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explosions in kenya that killed 1 and wounded 20 others. the blasts come two days after the u.s. embassy in kenya warned it had credible information of an imminent terrorist attack. a bright moment in turkey. a young boy was among a handful of people found alive in the rubble after sunday's devastating earthquake but the country's disaster and emergency administration has just raised the death toll to 366. the defense is set to call more witnesses tuesday in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray. its first witness was another physician who said jackson a...

The euro is down about one-fifth against the dollar, currently trading at 1.3935. the pound is flat at the the moment, the pound not being helped by news coming out of a leading trade body. we have a new npc member on the bank of england's rate setting committee. that is in focus. in britain, the japanese yen trading up three-tenths of 1% at 82.49 as you can see there, andrew. all the major indices ending the day in positive territory in asia. hong kong's hang seng up 1.71. petroleum and gas shares getting the benefit there. rumors from the kuwaiti oil minister, that opec may increase produc...

Her a less favored child for bringing them back from vacation. republicans say the measure will add to the country's budget deficit, democrats say it will save at least a billion dollars off the deficit and it's fully paid for by closing national tax loopholes, cutting money for food stamps and rescinding part of the earned income tax credit. for every dollar the budget office does comparisons about the amount of money you spend and how much comes back into the economy, they say every dollar you spend on food stamps comes back at a $1.71 and creates more money for the system but they're cuttin...

Agree with palin and boehner and o'connell, it's okay to stimulate the economy with which is the preface stuff, what's the most effective way to borrow -- to stimulate the economy? >> the most effective for stimulus is food stamps, $1.71 for every dollar versus the bush tax cuts. we're cutting stimulus right now, cutting food stamp right now to pay for state and local aid that's better than tax cuts. the argument that the republicans are giving to democrats is you don't want to allow a good stimulus like a tax cut to expire in recession. they're right about that. people who care about this are...

If we agree with palin and boehner and mcconnell that it's okay to borrow to stimulate the economy, which is what they're saying after that whole preface stuff, what's the most effective way to borrow to stimulate the economy? >> well, the most effective thing we can do for stimulus is food stamps. you get $1.71 of stimulus foefr dollar you spend versus the bush tax cuts, which is 32 cents for every dollar you spend on them. but we are in fact cutting stimulus right now or we're cutting food stamps to pay for state and local aid, which is also better than tax cuts. so this is one problem here....