regina grier and now tasha mack.ery successful shows, both in syndication, both going really well. did you expect that? >> no. this is a business where you can have no expectations. you know. and even with tasha mack and "the game" we were canceled. so you know, we thought it was over. it was like okay, on to the next, try to get something else. and boom, there was a whole -- i want to say it was a resurgence. we got resuscitated. and now it's even bigger than what the network thought it could be, what the actors thought it could be, what the producers thought it could be. so it's really a phenomenon. pinch me. it's great. >> i've never seen anything like it. when you debuted on bet, you had about 7 or 8 million viewers. >> 7.7. but you know what's crazy? i even think it was more than that because most of -- i know the entire east coast was like snowed in because we did a whole radio ndur and they got together, they had "game" parties. >> i had one. >> did you? >> yes. i had like 25 people in the crib. >> so 7.7 plus

. >> reporter: turning 40 makes human resources manager tasha robinson realize her retirement nest egg of about $30,000 needs to get a lot bigger. >> i want to be able to be self-sufficient and care for myself and live comfortably and not have to struggle or worry. >> we're at 50%. >> reporter: after meeting with her financial planner, robinson knows she has a lot of work to do. these are the milestones aarp says you should hit on your road to retirement. at age 30, your retirement savings should be 40% of your annual income. by 40, two years of income. by 50, four years. by 60, nine years of income to maintain your lifestyle. >> there are all these detours. >> reporter: ideals nbc news financial editor john chatzky concedes are discouraging. should somebody look at these numbers and think, i'm too old, i can't do it? >> absolutely not. somebody who is 50 years old has a very good shot of living another 30 to 40 years. that's a lot of time that you really have to save for. >> reporter: starting early takes a smaller chunk of your paycheck. if you start in your 20s, 3% to 6%. in your 30

in just a few minutes is the kaiser report but for now the tasha and the business. twenty three minutes past the hour here are you watching business started emerging market currencies are seeing the best start of the year since the turn of the century the russian ruble along with the mexican peso and the brazilian ryall have outperformed currencies from the major developed they showed us some time ever supported by rising risk appetite after the e.u. leaders signed up for a stricter budget discipline meeting however steam jacobson from saxo bank believes the positive mood will not last long. the central banks continue to print money so much that they're actually running out of paper to printed on if you look at these e b they have been expanding their balance sheets since july first by thirty eight percent in terms of currency strength and risk appetite has become a game of continuing to for old credit she added what is essentially a little bit like pretending that you can treat a patient deal by giving them all fear and they did create a diagnosis of why the patien

tasha welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to double and speak with economist professor constantine good yeah constantine is from moscow and now teaches at trinity college dublin welcome back to the report carson tan thank you much all right now detained if it were to happen what impact would a euro zone breakup have russia there i read it two ways in which the euro can break up and we can call it or the disorderly in the other the case of a default or breakup of the euro what will happen is the monetary must all that money in circulation currently in euros will be gradually over a number of years displaced out of the existence whether in one country such as greece or in a number of countries such as all that very pro countries there are different permutations and the case in this case the disruption will be the most minor and the impact on russian trade and the russian personal savings and investments will be very minor the worst case scenario calms when there's disorderly default or sort of the destruction of the currency markets and there's a lot of the what happens as overnight

it's good have you with us you with our tina tasha's here in a few moments with the business news but for now the world update for you at least twenty five people have been killed dozens injured by a bomb blast targeting taliban militia at this sort of market in northwestern pakistan the explosion which was the deadliest in the country for months struck vehicles being used by the militia it happened in the khyber region close to afghanistan which is dominated by tribes and has a strong militant presence. north korea has announced a prisoner amnesty to celebrate the birth of late leader kim jong il and his father it will come into effect on the first of february but it's not known how many prisoners will be released kim jong il died on december seventeenth leaving the nation under the control of his youngest son kim jong un. the international criminal court is still waiting for information from libya on the status of colonel gadhafi son saif al islam despite a deadline being set for tuesday the most prominent son of the late leader was captured in november while trying to flee libya sa

there's anitta and tasha -- hair and makeup never leave. a while ago, people were eating pizza on the set, except me. no one told me pizza was coming n. any event, that's what it has come to. we await the official, official tally. and the question for you guys is, what now? >> you are going to make us get serious after all of that? >> the buildup -- >> listen. no. honestly, we're talking about rick santorum. he did very well tonight. 7 days? is that enough to go from 4 to 41% in new hampshire to overcome mitt romney? >> that's a lot to make up, obviously. but think about the debates. the two debates, one saturday night and the one sunday morning, the one that fox is doing, that you are doing on january 16 in south carolina. think of the people who are going to be participating. mitt romney's relatively easy ride is over. he is going to have jon huntsman, who has been biting at his ankles throughout this process. he will have newt gingrich who, we talked about is an angry, angry candidate, angry at mitt romney. he will have rick santorum, lo

there's anitta and tasha -- hair and makeup never leave. while ago, people were eating pizza on the set, except me. no one told me pizza was coming n. any event, that's what it has come to. we await the official, official tally. and the question for you guys is, what now? >> you are going to make us get serious after all of that? >> the buildup -- >> listen. no. honestly, we're talking about rick santorum. he did very well tonight. 7 days? is that enough to go from 4 to 41% in new hampshire to overcome mitt romney? >> that's a lot to make up, obviously. but think about the debates. the two debates, one saturday night and the one sunday morning, the one that fox is doing, that you are doing on january 16 in south carolina. think of the people who are going to be participating. mitt romney's relatively easy ride is over. he is going to have jon huntsman, who has been biting at his ankles throughout this process. he will have newt gingrich who, we talked about is an angry, angry candidate, angry at mitt romney. he will have rick santorum, look

. >> it broke our heart with our dog tasha couldn't get around. ♪ [ male announcer ] when kelley bluesale value award, we were delighted. ♪ when it received a 5-star overall safety ring, we were ecstatic. and when camry became the number-one selling car in america 10 years running, we blushed. ♪ the reinvented 2012 camry. from toyota. ♪ >> chris: next week, we'll have >> we will have an exclusive interview with paul ryan responding to the president's state of the union address in laying out his plan for the budget. that's it for today. have a great week. see you next fox news sunday.

. >> it broke our heart with our dog tasha couldn't get around. ♪ [ male announcer ] when kelley bluesale value award, we were delighted. ♪ when it received a 5-star overall safety ring, we were ecstatic. and when camry became the number-one selling car in america 10 years running, we blushed. ♪ the reinvented 2012 camry. from toyota. ♪ >> chris: next week, we'll have >> we will have an exclusive

. >> tasha, how is she surviving, do we know? getting help from some of ore lawyers. some of her legal team. but also from charity. and from some churches. so people are definitely reaching out to her. she has no -- she really has no way of making any money right now. and also we hear she's connecting with her brother again. so we don't know what, you know, he could be helping her. >> which is a big deal. >> which is a big deal. >> when that video surfaced her family released a statement saying we don't know about this and we are still concerned about her safety. you know, the prosecutors were beyond bitter on this one. >> yes. >> and understandably so because they had -- by all intents and purposes, they had a really good case against her. the jeff ashton, lead prosecutor in the case now run for office, should say no one should care about this girl anymore. it seemed odd to me. i almost felt as though he might get -- if people did care and give her a hard time and gave her that sentence that she would live with for the rest of h

they actually seek out and having a role in an array of areas, many of which the mayor talked on tasha touched on in his remarks before spoke. this one is always a big debate. we look at the data, this is job creation and people do not think, yes, they believe the private sector is the most important engine of job creation, but on the left side is the question from all states on whether or not inward to develop solutions and a dress national economic opportunities and challenges, do they believe business should lead, take the lead on its own? should government and business work together? or government should take the lead and timely? very few people say government should take the lead and other. that's a small slice at the bottom, that green slice is 12%. 60%, the big slice says government and business should work together. only 24% say business should take the lead. on the right side, the question is asked specifically about the federal government because you folks know that you're at the local level, everything happens more at the local level. everybody believes, mayors, governors ca

a lot of you guys, people love tasha i happen to person like cancer that has never missed wide -- misled me. jim, you industries. he never, there was never anything about it. when kanter walked out of those talks and he didn't walk a. you come the uganda digital into joe, i can't get it done. i can't come back. now, whatever his motive combining, whatever his policy is, it's fundamentally different than ours. but the truth of the matter is, who do you make a deal with? who can you reach out and shake hands with and say, we have a bargain? that's the way this country has always functioned. right now, and the public saw it in the debate over the extension of the payroll tax. when "the wall street journal" had to come in to say to the republicans basically what are you doing, so, the fact of the matter is, the number of things that are clear as well. the way i kind of divide this up, guys, i can't think of what's clear, what's new and what is at stake. to me, what's clear is, and it's clear to the american people now, we inherited an awful lot. you know, the metaphor that was used, the line

and a wrote tasha i read them all.t these guys are talking a, every point is in the 10-point platform and program fits right into everything they talking about. unemployment, housing, et cetera and so on. it's right there. so, you know, our party if all to have a broader class analysis, rather than a race only analysis. we understood how to look at the broader class analysis of what was happening. so that became literally a steppingstone point for to really begin to understand the great characteristics of black panther party was so great, when we got coalitions going, other organizations, the red guard, young chinese asians, and asian student alliance, richard aoki started up, another organization of the young lords, political party, and then aim, american indian movement, all wrote their own 10, 12, 14-point program modeling after what we had written but more specifically to their intercultural, their community and what was happening. and so that 10-point platform and program is basic. i mean, it's really no different