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Greece 165%. italy 121. ireland 109. we are at a hundred percent. you wonder what we can offer them and you wonder how hard are they tightening the screws on the european leaders to do something? >> it's proper to get the european leaders to act to make sure their banking system doesn't collapse. it has been in a slow-growth implosion, which will be devastating if it's not stopped. taking short term actions that is all to the good, but in terms of getting the patient back on his feet, or her feet, they are doing the exact opposite, wrong, and so it's one bad doctor giving advice to another bad...

Sitting down with the democrats and talking with the president about his idea of taking -- having a blank check and what we are saying, martha, is, no, we are not interested in giving you a blank check. what we are interested in doing is making sure our economy doesn't collapse, but, at the same time, if there is going to be an increase in the debt limit, all we're asking for is that for every dollar we increase the debt limit, that we ought to cut spending by an equal or greater amount. that is reasonable and that is compromise and that is what the american people are looking for. but, these ...

Through a lot of what he says is very compelling in the republican party right now. >> rick, thank you. it doesn't get more bizarre than this one. did you hear about the guy who was supposed to save europe from financial collapse? he got arrested in a fancy hotel in times square, charged with sex scandal. he is the head of the international monetary fund. this week, he was supposed to be at a meeting with the german chancellor to sort out a package so portugal doesn't collapse. instead, he is accused of raping a hotel housekeeper, cooling his heels in a new york jail. police say that a hotel m...

Revenues. based on last year's reports, analysts said it would take $89 trillion, $89 trillion, to cover all the promises made to future seniors for medical care. so, clearly, jon, something has to change. jon: a lot of democrats, though, are saying there is no real rush to fix social security. what's the problem there? >> reporter: well, social security can pay full benefits until 2037 when the trust fund then runs dry. by law seniors would face an across-the-board cut of 22%. there are several plans to make changes in future benefits. none would take money out of social security, they're onl...

Haiti. that being said, we will be able to offer a lot of technical type of rescue. what i mean by technical is we can get into collapsed buildings, make sure it doesn't collapse on us and rescue any victims that are still alive inside. >> and once you arrive, do you have to wait for the okay from the japanese government to see if they even want your help, if it's even welcome? or is that already done? >> well, we are working through usaid, which is part of the federal government. and that's all been set up. now, your question about getting an assignment, yes, absolutely. indeed we will need t...