22,000 to lowest level in three months. interest rate for 30-year home loans fell to 4.51 this week down from 4.6. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke clarified the statement that another stimulus might be needed to boost economy. bernanke said today the fed is not ready to pump more cash in the economy. that sent oil prices plunging 2%. august futures finished the day off $2.36 to finish at $95.69 per barrel. shannon: in america s news headquarters speculation whether sarah palin will be part of the 2012 presidential campaign. carl cameron says that palin isn t saying but seems confident of the potential results. reporter: she says she can win but does not say if she will try. i did say i believe i could win but i went on to say it doesn t have to be me.
economy at risk by just ignoring the issues? that what keeps drawing 14.12 trillion dollars and another 1.6 this year, 1.1 for next year, you have to, you have no choice. you have to go after medicare, medicaid, cut them, raise the social security retirement age from 65 to 68 or game over, we ll continue to run deficits. and by the way, by the way, 2.36% growth rate going forward, if you don t get that it s going to be 2 trillion dollar debt. brenda: hold on, hold on just a minute. governors are not the so afraid of this issue. in fact, let s talk about governor of new jersey. you re going to have to raise the retirement age for social security. oh, i just said it and i m still standing here. yeah, and you tell them. brenda: it s a third rail. george bush does that. he brings up a good point and regina talking about the republicans in the capital. and obama is the one who says
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for air travel beginning april 25th have blades up to 2.36 inches long that are less than half inch wide because the tsa does not think these short blades could help someone brein down an entire airplane. now the air marshall s union says they weren t consulted about letting small knives on planes and many pilots and flight attendants stepped forward to express their concern saying they don t feel safe knowing how many easier it is for passengers to attack them. john mccain says we need a congressional hearing on the whole issue of what is a danger to the entire flight. i think we need to call witnesses since they have made this policy change. the tsa administrator is for now standing by this new policy and has not indicated any kind of a change based on the concern of these advocates for flight groups. we are dedicated to