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Slouch. a well respected doctor. is this fair? for a fair and balanced debate we're joined by a family attorney and this is a heated issue and talking about 16.9% of kids in the country are obese, two million kids. that's extremely obese, should they be pulled out of the home and taken from their parents, absolutely not. a horrible idea. this is' more to the west interest of the children equation than just the body mass and number on the scale. if you say to little billy, say, your parents are fat and take you away from them and give to you new and better parents for a while? that's a horrendo...

Price at the pump stayed at the national average of $3.55 a gallon. that is up 38 cents in the last month. stocks were up. dow gained 67. s&p 500 added three. and nasdaq finished ahead 14. new home sales fell 16.9% in february. to the slowest pace on record. with 3 million foreclosures forecast nationwide this year, experts say a turn-around is not expected for at least three years. new communications between the u.s. and libya. do they explain recent statements about possible exile. but first, will britain's royal wedding have an arrival fit for a commoner? that's next in grapevine.

It saved or created 3 to 4 million jobs and reduced unemployment 1.8% and the real issue is, i don't think the house republicans are not interested in kittying jobs and t -- creating jobs and the speaker said if the cuts in the spending bill we debated this week resulted in job losses, so be it. i don't think they care. i mean, we spent all week on this spending bill with all the amendments the republicans were proposing and they were about abortion and health care and epa regulations and i think there is no effort on the part of the house entrepreneurs to worry about job creation or impact of...

And taxpayer bailouts. president obama says the overhaul will make them a thing of the past. he says the bill gives uncle sam more tools to crack down on companies that could endanger the economy. breaking up is hard to do, especially in the troubled economy that we're all experiencing. in fact, some couples are actually delaying divorce or even choosing to stay married during these tough economic times. divorce rates fell in 2008. the first year of the recession from 17.5 to 16.9%. that's according to the national marriage project, a group that studies marriage trends. joining us right now ...

Back in the "town square," the tug of war with out of work americans and the big banks who continue to run the show at the experience of americans. i spoke to afternoon with labor secretary about the administration's plan to try to get millions of unemployed people back on the job. madam secretary, three different numbers today. one looks fantastic. jobs added, 290,000. one is a little perplexing, the increase in the unemployment rate. and one is somewhat disturbing -- which is the increase in the long-term unemployed from 16.9, to 17.1%. puts to three numbers in context if you would. >> i'd l...