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only from td ameritrade.ee for 60 days when you open an account. >> sean: and welcome back to hannity. so while presidential candidate newt gingrich is campaigning hard to take down the president in 2012, his wife calista is trying to educate our kids about american history. she's the author of the brand new book sweet land of liberty. good to see you. welcome back. >> how are you lying the presidential -- liking the presidential campaign stuff. >> it's been great experience. it's amazing. first of all, your book is number five on amazon for kids books already. it's just out tomorrow. >> today. >> 0 today is our first day. >> lynn cheney's books were massive sellers. >> yes. this is what stuns me. the majority of fourth graders cannot identify why the pilgrims left england. most fourth graders cannot say why hai abraham lincoln is an important figure in u.s. history anhistory. >> we have a lot of work to do. about two generations ago our country stopped teaching american history, so we have to go back to the

only from td ameritrade.ome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. growth here's the best of the rest. rush limbaugh attacking the name stake of president obama's buffet rule. warren buffet has been outspoken. now limbaugh is firing back. >> calling it the buffet tax. warren would you pay your secretary a little more instead of us sitting here having to hear how she pays a higher rate. give her a raise. here's a guy running around talking how his secretary as a higher tax rate than he does, which actually true. give her a raise. for crying out loud. this poor woman is being made to sound like she can barely get through the day because the government is taking so much of what she earns. the buffet tax. i think they are mispronouncing it. it ought to be called the buffet tax not buffet since everybody and anybody who makes over $200,000 a year is now on the menu. [ speaking russian ] >> greta: okay fighting words brought to life on russian tv. check out these billionaires attackin

only from td ameritrade. welcome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >> in orlando, florida. many believe perry get beaten up again. here now the purveyor of dick morris.com mr. morris. all right. let's take perry first. because he is -- we are going to play a clip of perry and his anti-obama web ad which is pretty strong in the next segment with chris wallace. but, do you expect tomorrow night for them, all the other republicans to go after him like they did the first time? >> yes. but i think that even more effectively. in the three polls before the debate perry had an average lead over romney of 12.5 points. in the four polls after the debate his league shrunk to 5.5. got hurt. >> yes. i expect, frankly, that it will disappear after this debate. isn't it possible though that some the lesser rated candidates will go after romney tomorrow night? >> not as much fodder there. bachmann might do that i expect will be immigration just as the last two debate social security you ha

only from td ameritrade.elcome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >> bill: pin heads and patriots in a moment. i, your humble correspondent may be a pinhead. the opening for "killing lincoln" today. thank you very much. it hit number one on amazon.com and if you would like to get a feel for the book, we posted a chapter on billoreilly.com, both in print and audio. you can listen to it or rd it or both. we understand the ebooks are selling fast as well. also sign up for billoreilly.com premium membership. you get the book free of charge. please remember, all the proceeds i get from the web site are donated to charity. so it's an excellent deal and i it's an excellent deal. i think you'll like the book very much. once again, thank you all. number one on amazon, you know, humbling. now the mail. bill henson, westerville, ohio, a big difference between barack obama and lincoln, lincoln thought he represented all americans, while barack obama chides his opposition. bill, the big

only from td ameritrade.elcome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >>> it's a great place to be networking here in dallan. you're looking at pictures there of some of the 1,500 or so delegates here at the annual conference in dallan. they actually share this conference with tianjen. certainly there's a lot of buzz. and it's known as the summer davos. welcome back. you're watching "world business today." >>> now, who says that businessmen can't also be benefactors? we're going to introduce you to two executives that show you that turning a product need not. they both contribute in different ways and both benefit from giving. it's time for this week's episode of "the boss." >> reporter: previously on "the boss." leading by example. francis lui gives his people room to lead and room to lead. >> as the manager, they make all those tough decisions for us. >> reporter: and in new york, delivering on a promise. steve hind pays for 48 of his employees to holiday in europe. >> it had

only from td ameritrade.me to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >>> the european union is the biggest buyer of exported syrian crude with several european companies like royal dutch shell and totale invested in syria. now the economic pressure is building on the regime. they founded another round of sanctions that would prevent oil companies from signing new deals in syria. the new sanctions would follow an eu embargo on syrian oil exports that's already in place. one country that's watching developments in syria closely is its neighbor, lebanon. country's finance minister says its economy depends on how the syrian crisis is resolved. >> as long as the change in syria is done in a controllable way, then we're fine. >> big, big question mark, though, is it not? >> god forbid if there is a spillout in syria, things went out of hand, you know, things went crazy there, we would suffer, yes, of course. >> do you think that the international community understands how syria could pot

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only from td ameritrade. welcome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >>> this scandal would only be exploitable if the president had made this one particular company the poster child for the program. if he had let's say toured the solyndra facilities or met with the the c.e.o. or praised its cutting edge in a speech that will seem ill advise. >> the true engine of economic growth will always be companies like solyndra. >> jon stewart joining the grow is criticism about se solyndra. more bad news for the president. here he is going around the country pitching the jobs plan. sol call it stimulus two at exact time that we find out about this company that got a half billion dollars from the first stimulus, solyndra. what do you think is the lesson from solyndra? >> whether or not there is favoritism to be found here in giving the loan which we may find out there was not much political favoritism. the adethat you can politically allocate capital and have government direct investme

only from td ameritrade.welcome to better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >>> what americans are looking for the slickest candidate they are looking for an authentic, principled leader. >> chris: rick perry making the argument in his less than stellar performance this week shouldn't take away from his candidacy. the florida straw poll showed it did. in a big upset herman cain trounced the field with 37%. the texas governor was a distant second with 15%. romney who didn't campaign came in third. you can see the rest down the line. time for our sunday group. brit hume. ab stoddard of the bill kristol. and fox news political analyst juan williams. brit, how do you read the straw poll? was it a vote for cain, perry or a statement please let somebody else get in the race? >> you can read it any of those three i was. perry really did throw up all over himself in the debate. at a time when he needed to raise his game. he -- he did worse it seems to me than he had done in previous debates.

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only from td ameritrade.o better trade commission free for 60 days when you open an account. >>> welcome back to "your $$$$$." richard florida is the senior editor at atlantic, richard quest, host of business. market posting steep losses. christine lagarde head of international monetary fund warns the world is in this together. >> it's a problem that concerns each and every country, each and every member of our institutions. we are in this together and we can pull out of this together, because from the fund's perspective our analysis says there is a path for recovery. >>> well, that's nice to know, a path for recovery richard quest. could that path go steeply downhill before it gets to the end? >> there is a new reality. there's a new seriousness. i would say it's come in the last two or three weeks. people are now talking about finance ministers, analysts, economists, everyone talking about a window closing to sort this thing out. if you look at the last four or five days in the market, that's exactly what w