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with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." a new cnn orc poll shows president obama's job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. >> it's time they got by without more help from taxpayers, who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and fil...

Congressman mckeon, to you first. the proposal here is that military members and even retired members, people who have done the their service under the president's budget will see a huge jump in the premiums they pay for tricare, the medical health insurance service for military retires and members? >> that's right, from 345% over the next five years and means testing for military. it is just another hit on military. you know, the military accounts for 20% of our overall budget but 50% of the savings have come out of defense and, these people, that have given so much for us, why are they to be...

ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? we'll look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why it's going up, up, up. >> from cnn's world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-old's health has declined in recent years and he was largely kept out of sight, shunning public appearances. first o...

Americans because his income came solely from investments. bob shrum and mark halperin are joining us. let's focus on the fairness issue. we know, bob and mark, that we face a deficit for years to come. we have a debt problem which grows in towers and threatens us with a catastrophe. the question is, who is going to close the gap in our deficit over time so we can deal with the debt burden over time fairly? obviously, our system is based on the ability to pay. here's a guy who is fully able to work, but doesn't have to work because he's wealthy with cash. he makes money off of money. he makes ...

Housing has a piece of it. but he does know how to light up an arena, and it doesn't hurt to have congresswoman giffords there at the emotional moment at the beginning because that opens the heart of people. >> he must have been pumped up about the navy s.e.a.l. mission. >> he's had good news. i want to follow up on what tom and bob said, and that is a voter at the end of the day -- and i know this may shock a lot of people, but they're looking at the president, they're going what's in it for me? and so -- this fairness issue that resinates with opinion page editors and resinates with activist...