super pac, stephen colbert gives his unique interview. and a mom accused of taking her daughter to a tanning booth lashes out at critics. she may be an excessive tanner herself. we ll hear from her today, herself. we ll hear from her today, friday, may 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this friday morning i m ann curry. i m david gregory. what a treat for me to be in for matt today. because i ve actually never met a man on television with his own super pac and his own tanning bed. but stephen colbert has both. and we re going to get to talk to him about his new children s book and politics coming up. but we actually have serious politics going on this morning. a big test for secretary of state clinton. she s expected to face questions this morning about this speech with the state of the dissident chen guangcheng hanging in the balance. since he escaped from house arrest last week, chen has pleaded for help from secretary
and a mom accused of taking her daughter to a tanning booth lashes out at critics. she may be an excessive tanner herself. we ll hear from her today, herself. we ll hear from her today, friday, may 4th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this friday morning i m ann curry. i m david gregory. what a treat for me to be in for matt today. because i ve actually never met a man on television with his own super pac and his own tanning bed. but stephen colbert has both. and we re going to get to talk to him about his new children s book and politics coming up. but we actually have serious politics going on this morning. a big test for secretary of state clinton. she s expected to face questions this morning about this speech with the state of the dissident chen guangcheng hanging in the balance. since he escaped from house arrest last week, chen has pleaded for help from secretary clinton and has also asked that he and his family be all
what they re trying to do to turn that around. an estimated 160,000 students are too afraid to go to school every day. why? and let s fix it. but first, paying the bank to use your own money. by now, you have heard that bank of america wants to charge a $5 fee to use a debit card. it is a trend. citibank moved to end free checking and chase in some states will be charging similar purchase fees. consumers as you might already know are not very happy about it. greg mcbride is an analyst at bankrate.com and legal ger at fortune. people are so mad and we all know that free checking is dwindling. that s down from 76% two years ago. the answer if you hate the fees is community banks, credit unions, not for profit by the way and stays to stay with the bank and avoid the fees but maybe only if you have money, investment accounts, maybe a mortgage. how do you avoid the bank fees? well, i think that s the main point, christine. we are not hostage to these fees. proactive consumer can