on the defense in an intense exchange with a voter in iowa and take a look at what happened. >> you came here to listen to the people. >> no, i came here to speak. you will get to the question. hold on a second! hold on a second, and let me speak. hold on a second. >> what are you going to do to strengthen social security, medicare and medicaid without cutting benefits! >> domenica montanaro joining us live now, and a lot of people are talking about the fried snacks at the fair, but that is no walk in the park that mitt romney experienced. what happened? >> yeah, you know, there's a guy who decided to come up and wanted to talk to romney, and he was upset about social security and medicare as you wanted to hear, and there were a few troublemakers there, and there was one group behind him with some balloons saying, thanks for health care which is a group from d.c. actually and sort of

taunting on health care a little bit. but, you know, this is some of the frustration and anger, and most of the people there were supportive of romney and you didn't see a whole lot of this. this is one guy who had been sort of been loud at the fair, and i would not read too much into it as a kind of broader thing, but it was one individual, and romney tried to deal with it as he, you know, how he could, but look, this is what is going to happen when you retail politic, and it is the beauty of iowa and the beauty of new hampshire, because people like to kick the tires and look under the hood, tamron. >> and the beauty of the process, because we saw it with the town halls when health care was discussed and maybe one or two people, but those people made headlines and may not see themselves as troublemakers, and may see themselves as people who want answers, and that could be perhaps what we see more of tonight in the debate and not the exchange obviously that we saw with that voter, but heated exchange between the candidates who have to distinguish themselves from each other, and

on top of that domenico, sarah palin who is not a candidate is in town, and a lot of drama to be head. >> yes, palin and rick perry making headlines and they are not at the debate, but color me skeptical that we will see fireworks tonight. we saw tim pawlenty back off again after he said that he talked about president obama's likening him to a manure spreader in a wind storm, and we heard him say he would bring the hammer down, and then the campaign manager say, well, look, it is not his style necessarily to have to go after people, and not a lot of debate prep, so, you know, we will see what happens tonight. i think that they are all going to be talking about the economy and they are going to be taking aim at the big fat target, president obama. >> and you know, it is interesting, which candidates, domenico, have the most at stake here when we come out of this saturday? >> yeah. well, there's no question tim

pawlenty has the most at stake for this, and when you look at someone like rick perry and someone like michele bachmann, there is not a lot of oxygen out of that, and bachmann has a lot of stake, too, because everyone expects her to win, and that could take her down a peg with perry getting in and challenging for the same kinds of voters. pawlenty needs a strong second-place showing and anything less than that and people are going to start questioning the campaign and questioning how long he stays in the race, you know. i don't think that you will see them necessarily drop out or anything like that very soon after that, and you know, they want to see where it will go and if they have strength elsewhere as well. >> and thank you, live for us in iowa. and joining us is roger simon from politico. and great to see you. >> great to see you. >> and you were on with lawrence o'donnell last night -- >> yes. >> and you took issue with the importance of the ames straw poll and you placed it with the poll winners and those who ended

up winning the gop nomination. george w. bush won the straw poll, but ronald reagan was the nominee, and in 1987, pat robertson and then george h.w. bush won the gop nominee, and the same as in 1999 and 2007, and you don't place a lot of emphasis on the straw poll and why? >> i don't buy any emphasis on who wins the straw poll, but the straw poll, itself, is very important. it doesn't matter who wins, because that is a bad determiner as you have just shown of who wins the nomination and the presidency and so why should we care and tune into msnbc saturday and watch? because you will get to see what hasn't been seen before. nine republicans one after another giving their stump speech speeches. now i know that people are rolling their eyes and saying,

oh, my gosh, i don't want to watch that, but in fact these candidates know that they are going to be before a national audience, and it is not a debate where they have to respond in 30 seconds or one-minute sound bites. they are going to deliver the best stump speech about 15 minutes apiece, and you will get to really learn what they are saying, and how they present themselves to the american people. that's the importani the import and not who comes in first, second third. >> and i should point out that in 2007, the nomination went to john mccain with romney winning the straw poll. and we have heard the mad as hell and people upset with the presidency and the climate with wall street and knowing that you have millions of people out of work, it is not a walk in the park for anyone. >> no, this is going to be a tough election, and we are going to see a lot more candidates

like you saw on the tape there challenging people directly. and the question being asked about social security and medicare and medicaid, i can't exactly tell the age, because i can only see him from behind, but there are a lot of angry elderly people out there. the elderly voters are the most reliable voters there are in terms of showing up at the polls. they study. they read. they know the facts. and they are willing to challenge the candidates. >> and they reliably show up to speak with their votes there. and let me ask you, roger, transition, because we are waiting for the president to speak from this battery facility to talk about jobs and new technology and green energy, but you have some people calling for the president to really push congress to return from recess, and you have some saying that the president should forego his vacation with his family, and bring everyone back to the table, and start examining and looking at plans here. what are you saying in the wake of again what is happening on wall street?

>> well, you know, i sort of think that congress should stay away for one reason. they should go out to their districts and see some of the anger and dissatisfaction that we saw that mitt romney saw. their constituents are not happy with them, and it shows up in all of the polls and it is going to show up at all of the meetings, and they have to learn in this four or five weeks just how unhappy the voters are. and how 2012, every member of the house could lose his or her job if this ainnger continues, if you leave them back now, it would be a deadlock and let them go out to hear the voices of america and let them hear of how angry the voices are. >> it interesting to hear the anger, roger, but many times they interpret it in many ways and one party believes they have a mandate from the people and

the other party does and we end up sadly where we were, but thank you, roger, for coming on. msnbc will have complete live coverage of the ames straw poll this saturday with special editionings of the daily rundown and "andrea mitchell reports." and now to wall street where the dow is -- let's check it out. it is now up 361 points, and it follows monday's 635-point plunge. tuesday's 435-point or 430-point rebound and wednesday crashing again down 519. and cnbc's chief correspondent john harwood joining us live. john, i'm mentioning that the president is going to be talking about jobs and technology and we will see if he has anything to say about the rocky road that we call wall street. >> well, he has talked in recent days about the turmoil in the markets and pointed to the deficit reduction deal he struck with the republicans as something that caused some of the gyrations. and i think that you can expect him to strike the same note of

optimism, and point to the ways in which his stimulus package encouraged the development of battery technology in the way that his raising of the fuel efficiency standards of autos will further jump start that different part of the economy, the so-called green jobs part. i also think that he is going to be somewhat calmed by the fact that the market is up 300 points, tamron, because the worst the market is, the more people take a cue of anxiety from that, and the more anxiety they feel from the white house, i don't expect he will call the congress back, but some of that is subject to what happens in the next few days. >> well, this week, john, you can't put too much confidence from day to day as we pointed out and you have pointed out. we are up now, but we saw what happened when things were crashing down after the 2:00 hour yesterday. so there is no confidence to be found, and when you look at the new washington post poll 5% of americans say they have confidence in washington to solve the economic problems and

21% say somewhat confident and 73% say no confidence and also let me add in 67% say they have not confident in president obama, and that he will make the right decisions to solve our economic problems and 81% say they are not confidentb in the republicans will make the right decisions, so they don't have confidence in anyone, so, who is going to make americans feel better about investing and going out there to buy luxury things, but continuing to help this economy grow? >> it is a bleak picture out there, and no disputing that whatsoever, and the american people are not happy with anybody, decisionmakers in washington, and not happy with wall street for that matter. i think that what the administration has to hope and to some degree republican members of congress who are keeping a low profile right now is that things calm down a little bit and that some of the day-to-day, you know, sxwri ration up, and gyration down calms a little bit and everybody realizes that it is a last month

of the summer and i would expect that the republicans stay on vacation and the president will take his vacation and they will come back and the administration will do in the meantime is to study what is it that they can do to jump start the economy now, and package that with the deficit reduction ideas that it wants to take to the special committee and we have nancy pelosi picks today and if there is something comprehensive way short-term and long-term to get done with this congress. >> john harwood live for us. and now more than 1,500 people are under arrest with the violence we have watched play out in london. earlier today, police raided homes in central london the find those who took part in the four days of looting and burning that started saturday. in an emergency session today, prime minister david cameron told parliamentt that the 16,000 police officers will stay on the streets over the weekend and he said that britain is considering disrupting online social

networks to quell the outbursts, but the question remains, what is behind the rioting, and could it flame up again. joining me from labor is the former senior counselor, and he served as a counselor in tottingham for 30 years and this is the area that saw the rioting. brian, thank you for joining us. you have been quoted for discussing the situation, and in tottingham, the area that you represented once, the figures show that 54 people chasing each one job. so you have one job and 54 people are all trying to vie for that spot, and do you believe that is a part of the reason that we are seeing the riots? >> no, i don't. i think that the reason we are seeing the riots is blatant opportunism is on behalf of young people who have come into tottingham to commit the crimes. i do believe that there is underlying social and economic problems within tottingham, and

that is what the politicians are vying position over, but initially the riots were about opportunism, and you saw it spread right across london and further afield and it was just kids looking to break into places as an opportunity to steal things. >> let me play what plim mrime minister cameron said about how to deal with the people who are out apparently to cause disruption. >> sure. we have to control the streets, and the police have to be able to take back the streets with the help of the community, and we do have to come down hard on these kids who are doing this, because we cannot allow this sort of thing to continue. if there are social reasons behind this, then let's talk about it. let's sit down with the community and the young people and discuss this, directly. >> let me play with cameron said earlier today. let's play it. >> mr. speaker, we will not put up with this in our country. we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets,

and we will do whatever it takes to restore law and order and to rebuild our communities. . >> do you believe that the situation is under control at the point? >> yes, i do. the police have taken back control of to streets. we are now looking at the social and the economic things that are underlining why our young people are doing this, and it is right to do so now, but we have to do it from a position of control. you have to remember that we have come into the coalition has been set up, because we have tough economic measures in place to try to get us back on track, and what we saw in london is blatent opportunism, and the weight of the law should come down heavy on those kids. >> all right. brian, thank you so much. brian haley, the former senior labor counselor. thank you very much. and three siblings arrested after the big manhunt and they make their first appearance before a judge. we will get you the details on them. and the super committee is set, and nancy pelosi announced

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>> welcome back to "newsnation," and new details on the case of three florida siblings consisting of three crimes spanning three states. moments ago a magistrate in colorado set bail for them. it is at $1.25 million. the siblings were caught yesterday after a wild chase and shootout with police, and spending eight days on the run. meantime, the mother of the trio says she is devastated by their arrests. she says she is grateful that the children are being tried in

court and instead of by the media, and their story will come out in time. law enforcement officials have a different take on. this. >> this gang was very willing to engage law enforcement in firefight, and at the end of the day, all three of these people are in jail and that is where the public is the safest to have them. >> and now we have miguel almaguer who is in colorado, and i am intrigued by the mother saying that their story will come out in time and what more are we learning about them? >> well, tamron, a week ago when the trio first went on the run, the mother urged them to give themselves up and to turn themselves over to law enforcement, and now obviously, they have been captured, and she said she was worried they would be killed in the pursuit of her children, but we don't know much more about the mother. i know a msnbc news crew in florida has been trying to get in contact with her, but we are asked to leave the property and she is not ready to speak to the

media and at least television crews, so we don't know much about her. we didn't expect to see the children in court today physically in person, but we did expect to see them through a closed-circuit television system that is connected to the jail, but that didn't happen today. the public defender came in and he said that he waived their advisement of rights and waived their advisement of charges, and essentially that is something that the lawyer can explain to his own client so they did not appear before the closed-circuit and bond set over $1 million for all three of the suspects, and they are expected in court here on the 15th. i believe that is next monday, tamron. >> thank you, miguel almaguer, following this intriguing story of a crime spree. coming up, here is a question for you and maybe you have an answer, why are there more than 3 million jobs right now unfilled, but we have 14 million people, americans out of work? next, randi weingarten of the

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they can't find the skilled workers they need and joining me is randi weingarten who is the president of the american federation of teachers, and randi, thank you for making time for us. >> it is always great to be with you, tamron. >> let me ask you about this, because there are numbers out there floating around that there may be as many as 3 million openings for jobs out there that are not filled because the american workforce is not equipped to fill the space, and how is that possible? >> and that may be a low number and not a high number, because that is a labor department number in terms of the 3.1 million jobs that people actually say are unfilled jobs. because what you have is you have a skills mismatch. so, you have businesses like siemens and like manufacturers and even mining or logging, social assistance programs, business, and you have businesses that are wanting for people who have a certain skill set.

you have people who want a job. what we don't have is that we don't have a way of both connecting them and also a way of having systems like community colleges, like technical colleges actually help to create the skills that you can actually create this match. and that's, that's in a period of time like this, that's what we need to do. connect the businesses that need people to work for them, people who don't have jobs, and people who can help do workforce development like community colleges. >> and it is so interesting that this all ties into, of course, we have making the grade last sunday in detroit and we saw what happened in detroit with the automotive industry and people could train for a factory job and take care of the family and live a nice middle-class family if they were lucky enough, but here, we are debating what is the right way to educate our children and how do we produce students who if

the they don't go on to a four-year college will go on to a two-year training program, or become global, you know, global employees if you will, and able to take all kinds of positions. >> tamron, there is actually take chicago. chicago has done this unbelievable job of creating between the chicago manufacturing council and the chicago teachers union something called polytechnic or austin polytechnic school, and what they do is they have said these are the jobs of the future. kids, this is is a school with a 70% dropout rate, and if you come to school and focus on literacy and mathematics, and we can focus on the skills that we know that businesses need, you will have a job in the future, and new york city, we need some of that as well. and so, sometimes this is at a

favor because people say, no, prepare the kids only for college, but what we saw in new york city, when you actually engage kids in these kinds of pursuits, then they can go to college, but they are prepared for school and come to school. there are ways of doing this, but it takes thought, and it takes a way of putting it together. the clinton administration used to do this with the scho school-to-work programs and in britain we have the school to work programs and we can do this right now. >> thank you, randi weingarten of the teacher federation of america. and making a stronger america and making the grade, and this sunday, we will have a special airing from detroit at 12:00 p.m. eastern time.

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few minutes president obama will talk about how improving vehicle efficiency can help create jobs and make the economy stronger. he is at the battery plant right now, and he is touring johnson's controls plant which is the advanced battery facility, but you can bet that all ears and eyes are on what this president has to say as we are up today at least the dow is, but we know that the rocky road we have experienced and witnessed all week long. and the president is in michigan, a state where ton employment rate is 10.5% which is well above the national rate of 9.1%, and in fact, the president's focus as i mentioned is on green jobs and he is visiting a firm in holland, mish ganl, which makes the batteries for the hybrid vehicles. the firm received a $300 million investment from the stimulus program and created 150,000 jobs in michigan and i'm joined by sam stein from the "huffington post." and it is always great to see you, sam. the president is at a plant that i mentioned that was helped with the stimulus plan, but a lot of

people want to hear much more than grand thoughts. they want to hear immediate policy, and that is not necessarily reality, but that is what they want. >> well, yeah, i mean, with unemployment hovering around 9% and the stock markets taking the tumbles they have, and with the long-term outlook more shaky, people want to see some policy specifics both from the president and from the republicans in congress about how to get people back to work. that is actually the best way to get the debt closed is to get the unemployment percentage closed to get more taxes paid. so they need to do something to involve spending, and where are the specifics? >> and the president is saying that he is not showing lead ership, and sam, i was watching morning joe and reading countless articles questioning this president's ability to lead, and he is swiped by some of the candidates who want to take his job, and they are questioning it. >> well, yeah, and you know, the

backdrop of course is obama in 2008, the great oratory, and the inspiring speeches and the idea of a noncontentious political system, and that is gone right now, and the worst of it is probably the promises of getting past the partisan bickering, and what you see right now is a congress that has deadlocked and unwilling to pass even small limited spending measures that could stimulate the economic growth, and for a public that is yearning for results that want to seem so action on the jobs front that would like to see unemployment insurance for example extended, and they see nothing, yeah, it is deeply frustrating and leading you to question where the 2008 obama is. >> and the president is fund-raising again in new york tonight with heavy hitters. harvey weinstein, and the editor of "vogue" and anna winter, and again, you have the openings and i'm not sure if they are getting traction, but nonetheless the republicans are saying, here he is again fund-raising, and he is going on the vacation to martha's vineyard, and are they

immune, and is the administration, the president immune to the wipe swipes at this point? >> well, these are two to three-day stories at most. and john boehner fund raises and he is criticized, but this is is more of a distraction than anything else, and the ideal is not the optics, but he is going on vacation to the martha's vineyard and it would be nice to see him stay in the white house and get to the jobs front, and keep in mind, you need to recharge ta battehe batteries a time to regroup, and he is entitled to that. and the washington post had an article concerning michele bachmann and the amount of aid if you will that she has sought on 16 different occasions, and she sought stimulus money, and we know that she has said loud and proud that the stimulus was a waste, and it didn't work.

tell me more about the report here. >> well, so, we did a freedom of information act request with three federal agencies, myself and my colleague jason chirkus and we turned up 16 occasions of her looking to the federal government for money or aid for projects in the district, and the charge you would level is the hypocritical for her to dek decry the stimulus and take the money, but the bigger point is what we were touching on earlier is that she through her actions is admitting that the government spending can help economic growth, and only in her district of course, but it can help economic growth, and the president needs to take the examples of republican lawmakers and she is not the only one using the stimulus for their benefit and say, even my most vociferous, loudest critic are saying that my policies don't work, but they have embraced it privately, so get with it. >> and thank you, sam stein at the white house with a very loud

lawnmower behind you. >> well, it is a cement truck that i'm about to jump on. >> thank you, sam, you have kept it composed. and we know all of the 12 members of the super committee charged with coming up with federal cuts. nancy pelosi named the final three, and they are james clyburn of south carolina, and democratic caucus vice chair of south carolina, and ranking member chris van hollen, and kelly odornlgs'donnell is joini live, and i felt like i was announcing the dream team of the pro bowl or something, but both of these names come from criticism from both sides, ke y kelly. >> yes, they do. and the list from leader pelosi does not have surprises, because they are members close to her in leadership and they are represent some knowledge-base, and chris van hollen who has been on the budget committee has been one of the big voices in the debate and jim clyburn of

south carolina has been one of the faces as well and a part of the leadership team, and javie becerra is a member of the leadership, and with leader pelosi you get diversity, because on the republican side, you get all white men, and the democrats brought more a picture of looking at america, but the scale is tipped one woman out of 12, patty murray, a senor to out of washington, and a lot of of people want to know why it is called a spk, becau ed ed a supt is because it is rare for a committee to be come propleapri both parties, and if they come up with a report, it is no changes, but up or down and that gives it a large reach of power, and that makes the selections very important. you have wealthy members with john kerry on the team, and people who have more of a common

touch, if you will as far as the rankings of personal wealth that members of congress submit. so you have a bit of a range there, and fairly classic lines drawn between these two parties and the two chambers in setting up this team. >> all right. thank you very much, kelly o'donnell, with the latest names added to the super committee, and a lot of work ahead of them. and developing news, just three days after american service members were shot down in their chopper saturday, we are learning of five more soldiers killed in the southern part of the country. a defense official tells msnbc that the soldiers were working with afghan unit southwest of kandahar when they were hit by an ied and barrage of small arms fire. agonizing search for a missing 3-year-old girl has turned up potential clues to i da but the police are tight lipped about what the clues could be. canine teams are tracking thick brush from the home of the breeann rodriguez who went missing over the weekend while

riding her bike. the local police chief would not comment much on and the the potential lead, but he said that the items of interest were discovered in the area including an odor that caught his attention. reporter angie sandoval from telemundo is joining us from the area. tell us what the family is telling you regarding the search for this beautiful little girl. >> hi, tamron, and as you can imagine, it has been five agonizing days for the family of this child. authorities are still analyzing that potential evidence that you were talking about found a couple of miles, one or two miles southeast of the home. also, they are looking for a white van, older model with a ladder in the back. that vehicle was seen a couple of days before the girl disappeared. i spoke to the mother a few minutes ago, and amazingly, she is keeping hope that she will

find her daughter alive. >> angie, regarding the authorities being tight-lipped on the information we know that they have increased the reward money here and i'm intrigued if the authorities want information from the public for assistance why are they not giving more details on the potential leads out there? >> yes, they told me they have more than 200 leads, but so far, nothing, nothing concrete. we are all waiting and as you say, the authorities are very tight-lipped about what they found in the field. >> all right. angie sandoval, live for us in missouri with this search for the missing girl. and new details of the aleck trebeck's hotel robbery. the woman accused of breaking into the hotel room is accused of steal morgue than $650,000 of cash and jewelry and her attorney says she is a prostitute and not a thief.

she was there to meet a client and never in trebeck's room. and now a new face is revealed to the world when she received a facial transplant after she was attack bade chimpanzee, and they say she has a long recovery, but people are amazed how far this woman has come. an and american icon will shut the doors temporarily, because in october, statuctue o l liberty will close the doors to renovate some of of the parts of the liberty island, but they say it will remain open during the renovations. and find out why congress wants to investigate a movie being made about the raid where osama bin laden was killed. courtney hazlett has the scoop, and "newsnation" is back in three.

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for one candidate in iowa. and the super committee is appointed, and when will they get to work and agree on absolutely nothing? pushback from congressmen over a film about the hunt of osama bin laden. rebecca black performs the song that made her a youtube sensation on tv, and plus tyler perry is set to go the way of oprah, and an update for you "true blood" fans out there. let's get the scoop today from the pop culture columnist courtney hazlett, and what is going on here with the h movie about osama bin laden? >> well, it is made by kathryn bigelow and you might recognize the name from the "hurt locker." well, the chairman of the homeland security is asking for investigation of what kind of facts the producers may have gotten from the government about this film? i will summarize the white house's response for you, and they said, it is ridiculous that we would have passed along

classified information and of course we won't do that and if we are presented with pointed questions that we can confirm the truth or not or set somebody straight, that is one thing, but we are not passing along secrets here, and that is basically what is being alleged. >> and this is coming from congressman peter king from new york. >> and yes, that is right. this movie curiously, and this is something that people should know is in the works for years and not something that came about the same time that osama bin laden was captured, but it has been in the works for quite some time and you will not learn anything in the film that we don't already know. it does not work that way. >> and next step is rebecca black, and i thought that the headline is that she had apparently been bullied in school, and now this girl who was a youtube sensation had to flee her school and be home schooled and what is this? >> well, she did perform on "america's got talent" and it is somebody who would not be famous if not for the internet, and we have a clip of the performance. take a look. ♪ friday friday getting down on

friday everybody again again ♪ >> so, rebecca black, and there you go, that is part of the performance, but she had to leave school because of -- sorry -- >> i have to cut you off and we will get the scoop online, because to michigan where the president is speaking right now. let's listen in. >> she was give meg the tour vi and she was very patient with me and i understood half of what she said. at a time when americans are rightly focused on our economy, when americans are asking about what is our path forward? all of you, here at johnson controls are providing a powerful answer. this is one of the most advanced factories in the world. you are helping america lead in a growing new industry. you are showing us how we can come back from the worst

recession that we have had in generations. and start making things here in america that are sold all around the world. that's why i am here today. i have said it before, and i will say it again, you cannot bet against the american worker. [ applause ] don't bet against american ingenuity. [ applause ] the reason a plant like this exists is because we are a country of unmatched freedom, where groundbreaking ideas flourish. we have got the finest universities, the finest technical schools, the most creative scientists, and the best entrepreneurs is all of which we are home to the world's most dynamic and successful businesses, large and small.

[ applause ] and that's why even in the difficult times, there is not a single country on earth that wouldn't trade places with us. not one. we have to remember that. but we also know that we face tough challenges right now. you know what they are. you live them everyday. in your communities, in your families and you know, too many people who are out of work. they are struggling to get by with fewer shifts or fewer customers and pay checks aren't big enough, and costs are too high. and even though the economy has started growing again since the recession started in 2007, the fact is that it is not growing fast enough. now, some of what we are facing

today has to do with events beyond our control. as the economy was improving and improving through 2009, 2010, the beginning of this year, suddenly, it was hit with the unrest in the middle east that helped send gas prices through the roof. europe is dealing with all sorts of financial turmoil. that is lapping up on our shores. japan's tragic earthquake hurt economies around the globe, including ours, cutting off supply chains that are important to us, and all of this has further challenged our economy. and as we have seen it playing out in the stock market, wild swings up and down. it makes folks nervous, and it affects the savings of families all across america.

now challenges like these, earthquakes, revolutions -- those are things that we can't control. but what we can control is our response to these challenges. what we can control is what happens in washington. unfortunately what we have seen in washington the allast few months is the worst kind of partisanship, and the worst gridlock and that gridlock has undermined public confidence and impeded our efforts to take the steps we need for our economy. it has made things worse instead of better. so, what i want to say to you johnson controls, there is nothing wrong with our country. there is something wrong with the politics. [ applause ]

there is something wrong with the politics that we need to fix. we know that there are things that we can do right now that will help accelerate growth and job creation that will support the work going on here at johnson controls, here in michigan, and all across america. we can do some things right now that will make a difference. we know that there are things that we have to do to erase a legacy of debt that hangs over the economy. but time and again, we have seen partisan brinkmanship get in the way as if winning the next election is more important than fulfilling our responsibilities to you and to our country. this downgrade that you have been reading about could have been entirely avoided if there had been a willingness to compromise in congress.

see, it didn't happen because we don't have the capacity to pay our bills. it happened because washington doesn't have the capacity to come together and get things done. it was a self-inflicted wound. [ applause ] that's why people are frustrated. maybe here in my voice, that is why i'm frustrated, because you deserve better. [ applause ] you guys deserve better. all of you from the ceo down are working hard, taking care of your kids or your parents or maybe both, and you are living within your means, and you may be trying to save for your child's college education or

retirement and donating to the church or the food pantry, and trying to help the community, and you are doing your part, and you are living your responsibilities. and the government should match your decency and show the same honor and discipline is not too much to ask. that is what the american people are looking for. [ applause ] and if that could happen, we know what is possible. we know what we can achieve. look at this factory. look at what is happening in holland, michigan, every day hundreds of people are going to work on the technologies that are el hpihelping us to fight o out of the recession. everyday, you are building high-tech batteries so that we

leave the world the best cars and trucks and that does not mean just jobs in michigan. you are buying equipment and parts from suppliers in florida and new mexico and ohio and wisconsin and all across america. so, let's think about it. what made this possible? the most important part is you. your drive, your work ethic, your ingenuity and your management, and the grit and the optimism that says, we've got an idea for a new battery technology or a new manufacturing process, and we are going to take that leap and make an investment and hire some folks and see it through. that is what made it possible. but what also made this possible are the actions that we took together as a nation through our

governme government. the fact that we were willing to invest in the research and the technology that holds so much promise for jobs and growth, and the fact that we helped create together the conditions where businesses like this can pros r prosper. that's why we are investing in clean energy. that is why i brought together the world's largest auto companies who agreed for the first time to nearly double the distance their cars can go on a gallon of gas. [ applause ] that's going the save customers thousands of dollars at the pump. it is going to cut our dependence on foreign oil. it is going to promote innovation and jobs and it is going to mean more

groundbreakings and job postings for companies like johnson controls, and that is how america will lead the world in automotive innovation and production and exports in this country. think about it. that is what we got done, and by the way, we didn't go through congress to do it. but -- [ applause ] but we did use the tools of government, us working together, to help make it happen. now, there are more steps that we can take to help the economy to grow fast, and there are things that we can do right now to put more money in your pockets, will help businesses sell more products around the world, will put people to work in michigan and across the country. and to get these things done, we do need congress. they are commonsense ideas that are supported in the past by democrats and republicans.

things that are supported by carl levin. the only thing keeping us back is our politics. the only thing preventing these bills from being passed is the refusal of some folks in congress to put country ahead of party. there's some in congress right now who would rather see their opponents lose than see h america win. that has to stop. it has got to stop. we are all supposed to be on the same team. especially when we are going through tough times. we can't afford the play games.