tail fin comes from right down the road, and the people in every one of these communities, some are here today, are benefitting from the work that you do. all those workers spend money at the local store. they go to restaurants. the service economy does better because you're doing well. what's happening here can happen in other industries. it can happen not just here but it can happen in cleveland, pittsburgh and raleigh. we can't bring every job back. anybody who says we can, they're not telling you the truth. right now it's getting more expensive to do business in places like china. meanwhile, american workers have never been more productive. companies like boeing are finding out that even when we can't make things faster or

cheaper than china, we can make them better. our quality can be higher and that's what america's about. that's how we're going to compete. [ applause ] >> during the state of the union i issued a challenge to america's business leaders. i said ask yourself what you can do to bring and create jobs here in the country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. i'm encouraged we're seeing a number of companies, large and small, domestic and even some foreign companies recognizing we're going to open new facilities and create new jobs here in america. it's a good place to work. it's a good place to be. our job as nation is to make it easier for more of these

companies to do the right thing. riepgt now companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits overseas. meanwhile, companies that choose to stay in america get hit with one of the highest tax rates in the world. that doesn't make any sense. my message to congress is, what are we waiting for? let's get this done right now. [ applause ] >> let's make some changes to the tax code. let's folslo follow some simple principles. that money should be used to cover moving expenses for companies that are deciding to bring jobs back home. that's who should be getting tax breaks. second, no american company should be able to avoid paying its share fair of taxes by

moving jobs and profits overseas. my attitude is every multinational company should have to pay a basic minimum tax. you should not have an advantage by building a plant over there over somebody who is investing here and hiring american workers. every penny of that minimum tax should go towards lowering taxes for companies like boeing that choose to stay and hire here in the united states of america. number three, if you're an american manufacturer, you should get a bigger tax cut and if you're a high-tech manufacturer, we should double the tax deductions you get for making your products here. finally, if you want to relocate in a community that's been hard hit by factories leaving town, then you should get help financing that new plant or financing that equipment or training for new workers.

it's time to stop rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas. reward companies that are creating jobs right here in the united states of america. congress should send me these tax reforms. i'll sign them right away. [ applause ] >> another thing we're doing to support american jobs is making it easier for businesses like boeing to sell their products all over the world. two years ago i set a goal of doubling u.s. exports in five years. we're on track to meet that goal. we're ahead of schedule. last november when i was in indonesia, boeing announced a deal with the help of export-import bank to sell more than 200 planes to one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. boeing is one of largest exporters in america. this someone of the biggest

deals boeing had ever done. over the years it will help support thousands of american jobs, including jobs here. i tease jay every time i see him. i said i deserve a gold watch because i'm selling your stuff all the time. i will go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for american products, and by the way, i will not standby when our competitors don't play by the rules. [ applause ] >> that's why i directed my administration to create a trade enforcement unit that has one job, investigating unfair trade practices in countries like china or places like europe. that's why it's so important for congress to reauthorize the export-import bank. this bank is led by fred who is

right here. he's out there working with jay all the time selling on behalf of boeing. the export-import bank helps companies like this one sell its products. it also helps thousands of that is all businesses. today the bank will be launching a new program to help small businesses get the finances they need to sell more products s oversaes. i also want americans to get a fair shot by matching the financing they receive from other countries. american workers, you guys, folks like kathleen, you're the most productive on earth. you can compete with anybody. you will out work anybody as long as the level -- as long as

the playing field is level. you can compete with any worker, anywhere, any time. if we have a level playing field america will always win because we have the best workers. [ applause ] it's also because we've always believed in the power of innovation. innovation requires basic research. look at this plane. this plane was first designed virtually using the same technology that was developed by nasa. government research helped to create this plane. we got -- i was in there fooling around with the windows where your press them and they dim on their own. i kept on pressing the button, dim, got light. one touch with a finger, and the

displays in the cockpit. they are projected on the wind shield so pilots don't have to look down. they can maintain their line of sight as they're getting the readings. the most advanced work was done by engineers done in huntsville, alabama who used to work on the space station. a lot of those ideas came out of government research. we've got to support this kind of cutting-edge research. [ applause ] >> we need to maintain or innovative edge so that jobs and industries take root right here in the united states, not some place else. [ applause ] >> if we want to build an economy that lasts, that is strong, that has a strong foundation, that helps families get into the middle class and

stay in the middle class, we've got to do everything we can to strengthen american manufacturing. we have to make sure we're making it easy for companies like boeing to make products at home and sell our products abroad. we have to keep on investing in american made energy. we've got to keep training american workers. above all, we've got to renew the values that have made this country great, hard work, fair play, shared responsibility. these are not democratic values or republican values. these are american values. [ applause ] >> they've seen us through some tough challenge, but we've always emerged stronger than before because of these values. we're going to come out stronger than before this time as well. i know it because of the people

who are here. in december of 2009, the first streamliner took off on its flight right here. some you have were probably out there seeing it. it was a cold, windy day. that didn't stop 13,000 employees from coming out and seeing what they had built. seeing the product of all their hard work suddenly filling the skies. one of these people was sharon o'hare. is she here? there's sharon right there. sharon works as an executive office administrator for the leaders of the dreamliner team. now executive assistant means you're doing all the work. some you have may know that sharon has been undergoing some

treatment for cancer recently. her doctors told her she's healthy enough to come back to work. that's worth applause. [ applause ] >> sharon, there are a lot of people who are happy to see you back at work. i was hearing about this as sharon tells the story about watching the first plane lift gently off the runway, just the way it was designed to do, she thought about everything that had gone into making this day possible. all the challenge, all the set backs. the thousands of hours of manpower and woman power.

what sharon says is i had goose bumps and tears. we said we would do it, and we did. that's a pretty good motto. you said you would do it, and you did. that's what we do as americans. that's the spirit we need right n now. in this country we don't give up even when times are tough. we look out for one another. we reach for new opportunities. we pull each other up. we stay focussed on the horizon. that's who we are. that's who we have always been. if we work together with common purpose and common effort, i have no doubt we will build an economy that lasts and we will remind be world why united states of america is the greatest country on earth. we said it.

we will do it. god bless you. god bless the united states. thank you. [ applause ] . that was president obama delivering a message at boeing. he called on congress to produce tax reforms that would stop tax breaks for companies that take jobs overseas and include tax breaks for those that bring jobs back. he said american workers can compete with anyone, anywhere, any time. we have the best workers. for more on this let's get right to kristen welker who has been traveling with the president. the president has been on a mission for some time to increase u.s. exports. i guess being at that boeing plant today in washington was sollic of his mission. >> reporter: absolutely. the white house say they are on track to double u.s. exports by 2014.

president obama mapping out a few more ideas to try to do that today. this is a symbolic place to do that. i'm standing in front of the boeing 787 dreamliner. this is the newest american made passenger jet. you heard the president talk about the fact that boeing had that huge deal to sell a number of planes to indonesia. if you look at the 2011 number frs boeing, they exported $37 billion worth of goods. martin, this has been an interesting trip. we were with him a few days ago when he was at masterlock in milwaukee talking about boosting american manufacturing, talking about those tax breaks for companies who bring jobs back from overseas. it's been a popular theme for him. it seems to be catching on. he talked about it during his state of the union.

since then his approval ratings have gone up by in accounts at 50%. president obama will head to two more fund raisers or two fund raisers before he heads home to washington, d.c. all during this three-day trip, he's had eight fund raisers and two official trips. it's an indication that his campaigning is ramping up as we get closer to the general election. >> i couldn't help noticing when he was commending the american work force, he said men workers and women workers. particularly in a week when there's been so many comments from republican candidates about contraception, republicans in the house and there was the president praising the contribution of women in the work force. >> reporter: i absolutely noticed that as well. the shout out to women. you heard some cheers. the audience responded positively to that. undoubtedly women have been in the news a bit. the president commenting today

on the contribution of women in the work force. martin. >> kristen welker traveling with the president. thanks. >> reporter: thanks. next, culture warriors popping up all over america. stay with us. >> back in my days they used bayer a aspirin for contraception. >> foster is known as telling a lot of jokes and some of them are not funny, which this one was not. >> it wasn't my fault. i swear to god. ♪ sweet, nutty crunchy nut. [ sighs ] i can't wait till morning. wait! it's morning in china! ♪ [ male announcer ] it's sweet, it's nutty... it's absolutely delicious. kellogg's crunchy nut. it's morning somewhere.

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defense. >> no one will thands nomination to someone on a silver platter. >> don't you see how they see you, these elite snobs. >> back in my day they used bayer aspirin. >> foster is a well known jokester and not responsible for every bad joke that someone endorses me tells. >> the republican nomination at stake. can either candidate survive at this pace? now to a major event on the campaign trail. who could be a game changer in a swing state and even nationwide. the very foundations of this political race. yes, mike dewine is trading sides, quitting mitt romney to back surging rick santorum. you know mike dewine. he's the ohio attorney general and like mr. santorum, a double digit loser in his last senate

race. there he is. yet, it's yet unclear how this will affect the gop's madmen and the fight for michigan with republican candidates on the defensive after a dramatic week that saw conservatives turn back to clock to the last century with their rhetoric on women's rights. president obama getting an ovation in san francisco for repealing don't ask, don't tell. just moments ago talking trade at boeing in washington as the president does all of that and reports $29 million raised last month, by the way. rick santorum is forced to defend his position that birth control is dangerous and bad for women. >> the dangers of contraception with sexual liberty idea and many in the christian faith have said that's okay. contraception is okay. it's not okay.

it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that's counter to what how things are supposed to be. >> what? >> what? >> what? >> right. that's what we said, but last night santorum did try to defend himself. >> what i was talking about generally speaking, in that interview, the whole concept of sexual liberation, sexual freedom, has had its down side and birth control is part of that. i have my own views. they are deeply held believes but not everything that i disagree with morally, should the government be involved in. >> thank goodness we can agree on that. when santorum wasn't trying to defend his position, he had to defend his money man's thoughts. >> it's such inexpensive. back many my day they used bayer

aspirin. the girls put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly. >> what? >> what? >> what? >> what? >> i know, we still can't believe it. with that santorum tried to put foster friess on ice. >> foster is a well known jokester. that was a stupid joke. i'm not responsible for every bad joke for someone who i happen to know or supports me tells. >> was he wrong to say that? do you agree with him? >> obviously, i don't agree with the basic premise. it was a joke. it was a stupid joke. it was bad taste and i don't know what you're preoccupation with that is. i think i've said what i said. >> the questions didn't stop there. this morning santorum took a page from the gingrich play book, attack the media. >> this is the same gotcha politics that you get from the media. every supporter that says something, i'm going to have to respond. this is what you do.

you don't do this with president obama. you went out defended him with someone who he sat in a church for. >> what? >> what? >> what? >> yeah, the jeremiah wright card, he played. he he can't stop stealing the former speakers best lines. >> this this election you will make this decision will be starker than at any time since the election of 1860. >> 1860, 1960, i don't know where we are, but it's nowhere near the 21st century with these guys. let's get to our panel now. good afternoon to all of you. karen, we just heard that ohio

attorney general, mike dewine, is endorsing rick santorum. originally he was for pawlenty and then gingrich and romney and now rick santorum. will this turbo charge his candidacy. >> when the women of ohio get their hands on santorum, i don't think there will be anyone who can save him. endorsements have minimal impact and certain from someone that's switched so many times. what this says to the romney people is that his support is starting to become fractured and frayed because people are starting to believe that santorum would be a viable candidate which given the things he says, i would love that. that would be fun. >> mr. santorum's view on contraception is not new. he's held them for some time, but he's dialing up his hatred

for snobs and the elites. take a listen. >> 1,800 years of kings and emperors, government telling you what to do and how to do it. we're the properly bred one, the properly educated ones, the smart people who know better for you than you know for yourself and therefore we will care for you. sound familiar? >> we know that his views on birth control come from the 18th century and it looks like his views come from 1789. >> i think rick santorum might be getting away with his whole blue collar voter strategy. i think it's a bad strategy for him. michigan there's a class divide and the republican party there. if he had the money to play in florida, he would have cone the same. his rhetoric in doing this is

over the to. it sounds like he's quoting ancient text. it doesn't look good on him. looks hike he's trying too hard. >> let me move to another snob and elite, joe. santorum saying this is the most important presidential nomination since 1860. nudge, nudge, wink, wink. >> i know before all these important freedom ls got taken a way. he's playing to the white anger that's out there. the working class card he's playing it to perfection. his rhetoric goes back closer to modern times. talk about negativism when referring to the press and the silent majority with all the people he claims are on his side. it's going to be a stark contrast and presents a lot of real problems, not only the

dewine affection but the poll numbers present real problems and the issues as karen mentioned with women that will have to be dealt with in the general election. >> karen, going back to rick santorum, we've just seen on this broadcast, the president in front of hundreds of workers at that boeing plant in washington talking about jobs, talking about potential legislative changes that will bring companies back to this country so that american workers can take jobs that was previously shipped overseas, what do you think of rick santorum with snobs, elites and contraception. what is he talking about? >> he's trying to run a positive campaign. he's not trying to divide people. you media people. the president has been talking about common and share ed value. american workers.

the things we can accomplish together. one of the things i find most disturbing about rick santorum's rhetoric is it racially motivated and does engage the gender wars. it reminds me of the carl rove play book that says what it is that make people angry and paranoid and afraid and keep rubbing away at it. that's what this campaign is about. we have been talking about these hearings on the hill yesterday. women should always be represented in a hearing on capitol hill. we are more than half the population and we vote. >> karen, shut up. you're a woman. i'm sick of this. i'm going to go to another woman. mitt romney was asked about his ads in michigan. take a listen to what he said. >> what is slowing you from momentum? three polls show you losingmy.

>> that won't happen. as you understand with the polling process, you have seen just how mercurial the sentiments are. >> that won't happen, but can he be that confident about michigan? >> he's going to try. he's saying this is the last time. he knows if he doesn't do well in michigan, he has less than a 50% chance of winning the nomination. it's not a good situation for mitt romney at this point. i think the polls don't show him in a good place. he knows he has to win this. if he doesn't, it looks really bad. it's not a secret. >> go off to your elitist lunches now. thank you very much. next, the day's to lines as uttered. stay with us. >> mr. friess is good at some

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>> we'll reconnect a bit. >> that might be a good idea. >> happy valentine's day. >> to you martin. a fine day of love and affection. >> any old girlfriends here? >> these elite snobs. >> got the fire in my belly. >> i like seeing the lakes. i love the lakes. >> as the millionaire tries to cast himself as mittey from the block. >> that won't happen. >> how many places can mitt romney say is his home? >> i love cars. i drive a mustang and long they may rule the rule. >> appear to show him driving around in circles. >> i may at some point be moved to explain biology. >> if rick santorum becomes president, does he like women? >> contraception is okay. it's not okay. >> sexual freedom has had its down side. >> back in my days they used

bayer aspirin. >> i'm just trying to catch my breath from that. >> mr. freiss has moronic tendencies. >> it was a stupid joke. >> every supporter that says something, i'm going to have to respond to. >> hand the nomination to someone on a silver platter. >> let's get right to our guests. joining us in minneapolis is anna marie cox. good afternoon. i thought it went out with stalin but wasn't darrell issa's hearing that. you watched it. >> i did. it was very interesting piece of theater. darrell issa has gone on the record to say he does create theater in his committee, which is the government oversight committee. >> do you mean theater of the absurd? >> it is usually theater of the

absurd. this was particularly absurd, even surreal. there were a lot of people that tweeted a picture of the witness panel, which was of four middle-aged men. i wrote a column about this, but i felt like i didn't have to. i could have just posted the picture. >> what could be wrong with a group of men all over the age of 40 discussing female contraception? what point are you making? what could be wrong with that and what could be wrong with mr. issa preventing a female student from baring testimony in front of that panel? what could be wrong with that? >> i think there's two things that might have troubled mr. issa about that. one is that it would have meant engaging with the actual question of reproductive rights instead of staying on this lofty plane of freedom of religion and

religious exceptions to the constitution. you would have had to deal with what it means to have reproductive rights. . what it means for women to be in control of their own body and having a woman testify would have meant distracting from the obama bashing that was really what this panel was about. it was a sexist panel but it was all about how awful the administration is. they really accused him of doing unconstitutional kind of things and railed against him in a way that it's really improper for congressional panel to do. it was a form of campaigning. >> i'm sick of this. you demand that women appear in front of the panel. now you criticize the conduct of members. you said before that contraception appears to fire at the base, and they do seem to relish anything that can be used

as a bludgeon against the president. >> the way they're going after it suggests they think it's waning issue but poll after poll after poll and i think the experience that in american has on this issue is people tend to want to have that freedom or at least respect that freedom in other people. birth control is a part of most people's lives. it's something that is you're able to do legally without embarrassment if you're over the age of 18. it contributes so much to what our society is become. i can talk to you in part because of the advances that were made in birth control and the control that women have over their bodies. >> as much as i'd like to get rid of you because you're a woman, our audience is demanding that you stay. stay with us. woo we'll be right back. >> i love cars. i grew up totally in love with

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we're back ann again with anna marie. mitt romney seemed to have michigan locked up two weeks ago. what has happened? has he fallen asleep at the wheel of the car where he's driving nowhere?

>> i'm not sure if mitt romney falls asleep or he has a sleep mode like an iphone or a computer. i think the campaign is in paralysis. it doesn't seem to recognize that he's in so much fundamental trouble. people are so upset with him as a candidate. to say that people are upset with him probably puts too much emotion into it. people are just bored by him. i disagree with almost every one of rick santorum's policy positions, he is a genuine candidate and he did speak from the heart and has a lot of energy going into michigan. >> you dealt with mr. plastic. how about mr. newt-tastic. he's coming back and there's reports that sheldon adelson is about to threw at $10 million down the sink to give it to newt to keep him going. is that going to be well-spent?

>> it's a question if all that money could start to fill newt's ego. i think it will depend on how michigan goes. we have a couple more debates. i think it's a question of whether or not people start to have second thoughts about rick santorum. he's been on the public radar enough. people know how extreme his social conservative views are. that's really the only thing i can imagine turning people off about rick santorum because he is such a genuine conservative. it's hard to see them peeling off of santorum and going to gingrich. this race has been so crazy. >> absolutely. you may not be welcome at congress, you are very warmly welcome here. thank you for joining us. we'll be right back. ♪

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the payroll tax cut deal represents the rarist of creatures in washington, a compromise that satisfies both speaker john boehner and the president. why did members of both parties in the house vote against it? joining us is congressman from virginia. good afternoon. >> it's a pleasure. >> which way did you vote and why? >> i voted no. it's not just because i'm concerned about the number of federal employees in my district. i represent tens of thousands, but i'm also concerned about really the quality of our federal work force and the

ability to provide quality services. federal employees have been targeted by the republicans for the last two years. they have given $60 billion of compensation compensation towards deficit reduction. and now they would be required to increase the money by 400% with no additional benefit in return. so they are being scapegoated. and it's a deliberate intent. not just to reduce the quality of the federal workforce, but really to diminish the quality of people that we're able to recruit and retain. and eventually, it will become a self-fulfilling prophesy. when they say the government isn't responsive or efficient, eventually that will be the case. it's not now, but it will be if we continue to target federal

employees for punishing budget cuts. that's my concern. it's going to continue. there's going to be a steady drum beat reducing the size of the civil service. a lot of these folks, particularly the freshmen that came in, they haven't been overseized. they haven't seen what the rest of the world is like in terms of their civil service. we have the least corrupt and the most effective and responsive and nondiscriminatory workforce. that's what we want to emphasize. the republicans base their actions on a report by the congressional budget office that looked at the federal workforce from a demographic standpoint. they found that women and minorities were overcompensated compared to the private sector. that's true, but it's because in the private sector, women have paid 70% of what men are for the

same job. that's not true of the federal government, and we do hire more minorities than they do in the private sector. but we're proud of that. they do a good job. >> but as you know, speaker boehner would much rather pay for the extension of the payroll tax cut by taking it out of future pensions for federal employees rather than raise taxes even by a cent on millionaires and billionaires. that's why these federal employees are carrying this burden. >> well, you're absolutely right, martin. i would have voted for it if there were shared sacrifice. but the reality is that millionaires and billionaires haven't been asked to contribute anything toward deficit reduction or unemployment compensation. and in fact, the republican candidates want to cut their taxes further. so you can see the writing on the wall. it's the federal employees that are taking the blame, taking the

the brunt of budget cuts. and it just seems wrong. so i just felt that a no vote and protest of the principle and recognition of the fact that this is going to continue to be the mo of the republican party, and it's not right, it's not fair, and i think it deserved a no vote. >> congressman, thank you for representing your constituents. and thank you for joining us. it's time now to clear the air. and this week has been a good one for rick santorum. he's flying high in the polls. he's leaving mitt romney in the dust and he's promoting his own personal faith as the key to why he's the one true conservative in this field of candidates. now, personal faith is a delicate issue. something that most of us would respect and would regard in many ways as a private matter. but rick santorum has been determined to display his personal faith for the world to see. particularly, on the issue of

contraception. clearly believing that it will attract voters. >> many in the christian faith have said, well, that's okay. contraception is okay. it's not okay. it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that's counted as how things are supposed to be. >> rick santorum made it clear that contraception shouldn't be widely available and he says so for theological reasons. which is why i was surprised when i read rick santorum's tax returns that he's just released. as many of you will know, christians have long practiced tithing, giving a tenth of one's income to the church. this was originally outlined in the old testament. it says "a tithe of everything from the land where the grain, or fruit from the trees belongs to the lord. it is holy to the lord." then in the book of malichi,

this is expanded that if people give generously, they will receive blessing. "bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. test me and see if i will not throw open the flood gates of heaven and pour out a great blessing upon you." that's the theology. in the new testament, that says god loves a cheerful giver. so what do we find when we look at the devout rick santorum's giving? in 2010, rick santorum and his wife earned almost a million dollars. $923,000 to be precise. the amount they gave? 1.8%. and just in case you're tempted to compare that with the president, during that same

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