candidacy in massachusetts and lift this president. she is also, of course, the full defense of the "you didnt build that" theme which has emerged here. listen to her message here tonight. [cheering] [crowd chanting] >> i never thought i would run for the se...

Scott brown. scott brown is slightly in the lead right now. she worked with president obama overseeing the t.a.r.p. program. and then left public service to go run for senate in massachusetts. we will take a listen as she tries to cement her candidacy in massachusetts and lift this president. she is also, of course, the full defense of the "you didnt build that" theme which has emerged here. listen to her message here tonight. [cheering] [crowd chanting] >> i never thought i would run for the se...

Nominee elizabeth warren will take the stage behind me tonight. she is challenging senator scott brown from his seat. that was the seat left when ted kennedy passed away. john is with us today. reporter: its going to be a very big night for elizabeth warren. two jobs are what she has. she is very popular with democrats. she was the watchdog for the t.a.r.p. program. also, her job is going to be to be reaching out to massachusetts voters. >> in fact, i can feel my heart rate going up. reporter: t...

The future. >> reporter: union leaders say, dont read too much into the situation involving charlotte saying that unions simply have less money on hand to donate this year and leaders say they would rather focus their resources on grassroots efforts and plan to make voter registrations the top priority. jenna? jenna: interesting. well have to wait and see how that potentially could affect the results. well have a few more weeks for that. shannon, thank you. >> reporter: you got it. jon: congress...

The sec has decide there have we no prosecution of goldman sachs in connection with the financial meltdown. tell me what you think. >> i wish i could say i was shocked. but i am not. part of my job was with law enforcement agency to investigate and prosecute those who tried too steal from the t.a.r.p. program. 100 people have been charged. we have had great success. but i had to deal with the department of justice to get the cases charged. i consistently saw a timidity and a lack of sophisticati...

Different expenses that came on the bush administration. thee voted for the t.a.r.p. program, he voted for the auto bailout. >> are we go to going there? this is where you want to take this? >> thats all that barack obama has done. he haas not achieved anything? >> he voted for 94% of the bush administration agenda. so in addition to his pivot to the right where hes got this right-wing agenda in terms of the ryan budget plan, hes also got this legacy in the congress as this bush administration b...

two straight years, job creation seems to be slowing down. earnings for middle income americans fell some 7% in the past decade. and then there are investments. your i.r.a., your 401(k), your pensions. theyre a second road to prosperity. that is complicated in this volatile market. for those of you looking for a safe harbor by investing in fixed income or parking money in the shelter of a bank, youre getting nothing. even our virtually nonexistent inflation is higher than what youre ea...

spending and thats because trat decisional path to prosperity is still strewn with debris from the last storm. the big one, the recession. your job and the wage you bring home is the single most important way to build wealth. but despite net job growth for two straight years, job creation seems to be slowing down. earnings for middle income americans fell some 7% in the past decade. and then there rinare investmen. that is complicated in this volatile market. for those of you looking f...

outcome, ohio. where the candidates spoke speaks volumes in the battleground. in northeast ohio, blue from 2008, cuyahoga county, democrats must dominate to win close races statewide. mitt romney was here, hamilton county, where cincinnati is in the southwest corner. pivotal for republicans in close statewide races. may notice president obama carried that area or part of it in 2008. republican challenger hopes to look at the last three plus years, convinces voters not to give the incum...