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A senate panel accusing some major check companies of avoiding the tax man. joining us now is lauren simonetti. >> they say they used offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes on billions of dollars. the committee says microsoft moved 21 billion offshore from 2009 to 2011 and saved 4 and a half billion in taxes it would have owed to uncle sam. the panel says hp has 90 percent of the cash outside of the united states and under tax laws foreign profits are taxed when they come back to the u.s. >> 30 year mortgage rates have fallen to a record of 3.49. this is all thanks to the fed stimulus, right?

The rule in the welfare law if and only if they move more people from welfare to work than otherwise would have done. >> republicans say it could be done without waiving the work requirement. democrats argue states such as utah ask for waivers but utah only asks for waivers from reporting requirements which said was draining the resources from putting people to work, not the work requirement, itself. conservative lawmakers see this as a power grab. >> this president has repeatedly said if congress won't do it, i will do it alone. >> this is the answer to that is no, sir you will not. you will ...

Them, they stop buying. they stop hiring and it's a vicious circle. >> shep: indeed it is. thank you. the average rate for 30-year fixed mortgage has fallen again, back to record low. according to the mortgage giant freddie mac, it's 3.49%. 30-year fixed. that ties the lowest rate going all the way back to the 1950s. so it is a very good time to buy if you can scrape up money for a down payment and if you can get them to actually lend you money at that rate. president obama and governor romney are both in the state of florida tonight trying to win over a key group of voters in a crucial batt...

Stage it looks to disrupt offshore oil and gas supplies and wreak havoc on refineries and key energy infrastructure along the gulf coast. as a result, the current national average is $3.75 a gallon. a month ago $3.49. a year ago $3.60. who knows where it could go if isaac does hit hard in the u.s. offshore oil. that produces, chris, about 23% of u.s. oil output and 7% of natural gas production, so we're going to have to wait and see on this one. >> just in time for the labor day holiday. how nice. general motors steering clear of the presidential race. they don't want either of these president...

Of gasoline in the battleground states that governor romney is going to be hitting. and for example, he is going to be going almost immediately on his bus tour to the state of virginia. let's take a look at the gasoline price. the average is below the national at $3.49 a gallon. but still quite high. he moves on to north carolina. $3.56 a gallon. then onto the state of florida where the average is $3.58. finally up to the state of ohio. $3.8 a gallon. that of course is above the national average but for all four of those states, those prices are very high just ask anybody who pulls up at the p...