king of spades. jack of diamonds. queen of diamonds. and king of clubs. >> king of clubs.re you go. >> reporter: look at that! changed my life. i can't remember your name, though. >> well-done, bill. thanks. just ahead, with the country only three days away now from the edge of the fiscal cliff, we're going to tell you what it could mean for you and your wallet. >>> tonight in washington, the pressure is on, the clock is ticking, the countdown to the so called fiscal cliff hits the 72-hour mark in just a few minutes. while congress is hoping for a hail mary deal to avoid taking a plunge over the fiscal cliff, most americans are wondering what is wrong with these people, and how exactly social security going to affect them. so, we went ahead and crunched the numbers for you. there they were again. hour nation's leaders trooping into the white house one more time. and afterwards, the president. >> the hour for immediate action is here. it is now. >> you've heard that before. but today on the brink of the fiscal cliff, a glimmer of -- well, something. >> i'm optimistic we may

jus in recognizing david spade. oius in recognizing david spade. nus in recognizing david spade. >> all right. hey, everybody it is great to be here at the cnn heroes event. you know's, lot of people call me a hero. [ laughter ] not people in this room, but, you know, out in the street he is. because i try to do my part in helping out with different charities. i try to do what i can. actually, i don't want to forget about our own backyard. so, i've been working with some charities here in hollywood that some people don't know about. about two weekends a month, i work with a group called kids without beamers. [ laughter ] and we go to beverly hills high and we give out red convertible bmws. [ laughter ] to anyone that doesn't have one already and there were two last year. it's a great group. a great bunch of people. check our website. also, um, i work with some doctors, we gave out free plastic surgery and facelifts to actresses on their 25th birthday. [ laughter ] if they can't afford it. and the other day i was walking around, i saw a girl that looked 28 and i said, why? [ laugh

a spade and didn't let fear reign supreme over the truth the world might be a better place moving on the next articles of future from firedoglake and titled abby the spar a slayer by edward teller just.

a spade and didn't let fear reign supreme over the truth the world might be a better place moving on the next articles of future from firedoglake and titled abby spar a slayer by edward teller just to give you the context this far refers to pro israeli propaganda and the article teller states that my reports on gaza quote may have been the best on american television and welcomes me to the battle well thank you man i'm on or to the props and also please to take the title of us tara slayer awesome finally one of the most read online news publications the huffington post recently featured an article about gaza written by linda in the laws though which said quote the most vocal challenger of israel's aggression is abby martin a t.v. anchor for russia's our t.v. station it's a performance worth watching for its fearlessness and confronting israel directly which american journalists and the american government lack the courage to do. that is so dope to be quite the most vocal challenger of israel's aggression but at the same time it makes me kind of sad that no one else with a platform su

a spade and didn't let fear reign supreme over the truth the world might be a better place moving on the next articles of future from firedoglake and titled abby has spar a slayer by edward teller just to give you the context of spar refers to pro israeli propaganda and the article teller states that my reports on gaza quote may have been the best on american television and welcomes me to the battle well thank you man i'm on at the props and also please to take the title of us tara slayer also i'm finally one.

warren rudman was handed a spade in korea and dug down. he was also the senator handed the ax and cord and found ice. always with honor and humor and always with a mighty heart. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. it is now a pleasure to balance the ticket geographically. [applause] >> i do not know what kind of plane i was on, but i tell you, it was dramatic. it is wonderful to see him from time to time. he called me in january 2010. he said, i have got a real deal for you. cochair the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. thanks a million, old pal. i will talk with you later. [laughter] great friends here. let me tell you a little bit about my pal. when he came into the senate, i had heard of him. my law partner, bob ranck, was a heavyweight champion from wisconsin university. i said this guy was the light heavyweight champion from syracuse, which he was. anyway, he came in and i said, remember bob? heavyweight champion from wisconsin when you were on the team in syracuse? he said, what a left hook. that is what he

we have to call a spade a spade. >> that's what is interesting.s known for being a straight talker. beyonce does have the documentary coming out. going to show behind the scenes vufz h views of her life, baby blue ivy, business projects. will air february 16 on hbo. beyonce's rep did not comment. and williams decleanined to comment. you know, i love beyonce. some times difficult to understand what she says. she's got that very -- >> i am not going there. you and wendy can go out on the limb. >> i love beyonce. she does have a certain drawl that makes her a little difficult to understand. >> a really uncomfortable moment at a cocktail party one of these days with the two meeting. we love beyonce. >> we do. we do. williams calls it like she sees them. lake i do. >> you got to hand it to her if she is going to disht o it out. dish it to any body. she can take it too. >> she can take it? >> i worked with wendy when she did her radio show. one of her legal eagles. i dished it to her. she could take it. hey. >> let's talk about the lapd apologizing to t

if somebody like president reagan was in the -pwhite house to call a spade a spade. administration is doing nothing and allow turkey and russia to dance all over the sanctions and lip service against assad. yes, why can't we call the russians out? they were sending 200 tons of currency to pay their generals. why can't we push that openly russia iseetering pulling away from assad. we need to start to influence rebels about, free syria army. even if assad leaves, russia and turkey are positioning themselves to have significant influencen a regime that will be after assad and it won't be an ally of thunited states. melissa: thanks so much for coming on. please have a safe trip. we look forward to having back soon. >> absolutely. thanks, melissa. melissa: this is pretty crazy. look a this video. these are the chrysler employees that were caught red-handed drinking and smoking something on the job in 2010. 13 of them were fired. two were suspended without pay. well, now, they are all back at work. building your cars. thanks to a union-backed arbitrator. as you know, chrys

csaa's campaigns help start a spade of road building between cities that slowly evolve into a nationwide highway system. csaa members themselves put up road signs. the association printed maps who's main feature was roads taking to the open road became a little less scary using these navigational tools and improved roads motorists could visit all the spanish missions of california. >> a spectacular tourism store along the highway, then into northern californian's vineyards source of some of the world's finest wines. >> reporter: csaa sent their members a monthly magazine showing their readings a look at sites in california. by then there was a national auto club. forever afterward to be known add aaa. it fostered campaigns for safety and better roads. the club held head light inspections and sponsored school traffic patrols. csaa joined the aaa in 1918 and started offering emergency road service. first there was a couple of tow trucks then a whole fleet offering repair service to any member who could make their way to a telephone. conway who worked his way up to vice president of the ass

i cannot do the work i did before like digging with spades and using an ax. >> afghanistan remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. the legacy of decades of conflict. >> more patients are writing here all the time. they see five or 600 new land mine victims every year. there are double and triple in duties. the new land mines are more -- if you tease -- amputees. the new land mines are more devastating than the past. most land mine victims are children. no one can say how many still lurk in the afghan soil waiting to kill. one breed father told us "we are paying for the scars of war." cobble -- kabul.l >> somehow the money from oil exports never seems to reach them. the president of this tiny country has ruled it for 30 years. he says there is no corruption. >> a brand new highway deep inside the west african rain forest. deserted. it feels like a road to nowhere. then we arrived in the middle of the jungle. a city is rising. this is going to be the new capital. this has to be one of the most extraordinary construction projects i have ever seen. i am on the roof of

i have bought a spade so when i am about to die, i will go out and bury myself. that is my plan. >> but if he lives to be 100, he's got some time to go yet. the afternoon is elk-spotting time. they are shy, but we're lucky to have the best tracker in poland with us. he calls the forest the elk's bedroom. within 20 minutes, we are standing face to face with a one. it is amazing. >> that is a mother elk and her daughter. i have christened her mathilde in honor of czar nicholas ii, who fell in love with mathilde in the 19th century. she was a dancer in the st. petersburg theater and ravishingly beautiful, and this elk is, too. >> when he feels the need for some spiritual support, he tram's out through the snow and woods to his favorite treat -- a 300-year-old oak. when he embraces it, it fills him with love and warmth, he says. he is a happy man. he would not trade his solitary life in nature with anyone. >> but you do not have to live a life of deprivation to find leisure. on the contrary, many people probably equally share with entertainment. one of the traditiona

i cannot do the work i did before like digging with spades and using an ax. >> afghanistan remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. the legacy of decades of conflict. >> more patients are writing here all the time. they see five or 600 new land mine victims every year. there are double and triple in duties. the new land mines are more -- if you tease -- amputees. the new land mines are more devastating than the past. most land mine victims are children. no one can say how many still lurk in the afghan soil waiting to kill. one breed father told us "we are paying for the scars of war." cobble -- kabul.l >> somehow the money from oil exports never seems to reach them. the president of this tiny country has ruled it for 30 years. he says there is no corruption. >> a brand new highway deep inside the west african rain forest. deserted. it feels like a road to nowhere. then we arrived in the middle of the jungle. a city is rising. this is going to be the new capital. this has to be one of the most extraordinary construction projects i have ever seen. i am on the roof of

and nothing that they've said in spades about john bolton. am i allowed to say that. >> you're being anti-mustache. >> are the media cheering for a leap off the fiscal cliff? >> republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. >> as both sides in washington try to hammer out agreements on taxes and fiscal spending, they get the full media treatment as the press try to pin the blame on the g.o.p. is it working? details next on news watch. okay, here's the plan. you have a plan? first we're gonna check our bags for free, thanks to our explorer card. then, the united club. my motr was so wrong about you. next, we get priory boarding on our flight i booked with miles. all because of the card. and me. okay, what's the plan? plan? mm-hmm. we're on vacation. there is no plan. really? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. the mileage card with speci perks on united. get it and you're in. why does my mouth feel dryer than i remember it to be? there are mo

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biggest quarterly drop in a decade but it's no reason to pop the champagne just yet sarah ferguson spades. well some unexpected seasonal cheer this week with official statistics showing the u.k.'s unemployment rate has fallen by eighty thousand people between august. well the government might have been acting like christmas is coming early but the cold hard reality is that all of course britain there are going to be a huge number of people right now he simply don't recognize the picture that they statistics of painting and that's one person is back to work you need to separate out this month's figures from kind of the medium to long term direction of the economy on the right market so we're still gigs on the tail end of summer olympics effect we're not sure whether when we start to move out of our period you're going to still see this very strong employment growth particularly amongst young people take for example those on the government's work programme that they have to come along to the job center is part of that program and if we signed up for the mandatory unpaid work experience now

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thank you. [ applause ] >>> next on cnn heroes, viola davis and david spade.ive performance by phillip phillips. [ applause ] >>> welcome back to cnn heroes. i want to take a moment to acknowledge 32 of our heroes of past years who are in the house tonight. we are very glad that our cnn heroes family could be here with us. so thanks for being here. [ applause ] because of your support, they continue to do their life-changing work. administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. >>> welcome back to cnn heroes. i want to take a moment to acknowledge 32 of our heroes of past years who are in the house tonight. we are very glad that our cnn heroes family could be here with us. so thanks for being here. [ applause ] because of your support, they continue to do their l

thank you. [ applause ] >>> next on cnn heroes, viola davis and david spade. a live performance by phillip phillips. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. (announcer) when subaru owners look in the mirror,e, they see more than themselves. so we celebrate our year-end with the "share the love" event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. by the end of this, our fifth year, our total can reach almost 25 million dollars. it's a nice reflection on us all. now through january 2nd. >>> welcome back to cnn heroes. i want to take a moment to acknowledge 32 of our heroes of past years who are in the hou

thank you. [ applause ] >>> next on cnn heroes, viola davis and david spade.ormance by phillip phillips. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. [ applause ] >>> welcome back to cnn heroes. i want to take a moment to acknowledge 32 of our heroes of past years who are in the house tonight. we are very glad that our cnn heroes family could be

to introduce us to our first, a prouder of keep a child alive and the red cross cabinet, david spade.it's great to be here at the "cnn heroes" event. a lot of people call me a hero. not people in this room, but out in the streets. because i try to do my part in helping out with different charities and try to do what i can. actually i don't want to forget about our own back yard. i have been working with charities here in hollywood that some people don't know about. about two weekends a month i work with a group called kids without beamers. we go to beverly hills high and we give out red convertible bmws to anyone that doesn't have one already. there were two last year. it's a great group. a great bunch of people. check our website. also i work with doctors and give out free plastic surgery and face-lifts to actresses on their 25th birthday. if they can't afford it. the other day i was walking around and saw a girl who looked 28 and i said why? this doesn't have to happen. there is also celebrities. every six months i sit with lindsay lohan and we figure out the next big mistake. somet

it was quite evident, let's call a spade a spade, up one day before christmas they're not doing anythingesn't look like they will get done quickly and even proposed it may move right into the middle of january and figure out a way to extend and get that done at that point. the fiscal cliff remains, the woes remain, the worry and uncertainty remain on wall street which makes it hard for wall street to take off. it leave the wild card and that is not a good thing for the stock market. today is a lighter day of trading. we have a long weekend, the first is another day off. the dow jones industrials are 13,106 so dropped 0.4% and can be nasdaq ntsb down 1/2%. let's take a look at zynga. this is a name we follow and zynga has been crushed this year down 75% but the day getting a pop, there has been talk about real time gaming sites over in the united kingdom. so up 3.5% today for zynga. dennis: thank you. getting the blame for much of the downturn in the dow this morning, retail sales coming in at disappointing low levels. shibani: they're cutting prices in order to make up some of the lost s

and you got rings round your eyes as black as the ace of spades. reckon my monthly's coming on.ls for that, i'm afraid. you know where the aspirin is and the you-know-whats are. good night and god bless you. [door closes] [church bell tolling] ♪ yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold ♪ sisters: ♪ and see the reward of the ungodly ♪ sister bernadette: ♪ for thou, lord, art my hope ♪ sisters: ♪ thou hast set thine house of defense very high ♪ ♪ there shall no evil happen unto thee ♪ ♪ neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling ♪ ♪ for he shall give his angels charge over thee ♪ sisters: ♪ to keep thee in all thy ways ♪ sister bernadette: ♪ they shall bear thee in their hands ♪ sisters: ♪ that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone ♪ [lynette groaning] sister bernadette: ♪ because he hath set his love upon me ♪ ♪ therefore will i deliver him ♪ ♪ i will set him up because he hath known my name ♪ [thunder] sister bernadette: ♪ with long life will i satisfy him ♪ sisters: ♪ and show him my salvation ♪ ♪ glory be to the father and to the son ♪ ♪ and to the holy ghost ♪ as it was i

we got the answer to what we should be focused on in spades today. we needed to folks on the desire of corporate america to stop the paralysis raaralysi paralysis, and get busy growing their businesses, not just new sales and better products but through acquisitions. >> buy, buy, buy! >> this morning i only had to look no further than post noon where i'm stationed on the floor of the new york stock exchange for "squawk on the street" to see this new acquisition dynamic play out. today nyse agreed to be acquired by intercontinental exchange, a new upstart with not even a dozen years of trading under its belt. this went from $24.32 and change, had a fantastic appreciation, which shows you how an icon being american business can be worth much more than it's trading for, providing a competitor gets to acquire it. separate these companies, know what they are? they're part of a dog eat dog unverse of exchanges and an industry with way too much capacity. together they become the global power house that can dominate futures trading. in other words, this is a

the new hot champagne, ace of spades, and i think jay-z might be -- he has some piece of that action.t and right. >> bob: did you go to trip clubs and run up bar tabs? >> greg: i stripped for a while to get through dental college and we see very little money from the door. it was a harrowing experience. if you have seen "magic mike" it's based on my life. the worst thing about the strip club, though, not the prices, the free but faye. only thing free about the buffet is hepatitis. >> bob: the money they charge for drinks in the places are like $20 a pop. >> greg: it's a depressing place. the women do not like you. you go in and when you leave, you are the same schmuck as when you went in there. >> bob: they have knives and cut you apart. >> andrea: you never a woman making this mistake in a male strip club. >> bob: sure you do. >> andrea: c'mon. $28,000? woman says i got too drunk, i couldn't say no? chippendales? >> eric: the reason i know these numbers is not because of strip clubs. it's regular nightclubs. i want to be clear. not the strip kind. >> bob: cover up for your wife here.

designer kate spade is 50. ricky martin is 41. he wrote the twilight book, stephanie meyer is 39. ryan seacrest is 38 and one direction band member, yes, the young girls are screaming, lewis tomlinson is 21. we want to wish a special birthday to 9news writer david beardsley. happy birthday if it's your birthday, too. >>> welcome back. howard here with your weather first. a cold, quiet morning. we're seeing some stars there. i think that will be the case for a few more hours. clouds won't be thickening up till later this afternoon. any precip that moves in has a threat of being in the form of freezing rain. that's why this winter weather advisory. west of the divide a freezing rain advisory covers much of west virginia now into garrett county. that goes till about 6:00 p.m. this evening. elsewhere actually looks like a pretty decent start to the day. by lunch time, cloudy. there may be a shower starting to move in southern and western suburbs will see it first. 42 by noon. that will probably be close to the high because by 5:00, a better chance we're going to see rain, 40. northwes

and nothing that they've said in spades about john bolton.allowed to say that. >> you're being anti-mustache. >> are the media cheering for a leap off the fiscal cliff? >> republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. >> as both sides in washington try to hammer out agreements on taxes and fiscal spending, they get the full media treatment as the press try to pin the blame on the g.o.p. is it working? details next on news watch. [ male announcer ] take dayquil... [ ding! ] ...and spend time on the slopes. take alka-seltzer plus cold & cough... [ buzz! ] ...and spend time on the chair. for non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. take dayquil. use nyquil d... [ ding! ] ...and get longer nighttime cough relief. use tylenol cold multisymptom nighttime... [ coughs ] [ buzz! ] [ screams ] ...and you could find yourself... honey? ...on the couch. nyquil d. 50% longer cough and stuffy nose relief. . >> our ultimate goal is an agreement that gets our long-term deficit un

. >> he's getting that [ bleep ] back in spades. i'm going to make it extra thick, man.t's going to be extra thick and full of [ bleep ]. >> i'm going to get you good tomorrow. it's on. it's on now, miera. that's a felony, by the way, you dumb [ bleep ]. you [ bleep ] bomb another prisoner nowadays, it's a felony. >> piper and fox both suspect miera is telling the truth but still piper talks to some of his other neighbors. >> this guy, he said he cannot go to gp for some apparent reason, you know and that he's going to do whatever he has to do to stay in here. >> all right, man. all right. >> correctional staff soon conclude that miera was not involved in the incident and take no further action against him. once schrieber's cell is finally cleaned, piper and fox escort him back in but schrieber is not happy with the results. >> oh, damn, still smells like a barnyard in here. look at this wall. it's still got [ bleep ] on it. hey, man. come and get it. you smell that? i'm not [ bleep ]. this poor half [ bleep ] job. >> next -- >> you know the guy that flashes little kids

we have been paying for it in spades since '04.he platform document was an anchor around the neck. >> okay. this country has never gone through a faster transition in thinking. and i'm part of it. all right? the public attitudes shifted dramatically in just a short period of time. i think you're going to be astounded by this. in 1996, not a million years ago, only 27% of the country supported same-sex marriage. just about a quarter of us. today, a majority, a healthy majority, 53% supported, only 46% opposed. i don't think there's any other issue. has anybody changed their mind this quickly? somebody pointed out, senator, i know you're a patriot and a military guy. have you noticed we're drafting these guys? he said i think you've got me. >> i don't think it's true to say nobody came out on this issue. mitt romney did come out again and again. he's actually a person who ran, you know, in the 90s as more pro-gay rights than ted kennedy. >> do you know somebody used to say one man and one woman? it was a very interesting way. one man

and nothing that they've said in spades about john bolton.allowed to say that. >> you're being anti-mustache. >> are the media cheering for a leap off the fiscal cliff? >> republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. >> as both sides in washington try to hammer out agreements on taxes and fiscal spending, they get the full media treatment as the press try to pin the blame on the g.o.p. is it working? details next on news watch. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've bought ragu for years. [ thinking ] woer what other questionable choices i've made? i choose date number 2! whooo! [ sigh of relf ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground ship

we have been trying to run away from this issue and we have been paying for it in spades since '04. as you said earlier, the platform document -- >> this country has never gone through a faster transition in thinking and i'm part of it, all right. everybody is part of it in different degrees. the public attitudes on marriage equal ilt has shifted dramatically in a short period of time. take away these numbers tonight. i think you will be astounded. in 1996 not a million years ago, only 27% of the country supported same-sex marriage. just about a quarter of us. nearly 70% were opposed. today a majority, a healthy majority, 53%, support. only 46% oppose. it doesn't gone completely the other way but it has gone -- i don't think there's any other issue. has anybody ever changed their mind as quickly? i remember barry goldwater once opposed, i always liked the guy and disagreed with him. he was aposed to 18-year-olds getting the right to vote until somebody pointed out, have you noticed we're drafting these guys? and we're not letting them vote. he said you got me there. i think we shoul

lends spade, managing editor for "the washington post." dr. ashton carter, deputy alison fitzgerald, freelance journalist and cheryl women of the speakers committee. i am going to skip our speaker for a moment. diana levine font reporter for ust -- u.s. today and the speakers committee organized today's luncheon. dr. jim miller, undersecretary for defense policy. larry mavi, managing editor army magazine, john cosgrove, past president of the national press club and former commander of american legion post number 20 at the national press club. incoming editor-in-chief aviation week and past chairman of the national press club board of governors. paul shankman, national security reporter "u.s. news and world report." [applause] just 18 months ago our guest today leon panetta presided in the cia director over one of the most daring operations in the country's history. field team six's operation neptune spear, the raid on osama bin laden secret compound in pakistan. three days ago, defense secretary panetta landed in turkey where he signed an orde

she said he had narrative compassion in spades. he would tear up talking to a homeless person.ss, his eyes would glaze over. that's acog any tiff disability that all of us have to some degree. we process information much better through a moving story than the hard work of going through statistics. >> i feel like you just made the academic case for multiple method methodology. you got to tell the big stories and then the small stories within. thank you to kenji and congresswoman edwards and bob and sudh richlt r. it's time for a preview with weekends for alex witt hosted by tom roberts. >> i love the way you planted the rainbow flag proudly and firmly in nerdland today. i tweeted a picture for everybody. we'll talk about that too coming up. supreme court taking up marriage equality. why are some supporters actually a little worried about this. jim deminute being called the tea party's king make he shall. he's stepping by. plus what the threat of syria using bombs loaded with nerve gas, chemical weapons, what should the united states do? i'm talking with ambassador dennis ross ab

another very serious misjudgment we're paying for in spades. >> we have 10 minutes left. it have also been a big champion of energy policy. during the past decade. you have to change the economy. your concern has been energy. where will the discovery of energy lead us? >> it is incredibly positive for the united states. already we have gone from going 16 -- 60% dependent down 42%. substantial progress has been made. there are a lot of projections that we could become energy independent over the next several decades. that would be an incredible boon to this country. instead of sending $400 billion or $500 billion to buy scarce energy supplies from people who do not like this, we could be spending that money here at home. think of the difference that will make to the economic strength of the united states. what it will mean to job opportunities, what it will mean to the economic strength of america. and natural gas is a very clean research compared to many of the other options. our progress in reducing our dependence has not just an oil and gas. it has been renewables. 10%