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Need to think about it. theres been a bifurcation in the economy and we need to do things to restore employment opportunities for those americans who have been stuck not just for the last few years but for a very long time. >> mark, i just want to wrap up with you quickly. how do americans attitudes reflected in this poll, what does that foreshadow for the year ahead? obviously that will affect their spending habits. >> no, absolutely. i think that, again, youre going to see people investing in ...

So-called sequester, bus not all of them. were still underfunding research and education and transportation and other initiatives that would create jobs right now. but it was an honest conversation. they operated in good faith. and given how far apart the parties have been on fiscal issues, they should take pride in what they did, and i actually called them after they struck the deal and i said, congratulations, and i hope that creates a good pattern for next year. where we work on at least the ...

Management. good to see you. >> thank you. good to be here. >> national retail federation reporting november sales of 3.9% compares to last year. i dont know. is this a good stein for the economyover all? >> i think it is. any time youre a retailer and you have merchandise on your shelf, youre going to be worried about what can go wrong. we do have winter every year. we do have a shorter season, but think the end number will come up very much like the november number. thats always been a very go...

Averting a government shutdown, and that is no small thing, considering where we have been lurching from crisis to crisis. as gloria was just alluding to, thats precisely why paul ryan, the republican chair of the house commit aye, and patty murray, the senate chair, said they made this agreement in order to stop that, and to get everybody back to normalcy, as normal as congress can be. that really is such a large part, wolf of why you had members of both parties voting for this. not because nec...

Well. >> okay. so throw out the convenience factor here. and just look at it from a fiscal perspective. do you think online retailers being forced to collect sales tax col kind of level the playing field for all the brick and mortar stores have seen all the increased competition online. shoppers are saying we want to avoid is the crowds and in some cases this sales tax. >> for some people. when you look at the bargains and convenience of shopping online, i dont know if sales tax is the first thi...

Lets look at that before we look at military benefits and pay. >> im reading a third of the employees at these commissaries are military spouses. 30%. >> yes. >> thats another level of hits. >> these are community centers in many ways. the commissaries, the p.x.s are the places where military families shop for a lot of different goods, where families work. if youre a private who doesnt have a car, you may not have access to go off base. if youre overseas in germany or south korea, the commissari...

You can see that americanse have more income today but the big ticket items likeems homes take a lot more money. mon on social issues, in 1959 only 5% of american babies5% are born out of wedlock. 5%. abortion very rare. today?bout about 41%, thats a shocking turn of events. in the 1950s, drug use was rare. although the alcoholism rate was about the same as it is today. another interesting category?inno innocence, in the 50s andl 60s premarital sex and explicit behavior even in the my i cant was...

Sport. >> hey, hey! >> reporter: many take advantage of some retailers opening doors on thanksgiving night, some foregoing the holiday dinner. >> settle down! >> reporter: tempers flaring at this walmart with shoppers clamoring for a bargain on tablets in virginia. hours after a signature parade, macys broke out the barricades or hundreds of hungry shoppers starving for a deal at their flagship store in new york city. across the country, long lines a welcome site for retailers hoping to cash in ...

Of all the way in the back. >> shoppers camped outside of this best buy, all in hops of getting their hands on a 40-inch flat screen tv for only $200. it is big ticket items like these and rock bottom prices on electronics feeding a frenzy. police stepping in to end a tug of war over a television. amid all the chaos, police shot one shoplifter at this kohls store in illinois, sending the thief and two officers to the hospital. cybermonday, retailers are set to offer steep discounts online so you...

California, doing shopping for me, no doubt, i hope anyway. what are some retailers reporting from early sales? >> reporter: well, you actually nailed it. a lot are saying maybe this move to start the shopping season earlier is working to their advantage. well have to wait to see the final numbers. certainly the early details coming out of walmart, theyre expecting record crowds. more than 2 2 million folks. the first four hours last night, they had more than 10 million transactions. were also h...