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Bill: the very idea wed raise taxes on job creators, during the worst recession in 25 years, is just, it is just -- frankly, astounding. bill: that was republican mike pence. out of indiana. he is referring to the burke era tax cuts, set to expire on the first of january. this has gotten a lot of steam in the political debate in washington today. practically every working american now facing a tax increase, come early january unless congress acts and the question we have today is whether or not ...

Greece, $160 billion. take a look at this map. the financial upheaval there spread to other countries could touch off a global crisis, its spreading fast. the country right here in red are in the worst shape. the next worse in orange. this is a scary picture. we are back with the panel about the greek economic tragedy. start with charles. >> i think the map explains why the germans in the end will have to act. theyre the anchor of the european financial system. they will act. they have been slow...

A major speech to american muslims but arab american leaders say their quiet relationship with the white house has never been better. >> its significantly improved over the situation we had in the eight years of the bush administration. where there was not a single briefing of the arab american white house in eight years. >> president obama declared -- >> let there be no doubt islam is a part of america. >> reporter: but in post-9/11 america it remains a politically sensitive part. >> the fact i...

>> bret: the bail-out for greece, $160 billion. take a look at this map. the financial upheaval there spread to other countries could touch off a global crisis, its spreading fast. the country right here in red are in the worst shape. the next worse in orange. this is a scary picture. we are back with the panel about the greek economic tragedy. start with charles. >> i think the map explains why the germans in the end will have to act. theyre the anchor of the european financial system. they wil...

A major speech to american muslims but arab american leaders say their quiet relationship with the white house has never been better. >> its significantly improved over the situation we had in the eight years of the bush administration. where there was not a single briefing of the arab american white house in eight years. >> president obama declared -- >> let there be no doubt islam is a part of america. >> reporter: but in post-9/11 america it remains a politically sensitive part. >> the fact i...

But the question is, where do we go from here? the country clearly does not want another stimulus bill. what they want is something much more targeted. and the issue becomes and doug and other economists can respond to this, but are there pieces you can carve out, such as infrastructure, that would make sense to continue and make sure you dont get into a lot of the pork that we saw in the stimulus. and thats going to be the hard question. i think it is -- theres no question that the senate will ...

Distancing and mask wearing are dropped. if there is a quick return to pre—pandemic behaviour with a lot more contacts and less caution, modellers predict there could be 2,000 hospital admissions per day although in the worst—case scenario it could be nearer 4,000. but if there is a more cautious return, spaced over several months, there will be far fewer admissions and less impact on the nhs. 0nce legal restrictions are lifted, we dont know how each individual will act, but if each of them ...

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Just sending the message that the u.s. will act? is that enough? >> thank you for that question. let me first say that what assad did with chemical weapons was horrific, but our constitution doesnt allow the president to engage in acts of war without approval of congress. and when he did this strike, it turns out that it did very little. as you said now, there is operations from the very base we just struck a couple of days ago. its not clear to me why we launched 59 cruise missiles and theres s...

This kind of language through either press conferences or tweets continues as opposed to diplomatic channels. >> i guess its a novel question, but when the iranian government hears its on notice, how do they interpret that? or at least the different factions in iran? >> its difficult to say. as the general quite correctly stated, this was too vague of a statement. either its an empty threat, bluster, or it is the first sal v salvo in what could be an accidental confrontation. theres no question ...