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To say make up for a lack of native american data, he used samples from mexico and peru and colombia to stand in. when you say native american that's north america and south america. so it's a range of samples. can't be exact but nonetheless, there is according to the sample some native american. we can't be sure how much. brian: i wasn't great at fractions or decimals. the harvard university did a study in 2014 and they said out average 23 and me found that european americans tested overall with 0.18 american ancestry. compare it to warren trumpeting cherokee heritage. .0. that's half of what...

American ancestry in your pedigree. >> some people have questioned my heritage and my family history. maybe they do it to insult me. maybe they do it to distract from the kinds of changes i'm fighting for. >> laura: according to a dna study, analyzed by stanford's carlos bustamante, who works for 23 and me, the advisor of that company, warren is possibly 1/1024, which is 0.09% native american. that's where the scale goes. it goes from .09% to i don't know, like everybody else. according to "the new york times," scientist say the average european-american is 0.18% native american. so that would...

European american has 0.18% native american dna which might be higher than warren's. as for her reference to the president's million dollar bet if dna showed she did have native ancestry, the president said this. >> you mean if she gets the nomination and the debate where i was going to have her tested? i'll only do it if i can test her personally. okay? that will not be something i enjoy doing either. >> that' even democrats upset wh warren's dna debacle. obama's campaign manager was mad she made the announcement right before midterms, asking why can't dems ever stay focused? rob: she tried t...

Their own gasoline taxes. teresa knew money for their states. one of those places, california. that's where william la jeunesse is tonight. >> you want to have a screwed up state with a bunch of potholes? go ahead. >> california governor jerry brown leading a pack of states raising their gas tax. >> roads and bridges are aging. >> the federal government imposed a penny a gallon gas tax in 1932. today it is $0.18 but hasn't increased in 24 years. 28 states raised their gas tax in the last five years to an average of $0.31 a gallon. the lowest, alaska, $0.12. pennsylvania, $0.59 grade followed b...

Discretionary income. you are left with so much less in the end how do you save money. >> hard to do with college prices with hurricane sandy coming through and taxes going up and also gas prices going up. we have a new study out talking about gas prices last year and how much the american household spent on gasoline. >> shocking numbers. last year turned out to be a real pain in the gas. american households spent a record amount filling up their cars more than $2,900 on average. in the meantime the cost for filling upkeeps going up in 2013 as well. the national average for regular unleaded co...