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here in new york by all appearances it looks like da alvin brag is wrapping up his investigation into potential hush money payments before the 2016 election. and there is a chance that criminal charges could be filed against donald trump a chance his former attorney, michael cohen, who served time for violating campaign finance rules when he paid porn star stormy daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about the affair she said she has with donald trump is testifying before a grand jury as we s...

They become eligible for other assistance programs as allowed by federal and state. medicaid and food stamps and housing choice. >> tell us who qualifies for ssi. in point of fact. >> why do i have to repeat this, rick? >> 7 classictions qualify. >> you are forgetting the modifying. they have to qualify. you said it yourself. how do i qualify for ssi? >> your point is taken but the broader point is when you look at what the government is doing unbeknowns to the viewers. they have scripts written...

Not only does everybody still call them the bush tax cuts, but this republican party after him is absolutely campaigning on keeping the bush tax cuts. despite the decade so far of the bush tax cuts exploding the national debt, adding trillions to the deficit, remember they said they would pass them because we had a surplus, we had extra money. despite what the bush tax cuts have done to the debt and deficit, paul ryan and mitt romney, calls for keeping the tax cults in place even for the wealthi...

Not only does everybody still call them the bush tax cuts, but this republican party after him is absolutely campaigning on keeping the bush tax cuts. despite the decade so far of the bush tax cuts exploding the national debt, adding trillions to the deficit, remember they said they would pass them because we had a surplus, we had extra money. despite what the bush tax cuts have done to the debt and deficit, paul ryan and mitt romney, calls for keeping the tax cults in place even for the wealthi...

whitney houston could have filled the stadium with a public memorial. instead shed have a private funeral in newark. her body was flown home yesterday. from a plane to the golden hearse to the funeral home. were told houstons mother was waiting inside. jason, you just had a chance to speak to the pastor there. what did he tell you about the funeral arrangements? >> reporter: right. that would be pastor joe carter, john. pastor carter was very gracious. he allowed us inside the very sam...

Need taxpayer help. >> when i went to congress i was stunned by royalty relief where basically were paying oil companies to go drill offshore when theyre making record profits. >> but there were people opposed to this, didnt a lot of republicans say, absolutely no and what we were talking about earlier, senator, my question is, this is not even 1% of the needed cuts both president obama and the republicans are talking about and you cant reach agreement on that, i wonder about the other 99%. >> w...

With jack cafferty. hey, jack, what did the e-mails say. >> the question this hour is should states require drug tests in exchange for public assistance. paul in ohio writes absolutely. if folks arent willing to prove that theyre helping themselves, why should the taxpayer help them afford a drug habit. if these folks want privacy, they should do it without getting public assistance. lane in illinois writes i think tommy thompson, the past governor of wisconsin, did this as well as requiring tha...

>> and, it was said in the good old days, castro said the same thing, hes having a good time and hes week twooeaking you an everybody and, i could name other people in the same category. bill: are you suggesting -- hes looking for attention. >> well, perhaps, perhaps. but to say that my cash is everybodys cash. i worked hard and i put my cash to work and one threatening i agree with h-- one thing i agree with him on, though, the banks are not loaning money, the banks have gotten tremendous taxpa...

Wing. and its documented. the sound bites tell the story. well, its the kind of comeback story that every american should celebrate. the survival of the nations automobile industry. but conservatives, you see, they would rather see chrysler get no government loan or no taxpayer help and just go belly up, hurt a bunch of americans because we got to bust the unions, you know. about half of the people in a fox news focus group think that president obama is a muslim. funny thing. since they probably...

He said was so outrageous, so i ask the question. have things changed since tucson? no. its the same garbage. and its coming from the right wing. and its documented. the sound bites tell the story. well, its the kind of comeback story that every american should celebrate. the survival of the nations automobile industry. but conservatives, you see, they would rather see chrysler get no government loan or no taxpayer help and just go belly up, hurt a bunch of americans because we got to bust the u...