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moon, but that was 40 years ago. the u.s. is essentially sitting on the bench in the current space race. will that hurt it back here on earth? and is america coming apart? thats what the author of a controversial new book says. ill ask him about it. but first, heres my take. something caught my eye the other day. pat robertson, the high priest of the religious right, had some startling things to say about drugs. "i really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage ...

Entitlements, all of the welfare programs like food stamps and medicare the same way we reformed aid to family with dependent children. limiting their growth to inflation. that alone saves almost a trillion dollars over a decade. why not do the reform for the 77 welfare programs we have that we did for the one major. >> if any politician has the guts to do that. and reduce the regulatory burden. weve heard a lot about this over the last three years. >> well, one of the challenges we have is we u...

Using, rev. i wrote about this several weeks ago in "the hill" and bob is exactly right. the -- studies have shown that most people believe that when you talk about welfare queens or welfare programs or these government programs, they are thinking of that as poor african-americans. they dont think of that as white americans. and studies have also shown that people tend to think that white americans on these programs are somehow more deserving. so i think their language is this dog whistle politi...

Weve relieved the tax burden on our job creator, our small businesses. we reformed welfare programs to focus on those truly in need. weve begun to repay the long-standing debt owed to maines hospitals. weve tackled the looming crisis in state pensions and we brought future competition to the health insurance market. our republicans in augusta did as they promised they would do. [ applause ] and american needs that same leadership in washington. so wont you please, please send two republican hous...

the city, its being under shelling, bombing, and everything. theres nothing to do. >> the embattled syrian regime is stepping up its brutal attacks. activists who want democracy and want president bashar al-assad to fall, theyre telling us more people are being killed. were seeing the neighborhoods right here reduced to rubble. in homs, syrias third largest city, more than 90 people are reported killed so far today. because foreign reporters are mostly ban from the country, we continue...

"superstition." you knew that, though. >> i know all that, soledad. >> he lives it, yes, he does. >> superstitious dude. >> we begin this northemorning iran. defense secretary leon panetta says there is a growing likelihood, quote, that israel will attack iran this spring and try to destroy its suspected nuclear program. israeli defense minister ehud barak said this, quoek, iran must be prevent fred becoming nuclear and no option should be taken off the table. lets get right to barbara...

Entire week. he knew after new hampshire he was going to be playing defense because everybody was going to pounce at him and failed to go on the offense, claim defense is a disaster politically and 15%, played it on bain. never made an affirmative argument and stood up and said im the guy that will create your job and invest your money. he has a great argument. >> it is not really clear grich did a grit job of saying here is how i will created your jobs. >> no, no. here is how im going to rather...

an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? >> i havent thought it through. i dont have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back in 1967, your father set a groundbreaking standard in american politics, he released his tax returns. he released them not for one year but for 12 years. will you follow your fathers example? >> ma...

governor, attacking me, theyll get around to senator santorum and congressman paul. >> when are you going to release your tax returns, specifically? >> an hour ago. >> mr. speaker posted his online an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? >> i havent thought it through. i dont have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back...

Americans economically at the lower end of the income say, many with very poor educational qualifications have much bigger social problems whether you look at family or job satisfaction, their religious observance or local communities, poor america is doing terribly in haul four. murrays point is its the collapse of the social fabric down at the lower end of the social scale thats a real problem. he says its a class problem, but an institutional problem. we need to address that social crisis. th...