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tonight, melody barnes, the chief domestic advisor for president obama. >> i have such respect for the genius of our system. it's complicated, it's often not pretty, not everything you want to get done gets done. but it does allow for this amazing democracy and it does allow for education reform and health care reform. it allows us to move forward and get things done on energy and what we want most is... help our economy to start to thrive and grow and innovate again. >> rose: we conclude this evening with laird hamilton, the extraordinary surfer, and susan casey, the author of a book called "the wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks, and giants of the ocean." >> the planet is mostly ocean and life comes from the ocean. and so one of the things i really aim to do with my writing is to take people into these places and show them the incredible majesty and in some cases the fear and in some cases the wackiness. but there's, like, a parallel universe. and it's in our world that we live in. how often do we see it. >> and if you part patriot, then you'll appreciate, then you'll revere. so

. >> rose: melody barnes, laird hamilton and susan casey when we return. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: melody barnes is here, she is president obama's domestic policy advisor. since january, 2009, the white house and congressional democrats have expanded health care coverage, imposed new financial regulations, and pushed through a stimulus that many say helped end the economic recession. their efforts to reform our public education system have received praise from members of both political parties. this morning, the president spoke about the need for education reform in an interview on the "today" show. >> when i traveled to china, for example, and i sit down with the mayor of shanghai and he talks about the fact that teaching is considered one of the most prestigious jobs and a teacher is getting paid the same as an engineer, that, i think, accounts for how well they're doing in terms of boosting their education system. having said that, what is absolutely true is that if we c

tonight, melody barnes, the chief domestic advisor for president obama. >> i have such