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We had some big disasters. the overall cost for rebuilding stay pretty steady. but now we have catastrophic climate events all the time. last year, noah counted 20 billion dollar climate disasters in the u.s.. those altogether cost 152 billion dollars. in the last five years, these disasters have cost the u. s. 788 billion dollars. now compare that with the amount we are spending on the inflation reduction act, the largest climate bill in u.s. history. that totals 369 billion dollars, is spread out over ten years. one of those things is a lot bigger than the other. is 100 year or 500-year disa...

Then encouraging the crowd to boo. now the head of the boy scouts is apologizing to organization members. in a post on-line he writes, in part, "i want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family who are offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree. that was never our intent. he adds that the scouts have invited every sitting president to the jamboree since it was started." it is no no way an endorsement of any person, party, or policy. for years people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, skps we have steadfastly remained non...

And, in fact, it was on this day eight years ago that president obama signed the recovery act, that stimulus package, $788 billion stimulus package he saw in many ways emergency legislation that was necessary to save the economy to prevent it from falling into another great depression. so, it's an example of the kind of very specific policy proposals being touted on the road by past presidents, in this case the president is really just going back out for campaign rally in which we expect him to cover ava right of topics, but not necessarily get into the nitty-gritty. jim? >> bask in the glow o...

>> reporter: as you point out romney raised more than $4.5 million after the ruling was announced yes. but he will need a white house and a filibuster-proof majority in the senate to carry out his promise. jenna. jenna: lots of things to watch in the months ahead. wendell, thank you. jon: in that supreme court opinion the supreme court ruled the individual mandate in the healthcare law is allowable only because it's a tax. so what does the decision mean for you, the taxpayer? the congressional budget offices mate the healthcare law will decrease the federal budget deficit by $143 billion over ...

The original bail-out was $788 billion. that was for us. then maybe $1.5 trillion. then $3 trillion. the speculation now, nobody knows, but they think our bail-outs of us could be upwards of $20 trillion. they're just charging it. you don't even know. what are the final answers here? where are we headed? what are we doing? now we're doing it globally. what happened after we gave the money to greece? this bothers me. the market crashed. and now i get up this morning and i read that credit default swaps are at a high. well, most people don't ep know what a credit default swap is. that's when the...