alex, when i saw the bid, when details of it leaked out i kind of laughed out loud, too. i imagine the team back in the white house when they were putting together this bid they were kind of laughing when they put it together wonder whagt republican reaction was going to be. it really isn t something that should resemble a final plan. i think they knew that because we re in that period where you re going to see the polar ends of what people are going to offer here. i really still believe we re looking at a situation where we re going to have to go into the new year before we actually do real negotiation and get to an agreement. which means that we may have to go over the fiscal cliff. unless we do one of those stopgaps. is that what you think is going to happen, tony? a stopgap for a month or two and final israel it later? it s possible it could be a stopgap. but the problem is on some of these positions, alex, especially on tax policy it is hard to give in until we re in a positio
and the de facto law will be if boeing loses this case, that if you re thinking about expanding and you re in a state without a right to work law, which is 38 of our states, well then you d better think twice before going to a right to work state, which means less manufacturing jobs in all of the united states and more manufacturing jobs overseas. jon: well, that hearing is supposed to be getting underway just about now. we re going to keep an eye on it, we ll keep our viewers updated as to what happens. and senator lamar alexander, thank you. thank you very much. jenna: fox news business alert. we talked to much about the housing crisis and here s a new side, how it affects owners and sellers and buyer, but what about renters? growing demand for rentals is causing steep rent hikes and that s affecting the economy. first of all, growing demand, why is this happening, why are rent prices go up? the demand is part of and