WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Julie Mason, White House correspondent for The Washington Examiner, discusses the security aspects of some high profile party crashers who snuck past the Secret Service and into the big tent of the White House’s state dinner Tuesday night.
FINANCIAL TAKEOUT: The New York Times’ Louise Story discusses the tremors in world financial markets as Dubai announces it needs to postpone some of its debt payments.
CONSUMER TAKEOUT: Our own Femi Oke is out at a local Wal-Mart store, reporting on Black Friday’s lines.
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