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Story bill: it s a weekend to forget with that incident. the credit card for the country now is maxed out, as the debate over whether to raise the debt limit heats up and this will be battle number one in washington. what happens now when the united states cannot pay its own bills? also she was shot through the head 4 1/2 months ago, remarkably space shuttle endeavor is now on its way towards space, and congresswoman gabrielle giffords was here to watch it, and watching her husband lead endeavor s final mission. we ll talk to a doctor about her miraculous recovery. also there s this for you: three, two, one, zero, and liftoff for the final launch of endeavor! expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space bill: could not have been more perfect, frankly. an incredible day for the space program, shuttle endeavor blasting off on endeavor s 25th and final mission after 19 years going into space. ....
Do is create incentives and if you want to keep your traditional medicare plan you can. no changes. unlike what president obama promised with obama care where it looks like we ll see a lot of changes in health insurance, you can keep your traditional medicare and there are incentives to go into other private plans, lots of private plans including the ones that are currently under medicare advantage, that offer a broader range of choices and more preventive care which helps prevent people from getting sick and no cost don t cost much more. but, 63% in the poll, they dismiss the idea of raising the eligibility age. how do you feel about that? to keep medicare afloat. well, again, depends what the choices are. right now, of course, no one wants change. no one wants to continue working past 65, though an increasing number of americans, something like 60% say they plan to work past 65. if they are baby boomers, so, the alternative is to do nothing, and, watch the system double in spen ....
36288. after that number you type the word utext and then a space and your greeting, and we ll roll it right along the bottom of your screen. utext, leave a space and then your greeting. the number s 36288. there will be thousands of messages. whatever you want to say. well, you ve got to keep it clean. it is cable, but you ve got to keep it clean. heather: yeah. bill: this is your first year in new york, right? for new year s. heather: it is, yes. bill: what do you think? heather: i ll be working, so i ll probably be down there in the throngs. bill: you won t even have to go there. i mean, a million people have to go somewhere, right? heather: right, right. bill: check it out 10:00 eastern time, prime time this friday. heather: and at least we got rid of the blizzard. bill: yeah, we did. now we ve got 1/1/11, and a whole new start. oh, my. a major milestone on friday night and in the coming year. the first baby boomers qualify ....
Heather? stock futures pointing to a lower open on wall street. markets could react to the new weekly unemployment numbers just out. meanwhile, oil prices, they are falling for the first time in five days. prices fell just below $91 a barrel. and here s some perspective for you, the last time oil prices were over $90 was back in 2008. bill: watch that number, right. president obama, meanwhile, extending his hawaiian vacation by another day. the white house saying the president s trying to squeeze in more family time before heading back to washington, maybe a little more golf time too. he ll leave on the 3rd of january, arrive the following day in d.c. the president delayed his departure as congress wrapped up the lame duck session. the president may still be on vacation, but he is using his executive power to make six new recess appointments to his administrationing bypassing the senate which may not have approved some of the names. peter doocy is live for us in ....
Foreclosures rise again this past year. they rise even higher than the year before. that s not what we want to hear. good morning, everybody, i m bill hemmer. martha s on vacation with the family. good morning to you, heather. nice to see you. thank you very much. i m heather childers, and another 1.2 million homes are in the process of foreclosure. bill: that jump pushed by thousands of homeowners pushed to the brink. why is this number not getting better, chris cotter? it s odd, we talk about all these or imagine modify mortgage modification programs that these banks have put into place, but the situation isn t getting better because we aren t finding a bottom in housing because we have so many of these homes in the foreclosure process. think about it, you have the 1.2 million homes in the process of foreclosure, many more than that that are delinquent, that are what we call in distress where homeowners might be a month, two months or three months late on ....