colombia, it just got bigger. now it s spreading to the dea. the drug enforcement agency. what would you do if you got smacked with a $93,000 bill and what if that bill wasn t even for you? we ll talk to one man who is on the hook for his mother s nursing home bill and the obscure law that s being used to make sure families pay up. beam me up scotty. the first private space launch is in history books with some very special cargo. she s taking over. you are a man. you might as well stand up like a man. she knows how to jump-start a failing business and today tabatha takes over newsroom. we begin this morning on a launch pad at cape canaveral. remember scottie from star tre trek ? right now on his way to a final fro frontier. three, two, one, zero. and launch of the space x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. so cool. john zarrella is in florida. he s been watching this thing all morning. good morning
good evening. it is 10:00 on the east coast. we begin keeping them honest with president obama doing what presidents do in election years with proposals they know will win votes and don t have the votes to pass in congress. they try to pass them anyway even if they expect them to fail. sometimes, especially, if they expect them to fail to make a point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, crea
year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 gas. he wasn t dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to crack down. where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying oil, creating the shortage and driving oil higher. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of american families get the short end of the stick. that s not the way the market should work. keeping them honest. not even his own advisers could say how this would effect prices. telling politico, i m not going to speculate about this provision or any other provision and the specific effects it would have on the price at the pump. the proposed legislation is unlikely to get through the house. president obama is pitching it after spending the last few months arguing this. there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes
this has been going on for years now, and every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th, mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas. he wasn t dusting off a three-point plan. he did, however, label a five-point plan for cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage, and driving prices higher to flip a quick profit. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while some american families get the short end of the stick. that s p not the way the market should work. keeping them honest, not even his advisers could say how this would affect gasoline prices. i m not going to speculate about this provision or any other provision on the price of the pump. it won t get through the republica
point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn t promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. we can t afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher only to flip it for a quick profit. we can t afford a situation where some speculators can reap millions while millions of families get the shortened of the stick. it is not the way the market should work. keeping them honest, not even his own advisers could say how it would affect gasol