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>> gretchen: 16 minutes after the top of the hour. democratic law maker in colorado coming under fire for her remarks during a marrying on gun control measures monday. state senator lectured a female rape survivor that the assault would likely have been worse had she been armed with a gun. watch this. >> just want to say that actually statistics are not on your side, even if you had had a gun. you said that you were a martial arts student and yet, i mean -- person, experienced in taekwondo, and yet, because this individual was so large, was able to overcome you even with your skills. and chanc...

Drivers? a georgia law maker wants them to move over. state congressman proposed a bill allowing police to ticket anyone driving too slowly in the left lane on the highway. so what is too slow, i ask you? >> speed limit is 70 on most interstate highways. it's whatever, 60, 65. if you're not driving the speed limit, you have a duty to get out of the way. >> they're going to cause you to wreck or you're going to wreck trying to get around them. >> alisyn: my morning commute will get faster now. there is a law about usage original the books, but -- on the books, but his slaw stronger. >> steve: t...

>> gretchen: 24 minutes after the top of the hour. let's do some news by the numbers. first, $11 an hour. that's how much a liberal group is offering people to join their gun control campaign in chicago. they're trying to sway voters ahead of the special election for jesse jackson junior's vacant seat. next, 85%. that's how many businesses in new york city south street sea port area are board up from hurricane sandy. a local law maker estimates 450 jobs have been lost. and 3.78. that's how much a gallon of gas is going for today. prices have skyrocketed 20 cents over the last two weeks and con...

>> shepard: now the breakthrough that could help breast cancer patients live longer. the feds have just approved a new drug that researchers call a first of its kind. they say this drug targets tumors but doesn't hurt healthy cells. and delivers more medication while cutting down on the unpleasant side effects of chemotherapy. the government approved this for the more aggressive form of the disease, which affects 20% of breast cancer patients. researchers say the drug helped them live about 3 1/2 months longer than other chemo. controversy over the way some women are now paying for college. ...

Strike a deal. >> we have to look at how we get growth with jobs. that's where the revenue comes from. you don't get it by cutting education, cutting back on investments in science and national institutes of health, food safety, you name it. so it isn't as much a spending problem as much as it is priorities. that's what a budget is, setting priorities. >> one law maker who does think we have a spending problem is republican senator and tea party favorite rand paul. he made a bold statement in an interview this morning. >> the president's now caterw caterwauling about the sequester. so many are...