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-- seriously injured at all times during the investigations, initiated in august 2012, our primary focus was the safety and protection of the public. i want to reassure our citizens that while the rcmp believes the accused had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers, or infrastructure. the rcmp led integrated national security enforcement teams with the close collaboration of the fbi, successfully interdicted this threat early and effectively. this is a testament to the strength of our relatio...

Over in poll after poll after poll. from july and august 2012, 65% of the americans said we should raise taxes. that's a 32% margin over the no taxes position. in the same period, 44% said that raises taxes on the well off would help the economy. only a third said it could hurt. a couple of months later, october, 64% like the democrat plan for raising taxes on the rich. they like it by a 35-point margin. that's a baby flaw. we threw it there for fun. okay. back to taxes. another poll on taxes from october 2012. asking the rich to pay more. 55% of the the voters. the margin is closer but 19 poi...

Featureing mr. rules. the regulatory czar. >> gretchen: from 2009 to 2012, during his term, federal regulations increased 7.4%. he resigned in august 2012. he's currently a harvard professor of law and director of behavioral economics. >> peter: he's going back to harvard. and he the president met at the university of chicago and it's an interesting statistic, 7.4% increase in regulations. the president said as he was going out the door, he shepherded our review of existing rules to get rid of those that cost too much or no longer make sense. an effort that's already on track. but at the same ...

Christie. if we look at his behavior over the last months. august, 2012, he delivers the keynote address at the republican national convention. he mentioned romney's name only seven times. he embraces president obama after hurricane sandy six days after the election. january of this year, which is only three days old, he hammers house gop and speaker john boehner for poor leadership. are you seeing a pattern here? >> i think you're a little more cynical than i am. the rnc is saying look at me, i think this guy is going to win. consider me for 2016. he's been screaming about getting help for ...

Million. >> well, what about the last time that there was a jackpot this big? >> if you'll remember back in 2006, there were eight co-workers at conagra foods in lincoln, nebraska, 365 million dollars eight ways after taxes brought home about 15 1/2 million dollars each and went to bed as meat packers and woke up millionaires, so if you win on wednesday, what will you owe uncle sam? a forbes analysis of the lump sum from the august 2012 win of 320 million dollars, tax bill would have been about 84 bucks, and it could be even higher for this, this go round because the jackpot is going to be gro...