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Tuesday, it could be wednesday, we will hit a major milestone, $16 trillion in debt. what do you make of that. >>guest: i think it is more than that because that debt clock, i don't think it includes the state debt that is out there, the unfunded liabilities that anyone is counting off the books right now, including north carolina. north carolina, we say we have a balanced budget but we owe the federal government $2.8 billion if unemployment insurance. we have unfunded liabilities of mold and health care costs for government employees that is off the books and the private sector kept things of...

major setback for egypt. who is running the country? the constitution was ruled invalid today in egypt, and said that anyone elected under it has to go. egypt's military rulers took over all of the legislative pow, and it is already a tense time politically as the egyptian voters will choose a president in a runoff election this weekend. and the prosecutors in the jerry sandusky child molestation trial will wrap up the case today. one of the victims is an alleged victim whose mother called authorities after her son told her that he had showered with sandusky. he is accused of abusi...

Released a new television ad that will air in nine swing states. >> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was number one, number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt, more debt per person than any other state in the country. >> president obama echoed the deficit message today in baltimore. >> i love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. we had a surplus, they turned it into a deficit, built in a structural deficit that extends for decades, and -- >> then they blamed you! >> isn't that something? it's like somebody goes to a restaurant, orders a big steak di...

Romney's record in massachusetts again. >> that's right, trace. president obama's new attack ad on romney is going to run in nine battleground states. the slot slams romney's governor of massachusetts being 47th nationwide in job growth. allegedly amassing $18 billion in state debt. the romney campaign says that's false. arguing that romney balanced the massachusetts budget four years in a row created jobs. got the state's credit rated upgraded and left a rainy day surplus. while the ad hits romney's governor as massachusetts the president himself going after romney's business record. listen. ...

>> when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts was number one. number one in state debt. $18 billion in debt, more debt per person than any other state in the country. at the same time massachusetts fell to 47th in job creation, one of the worst economic records in the country. first in debt, 47th in job creation. that's romney economics. it didn't work then. it won't work now. >> more about what you've been talking about. >> willie, that's what i'm talking about. don't tell me what he did with bain capital and for every failure can i give you 20 successes. that's actually applicable. number ...