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>> when you add up all of his policy, this president has increased the national debt by $5 trillion. >> romney wants to blame president obama for $5 trillion of debt, but he needs to remember what caused the debt increase in the first place. you can see it in this chart. the chart doesn't lie. the majority, the majority of our national debt comes from george w. bush's policies. the main drivers are unpaid wars in iraq and afghanistan and the bush tax cuts. republicans blame the obama administration for stimulus spending but the stimulus caused a short term spike in the deficit before leveling ...

>> mitt romney also came up with a dollar figure to hang around president obama's neck on this issue. >> when you add up all of his policy, this president has increased the national debt by $5 trillion. >> romney wants to blame president obama for $5 trillion of debt, but he needs to remember what caused the debt increase in the first place. you can see it in this chart. the chart doesn't lie. the majority, the majority of our national debt comes from george w. bush's policies. the main drivers are unpaid wars in iraq and afghanistan and the bush tax cuts. republicans blame the obama administr...

>> i don't think it is any particular number. i think it will be most important how we are doing in september and october and november. we had great numbers a few months ago. they seem to be leveling off. the trend line has been important and we are better off it than we were. >> you bring up the last three months. there are two theories of the case. second quarter people lock in on the economy. do we consume information later? >> i think it is going to matter how people are feeling late august. >> stick around. we are going to talk massachusetts senate and hispanic media. we asked how many cu...

The u.s. energy information administration. >> we're the top oil consumer by fire. about half of what we consume is produced here. we do export some of our refined products like gas, like diesel fuel, to countries in latin america. that might ease the demand issues on a global scale to some degree but it's not really helping us yet. >> how about the sanctions being imposed on iran? does that at all affect the pricing? >> it does, quite a lot. one report i saw said it might add as much as 30 cents a gallon. and part of that is the fear if the conflict escalates there, it could interrupt the sup...

This is a struggle that people have. like a lot of other struggles that people have in life. so i'm going to be honest about the things that are, you know, a challenge to me. and if in any way that helps other people, i'm thrilled by it. >> new jersey governor's chris christie words as new studies show the obesity levels in this country appear to be leveling off. still 35% of adults in this country are obese and 30% are overweight. crystal paul is a democratic strategist and dr. raj is an adviser for health nation.com and a contributory the "today" show. good afternoon to both of you. doctor, ...