justice system. then the second thing is i think in donald trump s mind he doesn t think he has done anything wrong. and so i think both of those point to him thinking that if he just sits down with bob mueller he can sort of go manno a manno like a new york real estate deal and come out the better half. i think donald trump has not figured out that going up against the full weight of the mortgage deal on a new york city office building. maybe he doesn t know what i don t know obstruction you think he doesn t understand michael what obstruction is and maybe if he is actually even done it? i m not saying he has. but do you think that s the case michael? i m not sure i agree it s right to sell the president short in respect of his failure to understand the importance of
surprise. you certainly hear republicans call for that, but it wouldn t do anything in the short-term. this is way too big an oil market. as you know, the bulk of what makes up the price of gas is the price of oil. and it s all a lot of tradeoffs, too. certainly you don t want a depression so you can have $2.50 gas. right. i want to look at this. gallop polls can find the price at which consumers significantly change their behavior is $5.35. richard, no economic statistic more immediate than gas prices and consumers are feeling it. is this justified? yeah. i i think that gallop poll says 50% to 60% of us start to change their behavior when that goose price goes above $5 or $6 a gallon. really, it means americans may have to change the way they live. that s the fifth factor that you and lizzie were talking about. it may seem painful in the short run. we have to change the way we live. we have to move closer to where we were, increasing numbers are walking and biking to
shepard: getting new details of the government s 25-million-dollar mortgage deal with some the nation s biggest banks. a lot of people could be affected by this. today the justice department officially fired the settlement in court. it requires five major banks to give billions of dollars to struggling homeowners to sea to shining sea. the government will stop investigating allegations of abusive foreclosure practices against those banks. the feds will expect banks to bring borrower s monthly payments to within 31 pest of their income. and create new loan values greater than no more than 120% of the value. big new legal fight on the interwebs. yahoo today filing a lawsuit against facebook. claiming a social media giant has been ripping off some of its patents. according to the lawsuit. yahoo claims facebook lifted
far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don t like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be doing stuff. i m going to help the tuition. the kids with the i had tuition. i m going to help people with underwater mortgages. michelle is going around the country helping people obese. they are all doing stuff. gingrich is fighting romney, santorum is fighting that s the appearance that people get. it is the appearance. that will change when the
far has hurt the republicans. i took an average for the three major candidates, i took their favorabilities, they are all down. romney is down 10 since december. newt is down 9 since december. santorum who has recently got an uptick, obviously, he is still down 4 since december. all of this negativity, all of the attacks, leveled on one another, it is having an impact. laura: i think solutions are what people are looking for, scott. the president, like what he is doing or don t like what he is doing and i think a lot of it is total bunk like this mortgage deal yesterday, he appears to be doing stuff. i m going to help the tuition. the kids with the i had tuition. i m going to help people with underwater mortgages. michelle is going around the country helping people obese. they are all doing stuff. gingrich is fighting romney, santorum is fighting that s the appearance that people get. it is the appearance. that will change when the