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but, honestly, our friend neil sedaka has an amazing song. it's my favorite song he ever wrote. ♪ i miss the hungry years it was how we didn't realize how awesome what we had was because we needed each other. we didn't have stuff but we had each other. it's a tough, tough message and a tough thing to -- and the best thing they have is not stuff. the best thing they have are those two girls together. my godchildren, kendall and kiley. i'm hoping, of course, that they won't -- yeah. i'm just worried about them. >> the show isn its eighth season. last week's episode had 1.8 million viewers, the lowest in the history of the show and only three other episodes have rated that low. again, nbc has reached out to the couple for comment. you saw what the couple said. what's interesting what you just said, i remember magic johnson being interviewed once. he had had all these accolades and this great life and they said to him, when were you your happiest? he said i'll tell you when. he said, i was in my dorm room, sitting, ordering a pizza, counting out

. >> i heard it was neil sedaka. >> that was second. ♪ hey, i notice your car yeah., tires, oil, everything. (whistling) >>> take a look at this. our nation nearing $17 trillion deficit and the ceiling went up. yet we still keep raising that debt ceiling, borrowing more money even as we speak. joining me right now, a guy that it's bugging him. john stossel, said call it stealing from our kids. he's the host of "stossel" and airs tonight of the welcome back. >> thank you. it is borrowing, but it's also stealing from the kids. >> right. unless we can somehow grow the government to the point where we can pay our bills. >> grow the economy to the point. government is growing already. >> give me an example of how in the past we have run a definite sit. >> this is the history of the republic from the beginning, starting in 1776. for most of our history, government was less than 5%. >> that yellow line is? just a -- >> this is not growth. this is the size of government, how much spending per person. couple hundred dollars per person. this is world war one, world war ii. it

but, honestly, our friend neil sedaka has an amazing song. it's my favorite song he ever wrote.best thing they have are those two girls together. my godchildren, kendall and kiley. i'm hoping, of course, that they won't -- yeah. i'm just worried about them. >> the show is in its eighth season. last week's episode had 1.8 million viewers, the lowest in the history of the show and only three other episodes have rated that low. again, nbc has reached out to the couple for comment. you saw what the couple said. what's interesting what you just said, i remember magic johnson being interviewed once. he had had all these accolades and this great life and they said to him, when were you your happiest? he said i'll tell you when. he said, i was in my dorm room, sitting, ordering a pizza, counting out the coins to make sure we had enough for a coke and we lit candles, him and cookie, his current wife, his girlfriend then. and he was remembering that moment. and i thought as everything you have, the mansions, the businesses, your happiest was when you had little, but you had each other. >>

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