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so they have averted a government shutdown. the house voted this after into on the megamuss, as they call it around here the massive spending bill to fund the government through the end of september. so, this has been negotiated for months now. and congressional leaders came to an agreement late yesterday evening finalizing this massive spending bill, the house voted on it today so a government shutdown has been averted. the senate is expected, they could still vote on it ostensibly, vote on it today, most likely, the senate will be in working tomorrow and vote on it tomorrow. the bi...

We are with rabbi potasnic, pastor hagee and ambassador dore goild. barbara, off question? >> i do. for rabbi. i sense disconnect between israeli jews and american jews. can you explain that and if you see a change happening. >> i think there is a gap. frankly we have done a bad job with those of us in position of leadership to excite the young people about israel. i have a son who is 23 years old. all i talk to him is victimhood, pain, suffering he is going to say to me dad, why should i be jewish? is there any joy in being jewish? the mistake is not talking about the jewish pride but accompl...

Pastor hagee and ambassador dore goild. barbara, off question? >> i do. for rabbi. i sense disconnect between israeli jews and american jews. can you explain that and if you see a change happening. >> i think there is a gap. frankly we have done a bad job with those of us in position of leadership to excite the young people about israel. i have a son who is 23 years old. all i talk to him is victimhood, pain, suffering he is going to say to me dad, why should i be jewish? is there any joy in being jewish? the mistake is not talking about the jewish pride but accomplishment of israel. we have f...

Dollars in taxpayer money last year to save the economy. under the banner known as the t.a.r.p. program, now the special inspector general kneel bar off question says he's taking on as many as 75 criminal investigations into what really happened to our tax dollars. insider trading is among the suggestions of possible claims investigated here. here he is on fox business network's america's nightly scoreboard. >> you're looking into the criminal behavior of certain individuals, is that true? >> that's absolutely true. we have more than 75 criminal investigations ongoing. >> how? >> some of them ...

But when you talk about big tax increases, down the line, to pay for these decifits or to make the decifits smaller, that's an open question. will higher taxes on the rich actually bring in all the money you think you're going to bring in. well, higher tax -- will higher taxes on banks bring the money in. it's an open question, martha. we don't know the answer to that question. martha: and when those people are taxed they spend less money on fewer things like starting businesses and eating out and doing all sorts of things. >> reporter: does the government create more jobs with tax revenue or ...