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economy overall. don't even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress -- live pictures right now -- what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? >> reporter: it's a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve chairman can't come out right and say anything ahead of the federal reserve meeting which takes p...

controversy dogging president obama. did top aides, including the vice president joe biden warn him about it beforehand? new information coming in. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." our national political correspondent jim acosta is following it for us. >> reporter: it sounded like he was referring to mitt romney as mr. burns, the villain from "the simpsons" who once said release the hounds. that's because in the race for the alpha dog, the fangs are out. rick santorum doesn't need anybody to tell him who let the dogs out. >> i think it's interesting you're asking...

Computer. >> next, you say pick a strong pass words. what makes a strong pass word and should you change it frequently? >> sure. it's a good idea to change it a couple months. a strong password is at least seven characters long. seven characters that consist of letters, numbers and symbols. don't use password or 12345. >> not secure. tip number three. shop smart. most of us think we are. are there red flags when shopping online? >> sure. definitely look for a secure connection. it will say https as in secure in the url or address bar. you might see a padlock. stick to the trusted sources. stic...

>> that's a different thing. that could be a virus or a worm. even if it's from someone you know, their address book could be infected. so if it's suspicious, then start a new e-mail and write to your friend and ask them or call them, did you e-mail this to me? but in most cases, a phishing attempt is separate from a virus. they're more interested in getting information from you they can use to get money rather than trying to infect your computer. >> next, you say pick a strong passwo password. what cannotexactly makes a stro password and should you be changing it frequently? >> sure, it's a g...

How about rumsfeld? >> i think there were a lot of people in that administration who got blinded by bad information and who really wanted a war in iraq for a lot of other reasons. but secretary gates took the hand off and i think he's been enormously responsible as a secretary of defense. >> why are you leaving the senate? >> i think six years is a good period of time to be in the 12345 senate and i tend to be fully involved in issues even though i'm leaving in two years. >> i want to ask you about that. i want to know what's wrong with the senate, because you seem like a good guy. let me retu...