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For chain cpi came specifically from republican leaders as a necessary way to lower spending. one estimate found chaining cpi would save $121 billion over ten years. but the proposal has also drawn blowbacks from the president's own party leadership. >> i, myself, believe that whatever we talk about in terms of prolonging life of social security should be considered in its own place. whatever we're doing, it's about extending the life and the strength of social security. it's not about balancing the budget. and so that's some of the concerns that some of our members have. why is this in this...

>> brian: news by the numbers. first, 21,000 people, that's how many work railroads needed in california alone to meet the enormous work force required under obamacare. next, 17%. that's the boost in profits clorox got last quarter thanks to the flu. the company reported strong sales of disinfectants. finally, $121 billion, that's how much money was wasted sitting in traffic in 2011 and measured in time and fuel, that's $818 per person. don't ask me how i came up with those numbers. i studied in school. >> steve: speak of school, fantastic transition, brian. >> brian: thank you. >> steve: she'...

Put this together that 121 billion dollars in lost time, lost gasoline, lost money. in the aggregate come together to equal that you all are sitting in traffic and it could be affect your life in a negative way. gregg: you and i grew up in los angeles which is gridlock central. you had to get out of the road by 3:00 in the morning to be on the road by 4:00. >> reporter: l.a. comes in at not number one, but number two on the list. guess what comes in as number one? that would be washington, d.c. for a 30-minute trip you have to leave three hours in advance. for the rest of us the average was fo...

Inspected over possible fuel leaks or fire. john mcafee has turned up in guatemala city seeking political asylum. he's wanted as a person of interest about the murder of a fellow american. back on the street, keep an eye on pandora. it plunged 23% after the bell. and does it sometimes feel like you spend your whole life on line? according to a report, the united states spends 121 billion minutes on social media sites. this was just in july. that is more than 230,000 years. as you can imagine, it's facebook, twitter, linked in and pinterest that were among the biggest. bob costas talked abo...

president obama today called for a one-year extension of the bush tax cuts for families who make up to $250,000. for those families who make $250,000 or more, taxes would go up in january. >> i believe our prosperity has always come from an economy that's built on a strong and growing middle class. so my message to congress is this, pass a bill extending the tax cuts for the middle class. i will sign it tomorrow. pass it next week, i'll sign it next week. pass it next -- well, you get the idea. >> but how much would extending the tax cuts for the family's making under $250,000 help o...