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affect the u.s. economic recovery with higher prices. >> more compensations cost for costa cruises. the costa allegra ship are offered full reimbursement. >> first off though, greece has made a lot of sacrifices to try and secure its second big bailout from the eu and the imf. unfortunately though, it seems as though it still hasn't made enough. eurozone members holding a meeting in brussels decided to withhold more than half of the $175 billion that athens so badly needs to stay afloat. that's the portion due to go straight into the government bank. while greece struggles, another a...

Federally-financed elections. so the number you could spend on tv would be a smaller number. but set that aside. so the $2.6 billion, collectively over the four major networks, what percentage of total profit is this $2.6 billion? is it a drop in the bucket or is it a majority of how these companies make their money? >> it's not a majority by any mea means. i'll go back to it's probably $2.6 billion out of $175 billion in u.s. advertising. if you were to isolate the tv station business, those dollars are a higher margin. they drop to the bottom line. but we're talking aboutok impa in the low ...

Super bowl or on the olympics or the oscars, how does a presidential election stack up? >> it's right there. i mean it's bigger than those events, certainly. and, you know, the way i frame it, the way i look at it is in the u.s., you have $175 billion of advertising spent. for political to be $3 or going higher, what we're seeing is political as a percentage of the u.s. ads spent is increasing overtime. because of regulatory loose restrictions and regulations, that political spent is increasing as a percentage of the pie. there's no question about it. that's kwiend of how i think about it. >> ...

Theory in the case of dominique strauss kahn, remember this guy, we'll show you evidence that suggests he may have been the victim of a setup by his political rivals in france. >> and president obama pushing americans to support a tax break that the gop says will add $175 billion to the decifit. both parties sort of switching sides on the tax debate here, and that fallout to your paycheck is next. >> i think it's very hard for republicans to vote against this, given their past history of defending the tax cuts for the wealthiest among us. >> i think it's destructive to extend it and raise some...

I mean, if those are the numbers -- i tell you why the latest jobs plan, which in many ways reflects the stimulus bill of february-09, about half, but 80% didn't like that or feel an impact, he is trying to do stimulus 2 and he won't win those 80% back at all. they are going to say, try something niewsm. >> noose what i put moo my column in the wall street journal. looking at jobs plan, the president is saying, okay, i had a failed stimulus program, so let's try the same thing again. this stimulus 2 has many provisions that are repeats of past policies that have not had an impact. for example,...