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Over talking 2016, and hillary clinton is a prospect. >> you brought up 2016. what i get to do. live pictures we're going to show you. this will be a trivia question some day. who was the first potential 2016 candidate to address the iowa delegation breakfast, of course that happens every day this week? the answer is newark mayor cory booker, michael shear, heard it here first, booker, wins a senate seat, somehow beats chris christie, automatically, it's clear, national ambitions. i don't think it's an accident he accepted the invitation of the iowans to have breakfast. >> look at the democrat...

Tune of $9 plus trillion, the bush tax cuts plus the doubling down of the romney/ryan tax cuts and increase defense spending, there's no way you can do that without jamming the deficit into the stratosphere. same problem. and again, an underlying theme here towards social insurance. that's a guaranteed benefit so important in medicare, so important in social security. gone under this kind of privatetization. >> was there any evidence under the bush years when mr. ryan was in congress, sort of a back bench member of congress, but a rising star. one with a hot following. was there any evidence o...

There's no way you can do that without jamming the deficit into the stratosphere. same problem. and again, an underlying theme here towards social insurance. that's a guaranteed benefit so important in medicare, so important in social security. gone under this kind of privatetization. >> was there any evidence under the bush years when mr. ryan was in congress, sort of a back bench member of congress, but a rising star. one with a hot following. was there any evidence of him being a fiscal hawk in terms of the way he voted? >> no. it was all very ideological. the thing i remember very vividly ...

You're going to cut taxes to the tune of 9 plus trillion, the bush tax cuts plus the doubling down of the romney/ryan tax cuts over ten years, and you're also going to increase defense spending, there's absolutely no way you can do that without jamming the budget deficit into the stratosphere. so same problem. and again, an underlying theme here of a real antipathy toward social insurance. that kind of a guaranteed benefit that's so important in medicare, so important in social security, gone under this kind of privatization. >> was there any evidence during the bush years when mr. ryan was in...

he called it an inadvertent error. that has not quieted the protests in afghanistan. the taliban's calling on muslims to seek revenge. who's going to be the prime minister of australia come monday. the stage is set for a showdown. the governing labor party will vote on monday. rudd says ms. gill lard can't win the next election. we'll have more on that story in just a moment. i'm zain verjee. "world business today." good morning. from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. this is "world business today." these are the top stories on friday, february the 24th. greece's debt burden has b...