kennedy: what is better than finding a pot of gold? how about st. patrick s day landing on a friday. thank you. for the first time in six years. all across america. irish lads and lasses have been making the pilgrimage to their favorite pumps to celebrate. we sent to producer up to see if anyone was taking a leprechaun s holiday. watch this. home we love it. we ve been here before on a holiday. i love you. playing hooky from work, absolutely. guys walking around. home everyone is irish on st. paddy s day. i was very excited. corned beef. guinness. the most important part of today
right at us. you want to move down the trail? no, top moving? two bears. a pair of hikers were met by a pair of bears along the national park trail and the video is going viral. both the hikers and the bears remained calm. the hikers been trained to get off the trail to give the bears the right of way and not startle them. after some sniffing around, the bears went on their way. you don t have to out-run the bear, just out-run each other. the chicago is going green. the annual tradition began back in 1962. thousands of people lined the river banks and near by streets to watch the process. saint paddy s day, don t you know, it is friday. ash from the center of volcano spilled out on saturday.
overtightened his belted but he s worried about the debt. you know, the largest economy in the world, we can service this debt. that s not the problem. is problem is that we re on a path that the debt is growing substantially faster than the economy. that is by definition in the long return unsustainable. the congressional budget office says social security could go bankrupt in less than ten years. plus, the cbo forecast an additional $3 trillion debt than expected just a year ago. neil? neil: incredible. thanks, chad. chad pergram was referring to the rates of about 4. 5 to 4.75%. that s called the federal funds rate. it s an overnight bake lending rate. here s the kicker. a year ago it was essentially zero. and st. paddy s day last year, the fed started hiking the rakes. it was started by a quarter
they have not independently investigated the story but they say al kwqaeda is behind the attack. yesterday a shiite militia announced it was releasing a u.s. soldier as wanted to know he was missing for nine months. holt says he was a former soldier working as a civilian contractor in iraq. u.s. officials said all missing soldiers had been accounted for. and no civilian was recently reported missing. in this country, gas prices go up for the ninth straight day. the average is close to $3.84 but some big cities are already seeing gas prices average more than $4 a gallon. the record high was $4.11 back in july of 2008. and extreme weather. while most of the u.s. enjoys unseasonably warm weather, a look at what is going on in northern arizona, a late winter storm is dropping between one and two feet of snow in the area around flagstaff. winds are gusting and roads crews are working overtime. jackie jar ras will jacqui jeras will be here in about 20 minutes from now. robe
and newt gingrich, gop contender or spoiler? we ll talk to someone who knows him best, his daughter jackie. and would you look at this? all right. i can t snowboard but apparently this opossum can. one week ago today, robert bai bales shot and killed 16 civilians. he s currently being held in ft. levenworth, kansas. we re also learning about blog details. we ll have some of her words later on. and finally, reaction from those who are closest to the accused soldier. his family. sarge bales family is stunned in the face of this tragedy, but they stand behind the man they know as devoted husband, father, and dedicated member of the armed services. let s bring in casey wian from tacoma, washington. his defense team is now starting to speak out. what are you hearing from them? reporter: well, part of that statement thaw just red was received by us late yesterday afternoon. his civilian defense team saying that they will travel to ft. leavenworth, kansas, to meet with their c