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This is presley frank, friend of the show. the great recession put this word in the headlines. it was shorthand, it was aimed at stimulating a comatose economy. what s wrong with that? the spending part drives up the deficit which is getting lots of attention. since the economy is no longer shrinking and midterm elections are a few weeks away. unfortunately, the economy isn t booming either. what s thigh president obama wants to pass new stimulative measures and why nobody is drooling over a second stimulus. that s it for me. rick s list coming up after the break. [ female announcer ] in the grip of arthritis, back, or back joint pain? ....
so far, at least four people are dead. more than 50 are injured. dozens of homes are gone. the fire is about 75% contained right now. it s been burning for more than 12 hours. san bruno is just north of san francisco, only a few miles away from the san francisco international airport. explosion happened about 6:30 p.m. thursday evening. local time. the heat was so intense, it melted car tail lights. it sent chunks of concrete flying. pacific gas and electric says a gas transmission line, not the kind that goes to your house. this is the one that it s a bigger line. it ruptured, it caused the fire. they re investigating. residents of this neighborhood say they have been smelling natural gas in the area for the past three weeks. we re hearing the blast and the fire happened so suddenly, that people didn t have a chance to react. so what went wrong here? cnn s ted roland joins me now from san bruno. he s got the latest on this. and ted, this has just been developing, obv ....