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Consumers, i guess taxpayers, that were making around $75,000 to $200,000. that's not going to happen. and really why that's important is because we're looking at consumer confidence numbers, right? you saw them. they came out in december. they were the lowest they've been since july of 2010 -- or excuse me, 2012. and now you're going to probably see a bump up in that consumer confidence as we go into january. >> one thing that's not being extended, that's the payroll tax holiday. what will that mean? >> right. again, we're talking about consumer confidence, so we might see little bit of that ...

York other way to put it. he came in with the pro football players call prevent defense, in basketball it's four corners, fight the clock, pass the ball. and it didn't work. what puzzled me the most is he had opening after opening to dispute what the governor was saying, compared to what he said before, didn't take any of the openings. i'm really puzzled by his performance. he seemed aloof. he'd rather be in a dentist chair than where he was and that translates to body language and facial expressions. i just don't -- can't say what happened to him. all credit to governor romney. got to give hi...

Not yet. we've got a lot more folks who have to get back to work. we've got a lot more work to do to make the middle class secure again. but the question is, whose plan is better for you? >> president obama in virginia beach today. he still faces two more monthly jobs reports before election day and continued unrest in overseas markets. but the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" indicates a big bump up in the number of people who feel the country's headed in the right direction. is that feeling rooted in any hard facts? joining me in new york, steve rattner, wall street financier and former...

Well, president obama campaigned in colorado yesterday telling college students to register and vote. romney campaign officials complained that violated an unwritten rule about stealing convention thunder, but the gop ticket also claims to campaign during next week's democratic convention. the romney campaign is downplaying any talk of a bump up in the polls after the convention which usually averages about a 5% gain. one aide said, quote, all bets are off about any kind of past performance being a predictor of the future. the social media analysis from nbcpolitics.com shows many americans...

Main character is paralyzed from the neck down and persuaded his aide to go paragliding with him. how do you know when something works in another country, whether or not americans will like it? >> in this situation i read the script. >> a young man in my office said i read this great script. i read the script too and it was amazing. i felt that something about this movie worked and i don't know, i got lucky with the artist and people say it's a bump up from me, i went from silent movie to even though it's in french, it's got sound this time. i've never had an experience where people see a movi...