there was another startling study we found this week about alcohol use in america. researchers finding that even moderate drinkers underestimate their alcohol use by 40%. in other words, you drink and you don't really know how much you're drinking and what the impact could be, especially on your liver, dr. siegel, i imagine. >> dr. samadi suggested this topic, and i'm glad he did. there was a big survey of a small number of people that came from across the pond in england that said four out of five people in ec england say they're moderate drinkers. two out of three said we're not stopping. we're going to keep doing it. there's a big study that says we're too many binge drinkers. 40% of college have at least one episode of binge drinking over the last month. that's tremendous. why am i worried about binge drinking? because binge drinkers tend to begin with. they might be a moderate drinker. they have a weekend where they drink a lot. the new study shows they're damaging their liver. if you're having a couple of drinks a night and on a weekend you're going out on a bi

dollars medical bill which was charged to her by mistake debtors prisons haven't officially been used in america since before the civil war but today a third of the states in the country allow debt collectors to use the public court system to go after people who owed the money is even a lot arkansas that allows landlords to throw tenants in jail if they're late on their rent so in a roundabout way the debtors prisons have returned to america. this is a huge problem because economies depend upon consumers people like you and me spending money before in debt up to our eyeballs and being thrown in prison for that debt we can't spend more money to stimulate the economy this is what economist steve keen told me on my radio show this week. that's why you run across as this is the thing. i'm going to do in the trying to get this through to people it's the dynamics of profit did it really have to determine the good and the crunch are in now. while debt can be useful and free up more spending in the economy we've reached a point where businesses and individual americans can no longer afford to go deeper

i think it is an insult to all of us in america and to the 26 families in newtown that directly suffered this loss. you're a law enforcer. >> i have been a career prosecutor. >> i appreciate you coming before us in that capacity. folks talk about existing laws. you often know that a crime has been committed and you know who has committed it, but you need more than that knowledge on your part. you need evidence to go into court and prove that. when the nra says that there hasn't been enough prosecutions, very often the reason is you do not have enough evidence. >> that is sometimes correct. >> we should do everything possible to enable more effective prosecutions under existing laws and under any new laws but focus on enforcement. let me ask you about the ban that currently exists. people who are seriously ill. right now with respect to a very large number of fire arms purchases, about 40% in private sales or so-called gun shows sales, you have no way to get the evidence to enforce the existing law. >> we have no evidence. >> the current law prohibits purchases of ammunition to those same

us dollar is like this horsemeat that's circulating the globe and fact is that the u.s. dollar will eventually become worthless because it's backed to some degree by workers in america whose tax revenue is are the backing the us dollar there's the tax revenue the american people and the us military that's what backs the us dollar tax revenue in america is crashing wages are crashing people can't afford big donalds anymore people can't afford to go to walmart anymore food stamps are soaring and then of course the inflation coming to the energy complex including gasoline is going to help going to hurt the u.s. military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and they'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus so just like the global financi

us dollar is like this horsemeat that's circulating the globe and fact is that the u.s. dollar will eventually become worthless because it's back to some degree by workers in america whose tax revenue is are the backing the us dollar there's the tax revenue the american people and the us military that's what backs the us dollar tax revenue in america is crashing wages are crashing people can't afford big donalds anymore people can't afford to go to walmart anymore food stamps are soaring and then of course the inflation coming to the energy complex including gasoline is going to help going to hurt the u.s. military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and they'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus so just like the global financia

us dollar is like this horsemeat that's circulating the globe and fact is that the u.s. dollar will eventually become worthless because it's backed to some degree by workers in america whose tax revenue is are the backing the us dollar goes to tax revenue the american people and the us military that's what backs the us dollar tax revenue in america is crashing wages are crashing people can't afford that donald's anymore people can't afford to go to walmart anymore food stamps are soaring and then of course the inflation coming to the energy complex including gasoline is going to help going to hurt the u.s. military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and they'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus so just like the global financial

thousands of pro-gun activists in the us are gathering it nationwide as america sees protests against plans to curb weapon ownership. the death of a palestinian prisoner in an israeli jail threatens to fuel further anger across the west bank where weeklong protests against conditions in israeli prisons already led to violent clashes with the police. britain loses its terrorist top rate credit rating for the first time in decades with a downgrade branded as a strong government failure. and shipped into britain's banks and world as more and more designers bucked the trend of using flawless models opting instead for the ordinary in the actions of everyday people. good evening world news and analysis live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy craft and thanks for tuning into our t.v. well thousands of program activists across the u.s. are taking part in a day of resistance against president obama's tighter gun laws they called his plans unconstitutional and r.t.s. got if you can reports it's not just two words they're ready to use to protect their rights to bear arms. part of america now

us dollar is like this horsemeat that's circulating the globe and fact is that the u.s. dollar will eventually become worthless because it's backed to some degree by workers in america whose tax revenue is are the backing the us dollar there's the tax revenue the american people and the us military that's what backs the us dollar tax revenue in america is crashing wages are crashing people can't afford donalds anymore people can't afford to go to walmart anymore food stamps are soaring and then of course the inflation coming to the energy complex including gasoline is going to help going to hurt the u.s. military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and i'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus so just like the global financial deri

the republicans that they need to get off the extreme fringe on these issues and join most of us in american of the law in this instance shouldn't be for some in this country, it should be for everyone. >> maggie, we talk about the problems the republicans have coming out of the 2011 election. the female vote is something they haven't given a great amount of thought to. there's a lot of talk about the hispanic vote and push on immigration. you have candidates like richard and todd akin. here is a no brainer. this is a lay up. the fact there's been so much back and forth,forth. out reach to women that republicans need to get on their side. >> one thing that's amazing to me throughout 2012 and after 2012 is the description of the women vote as if it was a niche vote, we are talking half the population. >> right. >> this has been, i think, a source of ongoing curiosity. i think you are already seeing this being used against perspective 2016 homefuls. it's framed against chris christie, and marco rubio. christie may have helped himself with it yesterday in terms of the medicaid expansion in ter

if the rest of us in america ignored deadlines. if i showed up at 10:15, how long would i keep my job. >> america is bankrupt. only reason we're not functionally bankrupt we can print money. do you know what your share of the federal debt is? $52,000. we have blown by greece in terms of per capita debt. >> greta: we some could pay it off now and buy out now? >> good luck trying to borrow the money under dodd-frank. >> it's not just the superbowl. competing head coaches, john and jim harbaugh. one person to be on edge is the father jack harbaugh. what does he have to say about the big match-up. also a new twist, in the dispeerngs after an american woman in turkey. police, a huge star is joining the ranks of john edwards and arnold schwarzenegger. which one admitted to having a love child. love child. that is coming up. we're all having such a great year in the gulf, love child. that is coming up. we've dided to put aside our rivalry. 'cause all our states are great. and now is when the gulf gets even bett. the beaches and waters cou

on taking us into iraq, claiming all the time we would be treated as liberators, that there were nuclear weapons in the hands of saddam hussein, weapons that could be used against us in americall, the question is when has dick cheney been right? this weekend he accused the president of making what he called second-rate selections for our national security team. hmm, john kerry is second rate? john kerry who volunteered for combat in vietnam and faced the enemy under fire? john kerry who was nearly elected president, a contest in which dick cheney didn't dare try for first base? chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, that john kerry?

for being with us this evening. >> thank you. >> judge jeanine: coming up, her son was killed in benghazi and now sean smith's mother responds to hillary clinton's testimony. this is americaequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur >> judge jeanine: and now this week's in stam insta poll. do gun buyback programs work? most of you are not buying it. laurel says watch we may have another fast and furious out of all of the buybacks. >> joe says yeah to go by a newer and better gun. jack says if the intent s to retrieve legal guns from legal gun owners it probably works to the extent of disarming grandma and grandpa and all of the liberals know that these cranky old fools shouldn't be armed. car sarcasm intended. and tim p. says yes to some degree. any gun you get off the street is one less that can murder someone in the hands of a crazy person. is it enough? no. the problem is too great. eileen says yes as you you have is some grenade launchers you

for being with us this evening. >> thank you. >> judge jeanine: coming up, her son was killed in benghazi and now sean smith's mother responds to hillary clinton's testimony. this is americauent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur and don't get heartburn in the first place! thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >> judge jeanine: and now this week's in stam insta poll. do gun buyback programs work? most of you are not buying it. laurel says watch we may have another fast and furious out of all of the buybacks. >> joe says yeah to go by a newer and better gun. jack says if the intent s to retrieve lega

in support of those. club. it's good to have you with us here on this saturday. with you a worldwide. it is a day of resistance across america with more than one hundred rallies to be held across the nation. but thousands not coming out in support of weapons control instead they're angry at efforts to regulate americans right to bear arms. reports there is distance may not stop at simple. part of america now favor some form of gun control especially in the wake of tragic mass shootings. while the other is getting ready to fight against any significant regulations they're preparing for what they call the invasion of feds by arming themselves to the teeth were more like it we actually got two that are ready for it but then after that we can work out of that of course is that i would be really qualified right rule of law yes that is the basis of. a police chief in pennsylvania mark kessler is training private citizens to become snipers and resist what they call it tyrannical government if need be trust me when i tell you this i mean i will take my uniform off and i will stand with freedom before i stand with the ironical folks

on taking us into iraq, claiming all the time we would be treated as liberators, that there were nuclear weapons in the hands of saddam hussein, weapons that could be used against us in america. well, the question is when has dick cheney been right? this weekend he accused the president of making what he called second-rate selections for our national security team. hmm, john kerry is second rate? john kerry who volunteered for combat in vietnam and faced the enemy under fire? john kerry who was nearly elected president, a contest in which dick cheney didn't dare try for first base? chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, that john kerry? dick cheney reminds me of what my hero, winston churchill once said of people who stick around past their time, people like dick cheney offering their wisdom so freely. we need fewer peerages and more disappearages. that's "hardball" for now. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. there is no bigger story in america than the republican plan to destroy the economy in just 18 days. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> mr. speaker, the presiden

appropriate for them for civilian defense but which have become the weapon of choice used in mass shootings in america the administration also wants to enforce background checks on all gun sales currently forty percent of weapons in the u.s. are sold without any background check but gun rights advocates see it as the first step towards disarming the nation there will be more bad like believing that our belts we are in the future ok the people who got to do that would do that while people like jim are gearing up for the second coming of hitler supporters of gun control points to staggering statistics the gun murder rate in the us is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two which is nations combined that's unimaginable in any other industrial democracy that an argument would be made in favor of owning guns for the purposes of overthrowing the government and made by a high court solution. making democracy stronger. by guns which are most likely to curio america's split over priorities according to the pew research center currently fifty percent of americans say controlling gun ownership is

it is one of two available for use in the america's tub races. >>> well, we knew he fell fast. we now know that he fell even faster than you first saw. when he jumped from nearly 128,000 feet above earth last october he reached a record speed of 843.6 miles per hour. it is one and a quarter the speed of sound and about 10 miles an hour faster than they first calculated. >>> anyone who watched last night's super bowl noticed, the commercials also created a lot of talk. julie watts with some of the winning and losing ads. >> i like the commercials. >> for some it is the reason they came. >> i am only here for the game. >> for others it is a distraction. ask any party goer what makes a great super bowl, you will likely get a similar answer. >> funny. >> no surprise, the funny ads turned out to be the big winners. in addition to the football 3508, people are tracking their favorite ads. the big winners were also some of the favorites online and also trending on twitter. the taco bell commercial was one of many in favor of the two minute ad. both taco bell and doritos are in top spo

dollars medical bill which was charged to her by mistake debtors prisons haven't officially been used in america since before the civil war but today a third of the states in the country allow debt collectors to use the public court system to go after people who owed the money is even a lot arkansas that allows landlords to throw tenants in jail if they're late on their rent. so in a roundabout way the debtors' prisons have returned to america. this is a huge problem because economies depend upon consumers people like you and me spending money before in debt up to our eyeballs and being thrown in prison for that debt we can't spend more money to stimulate the economy this is what economist steve kean told me on my radio show this week. that's why you run across is this is all i'm. going to do in the trying to get this through to people it's the dynamics of profit did that really have to. go on and on the crunch are in now. while debt can be useful and free up more spending in the economy we've reached a point where businesses and individual americans can no longer afford to go deeper into debt a

us. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for a tornado is being blamed for more than a dozen injuries. >> the tornado hit hattiesburg, tearing of trees and buildings arved a path through the town. the several buildings on the damaged.ere >> our students get a break on sday for the mardi gras holiday. so the university is probably pretty empty right now which is a good thing. it was like you hear turn is described. loud, very quick. the buildings were shaking and we could see the trees. this was just like after katrina. the garden survived. >> the storm threat is gone and e clean-up begins. >> the clinic also continues in rtheast on friday. more than 3 feet of snow. the weather is blamed for 14 deaths. in the day ahead, the man accused of killing a local nd daughter is set to go on trial. their bodies were found in a burning car. he is also suspected of killing mother andal 09.ghter in january 20 he could face a 100-year prison sentence. >> d.c. police are investigating a double stabbing aat happened outside of nightclub. in men and women were stabbed out

appropriate for war then for civilian defense but which have become the weapon of choice used in mass shootings in america the administration also wants to enforce background checks on all gun sales currently forty percent of weapons in the u.s. are sold without any background check but gun rights advocates see it as the first step towards disarming the nation there will be more bad like she believes a belt or in the future ok the people got to answer that would happen while people like jim are gearing up for the second coming of hitler supporters of gun control points to staggering statistics the gun murder rate in the us is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two richest nations combined that's unimaginable in any other industrial democracy that an argument would be made in favor of owning guns for the purposes of overthrowing the government and made by the high court and the solution. making democracy stronger. by guns which are most likely to curio america's split over priorities according to the pew research center currently fifty percent of americans say controlling gun ownership is t

in. >> the final hours of a vacation nightmare, as "triumph" limps home. janet shamlian, nbc news, mobile. >>> still ahead for us on a wednesday night, our in-depth series, "guns in america tonight tom brokaw joins us with a special report and an important voice in this argument we haven't heard from until now. >>> and later, third time is a charm for a very good dog who had a very big night. >>> with the fight over guns red-hot in washington and coming off that emotional moment in the house chamber last night, a lot of lawmakers suddenly find themselves in a tough spot, caught in the middle between gun rights and gun control. an important voice in all of it is a veteran u.s. congressman from california, who is trying to find the solution. tonight, as part of our special nbc news series on guns in america, our report from tom brokaw. >> i've been 100% on this gun issue. >> reporter: that is a common refrain on capitol hill these days, and congressman mike thompson is no exception. as a vietnam veteran and a hunter, he knows guns. >> i just want to let everybody know from the beginning that i'm a hunter. i'm a gun owner. and i believe that law-abiding citizens have a seco

making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." >> live and in hd, this is "good morning, washington" -- on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> wow. missouri -- parts of the midwest, some areas receiving as much as 17 inches of snow. that storm system is headed our way. good morning washington. it is friday, february 22. >> i am natasha barrett in course and a. what can we expect from the storm system? we begin with jacqui jeras. >> good morning. a winter weather advisory has been posted along the blue ridge and areas off to the west including rappahannock and madison county is, as well as hampshire, locking ham, and page county. that is where we are expecting the wintery mix to the onset of this morning. accumulation could be reaching a around 0.5 inches or 1 inch. most of this should hold off until the noon hour. i do expect some sleet and snow here. a little accumulation. our temperatures should stay above the freezing mark. right now, we are at freezing, 29 at dulles. 27 degrees in winchester. our express fo

kevin mccarthy joins us in america's newsroom. gregg: he has taken a beating in the court of puck opinion but lance armstrong could soon find himself in a real criminal court facing prison time. we'll tell you the new charges he could be facing. [ male announcer ] it's a rule of nature. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pk vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're are as nutritious as fresh. [ green giant ] ho ho ho. ♪ green giant gregg: a new report that cyclist lance armstrong is the target of a federal investigation. it comes just weeks after arm strong admitted to oprah in a televised interview that he did in fact use performance enhancing drugs during his career and he had been lying all along. a former federal prosecutor joins us in the studio. let's put up the entire laundry list. it's pretty scary. drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, conspiracy, obstruction of justice for trying to bully and intimidate witnesses into lying

he got pilloried because of his anti-fat creed because some of us in america are fat. a mccarthy is getting work entirely because she is fat. her struggle is a part of her character in mike and molly on cbs. she plays it hilariously in the other breakout film, bridesmaids. she is the female fatty arbuckle. if he make as joke of her extra wide size. why is rex reed guilty of acknowledging the same? ashley: she is laughing all the way to bank. tracy: yea, melissa. that is all i have to say. ashley: jason bateman. he great in the movie. thanks so much. >> thanks, guys. ashley: coming up what is your credit score? are you sure that it's right? that is the critical question. gerri willis has shocking details of a new study by the federal trade commission. tracy: as we head out to break let's look at some of today's winners and losers on the s&p 500. first solar that is a charles payne favorite, up 6.7%. we'll he will be right back. . ... tracy: it said that small business is the backbone of the u.s. economy. if that is true, they are standing tall in cleveland where 36 small

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us dollar is like this horsemeat that's circulating the globe and fact is that the u.s. dollar will eventually become worthless because it's backed to some degree by workers in america whose tax revenue is are the backing the us dollar there's the tax revenue the american people and the us military that's what backs the us dollar tax revenue in america is crashing wages are crashing people can't afford big donalds anymore people can't afford to go to walmart anymore food stamps are soaring and then of course the inflation coming to the energy complex including gasoline is going to help going to hurt the u.s. military because they buy two hundred fifty million dollars worth of gas every day to fund the pentagon's war machine when the price of gas continues to go up as it is hitting a record prices in california and other states the pentagon won't be able to afford to fill up their gas their tanks and their other vehicles of destruction so it's a double edged sword so that dollar is going to zero and gold is going much higher germany will ask for their gold and i'll be given a receipt for worthless dollars or a horsemeat burger from findus. emboldened by the rise of the isl

us from new york. william bratton, thank you so much for coming in to talk to us today. as you know, the last time america had a very serious gun control debate was in the early 1990s. of course, you were chief of police in the new york city area. and that was followed by a two decades decline in crime. i was hope we could begin by having you put that decline in crime in context. >> the investment in the '90s was 100,000 additional police were hired. additional money went into research, into prisons, into rehabilitation efforts. research was critical. there was the assault weapons ban on certain types of assault weapons. the impact of that particular piece of the legislation is still being debated. some studies indicate it had an impact. some studies indicate it did not. from my own perspective, i look at every life saved is a plus. every incident that didn't occur is a plus. it is quite clear that hundreds of thousands of individuals who did not get access to those type weapons, that clearly there would have been incidents that would have occurred with those weapons but for that intervention. >> what is