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You know, reveals very clearly. >> jim, katrina brings up the point about sort of what's happened to detroit. this is not necessarily a story of bloated pensions, although pensions and the problem with finding enough money to fund these pensions, however small they may be, is an issue across the country. the other part of this is the declining work force in detroit. if you look at the city employment in 1951, there were 30,000 employees. in 2013, there were 10,500. the unemployment rate in the city is 18.8%. you're a bankruptcy attorney. what happens next here, if, in fact, detroit is able to ...

They're not just here in the united states but abroad. but specifically here since 2007 both gm and ford closed 25 plants. jobs have been cut. that is not good news for people losing their jobs and it adds to the overall unemployment rate but car jobs lost since 2008, ford has cut 42,000 jobs. gm has cut 31,000 jobs. salaries by the way are lower as well, starting salary now for a job in a car industry is about 14 bucks an hour. used to be about twice that. health care costs are lower. when costs are down, profits are way up. so car companies have a lot more money. ford has made $32 billion in...

2,000 women out of northern europe. doctors say the benefits of radiation, though, still outweigh the risks. the dow is looking to extend its nine-day winning streak. that's the best in 16 years. jackie deangelis is here with what's moving your money. seven of the days have moved the dow deeper into record territory. what's fueling the gains? >> a few things. strong corporate earnings and concrete signs that the economy is slowly improving. like last week's monthly jobs report and yesterday's retail sales report showing that consumers are still spending despite the 2% payroll tax hike. keep ...

Infallible. andre agassi the tennis player has problems. >> high fundraising expenses. 18.8% and low accountability. they did call back and say this isn't true. where did they get these numbers. >> bill: they are denying. what does he raise money for. >> his charity goes to foundation for education. education in the inner city. >> bill: okay. inner city. we want to note that agassi's people are denying there is a problem there now, outside of navigator, you locked in on jay-z, our pal jay-z. >> that's right. >> bill: what's he up to. >> is he a great rapper. he has made a cool half billion fro...

Infallible. andre agassi the tennis player has problems. >> high fundraising expenses. 18.8% and low accountability. they did call back and say this isn't true. where did they get these numbers. >> bill: they are denying. what does he raise money for. >> his charity goes to foundation for education. education in the inner city. >> bill: okay. inner city. we want to note that agassi's people are denying there is a problem there now, outside of navigator, you locked in on jay-z, our pal jay-z. >> that's right. >> bill: what's he up to. >> is he a great rapper. he has made a cool half billion fro...