every pen that s invested, be careful what you say here. suze orman is live. how much should we be investing in savings? i can t wait to hear your advice. plus, only in america the $5 billion success story. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. this is a special live edition of piers morgan tonight. welcome our studio audience and suze orman will be answering your questions on twitter and on our facebook page who better than suze orman to talk dollars and cents. president obama had his say. banks and lenders must be held accountable to help cause this crisis in the first place and all of us have to take responsibility for our own actions or lack of actions. controversial comments saying he s not concerned with the poor, the focus, instead, on middle class americans. i m in this race because i care about americans. i m not concerned about the poor. if it s there, i ll fix it. the number one finance guerrero is suze orman. welcome. thank you, piers.
core conservatives learn to love mitt? you, the economy and the election with alex riff lin, douglas holt aiken and ron brownstein. and then israel, iran and the u.s., what we know with house intelligence chairman mike rogers. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. a gallup poll shows president obama beating every republican comer except one, mitt romney. after months of pounding by republican rivals and the president s team romney is up a point over the president, a dead heat. 35% of republicans are extremely enthusiastic to vote this year, compared to 23% of democrats, 20% of independents. that s called an enthusiasm gap. also troublesome for the president s prospects, four of the 12 swing states have jobless rates over 9%, and four are in the top ten for highest foreclosure rates. joining us now, bob mcdonnell, head of the republican governors association, and his counterpart at the democratic governors association martin o malley. gentlemen thank you bot
it is the number one hurdle in this economic recovery and everyone knows it. this country has got to get people back to work. welcome to your money. i m ali velshi. the latest jobs report is excellent, period. here s the breakdown. in the month of january, we created 243,000 jobs. take a look at this. from january of last year all the way, we had great job creation for the first few months of last year. then it cratered in the summer. still not a lot of jobs but it cratered and we ve been building back since then. now 243,000 jobs in january. where are those jobs? let me show you how it breaks down. of the 243,000 jobs that were created, 257,000 jobs were created in the private sector. that s where everybody wants them created. you subtract the jobs that were lost by the government, 14,000, and you end up with that number, 243,000. let s talk about this with diane swonk, a chief economist, and with will cain and my good friend, richard. what a treat to have all three of you
from donald trump. he was all smiles, but another day has gone by without an answer to a crucial question. does mitt think we should pay more taxes? here are his returns. sorry, this is unwieldy. for 2009 and estimated for 2010 and 11. it turns out that 30% of mitt romney s income, $12.9 million comes from one very specific thing. in these tax years, 2010 and 2011. it s calling the carry. here s how it works. partners in private equity and hedge funds invest money for their clintss and clients and get a significant cut of the profits they make. this cut is taxed at 15%. not 35% like regular income. now, money people think it is right to reward people for investing money, for taking risks with a lower tax rate. they argue this encourages people to create jobs. but almost no one says it is right to award the guy what invests other people s money with a lower tax rate. after all, romney didn t take the risk. someone else did. we re knocked down with opm. it s legal and he didn
wide-ranging better view. and growing likelihood israel could attack iran s nuclear sites anytime in the next few months. that chilling prospect is only the latest stunning statement by leon panetta. why is she speaking so freely? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s been a long time since economists have sounded so giddy about jobs, but they re cheering, showing nearly a quarter of a million jobs, 243,000 were added in january, far more than expect ed the dow jones industrials just closed, up more than 150 points to reach its highest level in almost four years. the nasdaq reached a peak it hasn t seen in more than 11 years, but that doesn t mean is the economic picture is suddenly all rosy. let s go live to dan lothian, he s looking at all of this. dan? reporter: that s right. the white house has cautious optimism. for the past few years we ve been talking about high unemployment numbers, now 8.3%. behind these numb imperils are real people. they aren