plus debate advice from the former florida governor jeb bush. you won t want to miss his advice to speaker gingrich. we learned today, surprise hillary clinton is not watching the republican debates. but the secretary of state did share some thoughts on her political future. you can seat energy and the excitement here on the university of north florida campus just two hours now until our republican presidential debate here. the last showdown between the four candidates before florida votes on tuesday. polls show a close race between newt gingrich and mitt romney. the house speaker s team knows this could be the final chance to swing the florida momentum. there are some differences on tax policy and immigration policy and we expect fireworks there tonight. but more than anything else, the gop race has turned more and more testy on questions of trust, leadership, and characte character. i am angry. but i think i m angry and i think every american should be angry. how can so
goldman can claim victory here as well. right? yeah, that s right. many analysts thought that the sec would get at least a billion dollars out of goldman. but it s paying about half that. it has to change some of its marketing practices but just for three years. and the justice department did not file any criminal charges against the company here is the kicker. goldman stock is up $7 a share. look how it spiked yesterday afternoon. so the settlement added 3 bone $6 billion to goldman s market value. 7 times the fine. by the way, jon, another big narm got into trouble, a.i.g. agreed to pay 725 million to settle a class action brought suit. jon: peter barnes, fox business network. thank you, peter. dozens tie die in a hotel fire. blamed on lack of hotel escapes. it s our top story as we go
to be given as a real case, goldman has to settle. this is a ridiculous thing goldman is doing. that s interesting. it will be a little settlement. $2 billion, $3 billion and management may not stay. that s what they ll give us when willie i m going to be moreñr cynic now. you should be more cynical. well, i don t agree. illegal, unethical or unsavory? this is a toxic time. the government has to prove goldman sachs was involved with a bad trade and they ll be convicted. this is the world we re in. it s valueless for me. i can tell you since the charge came out goldman stock has gone down, and when they came out last week pro-pr, they lost again. the stock is telling you what s going to happen. they re going to lose. blankfein gone? entirely conceivable the government may demand that as part of the settlement. okay. that will interesting to watch in washington, the congressional hearing there.
was allegedly looking to profit when that product then failed. the president will travel to new york city thursday to pitch financial reform in the shadow of wall. but today, the white house spokesman denied the government s fraud case against financial giant goldman sachs with time to provide political advantage. the sec is by law an dependent agency. it does not coordinate with the white house. goldman stock fell nearly 13% friday on the news the suit, but gained 1.6% today. our number one political story, the state of relations between the obama administration and israel. today, israeli defense minister ehud barack growned ail nation with the u.s. but prime minister benjamin netanyahu seemed to down play any tension. listen.