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Vote slated today. that issue likely to dominate in the eu summit tomorrow. markets suffering, adding to yesterday's losses albeit not as much. pauline? >> i'm afraid the asian markets did not give you a good lead-in today. here in asia, japan led the losses. profit taking sent tokyo's main index lower as investors reacted to new radiation warnings, this time in tokyo's tap water. we heard an update from my colleague a colleague about that. after the markets closed j pan's government said the cost of the economy of the earthquake and the tsunami could total $308 billion. meanwhile, around the ...

Odyssey dawn had a price tag of more than $100 million in u.s. missiles alone. tomahawk missiles cost between one and 1/2 million dollars each. aircraft operation and maintenance costs about $10,000 per hour. these are the costs of an operation that rely heavily on military hardware but if operation odyssey dawn continues for weeks or months, the pentagon may be out of cash it's going to need to fund all of this. now the defense department is already asking for $708 billion from congress this year partially to pay for the wars in iraq and afghanistan. did you get that number? $708 billion. a n...

Tomahawk missiles cost between one and 1/2 million dollars each. aircraft operation and maintenance costs about $10,000 per hour. these are the costs of an operation that rely heavily on military hardware but if operation odyssey dawn continues for weeks or months, the pentagon may be out of cash it's going to need to fund all of this. now the defense department is already asking for $708 billion from congress this year partially to pay for the wars in iraq and afghanistan. did you get that number? $708 billion. a need for more money would require the pentagon to request emergency funding from...

In ohio today, a state senate committee passed a bill to restrict collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers. it also banned public workers from striking and established fines and jail time for walk-outs. under that measure, unions could negotiate wages, hours and safety condition, but not health care or sick time or pension benefits. the bill now moves to the state full senate. the republican governor john kasich expects to support it. he wants to address ohio's $108 billion deficit. the exclusive "wall street journal"/nbc poll says that americans are adamant against collective...

Every year for the next ten years, has a familiar ring to it. dr. evil talked about that but back in 2009 when obama asked his cabinet to cut hundred billion dollars in 90 days, wow! a third of a percent. what a commitment he was making, now he has done that. >> pretty soon, even in washington, it adds up to real money. >> glenn: it does, mr. president. good for you. we can throw all the numbers around. but really it's much better. no one is going to get serious until you understand how little hundred billion dollars is. social security, medicare, medicaid, that is the main driver. if you don'...