johnathon accepting the new norm is bad for all of us, why?> there used to be sistigmaassociated with bankruptcy and defoulting on the mortgage. our president tainted those not paying is responsible but the goldman sachs and j.p. morgan are the evil fat cats it is a shame that walking away from an obligation is just. >> and wayne, there is a website you walk away.com. they claimed that they helped 7,000 people just walk away. is that fair to the rest of us? i don't think it is a question of fair or not fair. it is a question of what the market tells you. you make money by walking away, you walk away. i disagree because credit was made rampantly easy by maxin waters and bony frank who don't understand the free market system and this is a headline from the new york time in 1999 and said in effect. fannie mae raises credit to aid mortgage lending. fannie mae and freddie mac relax made it easy and they were the beginnings of the subprime mortgage crisis and it belongs to the directly government. that's what started it. >> you know, i got recent nu

eric wrote on facebook, "is the current market volatility the new norm? should we just get used to it?" >> eric, unfortunately, i i don't, we have a whole lot of choice. as soon as we stop hearing about greece here in the next couple of days, we'll be hearing about the u.s. group of 12 who are going to see whether they can get to this debt limit or not. the news is going to stay there and keep us rather volatile. >> tom: that's the supercommittee, of course, that's supposed to come up with new budget cuts or face automatic cuts in government spending. >> which will be ugly. >> tom: they may be. greg sent us this e-mail writing, "my retirement funds have gone nowhere in this weak housing and labor market. i have five to 10 years of work ahead. would you recommend national or international brick opportunities -- brick being brazil, russia, india, or china. where are the opportunities in this volatility? >> i think the emerging markets are good, and i think a diversified portfolio, particularly when you have five to 10 years left to retirement makes some sen

one of the participants of the project says the mission became a life changing experience for a new norm or was just to have a world which was two hundred meters square. and only five person would think would meet and it was very exciting very. early on that was definitely the highlight. even though we knew it was i mean it was another toward like miles which would be like ten thousand times bigger and more exciting it was it was very different. and we felt like being on the front place you know of the real mass but it was very different if i was to go to with a real mess i would say no to everything all our news can be found at any time on our website r.t.e. dot those will still run down billions of dollars have been changing hands during bad transfer demonstrations across the u.s. in a bid to deprive a big backs of their clients also on our web site. march to remember the story global soviet soldiers paraded through red square before leaving to confront the advancing a nazi army is to be reenacted part of the russian. now for many russians caucuses has been synonymous with violence for

backs from government spending or private spending it's extremely common actually becoming a new norm in the country or that is the conversion of no accountability people who are spending u.s. taxpayers money or iraq he money and have no accountability this spend tens of thousands of dollars on issues that are completely inappropriate that it was about the u.s. diplomatic presence or organizations affiliated with the u.s. diplomatic presence or that it was that off the government itself or contractors affiliated with the government unfortunately there is no accountability on how much money they have been spending in iraq so you go there and you see the amount of monies that are being spent unbelievable and there is no one who ask any questions from the iraqi side or from the third let's talk about this problem because this is multilayered and i think it's really important that you say because i know there's been a lot of finger pointing oh it's all the iraqi people that are taking it all the u.s. people are taking i mean i think everyone seems to sort of have their hand in the cookie

other critics of the bill go even further saying harassing robo calls on cell phones will become the new normwer people these days are using land lines. if it is passed it could end up costing consumers if you have limited minutes say for example or texting plans you could potential be on the for unwanted calls and texts. >>> coming up in just 90 seconds. >>> if winter weather has come early to the bay area. that means we can show you snow. that's right, coming up the first video and pictures of november snow. >>> take a look at that, snow has already fallen on the peaks of the bay area as we are bracing for what could be the coldest night of the season. good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a cold snap is settling over the area. robert handa is at mount hamilton where there was some snow flurries. >> it's not nearly as cold as it was this morning when the early winter weather in the form of snow dropped in

is this going to be the new norm?is is and word that iran, when i spoke yesterday with experts saying that they would maybe be one to three years out from the capability of having some sort of a nuclear weapon, is this going to be the new norm, a heightened awareness and constant military exercises by israel now? >> i think it's going to get worse. the israelis have between 75 and 400 nuclear weapons. tiny country. they can be obliterated by a first strike. when iran has nuclear weapons, and they will, we will see a heightened state of sensitivity by the israelis who are going to watch that like a hawk and if they think they're about to be subject to a surprise strike, they'll preempt, so this is a extremely dangerous situation iran's nuclear weapons are going to cause enormous tensions in middle east. >> is there a diplomatic way out of this? or is there a sense of inevitably that someone is going to strike? >> i don't think we're -- i don't think they're going to strike. it's too hard to do with conventional weapons

. >> pam's new norm until about two years ago then georgetown made the transition from paper to electronical recordkeeping which meant all of pam's medical paper trail was now on computer just a mouse click away. >> if i need something or have a question about a study she had done or a blood test that she had done, i have very ready access to it. >> pam gets a break and her doctors believe it helps them provide even better medical care. >> electronic medical records are a terrific boon for consumers, provided that they're covered by national privacy laws. >> but pam dixon with the world privacy forum says consumers run into risks when their records aren't operated by a healthcare provider and covered under hipaa. she spoke to me via skype from california. >> so, for example, a commercial company may have an electronic healthcare record that they offer to you. it can be free but it also can be, for example, add supported. >> more than likely, the private records could be disclosed to the general public or marketers. that's not a concern for pam krum. electronic recordkeeping at georgetown h

and then one other we can share with you saying extreme responses to everyday life have become the new norm normal activities like shopping defies logic. thank you, we'll keep that conversation going with you this morning. you know where to find -- been talking to some of you on twitter already this morning. please keep it going. >>> well, as we get close to the top of the hour, we know the thanksgiving holiday bonnie schneider is over now, or the day is. it's still the holiday weekend. a lot of people trying to travel -- trying to get back home? >> this weekend, i think a lot of people will be traveling. and unfortunately, there are issues that will come up today that weren't present for thanksgiving or black friday. i want to show you this storm system. it's triggering showers and thunderstorms from parts of minneapolis, getting rain and snow in northern minnesota, and further to the south, some very heavy rain. this is going to be a problem for those of you that are up early this morning in dallas, texas, for example. driving northward into tulsa, oklahoma, lots of rain causing some visi

. >> this better be good news, norm. >> i'm sorry, guys.> would somebody please explain to me where the little pop thing is on the turkey? maybe it's different in the city, but in the country where i come from, turkey aren't born with little pop things! >> the little pop thing has a name! it's called a therm mom tometer. can we all say thermometer? >> thermometer! >> you've probably had at least one thanksgiving where there was a problem with the turkey. it never pops up! >> everything thanksgiving for me! >> before we let you go, how are things going now that you're the co-host of "entertainment tonight." how are you enjoying it? >> i'm having the best time. speaking of thanksgiving. i'm thankful for that job every single day. it's a blessing and i'm having a great time and it's a wonderful show and wonderful people and it's such an institution and it's been around forever and i got to follow the wonderful classy mary hart who is a dear friend of mine. i said i hope i'll make a mark on this show, you know, as she did make a mark on the sho

. >> this better be good news, norm. >> i'm sorry, guys. the little pop thing won't pop out.. >> no, the little pop thing. >> can you somebody please explain to me where the pop thing is on the turkey? maybe it is different in the city but in the country where i come from, turkeys aren't born with little pop thing. >> the little pop thing has a name tp it is called a thermometer. now can we all please say thermometer. >> thermometer, yeah. >> it doesn't get better, does it? >> relatable for people at home. because you probably had at least one thanksgiving where there was a problem with the turkey. >> one thanksgiving? i can't cook. every thanksgiving for me. >> before we let you go, how are things going now that you are the cohost of entertainment tonight? you've been settled in for a while. but how are you enjoying it? >> oh, my gosh, i'm having the best time. speaking of thanksgiving, i'm thankful if for that job everyday. such a wonderful show with wonderful people. such an institution. i got to follow the wonderful classy mary hart who is a dear friend of mine. i hope i

. >> reporter: most withdrawn going local nonprofit credit unions, 300 new accounts yesterday, six times the norm. credit unions saw a total 650,000 new accounts by last thursday. and they told us today they think that number will reach one million. it started with the $5 fee bank of america planned to charge for debit card use. california woman was so mad, she started the online movie to transfer the money out of big banks. it. >> seemted unfair a corporation would target people they thought as weak or complacent. >> customers shredded debit cards and the bank cancelled the fee. >> it's gaining momentum and for bank of america it was too little too late. >> reporter: even a million accounts lost is one-half of one percent of all banks in the country and big banks say they'll find a way to keep profits up. >> every bank needs to do what it needs to do to keep the customer happy and remain solvent. we have to raise revenue or cut costs. >> reporter: expect the big banks to do both. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> and another protest to report on tonight this one in washington where thousan

our next guest says overspending has become the new norm and today, today he's going to change that maybealmost tastes like one of jack's als. fiber one. h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. [ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. >> 22 minutes past the hour. james arthur ray faces nine years in prison at his sentencing today. he was found guilty of negligent homicide after three people died from heat stroke following a sweat lodge ceremony in sedona and secret service is protecting herman cain after the republican presidential candidate received death threats. it's unusual for candidates to get secret service protection this early in the race. he asked for it and congressional leaders approved it. >> for the first time in history, the u.s. national debt soaring past $15 trillion as you see over my shoulder, this comes as the house of representatives will vote on a balanced budget amendment, today they'll do it. that means the government will not be allewd to spend more than it takes in if the ho

new accounts. six times the norm. kr credit unions saw 650,000 new accounts by last thursday. they told us they think the number will reach 1 m it all started with the $5 fee bank of america planned to charge for debit card use. this california woman was so mad she started the online movement to transfer money out of big banks. >> it seemed unfair a large corporation would target people they viewed as weak or complacent. >> reporter: customers started shredding deb spit cards and the bank canceled the fee. >> i think it is gaining momentum for bank of america too little too late. >> reporter: even 1 million is 1/2 of 1% of all bank accounts in the country. the big banks say point blanic they will find a way to keep profits up. >> efr bank needs to do what it needs to do to keep the customer happy and reman solvent. we have to raise revenue or cut costs. >> reporter: expect the big banks to dupe both. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> a new leader will guide greece through the next step of its financial crisis. the prime minister agreed to step down after sparking outrage

new property. quarter board and norm and the ones that were competent were the ones that were a quarter bloater less and didn't have mining leases with rare exceptions the government had a lot of band there and what went on out here. is not a county or town or neighborhood it's the country's worst environmental disaster there's a creek that runs through. its forty seven square miles of virgin prairie turned in a permanent wasteland. if they're meant to federal cash talk radio you would know it it's like newton's law every action has an equal and opposite reaction you punch a wall the wall the hole by hank it's broken. beat the hell out of this granite here and she came back swinging. and then of course i'm going to clear the superfund site back to nine hundred eighty three so i've been dealing with this for a long time yeah the reason they call it super fund is because congress those side marge amount of money plus they taxed oil companies and chemical companies. to put into this fund a big group with very large amount of money that they called the super fund that was established in the early eighty

at redwood credit union, 300 new accounts yesterday and six times the norm. credit unions saw a total of 650,000 new accounts by last thursday, and they told us today they think the number will reach a million. it started with the $5 fee bank of america planned to charge for debit card use. this woman was so mad she started the on-line movement to transfer money out of big banks. >> it seemed unfair that a large corporation would target a group of people they viewed as weak or complaisant. >> customers started trading their debit cards and the bank cancelled the fee. >> i think it is gaining momentum. for bank of america, it was too little, too late. >> even a million accounts lost is one half of all percent of the bank accounts in the country. and the big banks say point blank they will find a way to keep profits up. >> every bank needs to do to keep the customer happy and remain solve vent. we have to raise revenues are cut costs. >> expect the big banks to do both. david curly, abc news. >>> the gap between the haves and the have notes is not just about mon

if this bill becomes law in its present form, harassing calls on cell phones will become the new normtoday, we respectfully urge committee members to be aware of what is proposed for the following reasons. first, creditors, airlines, utilities and other businesses may mean -- may already borrowed dial any number, including sell funds, if the numbers provided by the consumer. second, rowboat calling is permitted in case of emergency. such as hurricanes and other natural disasters. recently, in the wake of hurricane irene, technology to notify residents of an emergency preparedness measures through mass notification systems were used by municipalities up and down the east coast. third, the proponents want to completely get the important privacy and consumer protection found in the telephone consumer protection act. they want to strip consumers of any choice as to what phone number sort companies to which they use -- do business contact them. they want to remove all prohibitions by redefining automatic telephone dialing systems to include all the antiquated technology that doesn't exist

. >> in seattle, becu credit union has seen the number of new accounts jump from a norm of 7,000 per month to 16,000 in october, alone. >> you're going to get free checking, you're going to get in some cases you're going to get interest with your checking. you're the not going to pay to see a teller, not going to pay to have funds transferred from a savings account. >> the chief operations officer of the nine branch michigan schools and government credit unions said this week, "i would say it's ranging from a 25% increase in new members to a 50% increase at one of our branches all within the past several weeks." the head of the credit union national association tells reuters during the past month "credit unions saw huge demand for new accounts, numberings at least in the tens of thousands." people moving their money out of the big banks and into smaller credit unions and locally owned institutions. the occupy wall street movement seems to have already inspired that, inspiring people to get their own personal money out of the big banks. though all of that has already happened, this we

new craziness in the party the muslim brotherhood is creating in egypt they've announced that even christians can join the party the same time they're not talking about abolishing secular state and. using sharia norms it's a social and political life nobody's talking about it. but the new leaders in libya have declared that they are going to build a new state based on sharia law is it possible well some people might say that in libya libya is not egypt after all first of all the americans and all of us this wouldn't matter still haven't analyzed the and he could elfie forces and seen what they made up of this is just plain unprofessional after all it might have been some democratic group there displeased with gadhafi but mostly there are tribes you say well so you think libya is not going to become a fundamentalist islamic state. nobody knows when libya is going to recover from its chaos look at iraq for example it's been more than eight years and we still can't stabilize the situation the t.v. never stops reporting new casualties fifteen thirty every day in iraq explosions and so would have been so regular people used to. we start to think this is normal but it's chaos over eight and a half years

new. movement spreading fast across the country. to stand the ground the norm violent protest against corporate greed social inequality. and russian press and. the prisoners were guilty of international arms trafficking faces between twenty five years to a life sentence in jail. without an appeal. step closer to reality this week is russia's. trip to the.

news that the headlines from the last seven days police crackdown on the unarmed occupy movement has been spreading across the country for nearly two months but activists are pledging to stand by the normviolent protest against corporate greed and social inequality. question of the legality of the trial of new york businessman guilty of international arms trafficking you know faces between twenty five years to a life sentence in jail but his defense. closer to reality this week. round trip to the red planet.

talking about abolishing the secular state and introducing syrian norms and social and political life nobody is talking about what the new leaders in libya have declared that they are going to build a new state based on sharia law is it possible some people might say in libya libya is not egypt after all first of all the americans and all the west national park water still haven't analyzed they are to get a few fortunes and see what they're made of this is just plain and professional after all they may have been some democratic group there displeased with gadhafi but most of the these are tribes and if you see so you think libya is not going to become a condom atlast the stomach state. nobody knows when libya is going to recover from creoles look at iraq for example it's been more than eight years and we still can't stabilize the situation on t.v. never stops reporting new casualties fifteen dead thirty there every day in iraq explosions and so on it could happen so regularly that people get used to it we certainly in this is normal but it's chaos over eight and a half years of occupation and there's been nothing we coul

new businesses to locate there. with bulletproof glass. is that the norm?he surface it looked and smelled like any other cupcake shop in the district. >> people really love it. >> look closer and you will see there is a little more than meets the eye. >>the owners opened it in part of an effort to help the community they grew up in. the hard-hit area is that of the cost of gentrification. the opening of a cupcake shop seemed to add a rosy topping to the movement. there are some who ask why have a bulletproof glass? >> the shop is beautiful. it just -- a bulletproof glass that for everything up. >> the owner says with their two daughters working in the shop and other teenage workers there it is a matter of safety. >> as we know, everyone who comes into our lives, they are not for good. some people might try to do things. it is just a deterrent. >> residents in the southeast have become accustomed to their restaurants, shops, and gas stations looking like armored forces. but a cup cake shop? >> perhaps they have good reason to be cautious. just two miles down

years when the debt is $25 trillion and we go from historic low interest rates to historic new orleans. -- norms. if we can't balance the budget today, is it going to be easier? when $25 trillion and we have more people on social security and medicare? my friends across the aisle like to pull out social security, medicare, and the needy. you know what? i care about those constituents in my district as well. but we have to be honest about what we are doing. we are borrowing this money from china. we have given them an economic nuclear bomb. we are bankrupting this country. jeopardizing the freedom of our next generation. let's make sure we pass this balanced budget amendment and let's rely on the american people to fund the obligations that this house makes. with that i encourage all of my colleagues to support the amendment and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, it's now my honor to yield two minutes to th