there s no love on this valentine s day for president obama s budget plan on the republican side of the aisle, they re winding up against it. here s paul ryan, chair of the budget committee, on fox news sunday. check it out. the country s biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it is a debt cryis and i m really hoping he s going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis and it shows he s advocating leadership on that point. i hope that s not the case, that we can get the debt going down but it looks like the debt will continue to rise under this budget. bill: the budget will feed the national debt, adding $7 trillion in ten years under this plan, $7 trillion more. stuart varney from the fox business network, you can lose yourself quite easily in all these numbers, the billions and trillions. what s the one number that you think is important to keep in mind today? i ll give it to you right now, bill. $1.65 trillion. there you have it, $1,650,000,000
and i m meredith vieira. we are very pleased to have the 43rd president of the united states, george w. bush, with us live in our studio this morning, already cracking jokes over there. he has kept a very low profile since leaving the white house. now he s out with his memoir, it s called decision points. he s opening up about the tough choices that defined his presidency. it is making headlines from everything from his handling the economy, the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and even kanye west. and he s going to react to them when we sit down, straight ahead. looking forward to that. and straight ahead, the latest on that carnival cruise ship stranded in the pacific for two d d days. it is now being slowly tugged back to shore. and rations have now arrived. we ll have details in a live report. and one of my favorite things is the film, the sound of music. that s right. it became an instant classic when it was released 45 years ago. in honor of its anniversary,
today on a wednesday morning. i m matt lauer. we have the former president of the united states george bush. he has kept a very low profile since leaving the white house. he s opening up about the tough choices of his presidency, everything from the economy, iraq and afghanistan and yes, even kanye west. also ahead the latest on that carnival cruise ship stranded in the pacific for two days. it is now slowly being tugged back to shore. and because there is no hot food or refrigeration, rations has now begun. it became an instant classic when it was releases ased 45 ye ago. we ll have a reunion a little bit later on. good morning, everybody. and about those 4,400 passengers and crew stuck at sea off the coast of california since monday, as you just heard, there is some relief because supplies have been flown aboard and the liner is now being towed to shore. miguel, good morning. reporter: tug boats didn t reach the splendor until yesterday and they re only going
separated. the divorce doesn t affect the contract. so that s important. that s an example of where we sometimes see a consumer that says that s inaccurate. the judge says i don t have to pay that. or we have consumers who personally guarantee add loan for somebody else. and gern, financial literacy month, make sure you know what you re doing. you are saying essentially if the original party to the contract doesn t pay the bills, that you will. host: so if you get a divorce and the person who is responsible for that loan doesn t pay, that will show up on your report. guest: it s going to. really, a better divorce result is that there s a clear sever rabble result. the contract is re renegotiated and assigned to one party. if it s joint credit, you and are both married, if we have a joint account then it s on mine and your credit report both. host: if you re looking at your report, you get a free report from one of the three or all of them, but as you said you don t get a sco
welcome, everyone, to power lunch. i m tyler mathisen. senator dodd s reform bill takes center stage this afternoon. china s premiere ta taking on the united states. tiger woods hitting a fever pitch. tim finchem going to join us live. 25 years after liars poker, best-selling author michael lewis goes back to wall street with the big short. he joins us live. here s what else is on the menu. i m hampton pearson in washington. is this the week congress sends the president a health care bill? if that happens, who are the potential winners and losers among investors? i m jim goldman live in the silicon valley bureau. apple takes hundreds of thousands of orders for its new i pad. this rivalry is getting bitter. i m julia boorstin. the annual movie theater convention in las vegas. i ll be talking to the ceo of one of thenation e s largest theater chains. bob pisani kicks it off at the new york stock exchange. the weakness here is really in the energy sector. we ha