for an attack on the park during the upcoming olympics. this man was already known to the british government and under court order not to get close to that park. attorney general eric holder is moving past his contempt of congress citation in the fast & furious case and instead touting the record number of civil rights lawsuits the justice department is filing across the country. he had a friendly audience for that message in las vegas where he is speaking at the national council of laraza s annual conference, it s the largest hispanic rights advocacy group. among other pledges, holder said the administration will continue to aggressively examine voter i.d. laws nationwide. this bill will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our nation s infrastructure. second, this bill will keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this year. which would have hit nearly 7 1/2 million students with an average of $1,000 more on their loan payments.
if she s going to be forced to go back to germany to face fraud charges there. her son harry is sitting in a nearby jail cell, his bail set at 7 1/2 million dollars, the 24-year-old facing multiple charges, accused of setting almost 50 fires around the l.a. area. the new year s arson spree sent investigators stram bling, they thought for a little while there could be multiple suspects out there. his alleged crimes and antiamerican outbursts in a courtroom are believed to be over his anger about how his mother orioo or how he feels his mother has been treated in the states. he doesn t want her sent back to germany to face prosecutors there. many of the fires you probably remember involved incendiary devices planted under the engine of parked cars but in a lot of cases the fires spread to buildings nearby. people were evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night. a little side note, one of the damaged homes once belonged to the former doors lead singer.
gretchen: your news by the numbers now. first $950 million, that s how much kodak is borrowing to stay afloat while it goes through bankruptcy. it s going belly up after 132 years in business. next, 7 1/2 million dollars, that s how much david ruben stein is donating to repair cracks in the washington monument damaged in last summer s earthquake. thank you. finally, 10.8 years. that s the average length of time americans keep their cars now. it s about four years longer than just 15 years ago. steve? steve: thanks very much. nancy pelosi is feeling confidence about the democrat chances to take back the house come november. on tuesday she said democrats are aim to go capture 35 seats currently held by republicans. they only need 25 in order to claim the majority. how do they plan to do that?
must stash. clayton: and letting it grow for charity. dave: and joining us live from seattle, good morning to you, bro. good morning, thanks for having me on. dave: the stash starts in earnest on tuesday. tell us about what you want people to do and where all this money can go? well, our goal is to get as much men s health awareness out as possible and what the problem does, it takes the members and encourages them to grow and groom a rocking stash, if you will, and what they re going to do is turn themselves into a walking billboard and use it as a jumping off point to advertise and collect money and all the proceeds go to men s health, which and the two foundations are the livestrong foundation as well as the prostate cancer foundation. alisyn: last year you raised 7 1/2 million dollars for those foundations, i
industry. 7 1/2 million to romney. 2 million to governor perry. bill: so they want obama to be reelected so they can do crony capitalism? i don t know whether the rank and file want that. but the big donors, the real serious money people who have always been in support are giving that money. i think it s a lousy tactic for the president to wrap his arms around the extreme left. bill: okay. stuart varney, everyone. and plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. great american news quiz. debate edition. great clips and great questions for you. megyn kelly on whether a midwestern couple killed their ten-month old baby girl. suspicion is growing. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. [ courier ] the amazing story of whether bovine heart tissue