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appear to be going all out trying to ratchet fear on this issue, saying that gas prices could reach $5 a gallon by summer. what's your sense as to how disastrous that would be for the world's economy? >> in the worst case scenario, it doesn't seem so far out of reach. if iran does carry through with its threat, could throw the global economy into a depression, would drive oil prices up to unpredictable levels. he says that consumers wouldn't be able to afford it. you'd see an impact on economic activity. it would really hurt consumers getting hurt in other ways, with housing prices a...

System in the past and it really needs to be. i think we need to be at least 100 times safer than say the space shuttle. >> reporter: and this comes as space travel is attracting a lot of new players. richard branson is planning tourist flights, though not into orbit, others are developing versions of the shuttle, with nasa urging them on. >> human space flight is very difficult. it's one of the most difficult things that we've done, but it's something that we've been doing for 40 years and we feel now with the retirement of the shuttle, it's time to look to the next phase. allow the private s...

Theory they know this hurts the president. they know it works with the base. and energizes them and convinces them they're morally right to unseat this illegitimate imposter. >> if you deconstruct this, the base this appeals to is already voting against the president and for whoever the republicans put up. this talk from the republican party and people running for the president of the united states makes them look outside of the main stream. to an independent voter -- and to the people who are going to decide the 2012 election. >> why are they doing it, then? >> the republicans who are running...

>> where do you see mitt romney on this? he can be a mood ring for this. i bet he won't take him on. >> he probably won't take them on, but if you look at that poll among the people who think the president wasn't born here mitt romney is their last choice. mike huckabee is their first sarah palin is their second choice. i think it tells you a bit about mainstream republicans, that they're upsidedown. >> when they see an ink spot they see a spider coming at them. thank you for coming on the show. i hope we don't need you again but we probably will. up next republicans aren't thrilled with presi...

We did is anything in vain. i think that it's something that we should be proud of as americans as a people. >> larry: well said. heather, has the return been at all difficult? >> no, sir, actually it's kind of just like riding a bike. you get back to doing it and you get back to family life. it's actually been really refreshing. >> larry: what did you win the bronze star for, lieutenant? >> the platoon leader operating in our city where we partnered with the iraqi security forces, the iraqi army and iraqi police. we went out and partnered with them, trained them on, you know, different techni...