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>> i didn't want to associate the bob duke i knew with the bob duke that would kill his family. i tried to separate it all. >> roger the drug addict was busy hitting bottom. >> i was a slave to that. i was using intravenously. i would do anything for the next fix. >> then one january night, roger answered the phone and it was bob calling from houston where he had gone to live with his older brother. >> he called me and wanted to know if i would get him automatic weapons. he was working security in a high-rise and there were people who wanted certain people dead and he could make money like thi...

Home buyers, fannie and freddy, fha guarantee, the mortgage modification program, this cost $500 billion, these programs, and they don't look like they've gotten us anywhere. >> they are probably more of a curse than a blessing if you look at all the programs. what we did was we prevented the housing market from hitting bottom. you have to bit the -- hit the bottom before you come out of it. we delayed that. a good example is the $8000 new home buyer tax credit, that helped kind of prop up market while it was in effect but the beginning of this year, it went out, the credit was gone and all of...

Megyn: 2:1 here in the east. breaking news we're tracking now and something we haven't seen in two fwhaf years. the dow is moving above 12,000. bulls pushing stocks higher. the market gaining almost 20% since august. up almost 80% since hitting bottom in may of 2009. people are getting started or starting to get fired in the wake of the airport terror attack in russia. several people have been dumped from their security jobs including moscow's transport police chief. a jump in diabetes reported today. the centers for disease control and prevention estimating it now affects 26 million america...

Home prices. they would like to see things turn around. the reason why they say things will turn around and there will be a bottom, potential buyers are ready for many reasons you pointed out. 4.8% on fixed mortgage, positive economic indicators come back. even the feds own beige book this week pointed ow the economy is doing better, consumers are starting to buy across the country. >> look at that mortgage, 4.78, that's way up from where it was a few months ago. that's the crazy part. >> people don't have the confidence. that's the thing. how do you measure confidence? i can't give you number...

>> jobs are often the best way to instill confidence. you see people around you working, you get a little raise, that's the best way to get people feeling good. >> when we talk about hitting bottom, they called for a loam bottom last year. almost everyone called for a bottom. once you get to the bottom you have a long way to go before anybody is feels better. >> christine romans, host of your bottom line. china gets away with manipulating their currency and stealing all our jobs. those aren't my words, strong words from the donald. is he right? first, even with flavors like candy cane and gi...