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Immigration or foreign policy, which we just talked about, immigration is where the republican party has a lot of thinking to do and moving to do. it was barely brought up. how does the party begin to reconcile concerns on big ticket items when they cannot talk about it in private-ish forum? >> this is the opening bell for 2016. remember, cpac poll winner hasnt won the presidential election or nomination. its the opportunity to establish that conservative part of the pie that somebody will win a...

This just in to cnn. the american economy is losing steam in a report that was just released the government says the gross domestic product the gdp was whittled down to 2.4% in the last quarter. alison kosik is following that story for us from new york. tell us more. >> reporter: it was expected that this number was going to come in lousy and doesnt mean this is good news. one analyst says with economic growth in the fourth quarter being revised from 3.2%, that annual rate to a 2.4% pace is just...

All of them are out to 150, 160, 170,000 troops. almost all of them are out to 20 or 30,000 left right now. all of them are supposed to be out by the end of the year. lets see if a contingent stays next year and beyond. if you eliminate all those ground forces, two active fronts in a war, you dont need the troops. you can cut and go from 500,000 to 450,000 and whatever it is and not lose much. it was doable and a lot of these big ticket items, you mentioned them. you dont need them anymore with ...

Increasing the minimum wage. >> want to get one more story. when it comes to the economy analysts say there are signs of a bright spot according to data released by the federal reserve, families are borrowing at the fastest pace since the financial crisis hit. it is seen as a signal that consumers may be feeling a little more comfortable with their economic situations. debt held by u.s. households rose by $241 billion in the fourth quarter to $11.5 trillion. but despite the news, the jobs and th...

But make no mistake about it, what you want is an economy where people are working more, where their income is going up, where theyre spending more and going back to the minimum wage, thats why that has a good impact on the economy because those are families that actually spend their paycheck, so what we would like to see more is people having the confidence to borrow and buy bigger ticket items. however, thats not the recipe for the future. the recipe for the future is more people working, high...

Jobs number thats going to come out this friday, because gdp was up 3.2% in the fourth quarter. thats the single best indicator the economy is growing, but its retrospective and more recent data havent shown the trend strengthen. manufacturing and construction have slowed, personal income and spending on big ticket items like cars has slow. many are saying the weak jobs number is more indicative of a broader slowdown so people are going to be focused on this fridays job figure. >> im looking at ...

The company says sales in the current quarter are expected lower than analysts are expecting. it wasnt bad news. almost 5 million bought macs. shares, taking a huge beating, down more than 8% now. as for the broader markets, going to be busy today. company earnings continue to pour in. dow and s&p 500 will make a comeback despite lousy orders on big ticket items falling 4% in november. momentum slowed down the end of last were. today is the kickoff of federal reserve first policy meeting of the ...

Onto the senate. its interesting that quote you put up, gretchen, mary landrieu from louisiana. that was in answer to a question, is the president, will he be an asset or liability in your re-election campaign. that was that quote. that was the answer. >> fred, it would be a disaster, would it not, for the president in his last years in office if he loses the senate? it would make sense he would go back to what gained him a second term, same philosophies and try to help those 55 dems, right? >> ...

Target. january is the best time of the year for sales. a lot of these retailers want to get rid of their old merchandise to make room for the new. and electronics clothing, winter clothing, bedding, home items, can go on sale from between 60% to 80% off. >> reporter: looking for bigger discounts? shop wholesalers for big ticket items. many of them end up in warehouses like this. >> can you see us? >> reporter: they let us into their warehouse. mountains of unwrapped, unwanted present. scooters,...

Gains. >> a majority of those polls dont think the economic conditions will get much better a year from now. 56% said they saw conditions in a year as poor. here is something very telling. the poll asked whether the economy made them put off making magic over purchases like furniture or appliances and 56% said yes. thats higher than when the recession began in 2008. what that does is show concern about the future. so why this disconnect? look at data on the economy. it is getting better. there a...