give americans the flexibility to choose the plans they want, have a direct payment to their carriers on their behalf for $15,000. that is reasonable to all americans. it preservessed sustains medicare for future generations. that is a good thing. shannon: clearly, there seems to be a break, a gulf between the two sides when it comes to performing entitlements. we re told it s rumored to be one of the reasons that the talks broke down over the weekend though the meeting is still on at the white house tonight. how do you accurately frame that debate so the average american can get a factual feeling and the true facts on exactly what you re talking about what is going to happen. the democrats have been very good at saying you are going to take money away from our seniors, you re going to hurt the poorest among us. if you make changes that the republicans are proposing. what we need to do is get the facts out. they re these. 10,000 new americans every day are coming on to medicare. th
not sure how long he ll be in the u.k. for but really his key objective now is to make sure that it gets through. all right. thank you very much, the latest from london. well, moms and dads, listen up, your family s trip to the amusement park could be even more expensive this year. we ll explain why and tell you how you might be able to save some money. plus one lawmaker says we should be looking to a higher power for the solution to a debt problem. we ll talk live with congressman charlie rangel to find out why. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i m donating them. how d you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don t. multigrain cheerios. five whole grains, 110 calories.
depreciation of the currency. i don t know how they can stop it. if everybody was worried, as i am, they would get together and cut everybody s budget 10% and save, you know, a lot of money right off the bat but there s no suggestion, no attempt to do that. no attempt to bring our troops home and no attempt to say maybe we ve overextended ourselves with entitlement system and
this week that we need to keep giving foreign countries aid so they don t become terrorist breeding grounds. he thinks it s worth it though we don t have dough to spare at home. it s smart for us to make a very modest invest in the foreign aid. it s a force multiplier and something that even in tough fiscal times, america needs to continue to do as part of our role as global leader. reporter: the money we withhold won t affect nonmilitary aid payments. shannon: very good. thank you, peter. you are looking live now at the international space station. the space shuttle atlantis has just connected to the station for the very last time. this atlantis mission marks the end of the shuttle. where does the space station go from here? doug mckelway looks what the the future may have in store. with over 5 million visitors a year, washington air and space museum is a testment to the past glories of nasa, but not to the future. now marked by the loss of 3200
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