what was your grosse pointe woods growth last year? flat or, you know, up maybe 1 or 2%, so, clearly, when you have a flat tax, you have grosse pointe woods growth, what are you going to get every time we've seen big grosse pointe woods growth like that. it it leads to increased jobs. i can't see a reason not to do it. >> well, david, tell me, how does a tax hike lead to more employment? >> well, where-- well, if i might say, it's a realignment and you have the tax cuts that we're spent to the millionaires and billionaires, for ten years, into the bush years and into the too in obama and has not generated the jobs and in fact has led to 2 trillion dollars being on the side lines. where the jobs are coming and what we should be be doing is stimulating the middle class not imposing a tax on them. that's why the president is mil job, to more jobs for americans? >> well, it's not-- well, from a historical perspective, it's really, an expiration of the bush tax cuts to the clinton levels and we know, to the clinton levels, back in the '90's

. >> reporter: gross pointe michigan. where the auto barons built their stately mansion. >> last seen at 4:00 p.m. -- >> reporter: this is one of the wealthiest and safest communities in america. >> what happened to jane and who may have killed her? >> reporter: a place where there hasn't been a homicide since 1992. >> detroit investigators say they do not believe this was a random act. >> reporter: an unlikely venue for violence and an unlikely victim. jane bashira, mother of two, successful executive, active community volunteer. >> i was being shoulded and devastated. >> she was a mentor and friend and leader. just a tremendous loss. >> reporter: this community has watched in horror not only as details of her death have spilled out but also as her husband, bob bashira, known as big bob, a former rotary club president, has gone from an object of sympathy -- >> i love you. >> reporter: to one of suspicion. >> he is a person of interest with our investigation. >> reporter: this mystery began late last tuesday afternoon whe

. >> grosse pointe woods numbers, but again, the point is, if we're talking about the economy and do it by penalizing successful people, successful companies, i don't see how the equation adds up ben. >> gdp. you make it found like obama isn't talking about education and he emphasize. . i don't know how, but he'd like to see americans get more opportunity to get the high end training that ben was talking about earlier. >> final word to ben. >> it's interesting, the young americans, they have lots of middle age people to do the jobs. when they refitire, it's going to be a big, big problem. >> did you see this, apple making a billion dollars every week last quarter and president obama had steve jobs widow at the state of the union. those profits are good. but washington looking at the money that they maybe the forbes gang outrage at the top of the hour. and would it guarantee four more years of a housing meltdown? . ♪ side by side, e, two, three ♪ ♪ counthe birds in the big o tree ♪ ♪ la la la [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how shipping giant can befriend a forest may seem l

. >> lawrence, i'm sorry, but if he can say that, then he can also say i want you to buy 800 gross points worth of time in the northwest corner of the state that targets 18 to 28-year-olds and you would say that was illegal. >> you're distorting the law. >> i disagree. >> it doesn't prevent him from saying i don't want negativitiesinnegativitiee advertising. >> lawrence, we talked about this. this is what the law is, lawrence. >> lean forward with "the last word" as lawrence o'donnell takes on the day's most compelling stories. it airs week nights at 10:00 eastern on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> here is your first look at the other news going on around america today. a murderous crime spree by a couple the media dubbed a modern day bonnie and clyde came to an end in tuesday. they gave up without a fight after an air unit spotted them wandering in a desert. they allegedly killed an elderly couple in their utah home and shot a woman in the head during an attempted carjacking in nevada. the couple faces numerous charges. >>> a collision between a tractor-trailer and jeep led to a multi

eight miles from the couple's elegant home in gross point, michigan.suing hours, bob, the president of the local rotary club received hugs at a candle light vigil. >> god bless you all. >> reporter: and gave interviews to the media. >> it's unthinkable what she had to go through. >> reporter: after a polygraph test and a four-hour search of his home, he stopped now, his sister is rushing to his defense. >> everybody knows my brother and knows he's incapable of this act. we're totally supporting him, family, community, friends. we totally support him. he's an innocent man. >> something doesn't make sense. >> reporter: the neighbor patrick jones says bob bashara is being unfairly tried in the media. >> what makes the least amount of sense is what motive bob would have in something like this. >> reporter: they didn't have troubles in their marriage that you know of? >> we know of absolutely no troubles in the marriage. >> reporter: they have two children. they have returned to the home behind me. they are standing by their father. >> joining me is legal a

the case everyone is talking about in gross pointe, michigan. the wife, mother, and a successful executive. found strangled in her mercedes. the husband who gave a series of emotional interviews and now, a big twist. muhammad lila is here with the details. >> reporter: authorities have named the husband a person of interest. that's not the same as being named a suspect. to the couple's friends and neighbors, something they thought could never happen in their community. the murder mystery that's shocking this wealthy detroit suburb. this past tuesday, jane bashara, a senior executive, was found dead, strangled in the backseat of her mercedes in a detroit alley. just hours before her husband bob had reported murdered. this weekend, a startling new twist, her husband now being looked at. >> he has continued to cooperate with our investigation. he's a person of interest. >> reporter: police sources tell our abc affiliate that mr. bashara failed a polygraph test. on friday night. he said that he last spoke to his wife on tuesday afternoon and planned

>>> a tragic death remains a mystery in gross point park, michigan.found strangled to death in the backseat of her car. she was a marketing manager, mother of two and last seen leaving a client on tuesday in detroit at 4:00 p.m. her husband, 54-year-old bob basharo, said she never came home. police named him a person of interest. no charges have been filed. her sister and friends and family are rallying around him. >> he is an innocent man. a wonderful family. he loved his wife. he is the pillar of the community. people love bob. he has done so much, him and jane were just in this community doing fund-raisers and everybody knows my brother and know that he is incapable of this act. and we are totally supporting him. >> all right, they were married for 26 years and bob denies any involvement in his wife's death. police say he is cooperating with the investigation. paul cowen has handled many cases like this. sunny hostin has been handling the case. let me start with what we know. a wife and mother, couple that had been married for a quarter of a centur

. >>> a tragic death remains a mystery in grosse point park, michigan.sharo was found strangled to death in the backseat of her car on wednesday. she was a marketing manager, mother of two and last seen leaving a client on tuesday in detroit at 4:00 p.m. her husband, 54-year-old bob basharo, said she never came home and he reported her missing tuesday night. police have questioned basharo, searched his home and made him a person of interest. no charges have been filed. her sister and friends and family are rallying around him. >> he is an innocent man. a wonderful family. he loved his wife. he is the pillar of the community. people love bob. he has done so much, him and jane were just in this community doing fund-raisers and everybody knows my brother and know that he is incapable of this act. and we are totally supporting him. >> all right, they were married for 26 years and bob denies any involvement in his wife's death. police say he is cooperating with the investigation. paul cowen has handled many cases like this. sunny hostin has been handling the

. >>> and now to the grows murder mystery unfolding in gross point park, michigan.nd of the mother of two. jane's body found far from home in suspicious circumstances. dan harris, our weekend anchor is back from being down there and has more for us. good morning, dan. >> reporter: good morning to you. jane beschar will be laid to rest today. this morning, frerk and disturbing new details about her death and her husband who now finds himself in a harsh spotlight. late monday, one of america's wealthiest towns poured into this funeral home for the funeral of jane beschara. her case is the source of misery. her body was found in an al lee in a poor neighborhood. she was dressed in black slacks and a green blouse. he heavy bruised body was lodged between the front and back seats with a prescription bottle on the passenger seat. this morning, growing questions about her husband, a former rotary club president. who in the hours after the murder, appeared at a candlelight vigil. >> what she haed to suffer, i'm so upset about it. >> reporter: but now reports that he failed

. >> reporter: joyce retired in florida from gross point, michigan, nearly 20 years ago. mother of six calls herself a depression baby. meaning she learned to be frugal from birth. girard has a little advice for the younger or as she has dubbed them, the spender. >> not to live up to to their full income and tear up your credit cards. >> reporter: what do you mean by that? >> i don't think they realize when they are putting money on to a credit card how much it's mounting up. >> reporter: but there's an alarming disparity between her generation and their kids, the baby boomers, says financial planner robin payant. >> today with layoffs, people may have five or six jobs in their working life. they didn't save for their retirement. a lot of them -- they don't put money in their 401(k)s? >> reporter: but why? we are in a different place in so many ways. >> they can't afford it. >> reporter: they can't pay cash for their homes. >> right. they can't. >> reporter: still, there are steps that you can take now to live worry free in your golden years. what three-piece of advice wo

. >> joyce retired to florida from gross point, michigan, nearly 20 years ago.r of six calls herself a depression baby, meaning she learned to be frugal from birth. she has a little advice for the younger or as she's dubbed them the spender generation. >> to take part of their salary and not live up to their full income, to tear up your credit cards. >> what do you mean by that? >> i don't think they realize when they are putting money onto a credit card how much it's mounting up. >> reporter: but there's an alarming disparity between her generation and their kids, the baby boomers, says this financial planner. >> today, with layoffs and things happening, people might have five or six jobs in their working life. they didn't save for their retirement. a lot of them don't put money in their 401(k)s. >> but why? the economy is different. we're in a different place in so many ways. >> they can't afford it. they can't afford that $500 a month. >> reporter: they can't pay cash for their homes. >> no, they cannot. >> reporter: still, there are steps you can take now to

the cost of buying 1,000 gross rating points of television or roughly a week's worth of television so to speak in south carolina is about $300,000. in, in florida it's about two million dollars. so i think again, the attacks, they're tough but part of it is driven by the pricing of testing ideas in this place versus other places that these candidates will go. the other is, much of it is, in essence driven by sort of the hatfield and mccoys. that you have a couple of different long-time political operatives that have run a number of different things in this state and it's no-holds-barred in their approach. i don't agree with that approach. i think it is wrong. i don't think it fits where a lot of folks come from in south carolina but it certainly has been the tradition last the roughly 20 years. jon: you're also sitting in a state where the unemployment rate is higher than the national average, pushing 10% or so right now i think and i imagine that any charges that involve job losses might seem to resonate with south carolinians? >> yeah. and i think again south carolina will be an int

in business markets are on the decline as the gross domestic product in the u.s. grows two point eight percent falling short of expectations on this. in twenty minutes. good evening from moscow my name's kevin only watching r.t. live from the capital it's now nine pm and our top story the syrian opposition fighters are encroaching towards the capital of an already seized control of a town on the outskirts some suburbs of c. nearly two dozen killed in the past two days and buildings heavily shelled to sara furthur correspondents there when we go.

and business markets are on the decline as the gross domestic product in the u.s. grows two point eight percent falling short of expectations on this. twenty minutes . good evening from moscow my name's kevin only watching r.t. live from the capital it's now nine pm and our top story the syrian opposition fighters are encroaching towards the capital of an already seized control of a town on the outskirts some suburbs of c. nearly two dozen killed in the past two days and buildings heavily shelled to sara furthur correspondents there. when we got there we were met by the free syrian army now have control of the area and they showed us around they took us into the center there was absolutely massive anti-government demonstration going on there's a funeral procession going on at the same time as well so we were able to speak to the people who were living in this area to speak to some of the free syrian army members as well because of course a very little is known about who exactly these people are really have made it very very clear to us just how divided the country is now becoming

to 6% of gross domestic product. one percentage point. you think we can't afford that? make that system totally solvent without cutting benefits. of course we can. one way we can afford it, there is a cap on social security. above 107,000 versus nobody pays. we could get rid of that cap or raises significantly and make a couple of other minor changes. no problem. medicare and medicaid go from 5% to 10 percent of gdp over time. every time you hear people talk about cutting entitlements, make a face. they're just wrong. or tell them their wrong. even better. it's medicare and medicaid we have to worry about. and they are being driven by health care systems which are enormously in the fishing. and as you can probably tell, i like to go on. we can't just muddle through. i think in america because we have done so well as a nation and solve our problems, not without pain and not without damage and not always efficiently, but solve the problems. we think we're going to solve them again. for me the most dangerous assumption is that, there were just going to muddle through, will

at which point gross said, then keep it. just give me your naivment i'll claim it when i leave the country. the man said, no there is a duty coming in. gross said, how much will it cost? because it is 100%, it'll cost. he paid the $100 and all the equipment passed through customs inspected piece by piece and he brought it into the country. he stayed at a cuban hotel. they knew where he was. his travels were well-known, as most trstles ar travels are to n government. then they arrested him. it is hard to say with a straight face that alan gross was some agent of a government trying to overthrow the cuban government. he languishes now over two years because of these accusations. they have taken away his shoes. he said at one point he couldn't have shoestrings because he might try to hang himself. it took him seven months to convince him to allow his wife to bring him dental floss. he uses the dental floss for shoestrings. they took away his ipod. his routine is one which i would find hard to imagine for any long period of ties

that reached the point where the banks have loaned out like somewhere between ten and fourteen times the entire gross domestic product of the country the annual gross domestic product the country and that the real boom popped all over the world i mean this was happening not just in iceland they got the idea from us in one thousand nine hundred nine when phil gramm you know pushed through gramm leach bliley to do away with glass steagall and and because they are banks and and you know the british were doing the same thing and so the two are not quite to such a great extent so when these banks collapsed they. that. sold to like vulture funds sold them like bad debts you know so here's a bank it's going to hundred million dollars for the mortgages we'll sell it for ten million dollars because that's all we think we'll ever collect on these mortgages so these but your funds came in and bought them and to this day the icelanders don't know who's behind these vulture funds who owns them they may well be american banks they could be you know anybody from anywhere might be you know billionaires iceland nobod

at some point, one of mit romney son yelled that gross. a brown liquid was dripping down the back window this was payback from a dog that was riding in the wind for hours. there were comments from howard stern and a parody son on youtube.--song on youtube. there's even a real imagine hit your parity.--reimagined hittler parady. the ride of the rhetorical and thinks the most interesting angle has been this. >> when the dog is in distress, mit romney pulls off into the gas station fire as a whole swashes it down and they could the dog back up there. >>reporter: the citizens a tiny preview of a trait that he would grow famous for in business the motion for crisis management. and look where do the hound gets to sit. and granny is in the shameless position--shamus position. >>james: we will take a break and be back with more in a minute as traffic is looking light on 680. but be right back. >>erica: this is our roof camera overlooking downtown san francisco. it is a pretty clear to--start to the morning. as we head into the afternoon and tomorr

was about to pass the business income taxes take 30% of the gross revenue of the tribes but all the lobbyist that were democrats at that point*, 1995, could not stop it. i was tired and abroad and to do that. initially it was law firms so they charge their clients based on the amount of hours that individual people spend on a case. they add those of multiplied by the hourly rate that is how they come to the monthly bill. but that fight was very intense. we won the first time then there were more rounds and more fights and hearings and the bill was getting pretty high. i noticed it was averaging at $150,000 per month. the other clients had similar situations and ultimately i got to understand that when we went to war, unlike most lobbying firms research and a few meetings, we would literally run of legislative fights with hearings come i congress, and the time the we would put an end for those that worked for me up for the 40 people sometimes come a multiplied generally wound up was about that number. so the subsequent clients when they came to me i explained what we would do and the activities we would be involved in and sai

points. in hong kong, the hang seng gained 62. >>> today we'll get fourth quarter numbers on the economy as the commerce department releases the report on gross domestic product. transocean, the owner of the rig that exploded in the gulf of mexico in 2010, is off the hook on pollution claims, according to a federal judge's ruling. the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose last week from a nearly four-year low. still, economists say the long-term trend is pointing to further job gains ahead. the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage rose from the lowest level on record, but it still remains below 4% for the eighth week in a row. orders for durable goods rose 3% last month due to a rebound in business spending. among positive earnings reports, caterpillar says its fourth quarter profit jumped 60%, an indicator of the strength of the global economy. profits were up 3% for 3m for products for the home office and the car. strong smart phone sales for samsung electronics sent profits jumping 17% for the fourth quarter. a plan to reinvent jcpenney and cut prices sent shares for the department store chain soaring 19%. taco bell i

at some point, one of romney's sons yelled "dad, gross, a brown rick wid was dripping down the back windown riding on the roof in the wind for hours. >> to me, mitt romney treated his dog like a mattress or a christmas tree. >> reporter: there were comments from howard stern and a parody song on youtube. ♪ he drove down the highway and then i popped ♪ >>. >> reporter: there's even a reimagined hitler parody using a scene from "downfall." >> reporter: anti-romney demonstrators have popped up with stuffed dogs on car roofs. but the writer of the original article thinks the most interesting angle has been missed. >> when the dog is in distress, mitt romney pulls off the side of the road into a gas station, bore rose a jose, washes it down, and then puts the dog back up there. >> reporter: as neill wrote, "it what a tiny preview of a trait he would grow famous for in business, emotion-free crisis management. >> it'li

a lot and the what the thing the thing i want to point out though is that i think the whole thing about g.d.p. is misleading because g.d.p. is its gross domestic product its activity in the economy it just shows that more stuff is happening but it doesn't necessarily mean that more good stuff is happening we had g.d.p. growth during the housing boom because people were building houses and they were taking out debt and that was and that that was growing and g.d.p. was growing and people were saying great we're in a recovery but all of that all of what was built ended up being a liability and not an asset so how does that how does that make sense to you the whole thing about debt to g.d.p. and that being what's important well well first of all i don't know what numbers paul krugman is looking at because even though the g.d.p. is growing the debt is growing faster as a percentage that was c.e.o. and chief global strategist of euro pacific capital peter schiff unfortunately we have to end it there but there's a lot more from my interview with peter including his outlook for gold that will be posting on to our capital account you tube chan

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at some point one of romney's sons yelled, dad, gross.down the back window, payback from an air irish setter who had been ride to think roof in the wind for hours. >> to me mitt romney treated his dog like a mattress or christmas tree. >> there were comments from howard stern and parody song on youtube. ♪ there's even a reimagined hitler parody using a scene from "downfall." anti-romney demonstrators have popped up with stuffed dogs on car roofs. but the writer at of the original article think it's been dismissed. >> when the dog is in disindustridi disstriszed, writ momry pulls into a gas station, borrows a rose, washes it down and then puts it back up there. >> emotion free crisis management. >> it's like the beverly hillbillies. they treated the critters better. >> reporter: look where duke the hound gets to sit. >> i ain't bulging out of this rocker. >> reporter: and granny's in the seamus position for shame. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i wonder if the democrats are going to use that to campaign against mitt romney if he's the even

points. in hong kong, the hang seng gained 62. >>> today we'll get fourth quarter numbers on the economy as the commerce department releases the report on grossestic product which is expected to show growth. elsewhere transocean, the owner of the rig that exploded in the gulf of mexico in 2010 is off the hook on pollution claims. this according to a federal judge's ruling. >>> the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose last week from a nearly four-year low. still, economists say the long-term trend is pointing to further job begans ahead. >>> the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage rose from the lowest level on record. but it still remains below 4% for the eighth week in a row. >>> orders for durable goods rose 3% last month due to a rebound in business spending on machinery and equipment. >>> among positive earnings reports, caterpillar says its fourth quarter profit jumped 60%, an indicator of the strength of the global economy. profits were up 3% on 3m on higher demand for products for the home, office and car. >>> strong smartphone sales for samsung sent profits up 17%. >>> and jcpenney soared 19%. >>> taco bell is j