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Was -- martha: it sounded like a real picnic, by the way having her live with them. >> i couldnt imagine. mrs. young certainly didnt enjoy that moment. the point is is that the reason yes was doing it or is it because he was trying to move his campaign forward? that is the big issue here. we have to focus on that. there clearly is inappropriate motive, but was the money being used for campaign purposes to shut everyone up so -- martha: that is what the jury will have to decide. in a word will th...

Keep a chart in my office that looks at the dow over the century. again i have no life. the chart works out these vaga reurbgs es and swings. we might peak a month here, go down a month here. but this is not what you see at this stage in a recovery. and i think what is worrying a lot of the experts weve talked to on fox business, which by the way, bill if you dont get you should demand, they are worried that this cant continue, that you cant have a recovery this close to no change and when it ge...

In your other life you dealt with energy so youre perfect for this. it deals with fracking and that is. >> reporter: its a means to extract natural gas out of difficult formations. the rock formations what they do is drill down and horizontally and shoot a mixture of water and chemicals and sand into a rock formation tow break it up to release the natural gas. stpho: its been hugely successful. >> reporter: very successful. its the reason for the abundance of natural gas and the reason why we sh...

Overturned that more and more doctors will reject patients who are covered by medicare. >> well --. bill: do you see that as a reality? >> you know what i see right now? i see them all over the state, i see them all the over the country. i see businesses who arent hiring because of this. i see doctors who arent expanding. i see hospitals who are not expanding because they have funds to do so because they dont know what happen. small business owners are scared to hire people because of unknowns i...

Number before. that is the only reason why the unemployment rate actually came down to 8.1% because people are not in the workforce. that is why youve got 8.1%. bill: come back to the other numbe only 115,000 jobs added. that is not good enough, is it? >> nowhere near good enough that is a very weak employment picture. the bottom line here, new job creation is nowhere near it should be if you really want an improving work place in america. what this really means the economy is again weakening. w...

Car and replace gasoline. >> reporter: eventually. bill: that is happening in some cities is it not? >> reporter: there are some bus fleets in certain cities that are doing it. its a conversion to the current internal combustion engine. not a huge conversion, maybe a couple of thousand dollars. the issue is getting the natural gas to the filling stations. 70% of new homes that are built are built with natural gas. you may be filling up your gas-fired vehicle at home a lot more, but once you get ...

Close. if i go back last seven weeks, every single day president obama has been within two points of 45% mark. every day, mitt romney has been within three points in 46% mark. today in may the race is toss-up. where it goes from here will depend on events outside the campaign. >> are those numbers one day of phone calls or two or three? what is that, scott? >> we roll three days together for each of our reports. so we poll every single night and combine the last three todays together. bill: okay...

Weve seen a pretty quick consolidation of the republican side. weve seen conservatives move towards mitt romney even faster frankly than i expected they would. santorums endorsement is effusive and serious and if he backs it up by doing campaign appearances maybe in states where he did well or had appeal to blue-collar voters, kind of voters mitt romney will need in november if he is to win that could be helpful. im sort of skeptical this is going to be, certainly not going to be a game-changer ...

Oil prices down 2 bucks a barrel below a hundred for the first time in a longtime. bill: because? >> reporter: because of a lot of these things. finally the administration seems to be embracing a true all of the above strategy. hopefully they continue. we need to drill more and embrace the keystone pipeline. this natural gas issue is a very, very positive step. bill: one caveat on the keystone we learned there will be no decision or construction this year. >> reporter: its a long life. bill: see...

Only through the mail. small businesses depend on this processing plant. they want to shut down 3000 post offices, cut 100,000 jobs. theyre gonna be putting people out of work everywhere. the american people depend on the postal service. bill: breaking news, more americans have stopped looking for a job, that is one of the many headlines today from this labor report. your government says the following, the unemployment rate