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Is if we cut the size of the budget what we'll be doing is having a detrimental effect on the government sector and as a result have a detriment aleffect on economic growth. in order to believe that you have to believe the expenditures were effective in stimulate growth. since i think the evidence on that is adverse, it didn't really affect growth i don't think the cuts will have any significant effect on economic growth as well. again, i would say we have to focus on the long run. jenna: just real quick, i only have about ten seconds here. since you served in government, do you have any advic...

Bashar al-assad, the president of syria, is going to be subjected to sanctions by the united states for human rights abuses. this is just breaking. as we understand it, these are sanctions directed right at the leader himself, not his government, not his country but right at bashar al-assad. of course he and his father before him have killed thousands of their own people and that kinded bloodshed is still underway right now. it is considered a dramatic escalation of the u.s. pressure on his regime. and as we understand it may be the first time the u.s. government has ordered sanctions against ...

>> senator reid is the one among many who certainly don't want to see domestic mining killed off in this country. >> so, reid said in a statement he is looking out for nevada and industry looks out for reid giving him $750,000 in campaign contributions while earning billions in profits, the loser of course jenna, is the american taxpayer, about $2 billion a year. jenna: very interesting stuff, william. thank you. jon: a fox news alert. and fox news has now confirmed that the united states government will impose sanctions personally on ba'asyir assad, the leader of syria. the suggestion is that...

Who they believe the attorney general is committed to bring the people in federal court even though he had the major reversal on the part of the 9/11 case. jon: is it the feeling on the part of the senator this is is test case for the administration? >> a test case is one way to look at it. based on conversations i had this morning there seems to be a difference in interpretation on the military commission's act, on the justice department's side. they believe it only applies to al qaeda and taliban senators. the senators think it's more broad. jon: catherine herridge in washington. thanks. >> ...

We are spending will help on both ends. americans need to understand that there are going to be inconveniences if we are going to try to protect trains, in searches and going through detection equipment and the like. we need to be reasonable about what we can expect out of these mode of transportation. jon: security, thank you. >> thank you very much. jenna: how we're going to spend your money, our money is a big topic on capitol hill. one member of the senate's gang of six dropping out after reports of an impasse over cuts in medicare benefits. what's really happened there? where does this le...