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Painful vote. we fully understand the situation of the people. >> the latest unemployment figures came out today. 25.4% overall. staggering 58% for the young. greece will go bankrupt if it doesn't get the next tranche of european bail-out money this month and it needed to make cuts to get cash. some experts say greece's problems alone don't have a direct impact on the united states economy. but the whole of the euro zone in crisis does. as america struggles to boost growth. >> there are issues with confidence. worsening of the euro zone would have global impact. that is something that the u.s....

Bill: there is new violence in the streets of athens, greece. watch here. the [shouting]. bill: rioters are back and out in force on the streets of athens hurling firebombs at police as the parliament there okays new austerity measures to get hands on vital bailout money, money that it needs. amy kellogg live in london this. amy? >> reporter: bill, as you can see the situation is bad. that is violence that flared in the midst of a two-day general strike called in greece. the government keeps making these cuts it needs to make in order to gets financial house somewhat in order. this is against ...

Him. you'll see the interview tomorrow on "america's newsroom," stay tuned for that. that shall be interesting. martha: in the meantime there is a bit of a shakeup in the republican presidential playing field two weeks before the crucial iowa caucuses. newt gingrich had been surging in that battleground state. take a look now, ron paul has jumped into the lead. according to the "real clear politics" poll ron paul is first, romney is third. gingrich is third. you can see the high for gingrich is right there, he's in the green up about 35, 36%. december 12th was his absolute high point at least ...

Restraint this budget tells a different story. government spending a percentage of gdp will skyrocket to 25.4% in 2010. the highest since the middle of are world war ii. in the middle of the depression when roosevelt was spending on every federal program imaginable, spending as a percentage of gdp only hit 10.5% at its the high that was in 1936. those shocking numbers don't touch taxes. this budget according to the "wall street journal" contains two trillion worth of tax hikes they include a repeal of the bush income tax cuts on singles making over $200,000 a year and couples over $250,000. ca...

Restraint this budget tells a different story. government spending a percentage of gdp will skyrocket to 25.4% in 2010. the highest since the middle of are world war ii. in the middle of the depression when roosevelt was spending on every federal program imaginable, spending as a percentage of gdp only hit 10.5% at its the high that was in 1936. those shocking numbers don't touch taxes. this budget according to the "wall street journal" contains two trillion worth of tax hikes they include a repeal of the bush income tax cuts on singles making over $200,000 a year and couples over $250,000. ca...