past voter turnout averages in palm beach county there was a significant drop off in voters this year in two thousand and four voter turnout was seventy five percent two thousand and eight it was seventy two percent this year was drastically lower just sixty four percent meanwhile florida's statewide voter turnout was only down four points other words palm beach county's drop off in voters this year was double the statewide average drop off of voters all together had turnout mirrored past turnout rates in palm beach county would be about sixty seven thousand more votes somewhere it's known there were numerous problems in the county election day including long lines equipment malfunctions and mis printed ballots but could these issues have been responsible for the loss of tens of thousands of votes. perhaps but all the men when we're talking about laws votes a selection story coming out of palm beach county just scratches the surface or to my next guest more than nine million voters are likely lost this year of votes excuse me or around the nation greg palast joins me now he's an inves

the kennedys in palm beach now, and kennedy had that time said the hell with it. we will make our own way, and we did. he did his own entertaining it in his own house when he went to bradley's which was the casino she claimed had the best food in palm beach. the question is did kennedy married rose fitzgerald because she was the daughter, that he called her, did he make her his girlfriend and go out with her and then marry her because her father was there? yes and no. she was deemed most eligible. she was smart, pretty, vivacious, she had this carefree attitude. she was an extraordinary young woman, and i think kennedy was drawn to her and i don't know what came first but kennedy certainly knew that his girlfriend was the mayor's daughter. for a long time he didn't want them to be married and not because joe kennedy didn't have a bright prospect but because his father had been in tight and he election after election after election. his father believed that catholic, irish catholic politicians she was a clown, they were wild, they were rabble-rousers', they were th

it makes perfect sense because nobody liked the kennedys in palm beach, no. and kennedy at that time said the hell with you, you know? we'll make our own way. and he did. he did his own entertaining in his, you know, in his own house when he wanted to. and he went to bradley's which was the casino that he claimed has the best food in palm beach. the question is, the question is did kennedy marry rose fitzgerald because she was the daughter, did he court her, did he make her his girlfriend and go out with her and then marry her because her father was the mayor? yeah. yes and no. he was the most -- you know, she was the most eligible girl. she was smart, she was pretty, she was vivacious, she had this carefree attitude, she was an extraordinary young woman. and i think kennedy was drawn to her. and kennedy knew, you know, i don't know what came first, but kennedy certainly knew that his girlfriend was the mayor's daughter and that by marrying rose he was going to climb a step. one of the difficulties was that kennedy's father who was also very important in iris

everyone in palm beach shunned her.but bobby kennedy cited, our fathers said that we are led to play with you. >> i wish you had told me that before. yeah, it it brings two. it makes perfect sense because nobody liked the kennedys in palm beach. and kennedy at that time said the with you. we'll make our own way and he did. he did his own entertaining in his own house when he wanted to go to bradley's, which was the casino, the best food in palm beach. the question is, did kennedy mary rose fitzgerald because she was the daughter? to heed court earthquakes did he make her his girlfriend and go wild with her and marry her because her father was the mayor. yes and no. she was the most eligible girl. she was smart, she was pretty, she's vivacious. she had this carefree attitude. she was an extraordinary young woman and i think kennedy was drawn to her and kennedy knew -- i don't know what came first, the kennedy certainly knew that his girlfriend was the mayor's daughter said that by marrying rose, he was going to client a

now -- one person wrote a nice story down at the "palm beach post." peace said, what are you going to do now? i have a couple of ideas in mind. but also, after my years in journalism and using this as kind of a curriculum vitae, i would like to teach journalism, nonfiction writing somewhere -- i think i would be good at it. that would give me the base to keep the income so i can take wild gambols at writing another book. >> my question, though, is you are talking to somebody after watching the whole thing -- there was a lot of interest in the fact you were doing this. is it -- how hard is it? was there a time when you felt the roof was caving in on you, you were not going to be able to make it financially? >> no, because thank goodness for good credit. my daddy told me that 50 years ago -- never bounced a check, get good credit. i tell my kids that. with good credit you can chase your dreams. >> where did you meet your wife? >> at a july 4 picnicked in 1996. we were both divorced. she lived in massachusetts on the coast. i am a lender. -- a new englan

then i began at the "palm beach post," as an intern in 1996. the smart money i found out later in the office pool -- this 46-year-old guy is not going to move from boston to be an intern. but i wanted to be a newspaperman. >> and so? >> i was an intern. >> for how long? >> 10 weeks was the internships. it began january 6, 1996, and there were other interns there who were 22 years old. i'm 46, i have kids, i am buying a house with my half of the old divorce settlement. and i was an intern. i was covering the county fair and cooking contests. there was a callow at the county fair whose skin had a map of america on it. i remember the first president's day weekend -- six weeks into the internships, i went into the editor's office and said, have a nice weekend, i will see you tuesday. what you talking about? i said, it is a holiday. they said, you do not get holidays. i said, i have my ticket and everything. and he let me go. >> you were a harvard extension graduate? >> yes i was. >> masters? >> in the book arts with a history bent to it. >> what ye

west palm beach. >>> keep your distance.it if i have to. >> "the hobbit" is number one, taking in 36.7 million. it beat out "jack reacher" which debuted at number two. this is 40, "rise of the guardians" and "lincoln" round out the top five. tomorrow is "less miserables" and with a look and preview of what's hitting the big screen, kim ser afin. so, les mis is getting the attention? >> yes. long awaited movie. everyone has been talking about this. hugh jackman is incredible in it, and of course anne hathaway is talking about her performance of "i dream the dream." she's already been nominated for s.a.g. awards. >> interesting about that film, too, is how they sang it live. it wasn't sung later or prerecorded. >> exactly. they didn't do these a month in advance and lip seven. they all had earpieces in their ears, listening to piano music accompanies them. people were applauding in the movie theater about this film, because the performances are so strong, so emotional. it is balling they sung it live on set. it was a bit contr

. >> west palm beach, florida. with beautiful weather year round and wide freeways, the sunshine state is a playground for renegade drivers. >> on a daily basis you see people out on i-95 that are driving just crazy. very fast speeds, 120, 130, 140, 150 miles an hour. >> deputy mike musto is part of the aggressive driving unit. >> they just get out there and they're blind. they have no sense of how fast they're going. >> at 62 years old, the veteran deputy thought he'd seen it all until the afternoon of march 29th, 2011. >> the day started routinely for me. running my laser speed measuring device on the side of i-95 detecting speeders that i normally get 20 miles an hour over the speed limit before i even look at you. >> musto is parked under an overpass when suddenly a motorcycle blows by. >> the speed limit on i-95 is 65 miles an hour, and he went by me at 112, in and out of traffic, following too closely, improper lane changes. >> musto shadows him for about five miles up an off-ramp to a red light. >> he never

and winston iii as people called him lived in west palm beach. we got to know even other pretty well. he was a good source. we would go out to lunch and he would talk about his grand father. host: i counted in the index 16, 17, 18 interviews that william manchester did but all in 1980. then i counted not other than a half dozen that you did, obviously recently. who did you talk to that helped you? guest: well, a lot of the people bill spoke to are gone. i spoke to the grand son, winst winston. and to lady soames, the daughter mary. i spoke to -- i don't know who else might be in there. one fellow i spoke to no one will know is dr. porter crow. he was a g. eufpi. and later bea writing english professor down sou south. he had been bay i don't know netted and he told stories that were marvelous and it was from porter that i learned slip captains would allow the troops embark to play records on the p.a. system but one record most captains wouldn't allow is bing crosby singing "i will be home for christmas." host: the famous white christmas? guest: ye

>> they did have the house in palm beach. they had a place in montauk. they had, you know, an apartment here on park avenue in the city, all of which are the accoutrements of great wealth. but it wasn't an extraordinary lifestyle. >> safer: how much does all that total? >> according to the government, it's over $50 million. >> safer: just a drop in an oversized bucket, nothing close to what investors lost. so picard and his team continued to follow the money. they started here. so this was the scene of the crime... madoff's new york offices, an impressive landscape of emptiness. >> his desk was here... >> safer: and close by, perhaps a work of art that sums up the entire story. >> it's called the soft screw. and it was about 4--i guess 4 to 6 feet high, and it was sitting right here. >> safer: and sitting on top of the world was madoff himself. >> he was much like the wizard of oz, just hiding behind this wall. and no one could quite penetrate it, but they sort of really liked the results. (watch ticking) >> stahl: coming up, an unexpected twist in the h

and west palm beach, florida, just over 100,000. and that's basically less than citigroup have laid off since the financial crisis. 96,500 jobs gone at various units across the business, up to to 2011. and now they're adding on top of that another 11,000 across various businesses here. just try to save the company about $1 billion. that is just quite remarkable when you put it up against the size of flint, michigan. moving you all, i want to talk about apple here. shocking day in the market for them yesterday. the worst decline in four years for this stock. they are now officially once again in bad territory with a 23% decline from the all time high on the share price. the market getting a little nervous about competition particularly in the china market. is it possible that nokia may have a crowd pleaser in the future to take on the iphone? i don't know. it is something analysts are chewing over and it's another reason why apple had another rocky day in the markets. >> jeff cutmore live from london. thank you. >>> there are alarmin

passengers say the bus was heading to a church convention in west palm beach.f the passengers were elderly, including the two men that died. tonight -- three people remain in critical condition. >> this train derailment spewed hazardous material with one out of people in back with a one to clear the chemicals in the air that can make people dizzy and sleepy. >> government officials in india will pave the family's $2,500 to the families of those that died and 600 of the $2,500 will pay for the injured. it killed 112 people and it is linked to american companies, gap, wal-mart, disney parks are. three workers. some of those workers have been a ruste arrested.... accused of blocking the building and not allowing them to escape the fire. we will be back. music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this ! share a sweeter welcome... hey, hola, cómo estás ? hello, hey everyone. es un pla-cer co-no-cer-te. encantada. share everything. this holiday get verizon's share everything plan. unlimited talk, text and shareable data... ... across your

joe was sent into exile in palm beach, the south of france, hyannis port. >> did joe ever regret that wrong about the nazis and world war ii? >> no. on the contrary. there was this moment where he meets with churchill. churchill was defeated and the war is over and he's defeat and he comes to the united states for a vacation. they meet and winston churchill said to joe kennedy i am desperately sorry your son was killed in the war. joe jr. was killed in a bomber and crashed. joe kennedy looks at him and said what was it all for? all we got now is the soviets dominating europe instead of the germans. we fought a war for this? >> did joe's outspokenness against world war ii make kennedy more of a hawk and jfk ending up being more of a hawk in response to his father? >> that's a great question. i don't know. i think part of what jfk does is follows his father. his father was an isolationist, but he was also in favor of huge military budgets to build up missile systems and every conceivable type of defense. first against the germans so they could never invade the united states and against

as well as in palm beach county the supervisor of election extended early voting to a sunday, which washe law that was supposed to have ended the early voting on saturday. no one was able to understand to track the absentee ballots issued out. so if we do not have integrity of our voting process, if the american people lose trust and confidence, we become nothing more than a zimbabwe, and you don't have the confidence in the government. >> sean: what is the future for colonel west? you served your country in the military. you served in congress. this was a close election. do you have any plans? you thinking about maybe running for elected office again? >> i'm not going to put that out there right now. we have many options and opportunities that come to us. my wife and our daughters will sit down after christmas and ponder over these things, pray about it, and we're going to make the best decision for us as a family, but also to continue to serve this great republic, going back to my father who served in world war ii, we've always been here for the american people. >> sean: colonel west,

>> a horse in palm beach, florida, jumped a fence, took a dip in a swimming pool.ians gave the 30-year-old horse a sedative. firefighters attached a harn toes andy and used a tow truck to lift him out of the pool. when it's all over, andy didn't have a scratch on him. had a nice refreshing dip in the pool. >> i'm sure he enjoyed every moment of it. >> all right. 17 minutes after the hour. time for your early reads. the local newsmaking national headlines this morning. we're going to start with the tampa bay times. guns were pulled off the shelves of a lone star pawnshop after the sandy hook school shooting. the owner says he'll lose half of his business but he's doing this for his daughters. >> my daughter at this point associates firearms with evil people because of what she sees on tv and what she sees at school. my conscience overrides the need to make the money. he also said he couldn't bear think about selling the gun that might end up being used in another massacre. >>> thousands of miles away, but hitting a little too close to home, the sacramento bet talks

a penthouse in manhattan, homes in palm beach and the south of france, and yachts in both places. >> he was a big figure in the industry. he was the chairman of nasdaq. he was constantly being honored as "man of the year" of this organization and that. and that--that had an effect on me. >> both sons went to work as traders for their father's firm in the late '80s, a time authorities believe madoff's ponzi scheme was well under way. why would your father want to taint his sons by bringing into a situation that could, well, spell disaster? >> you know, that's-- that's a great question. and that's something that i really agonize over as a son. you know, what my father did was so horrible. and it's hard for me to-- hard for me to understand that. >> bernard l. madoff securities employed over 100 people, but it seemed like a family business. his brother peter and several cousins worked there. mark and andrew worked on the 19th floor of new york's lipstick building, where they legitimately traded securities for the firm and for outside clients. the investment advisory business--the ponzi

he joins me now from west palm beach, florida. i appreciate you being with us.bviously strides since the columbine school shooting back in '99. but where are we now and what more do you think needs to be done? >> first of all, thank you, anderson, for having me. one of the things that i would advocate for is once again a resurgence of the grants that were fro provided by a federal government that effectuated so many of these training sessions for our schoolchildren and staff members that they performed so admirably during these tragic times as a result of that training that was administered under grant programs. anything, other grant programs, putting police officers in schools where they can advocate also and be protectors of schools have fallen on to budget cuts as well. we would like to see that come back into effect. in addition there have been many studies granted by the u.s. secret service. there are many advocacy group, a safety advocacy council, national serassociation of scho law enforcement officers who all came together and drew upon the best practice

here's the palm beach post, 115,000 floridians being cut at the end of the year. 43,000 in connecticut could lose unemployment benefits. a few minutes ago, you heard jeff merkley of oregon mention, i believe, the 30,000 in oregon. one of the things that has been lost in all the fiscal cliff wrangling over the last couple of months is something really dramatic will happen really soon that will affect a ton of people who cannot, cannot afford it. four days from now, if washington cannot find a way to get its act together, 2 million people will lose their unemployment benefits. all at once. they will go all go away. unemployment insurance is different from the other parts of the fiscal cliff in that way. there are tricks we can play on, say, the pack side. we can change withholdings so you don't notice it. and on the spending side, instead of laying off people, we can furlough them. there are things we can do in a lot of parts of the fiscal cliff, if we do over for a week, two weeks, maybe even a month, we can prevent the big pain from taking effect until congress reaches a deal. there ar

[laughter] and then my favorite one, private equity guy lives in the new york and palm beach, he said, you know, it is my golf caddie. i have a golf caddie in arizona, he's a very good golf caddie, but he bought three condos. how could a golf caddie afford three condos? and it's because of guys like that that we had the financial crisis, clearly. so that, to me, suggests a certain distance from the woes of the middle class. [laughter] even more surprisingly, and this is sort of a newish post-obama phenomenon, is the sense, is the growing sense of victimization. and you say sort of -- you may sort of be taken aback by that, how can a billionaire feel victimized, but they really do. and i'll give you a few examples. there's a guy that's an activist investor actually doing great things. he is the guy who is behind marisa mayer becoming the ceo of yahoo! really as an investor does great things. in december 2010 he sent an e-mail to his friends, and the subject heading was battered wives. and the battered wives were the wall street financiers who were accepting the abuse of president obama

here's the palm beach post, 115,000 floridians being cut at the end of the year. 43,000 in connecticute unemployment benefits. a few minutes ago, you heard jeff merkley of oregon mention, i believe, the 30,000 in oregon. one of the things that has been lost in all the fiscal cliff wrangling over the last couple of months is something really dramatic will happen really soon that will affect a ton of people who cannot, cannot afford it. four days from now, if washington cannot find a way to get its act together, 2 million people will lose their unemployment benefits. all at once. they will go all go away. unemployment insurance is different from the other parts of the fiscal cliff in that way. there are tricks we can play on, say, the pack side. we can change withholdings so you don't notice it. and on the spending side, instead of laying off people, we can furlough them. there are things we can do in a lot of parts of the fiscal cliff, if we do over for a week, two weeks, maybe even a month, we can prevent the big pain from taking effect until congress reaches a deal. there are ways to

i'm speaking speaking of palm beach counties so you know about the scenarios. checks and wins the popular vote. he comes back in four years in 1828 in beats john quincy adams and in 1828 is probably the second nastiest election in american history. of course with this current one being the nastiest with a negative ads and such. there's no love lost -- loss. jackson supporters don't call john quincy adams your excellency. they call him your fraudulent seat. they call jackson a white thief and his wife a of tennessee sohtz is huge scandal to the point that rachel donaldson jackson becomes increasingly religious every passing year. to the point where now all of the scandal about her really affecting her mental health and physical health. she is hoping and praying that jackson does not win, that she doesn't have to go to the white house sewer scandal becomes a national story. she is hoping and writing letters. she doesn't want to go there. right after jackson wins the election, before the inauguration in 1829 she dies of a broken heart. jackson says, my opponents,

officials say the bus was carrying a church group with more than 30 people on board, traveling to west palm beachwere killed. >>> president george h.w. bush staying in the hospital a little bit longer. doctors say they had planned to discharge mr. bush this weekend. but they're going to play it safe as he recovers from bronchitis. >>> and in wyoming, police say a man involved in a horrific attack in a community college and at another location used a bow and arrow in one of the killings and was the son of one of the victims. three people were killed, including the attacker. gregg? >> gregg: some new fallout over u.n. ambassador susan rice and her possible nomination to be the next secretary of state. ambassador rice's meetings with several republican lawmakers this week did little to ease their concerns. they continue to ask why she inaccurately blamed the deadly ambush in benghazi, like i can't, on a violent protest over a anti-muslim film. now new questions with ambassador rice's record on iran, israel, human rights, being raised in an op ed co-written by michael mukasey in the "wall street jour

washington, 60 and pensacola to west palm beach, cold front will move through and drop temperatures 20 >> all right. bundle up. thanks. >> sure. >>> well, in one corner, the man who lost the presidential election and the other, the man who got knocked out this weekend. the behind the scenes fight night meeting between mitt romney and manny pacquiao. that's next. stay with us. santa! want to see some magic? watch this! merry chr... (crash) ow! i landed on my keys. did you get that? oh yeah. that was amazing. here you go. that was a fun trick! see? santa's okay. walk it off santa. share videos instantly with s-beam. on the galaxy siii and note ii. for a limited time get two flip covers for the price of one. exclusively at verizon. ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. ge

all the way to palm beach gardens in florida this morning.ive time, from are washington, d.c. and new york city. and later in the day towards boston, with very, very heavy rain. this is the place that gets snow out of it. these are big snowfall totals. the gusty winds make the blizzard conditions in seven states, the warnings out. we have the tornado warnings that are flying in alabama this >>> this is where we need your help for the last big push of the warm hearts, warm coats drive. it's a big shopping weekend. you walk into the burlington coat factory. that gently-used coat you have on, donate it. walk in and get yourself a new coat and help folks, as well. folks have been sending us twitter pictures while they donate. we want to show you army captain in ft. drum, new york. chris triling is the name there. a photo sent in by his fiancee, michelle. first lieutenant in the wisconsin national guard, as well. they donated because they say the whole point is to give. >> that is fantastic. that's great. bring those coats in. >>> when we come bac

this picture out of "the palm beach post." this is one way to get into your car. everything below that is water. and inches and informatiches of. look at the video out of jupiter, where they picked up about ten inches of rain. and many areas around it, three to six inches of rain. this is the rain that will continue today. a one-inch to two-inch pocket from raleigh, to charleston, to south-central georgia. also right along the florida coastline. from miami to daytona beach. that's a pocket of flooding today. there's chilly temperatures in the northeast and mid-atlantic. but they're really close to normal. that will be the high temperatures, as well. and milder air gets in by the time we get to friday. philadelphia, 52. boston, about 50. washington, d.c. about 54. we'd like to remind you, we need your help to collect coats for the coat drive this winter. you can drop them off at a burlington coat factory. >>> and coming up, the latest on that little monkey lost at ikea. where is he now? >> what a darling. . because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing.

>>> los pasajeros eran feligreses de testigos de jehová que viajaban a una conferencia en west palm beachvel académico, involucrando a 20 mil estudiantes en colorado, connecticut, massachusetts, tennessee, aún falta saber si se agregarán más horas al calendario escolar. >>> también un nuevo descubrimiento permitirá predecir si alguien será obeso cuando nace, antes se pensaba que los genes eran claves, pero solo 1 de cada 10 casos de obesidad tienen una causa genética. >>> aquellos adolescentes que creen que los mensaje de texto son exclusivos de su generación, la historia les recuerda que se inventaron hace 20 años, cuando un ingeniero británico escribió un mensaje de feliz navidad a un colega, inicialmente los mensaje de texto nacieron para atender las fallas de servicio telefónico, continuamos con más con cristina. >>> este segmento de despierta américa es presentado por (publicidad) visita el burlington más cercano ♪. >>> gracias, satcha pretto, señores, muy buenos días, saludos para los amigos en el norte, ahora si van de salida al trabajo y la escuela, las temperaturas están muy fría

large waves expected to palm beach is in some areas.om them today. >> kind of a wild last couple of hours as it makes its way from the north bay into the peninsula. a great job breaking it all down but we are not out of it yet. >> i'm glad we had the opportunity to take team. >> the big deal is as we talked, these flash flood warnings keep popping up. they are a big deal. they are popping up more and more. >> santa cruz mountains, we've got a portion of marin. a warning means it's going to have been. it's pretty imminent. >> is going to happen. as we go into the next 35 minutes, i suspect we get a situation as it moves to the south bay. i think we are going to start seeing some of those flash flood warnings pop-up. >> and maybe going off air for a little bit, but we are not leaving. we'll be watching. do we have a minute bus ride we want to show the future cast? i will show you what we do expect and how fast we are hopefully going to see this exit the area by into the 9:00 hour. you see the heavy rain continuing by 10:00 or so it into t

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host: shirley from palm beaach, florida -- palm beach. thank you for joining us.aller: i work and human services for around 20 years after finished raising my family. 20 years of that was in a psychiatric and hospitals. i myself suffer from depression. i found that i have allergies and there is a book by a doctor marshall mandell and he talks about how elegies can affect just so severely that they can cause depression, retardation, autism, and many physical diseases. hypertension and hypoglycemia, etc. it is hard to say this because people look at this like i'm crazy. look at your diet. how many people believe it schizophrenic could be caused by your diet and things you could be allergic to? guest: do people have food reactions? yes. as a cause of schizophrenic and autism, no. there is a genetic issues, many other aspects here. host: could you give folks your background? guest: i am a psychologist by training and i worked in the navy reserve as a psychologist. it is unjust aspects of food. -- .t isn't just aspects of food we know when a person is isolated and not

palm beach, florida. good morning. caller: i want to comment about the deductions.nother way of increasing taxes, i believe that the government is trying to get everything they can in their pockets. some of the failed programs of the past are disturbing to me. the stimulus packages were in effectual in stimulating the economy. we have the affordable housing that was brought on by the government that costs the taxpayers an enormous amount of money. food stamps, printing them like they grow on trees. we have 47% of the people not paying taxes in this country. i think it is unfair to ask anyone to give up deductions. host: this message from twitter -- postal we got this e-mail from laurie, in india -- host: we got this e-mail from laurie, in indianapolis. host: charles, tenn., democratic line. caller: how are you doing today, ma'am? host: good. caller: i am on social security, disabled now. a lot of these taxes, like the deduction for political contributions, that should be taken away. i have not heard anything about that. they can make us still pay social security tax

we want to go now to shirley from palm beach florida. surely come thanks for joining us on the "washington journal". >> caller: good morning. i worked in mental health services around 20 years after it raised my family and myself. twenty years of that was then ejected. in the hospitals. i suffer from depression. and i found that i have allergies. there is a book and he talks about how allergies can affect us so severely that it can cause things like depression, retardation, epilepsy and many physical ailments as well. hypertension and hyperglycemia and etc. and it is hard and people look at me like i'm crazy. and i say, look at your diet. many people believe that schizophrenia can be cured by diet? >> host: congressman? >> guest: there are a lot of things that go into this. you people have food reactions and supplements that can affect them? yes. as a cause of schizophrenia, i don't know. i don't want people to think that if only i change my diet, it will go away. there are a lot of other issues there. there are genetic issues, environme

palm beach, fla., in the and the blind -- -- on the independent line -- caller: as an independent, iting to form an opinion that if president obama wants to go over the fiscal cliff, it appears that way, because he has had no credible counteroffer. he says i will give you cuts in the future but he is not specific. his speeches are always peppered with we have to invest. he does not mean in the private sector. he wants more the firefighters, teachers, policemen. this adds to the public debt. we are borrowing, from what i read yesterday, 46 cents on every dollar. that appears to me to be untenable. i am no fan of john boehner but he makes an offer that got him in touch with the rest of the republicans, by the way, because they said he was capitulating but now, obama comes back with it is not good enough. host: let me go back to the "washington times"store rate -- guest: in the current environment that is the correct policy. component ofone gdp growth providing growth and that is the federal government. in the current environment, you don't want to reduce that substantially. host: when

joining us now from palm beach, florida, is greg mcbride.ior financial analyst with bankrate.com. and greg, what's happening to this point? we had seen the consumer kind of hanging in there and being resilie resilient. are they starting to worry about the fiscal cliff as well? >> they r. one in three americans say that just in the last 30 days, they've cut back on personal spending, specifically due to concerns about the fiscal cliff. and we've seen a big change really just since election day. since the election was resolved. we saw consumer focus shift toward the fiscal cliff. we've seen a change in terms of how they feel it their overall financial security. and now the recognition or acknowledgment that they're dialing back on their spending. >> and the people who will are really dialing back are those who are under 30 or over 65? >> under $30,000 a year annual income are those most likely on the basis of income to dial back, which is not really a surprise. on age, we kind of see polar opposites. retirees, those 65 and up, many of whom hav

nursing home to pembroke pines in 2001 and worked with veterans to create the national cemetery in palm beach in 2007. one of bill's greatish accomplishments was ensuring veterans would have easy access to quality medical care. bill noticed that too often veterans in broward county had to travel too far to get to a v.a. facility to get the care they needed. with that in mind he helped open the oakland park v.a. outpatient clinic more than two decades ago. when building the clinic began deteriorating, he built a brand new facility. bill kept a smile on his face and kept working to overcome every obstacle because that's how bill kling operated. in 2008, a new 98,000 square foot colin ib opened in sunrise and on his birthday. without bill kling this wonderful center might not exist. with that in mind, congressman ted deutch and i offer this legislation today which will rename the broward outpatient clinic as the william "bill" kling clinic. every veteran that walks through the doors of the v.a. clinic will know the name of the man who did so much for so many. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to

palm beach, fla., in the and the blind -- -- on the independent line -- caller: as an independent, iarting to form an opinion that if president obama wants to go over the fiscal cliff, it appears that way, because he has had no credible counteroffer. he says i will give you cuts in the future but he is not specific. his speeches are always peppered with we have to invest. he does not mean in the private sector. he wants more the firefighters, teachers, policemen. this adds to the public debt. we are borrowing, from what i read yesterday, 46 cents on every dollar. that appears to me to be untenable. i am no fan of john boehner but he makes an offer that got him in touch with the rest of the republicans, by the way, because they said he was capitulating but now, obama comes back with it is not good enough. host: let me go back to the "washington times"store rate -- guest: in the current environment that is the correct policy. there's only one component of gdp growth providing growth and that is the federal government. in the current environment, you don't want to reduce that substantia

i am down here in miami beach, fla., at the palms hotel and spa, taking a little vacation from the rainy seattle weather that i am getting used to now this winter. > other than where you are right now, what are some other great locations, some last- minute deals? > > we are seeing a lot of travelers on expedia book in three places: doing what i did, which is to come to the beach, get away from the cold weather and escape and relaxe. there is also a big trend of ski vacations, taking advantage of lake tahoe or vail, colorado, and really getting away with the family. and then of course, it's the holidays, so you have to go see grandma, and we're seeing a ton of travelers book those trips home to spend time with family, whether they are hopping in the car to save a little money and hitting the road, or just hopping on a flight and booking a hotel with that to save some money. > i don't know if you saw this are not, but the ceo of marriott is out giving people tips on how to get great deals at his hotel chain. what are your great tips for people who want to go on expedia.com? > > we see that

i do like to submit for the record a summary of what i'm about to say that came in the palm beach post in their sunday october 28, 2012 article, an investigative piece, and thirdly, i would like to submit for the record the deposition of an imminent mitchell the iv, serving as the general counsel for the florida republican par party, when he gave a deposition in the case styled state of florida versus the united states of america. a deposition that was given earlier this year, when the state of florida sued the u.s. government for court determination of the preclearance under the voting rights act of 1965, preclearance of five counties, for discrimination, and further, sued the u.s. government by questioning the constitutionality of the 1965 voting rights act. in the discovery for that case, the testimony was taken of this former general counsel of the florida republican party. and what i would like you to know is this key individual who, with your permission, with the committee's permission i'd like to insert those documents in the record -- that his testimony, given in april, mr. mit

palms. they love me in the palmetto state because i love it. i love the beaches. i love the mountains. i love the beautiful old estates that have no negative historical connotation whatsoever. of course not everybody is happy about my imminent appointment. for instance the atlantic called my vastly overqualified. and nbc.com said senator stephen colbert, perhaps not as crazy as senator jim demint. what? i am at least as crazy as jim demint. he wanted to ban gay teachers from the classroom. i want to ban teachers from the classroom. (laughter) with their knowledge agenda. i say let the free market decide what the atomic weight of carbon is. but mi the clear, mi the clear first choice here, folks. first of all the good people at public policy polling, publicly policy polled south carlinians today and found that of the possible replacements, i top south carolina voter's wish list with 20% supporting me. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yeah. 20%, that's a half. now my network contract prohibits me from taking on another full-time job, so the senate would be perfect. (laughter) but we mus