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Ceo's of the major oil companies and you blame them. this time, the oil execs were ready to fight back with this thing called facts. here are some of the them. >> i don't think the american people want shared sacrifice. i think they want shared prosperity. >> our oil field workers -- >> i met with -- >> unable to work today because we can't receive drilling permits or there are leases that are not being made available. >> make the united states more attractive place for investment. do not harm american competitiveness overseas because that brings enormous benefits and wealth back to this count...

Miles off. and they can't recommend cutting medicare benefits for grandma and grandpa -- >> but let's get specific to these tax breaks and whether or not they should continue. first of all, what we heard yesterday from the oil execs was, this is something that you give to so many different industries, why would you take it away from the oil industry? >> well, look it. god manufactured this oil. and natural gas. they don't need a manufacturing tax credit here. what they're trying to do is just protect their shareholders. that's the bottom line on this. but they don't need a subsidy to drill for...

This is nothing more than politics. to be fair, this is very much politically debated. democrats know oil companies are perhaps public enemy number one right now. this is a political no-brainer for them to push as they have in the past. and they also, interesting, just to sort of underscore that, the four democrats who are the sponsors of this bill in the senate, they're up for re-election. probably going to be a tough re-election battle. they're champing at the bit more broadly and running ads to say republicans protect the bill oil companies at a time of record profits. >> and when i was int...

And levi johnston are a couple again. they were arguing over custody of their 1-year-old son, tripp. an unnamed source tells the magazine that levi even stays the night. his manager says that they're spending more time together for their son's sake. he was a man on a mission to go to pakistan and kill osama bin laden. what made him do it? gary faulkner's brothers revealing answers in just three minutes. plus -- >> in the asian culture we do things differently. during the samurai days we just gave you a knife. >> i'll talk with that louisiana congressman who suggested the oil execs make the...