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eric holder. there is a hearing right now from an oversight committee to ask for contempt order from eric holder. and the situation existed when issa asked for information, and they were denied documents. and it is the time of year to limit your sun exposure and wear light clothing and things should cool down by the weekend. more of the legal and the botched gun sting operation. president obama and the white house are now involved. the house oversight committee is seeking contempt measure over attorney general eric holder. the congress is wanting more information about the gun ru...

Look out, according to consumer union buyers using the wireless devices get fewer legal and financial protection. joining us now, richard salvo and founder of the richard salvo consulting and former managing director of morgan stanley. good to see you. >> you, too. >> arthel: what they are doing is they use the cell phone, mobile device, e-books, et cetera, to charge to your phone bill? >> that is correct. >> arthel: really? so you are saying that is not necessarily a good idea? >> it's not a good idea. it's convenient. but since when is always convenient necessarily a good idea? we go along a...

since recanted or recounted their stories. they've also pointed out that they've had people come forward saying that someone else was responsible for this murder. all of that was before the board. everyone came back from that meeting with the board thinking that they got their point across, that the board was definitely listening, asking a lot of questions about this case. apparently, had they had done their homework and were very, very familiar with this case. so, both sides coming out thinking that they had made their case very strongly. of course, the people who had the last word ...

Checking. there is 200 million accounts that are expensive to maintain. many are not profitable. the banks are saying, you know, let's impose fees on consumers yet again unless they maintain a decent balance. we have a few thousand dollars in some cases, an active client. they don't want people that don't have money and don't use the account. so they're going to start charging the fees. if you want to get around it, go to a small regional bank, consumer union. very consumer friendly people. they're really considering moving their money there. and the satisfaction rate of the consumer unions --...

Part of this story as well. republicans say it's a compromise that can and probably will produce bipartisan results if democrats will deal with republicans. >> shepard: you know, major, the president spoke at the exact same place a couple of years ago as a candidate and some of this speech sounded a lot like i told you so. >> absolutely, shepard. you know, during the financial crisis which hit during the middle of the 2008 campaign, whenever you talked about it to the obama campaign say candidate obama or senate obama said consumer union. cooper union. in march of that year before the crisis t...