of anxiety. you re right. they were away in europe, they re coming back from vacation, our lawmakers come back, things are going to get pretty wild, so buckle up. jenna: we will. thank you for the advice, we appreciate it. market s down about 1 points right now 14 points right now. a little context, if you will. in february of 2009, the obama administration announced it was prepared to tap that reserve if prices became too burdensome on the economy. remember, we were just coming out of the recession at that point, so there was a lot of concern about the recovery. in early to mid 2011, there were calls from congress to tap the reserves as we saw this developing situation in libya. and in june of 2011, the obama administration did strike a deal with the international energy agency to have this coordinated effort so that 60 million gallons were available over 30 days to really effect the prices. now, in march of this year the white house denied a report it struck a deal with britain to
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of republicans and they call it the cut, cap, and balance plan. the bill calls for slashing billions in immediate spending, caps future spending and propose as balanced budget amendment to the constitution. but democratic leaders in congress say it has no chance. and the white house reports that president obama would, indeed, veto the plan if it landed on his desk. what happens if the president and congress cannot strike a deal on the debt? according to most experts on august 3rd president obama will have to decide what to pay. choosing among social security checks, salaries, members of the military and unemployment benefits and other rries are pummeling the stock market today off 100. but we were down more earlier. bank stocks are taking it on the children today. j.p. morgan down 12.8 percent,
the constitution. but democratic leaders in congress say it has no chance. and the white house reports that president obama would, indeed, veto the plan if it landed on his desk. what happens if the president and congress cannot strike a deal on the debt? according to most experts on august 3rd president obama will have to decide what to pay. choosing among social security checks, salaries, members of the military and unemployment benefits and other government programs. and investors say debt worries are pummeling the stock market today off 100. but we were down more earlier. bank stocks are taking it on the children today. j.p. morgan down 12.8 percent, and bank of america down, as well at 2.65 percent. what is the latest from the
a great manager. what s his background, intelligence and foreign policy and national security, has he really managed a process like this. clearly he went in there, able to fix what was wrong, he had their back, improved morale dramatically and created a process that produced an unbelievable result. mike barnicle, selfishly, i am hoping this expedites the process out of afghanistan. if you look at the hearing on the hill yesterday, looks like they re moving that way. john kerry appears to be moving that way. could this, in the end, other than osama bin laden being dead on the 10th anniversary, could this be the lasting impact that helps us strike a deal in afghanistan to get out? it certainly appears to be one of the keys, joey. it s interesting listening to this discussion, one of the elements we might want to consider going forward in coverage of things like this, is for people in our business, news