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>> brian: conan was very funny. but it a headline tore follow the president of the united states. one other joke the president did, the president said, david axelrod works for msnbc, which is a nice change of pace, since msnbc used to work for david axelrod. >> gretchen: all right. so here is another story that another group, breitbart.com, was able to expose and has to do with the economy and the president playing golf. and how much time was devoted to both of those two things. here is their work for you. 976 hours, economic meetings, 474.4 hours. you can be the judge on how you feel about th...

Agency has cut america's debt outlook from stable down to negative. they say they are worried washington is not able to get together and reach any kind of solution as to how to solve this problem. so it makes them concerned about the credit of the country going forward. the consumer confidence level has plummeted since that announcement yesterday. this is the most recent reading. it measures the economic confidence on a daily basis. it has been an 8-point drop to 74.4. that's lower than after the 9/11 attacks. economist ben stein is the coauthor of the little book of alternative investments. >...