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i'm sorry. the book is "how to speak money" pap lot of great pictures. too many of ali. >> great book. >> it is. thanks for joining your money. ali is here every saturday at 1:00 p.m. >> plus you can get connected with them on twitter. @christine and @ali velshi. have a great weekend. you're in the cnn newsroom where the news unfolds this saturday, november 5, 2011. andy rooney is being remembered a man who loved what he did. the legendary cbs commentator died last night weeks after making his last regular appearance on "60 minutes". he was 92. his funeral will be private.
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in connecticut some 215,000 people remain without power, more than a week after that freak october snowstorm. connecticut light and power is promising 99% of their customers will have electricity by tomorrow night. this morning the governor said that a 99% threshold must be reached. >> anything less than 99% restored number is unacceptable. >> we'll get a live update on the swan the situation in connecticut later. five of the republican candidates spoke at the annual ronald reagan dinner end des moines. mitt romney and herman cain were no shows. rick perry drew applause with his plan that would freeze the pay of a lot of federal workers. >> until the budget gets balanced i'm going to impose an across the board pay freeze for
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congress and all federal employees pay outside of the military and the public safety areas. >> iowa's first in the nation presidential caucus is on january 3rd. across america now growing anger at big banks and their rising fees and some of those banks could be losing customers and deposits today. moveon.org is sponsoring a move your money day. another group is backing a bank transfer day. organizers are calling on customers to pull their money out of big banks and shift to it credit unions. the bank transfer idea started with a california woman and her anger at big banks. >> i'm encouraging transfer of funds from the corporate level to the local not for profit level because i feel it will have a greater impact on our local be community's growth. big banks for far too long have mismanaged funds. so it's time we vote with our
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there are and help restore our local communities. >> the story ahead. financial advisor will be joining us to talk about bank fees and why you need to look at your monthly statements. turning now to greece. a nation on the brink of bankruptcy. the prime minister has survived a confidence vote. nuclear program he's trying to form a new coalition government and push through a controversial bailout package. jim is joining us from athens. >> reporter: the latest is as you said the prime minister survived a confidence vote very early saturday morning. he went to see the president of greece today and he asked that he form a new coalition government that means bringing people from other parties into a larger power sharing agreement as it were. tomorrow some of the parties are going to get together with the president and try to hash this out. the bottom line is, fred, this
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government with whoever leads it needs to try to get that massive austerity package past this parliament. it's very unpopular here in greece. over the last year or so we've seen demonstrations and riots. lots of job cuts. pension freezes. people losing their homes. people losing their jobs. it's been very painful in greece. it has to go through this in order to get money to pay its bills from the imf and eu. if it doesn't do that it can go bankrupt. that's the big worry. you don't want a eurozone country going bankrupt. that's why you saw so much market gyration. the worry was greece wouldn't get its house in order. right now a bit of a respite. >> there's been that vote confidence. how much does that help greece get that imf money or eu money sooner rather than later? >> reporter: what it really means is you didn't have the fall of government. you didn't have a prime minister
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government collapsing in the middle of the night two years before an election. so it gives us some breathing room to relax, try to form a coalition government. have enough people in parliament who would automatically be part of that government, pass that austerity package, massive austerity package. it works in fact, cut greece's debt to some banks by 50%. simply wipe it off the books to help greece get back. this economy is suffering. it's in recession last year, this year and next year. the last thing they need is to have some stagnant parliament that can't vote through any tough measures. it's a bit like the u.s. in that sense except in here they are trying to get everyone agree before they push it through but they won't be able to do that if they can't create some kind of coalition government. >> thanks so much coming to us from athens, greece. let's dig a little deeper into greece's financial crisis and its effect on the u.s. particularly the impact on u.s. jobs, tourism and trade.
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let's bring in mark zandi, chief economist. mark, there's a lot of unemployed people right now in the u.s.. how is it that the possibility of losing more jobs is directly correlated to what's happening in the greek financial situation? >> yeah. unfortunately we're tethered at the hip with europe and if europe has trouble we do too as well. the most obvious and direct link is through the stock market. a large number of our big multinational corporations do a lot of business in europe and their stock price reflects what's happening there. if you go back to the start of the european debt crisis almost a year and a half ago the stock market has been up, down and all around and gone nowhere and that's largely because of the european situation. there are other links but that's the most key and immediate un. >> a lot of folks have been looking at their 401(k)s and especially so with the greek debt crisis.
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they've seen the numbers fluctuate. how is it that people can feel, i guess, more confidence if confidence is the right word in their 401(k) while greece tries to work out its money problems? >> well, you know, i don't think you can. the ups and downs in our stock market and people's 401(k)s and other pension assets is a directly related to what's going on in europe almost day-to-day. it's not only that stock market has gone nowhere for the last year and a half or two years, the problem is the volatility. the ups and downs. with those kinds of swings it's very difficult to know what you're worth so that has a big impact on people's thinking, on their psyche and spending and the broader economy. >> what about trade? how will trade whether it be between greece and the u.s. or greece and other countries
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impact the overall u.s. economy? >> yeah. that's another key link between the united states and europe. if you total it all up nearly one fifth of u.s. exports go to the eurozone and uk. if the european, their economy is weakening they will buy a lot less of what we produce here and that means fewer jobs and weaker u.s. economy. that really hasn't shown up to a significant number yet but it will. >> let's talk about tourism. certainly the u.s. economy relies greatly on tourists from europe coming here and spending their money and then vice versa, especially greece is a big tourism attraction. what can we expect in the coming months? >> yeah. that's also a really good point. a lot of european travellers here in the u.s., walk down fifth avenue, orlando, there's a
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lot of european visitors. the euro has been strong relative to the dollar so the u.s. has looked cheap up to now. but that likely will change with a weak european economy, more european unemployment and in am likelihood a weaker euro, stronger dollar, make it more difficult for european visitors to come here. that's something also that will begin to weigh as we make our way into next year. >> thank you so much for your time. have a great rest of the weekend. >> thank you. america is still a destination and not just for tourists. >> i came with 500 euros in my pocket. like a decision of a lifetime. >> the economic turmoil in greece has many people packing their bags and then heading west. the story later on in the newsroom. and bank fees taking more of your money than you want. there's something you can do about it coming up in our financial fix. but first we remember andy
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rooney, the award-winning journalist who always thought he just a regular guy.
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taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. down with cholesterol. witty, engaging just a regular guy. that's how a lot of people are remembering andy rooney. he died last night at the age of 92. gary tuckman now with a look back at rooney's extraordinary career. >> the funny thing is over the years our opinion of how our hair looks changes. i used to think i looked best with long side burns. why did i think that?
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i didn't realize i looked so funny back then or i wouldn't have gone on television at all. >> reporter: andy rooney didn't have a look that was tv friendly but it was his talent as a writer that set him apart and eventually made him a star. andy rooney was a 60-minutes original, starting with the show as a producer. he became a regular on air contributor in 1978. his diatribes documents how americans live. >> i'm a normal guy. it does not occur to me walking down the street that anyone recognizes me and it bugs me too when they do too. >> reporter: rooney started his writing career in the u.s. military. he was assigned as a correspondent for the military newspaper "stars and stripes" after being drafted into the army in 1941. rooney often wrote about the men in those bombing missions
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eventually having a book published in 1944 about their experiences. after the war rooney became a freelance magazine writer and then moved to television running for some of the biggest names in the business. >> started in this business, i wrote for a lot of people. i wrote for arthur godfrey for five years. wrote for gary moore. i wrote for harry reasoner. i'm basically a writer. i lost harry reasoner so started doing my own stuff on television but it was just an emergency. i liked it perfectly well when i was a writer. >> reporter: he earned six writers of america guild awards. winning a total of four emmy awards, two of them came from a few minutes with andy rooney on "60 minutes". >> if it's any good i can write it in a couple of hours. if it isn't any good it takes me a couple of days. >> reporter: andy rooney appeared numerous times on
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"larry king live" and ran a cindy indicated column and had more than a dozen books published. his wife died in 2004. on october 2nd, 2011 after 33 years on the show he gave his final regular commentary for "60 minutes". a style and dry with it as unique as the man. >> recently bought this new laptop to use when i travel. look at that, though. it fits right into the brief case here. weighs less than three pounds. i lose that much getting mad waiting to get on the plane through security at the airport. >> reporter: the common man with the common touch about problems that hit close to home. gary tuckman, cnn. in international headlines officials say bomb and gun attacks killed 63 people in nigeria today. attackers targeted police stations, mosques and a military base. most casualties were police officers. a military official blamed islamic radicals. in siro now.
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violence flared today. activists say 13 civilians died there. opposition groups reported explosions and machine gunfire. state-run media reported the deaths of security and army personnel and one civilian. at least seven people are dead after a 34 vehicle traffic pileup in southwest england. be officials fear more bodies are still trapped inside burnt vehicles. poor weather and nearby fireworks display may have been factors. bank of america has changed its mind and decided not to charge customers to use their debit cards after all. in light of that, can you guess which state has the most people without a bank account? where do you think bank accounts are the least popular? the answer next. [ beep ] [ mom ] scooter?
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before the break we asked you where in the u.s. bank accounts are least popular. the number one state, mississippi where 16.4% of households do not have bank accounts. after that washington, d.c. and georgia with 12.2% that do not have bank accounts. the number is 11.9% in kentucky. and in texas, 11.7% of households do not have bank accounts. the number one issue in american homes. getting your financial house in
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order. today in our weekly financial fix this is bank transfer day, an online movement encouraging consumers to abandon big banks that charge multiple fees. financial advisor and ceo of amatto consulting joining us from dallas. good to see you. >> all right. glad to be here. >> eric, public outrage forced bank of america to drop lance for that $5 debit card fee. what other banks have stopped charging debit fees? >> it's been a nightmare pr for banks. suntrust was charging $5. of course you have regis financial. then wells fargo and jpmorgan chase thieves doing a pilot program to charge $3 but based on what happened with bank of america they are no longer going to do that. the big banks are saying they will stop charging fees. >> why are banks increasing fees when the economy is doing so
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poorly? i mean why would they even initiate such fees? >> well, you know the main reason for this is something called the dodd/frank act and more specifically the durbin amendment is saying you can't charge as many fees or as much fees for debit cards. what this is happening this is loss revenues to the banks. so basically what they have to do, what they are going to do, they are going charge customers more to make up for their revenue. they might do it with revenue cards but do it somewhere else. >> okay. another area where people oftentimes experience fees might be checking accounts but there are banks that are still offering free checking accounts to the customers to avoid that, right? >> yeah. there are some banks but very few. now you can get free checking, you know, won't get any fees, for example if you have a minimum checking account balance they won't charge you for that or you have direct deposit. but banks have requirements.
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but just having a free checking account very few banks are doing it because it's not worth it any more and they don't make a lot of margin on it. >> really. who is actually benefiting from, you know, this big banks kind of bad rap these days? >> yeah. i mean right now credit unions and community banks are having a great time. they are tlofg situation with the banks because they are saying you know what? we're willing to treat you better. we don't invest in all these exotic loans. what's happening the application rate for a lot of credit unions are going through the roof. right now credit unions and community banks are having a great time. >> credit unions might be here to stay. a lot of people lost their confidence in community banks because a couple of years ago we saw a lot of banks close. what's restored the confidence in so many people? >> well, you know, that's a good point. the fdic close ad lot of banks over the past couple of years. that's slowing down a little
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bit. credit unions say we're more conservative. more conservative with our assets. we don't do risky lending. some of the interest rates they charge or they give you on your investments is pretty good. credit union will do very good right now. >> what are some ways that banks might be getting back some of their money? >> yes. there's no free lunch. they will get their money back. read your statements. get their money with atm fees. if you have a late payment get their money there. foreign transaction fees, for example if you go across seas and use your atm card. they will get their money back. when you check your mail make sure you check for these different types much fees because they have to let you know. >>erratic, thanks so much. appreciate that. you at home can get more information from eric by going his website at amadoconsultingllc.com.
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being responsible for your own safety, it's something every woman should consider. elizabeth cohen has more in today's health for her. >> police department. >> a man is trying to break in my door. >> reporter: this woman was hoping to be rescued after calling 911. the police arrived too late to stop the attack. she was raped but survived. >> she gave 100% responsibility for her safety to somebody else. >> reporter: these women are learning about that case and how to avoid becoming a victim. the average police response time in mid to large cities in the united states is more than ten minutes. what you do before police arrive can mean the difference between life and death. >> if they want your purse give it to them. because your life is worth protecting. it's valuable. we can replace a purse.
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>> reporter: if they can't diffuse a dangerous situation these women learn to fight. >> what is your target area? the face. >> reporter: they practice thrusting fing towers the eyes, fists or palms to the face. aim for the grow in, never forgetting -- >> if they want to you move to a different location do not do it. ate death sentence. >> reporter: these women now know they have a fighting chance. >> armed thug taken down by a 76-year-old grandma. >> reporter: they take charge of their own safety. with this week's health for her, i'm elizabeth cohen. >> more than 200,000 people in connecticut have been without power for more than a week now. >> i'm running out of words to describe how furious i am about it. it's been hideous. right there. there's somebody to agrees. >> after the break we'll go connecticut where our susan candiotti talks to some very cold and angry residents. progresso. it fits!
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representati gabrielle giffs promises to go back to work. a new book by her astronaut husband will be released. giffords wrote the last chapter and stroud return to congress once she's strong enough. she made a surprise appearance there back in august to vote on that debt ceiling deal. fans and colleagues are remembering the with it and wisdom of andy rooney. the veteran commentator died after complications from minor surgery opinion he was 92. rooney retired from cbs at "60 minutes" just over a month ago. earlier today i spoke with his colleague. >> i think people looking at him on camera might not realize what a nice guy he was. he really was. when i joined "60 minutes" and "60 minutes" is not the easiest club to join. he invited me to lunch. he called to see how i was
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doing. he's a sweetheart of a human being which didn't always come across in his commentary. >> a memorial service is expected to be scheduled. the jury in the conrad murray involuntary manslaughter trial will continue its deliberations on monday. jurors worked for seven hours yesterday after getting the case. they are trying to decide if the doctor was responsible for michael jackson's death from a drug overdose. accusations of sexual harassment continue to dog republican presidential candidate herman cain. the attorney for one of cain's accusers says there were several incidents of inappropriate conduct. also it's been told he's been contacted by another woman claiming inappropriate conduct by cain. >> when they say they are willing to waive the confidentiality matter would that allow her to go public, do a long interview, explain what she meant at the time by sexual
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harassment? >> yes. earlier in the week i used the phrase waive the confidentiality but i was using it in the sense of allowing us to make the kind of public statement we have made today, my client never had any intention of revealing all the details of the complaint she filed in 1999. >> solar panel maker sun power has announced a $370 million third quarter loss. the loss will trigger layoffs and the exit of two top executives. the slowdown one sales and flood of low cost panels coming from china is blamed for the company's losses this year. it's been more than a week now and 215,000 customers are still without power in connecticut after that big october snowstorm. the power company mysterious restore electricity to 99% of its customers by tomorrow night. susan candiotti has more. >> reporter: at nearly every turn, fallen trees, twisted
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limbs and tangled lines. leaving hundreds of thousands of connecticut residents in the dark more than a week after a freak storm. >> at night we come home and do the best we can with no heat and cold water. >> reporter: no between rater. >> we don't have one. >> reporter: you just have to bundle up. >> bundle up. we haven't bundled up like that in years. >> come on. >> reporter: what do you have here. >> inflatable bed. >> reporter: they are keeping their fireplace going sleeping on an inflatable bed in their den. >> i'm cold. oh, my god do, we have to go through another day like this. >> reporter: residents are fed up waiting for power to come back on. state's attorney general is investigating whether the utility company failed to properly prepare. west hartford's mayor is frustrate preponderance of the evidence >> i'm running out of words to describe how furious i am about it. it's been hideous. it's -- there's.
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>> reporter: she agree with us. as we spoke a resident chimed in. >> i'm furious. this is ridiculous. >> she should be. >> yeah. we've been without heat since saturday. it's cold. where are the trucks? where are they? >> caller: connecticut light and power crews are hard at work getting help from 22 states and canada and the national guard. >> do you think you were prepared enough? >> do i. i think we were as prepared as we could have been for this storm, and, you know, it has hit us a bit harder than we anticipated, but i think we have ramped up our workforce just as quickly as we can. >> the governor is keeping an eye on the clean up and the utility's promise to get 99% of its customers back online by sunday night. >> i'm worried that they are not being realistic about it and that's why certainly i'm out here. >> reporter: bob and audrey are skeptical too. >> forget it. >> we'll believe it when we see it. >> reporter: for now they are
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holding on to hope and each other. we certainly have seen more crews out than ever before. crews working very hard to get the lights back on. but this neighborhood, for example, still no power since last saturday night. take a look at what happened here. a tree that was here, you see what's left of it, fell down on some lines, snapping off the power pole, still sitting in the road roped off. the lines are still strung out across the middle of this street. neighborhood a bit worried about you want but steering clear it. we hear from the power company that 83% of customers service has now been restored but, again, will they make that midnight tomorrow deadline to have 99% back online? i don't know but the governor says if they don't it will be unacceptable, fred. >> oh, my goodness. then coming tuesday there's an election that's scheduled so i wonder how a continued power outage might impact that. >> reporter: exactly. you know, they are doing a lot to make sure that that does
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happen the elections do take place so today they are working towards a midnight deadline of making sure the power is back on at all polling stations many of which are at schools. good news is at least they think the schools will have power so they can at least reopen next week. we'll see. >> susan candiotti, thanks so much from west hartford. appreciate that. jacqui jeras here in the "weather center". it was about a week ago we had that surprise storm and how miserable that some people were shivering. >> i know. temperatures have warmed up a lot. i want helps a little bit. realistically, look at this temperature map. 40s, 50 degrees in hartford right now. at 50 degrees without heat, i mean, right? what do you think your temperature in your house? >> no. i would be a wimp. >> 68, right? energy-efficient. >> 68. pump it up to the 70s. >> you don't like the cold. most people are wanting to have heat with temperatures. overnight tonight it will drop down to 32 in hartford and they
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will gradually warm up throughout twek. temperatures will get better but it's uncomfortable. it's brutal. you have to prioritize. if your whole street or neighborhood is out you'll get power back first unless it's just one block. at least no big weather systems affecting them, at least not before that midnight dead lylid. two big stms. moving across the rockies into the plains. storm number two in the pacific northwest. we have to watch in this week ahead causing a whole lot of problems. in the meantime what is our storm system in the rockies and plains doing? bringing down heavy snow. we're talking four to eight inches into the valleys. eight to 16 inches in higher elevations. our storm out west a good foot plus of snow with that one. now let's talk about the winds. they are gusting 50 to 60 miles per hour. that could cause some power outages. keep that in mind. very windy day.
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our western storm then moves its way inland and as we head across the plain states by the early part of next week we could see a significant outbreak of severe weather, tornadoes from texas. this is a monday into tuesday event. i want to give you a heads up right away that a new big storm is coming out. people trying to get power back on by that deadline they get an extra hour to do that. don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight. >> looking forward to that one hour of sleep. last weekend you were schooling me on that whole chucking your pumpkin. >> what do you do with our old rotting jack-o-lantern. >> that's what people in delaware are doing. this is the 26th annual pumpkin chunking competition. look at that thing. that's a serious weapon. >> heavy equipment. >> no one guess hurt? the goal of this three day event is to see who can propel a
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pumpkin the furthest. record so far, three-quarters of a mile. >> no. really? >> this is dangerous. clearly i'm seeing the fence where some sort of a net so maybe -- >> world championship. >> it won't impale anybody. i'm sure they are rotten. >> you don't want them too mushy or they won't travel as far. >> still have to chuck our pumpkins. they are like oozing now. they are gooey. i have to shovel. it's nasty. maybe i need to go to delaware and be part of that contest. >> there you go. >> thank you. we all love to laugh, right? ben stiller, eddy murphy just the names will make laugh. they are on the big strength now. >> hey, two pair of drawers. >> we just proved ourselves.
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all right. it's the weekend so let's see what's playing at the movie theater. our movie critic from fandango joining us. two different come dis. we love to laugh. this is going to be fun. we got "tower heist", we got eddy murphy and ben stiller. where can you go wrong >> in a robbery things can change quickly. go from hot to cold. just like that. ready to adapt to the situation. you have to be able to think on your feet. i was on a job a few days ago when my homey got shot in the face. if you get shot in the head it's over. if you get shot in the face the bullet will go in the cheek and come out the other side. then what will do you? >> die. >> did you like? what is this about? they are trying to plan a heist.
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"tower heist" is the title. >> the employees of ben stiller's building he manages have been swindled by a bernie madoff type character played by alan alda. there's a lot of words i could use to describe this movie. competent, tolerable. like it's fine. >> those are not words i want to hear with side splitting comedy. >> i know. it's not really side splitting although there are some good laughs. that's due largely to mr. eddie murphy. first he's not wearing a fat suit of any kind. ah-ha. and secondly, he is making fun of lame white people which is exactly what he should be doing. >> okay. >> so, yeah. i'm hoping he remembers this when he hosts the oscars next
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year. >> that's right. >> the movie is filled with good actors and they are doing their job. but the script is ho-hum. >> i'm not hearing a big grade from you. you are building to a very low grade. >> you know what? it's complete lu average so i give it the average grafd c. >> oh, darn. >> buy low sell high money metaphor. >> okay. maybe when eddie murphy is hosting the award ceremony you can give at it higher grade. let's move on to the next movie a "a very harold & kumar 3d christmas". i did not see the previous ones. do i need to in order to appreciate this? >> yes. >> okay. let's take a look. >> i don't smoke any more. >> what? >> just felt a lot of time when i got high things would go really wrong. >> but, harold, it gets you
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high. >> i have nothing against weed, okay. i had plenty of fun times with weed but i'm an adult now and frankly i'm glad the craziness is behind me. do you smell something burning? >> okay. is this going to make us laugh? >> it really, really is. i have got sugar plum fairies dancing in my head and shaped like neil patrick harris. now, if you haven't seen the previews to the movies or if anybody hasn't this really isn't -- it's not the best one to start with because it's really building on the success of the first one. i didn't think the second one was very good, but these two pot smokers have proven me wrong. they revitalized the franchise. harold and kumar is filled with inappropriate and offensive humor. it is very depraved.
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there's a lot of inebriation. >> it sound like a much better build than you gave to "tower heist". >> very much so. i love it when stoners prove me wrong. i give it an a. yes. it's really fun for fans of the series. they took the stiory in a new direction. >> all right very good. dangerous stuff. all right. thanks so much. appreciate that. you can get all of her movie great at fandango and movies.com. allegations of a sexual harassment keep dog herman cain. what one accuser is saying about the presidential hopeful. we're working on it. so you're seriously proposing we change our name to sun life valley.
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time for our cnn politics update. keeping an eye on all the latest headlines at the cnnpolitics.com desk. freshman massachusetts senator scott brown is calling for a quid pro quo in the
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republican address. he want as bill to increase employment by eliminating stealth tax on small businesses. brown suggested a little bipartisan goodwill could lead to other break throughs. five gop presidential candidates singing the presidents of ronald reagan last night. ron paul, rick perry, michele bachmann, rick santorum and newt gingrich. they noted accomplishments of the late president reagan while keeping criticism on president obama. >> one of the women accusing presidential candidate herman cain of sexual harassment is standing by her decades old complaint. but she's not coming forward. she issued a statement through her attorney alleging that cain made unwanted advances and engaged in inappropriate behavior. for the latest political news you know exactly where to go, cnnpolitics.com. join us every sunday afternoon at 4:00 eastern time when we dedicate an entire hour to the
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presidential contenders in the 2012 election. it's not unusual for a bride to dance with her father at her wedding s-it? but one recent wedding dance is way outside of the box. we'll show you and it's gone viral right after the break. ♪ [ boy ] it gives me energy to help me be my best. quaker oatmeal has whole grains for heart health. and it has fiber that helps fill me up. ♪ [ male announcer ] great days start with quaker oatmeal. energy. fiber. heart health. quaker oatmeal. a super grain breakfast. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada,
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it seems to be tradition to have a father/daughter dance at wedding. is that something did you? >> yeah. >> did you? >> no. i don't remember doing that. i know. anyway this family does take to it another level. >> normally you think of father/daughter doing something v-you know, slow or whatever. >> that's so cute. >> check it out. >> like it. dad's got some moves. >> a little m.j. in the background. they had ten different songs. the jackson 5. sugar hill gang. beyonce. temptations. >> that's cute. >> this is ashley richmond and her dad david sparks. they choreographed this dancing together. it lasted for about 4 1/2
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minutes. >> look at dad. >> it's gone viral. i see why. dad is stealing the show. >> 900,000 views on youtube. very cute. >> i love that. so fred and i are going to bust a move. >> okay. with the lowest national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details. i got it, i'm sorry. these people, huh? you know i've found that anger is the enemy of instruction. you don't know the egos that i have to deal with. you're probably right. thank you!
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world leaders are meeting this weekend to discuss greece debt and the potential short fallout while they do that many greek are coming to america to stay. here's cnn maggie lake. >> these are actually imported grape leaves from greece. >> reporter: he sells a wide variety of greek delicacies including an array of feta cheeses in queens. >> these are the famous olives. >> reporter: he noticed something extraordinary in his store. >> now three months now, on a daily basis we have people coming, new immigrants from greece, walking into the store, asking for employment. >> reporter: it's an almost 5,000 mile trip from athens to new york. due to unrest in the athens streets and greek unemployment
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close to 20% young greek are hazarding the journey to find a new life. many begin here in queens which has one of the largest greek communities outside of greece. one of them, this 29-year-old eva who came in the spring without a work visa. >> i came with one suitcase and 500 why are youos in my pocket. that's it. it's like a decision of a lifetime. you're leaving everything back. you're here alone. and you're starting from zero. >> reporter: she says working off the books is stressful but she says the trip was worth it. >> for me it's better to leave the country instead of staying there and like dying there, especially when you're young and you have dreams and you want to do things. >> so this is the ouzo machine. >> reporter: the owner of this store says

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