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will be raised they will be heard but these are very small potatoes the basic picture which republicans and democrats alike support is a budget that's going to be basically of one and a half trillion dollars short the government is going to spend that money the republicans and democrats agree on all of that they're just squabbling over little amounts but the larger picture nobody addresses nobody debates and that's an economy that requires a huge amount of government support to keep hobbling along and debts into the future that we will suffer a farm much more than anything being debated by republicans and democrats in washington. and that was professor richard wolffe there explaining why he believes the u.s. federal budget proposal will not save the country's economic problems. well you can always log on to our website for much more news and video you can also read our blogs from all around the world and leave your comments. on line for you right now . so if you. put it to the test as the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics prepares to hold the european cup. was the part of a. neighborhood. par

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of month's republican leadership and democrats in congress. -- amongst republican leadership and democratscongress. there is a lot of pressure from new republicans in the house to have their way or shut down the government, if that is the consequence. there remains a real danger that it will do that. that cooler heads will not prevail at the end of the day. host: will they be able to get this done in two weeks? orpen have they kicked the can down the road for a couple of -- or have they kick the can down the road for a couple of weeks? guest: there is clearly a willingness on both sides to have a republican shut down. republicans are clearly scarred from the 1995-1996 shut down, where they took a bath. everyone is saying that things are not the same and that this is different. which is true. senate democrats have a lot of political exposure here. 23 members up for election with 10 republicans. i think that we see that it has been called over and over again. i think it is a game of chicken and on either side there are political consequences to what people see as the government's inability t

he has not gotten tough on these things that republicans and democrats: 4. what is he doing? s -- and that republicans and democrats are calling for. what is he doing? he is gathering information to see if they can do something sick of it can or not. to a certain extent, he is risk averse about going ahead and pushing toward what needs to be done. host: has any president not punted? guest: several have not. some have punted in the wrong direction. i think that george w. bush, when he came in and had tax cuts overestimated -- and had tax cuts, overestimated the problems in the economy and we had a projected surplus that was spent on tax cuts, which we are no scott -- we are now extending again to 2012. recessions, depressions, wars, they create the need to spend a lot of money. we did that in this recession. it is hard to prove that something did not happen because of the stimulus package, but most economists, even conservative economist, felt that we needed tax cuts that were one-third of the stimulus package and unemployment compensation and medicaid payments as well to creat

le is confident republicans and democrats can agree on changes to he's confident republicans and democrats can agree on changes in social security and other programs, and he thinks investors and the markets want to shrink the deficit. >> if they see us chipping away at this problem in a serious way, even if we haven't solved 100% of it all in one fell swoop, then that will provide more confidence that washington can work. and more than anything, that's not just what the markets want; that's what the american people want. >> susie: but that's not how republican house budget committee chairman paul ryan sees it. ryan said the president hasn't shown the leadership needed to tame the deficit. house republicans want $61 billion worth of cuts in federal spending this year. >> tom, for all of the hoopla about that big merger we've been talking about at the new york stock exchange, the new york stock exchange euro nex stock itself was down today, as was the dow average. >> tom: in fact, a little bit of profit-taking not only in the exchange sector, but most of the equity sectors. let's go ahead an

we have to hold republicans and democrats responsible for that and instead of saying what our country can do for me, we have to ask about what we can give instead of what we can get. tavis: i guess the question is, why do you remain hopeful we can do this successfully when the competition we face, namely india and china, is like nothing we've ever seen before? >> because we are innovative, we create, we have to be sharp and we have to focus ahead. but we can't just sit there and say we lost because we didn't lose. we don't want those assembly factory jobs where you put a color of paint on the same little toy over and over again. we want to do what germany is doing which is say, we have great american skilled workers here, we want to do high precision stuff. we want to innovate, create the movies and music and science and math. tavis: what about the fact, gary, that the numbers and i don't think numbers tell the whole story but it's part of the story, as you well know, the numbers are not in our favor. if we had every american in this country, all 300 million of us, working on an innov

republicans and democrats lost their jobs, republicans and democrats lost their savings, republicans and be democrats -- and democrats lost their homes,p and they are both suffering,sa republicans and democrats, in the worst recession that we'vee ever had many this country. so when a house is burning down, itor would have been helpful if everybody could have comeis together and worked together inl a positive way with concretegeth solutions and be analysis. i would like to begin by asking mr. angelides, can you e elaborate on the role of unprecedented liquidity and your response that it doesn't have to be a problem? in fact, we should welcome it if it's used responsibly?m? >> yes, and this is a follow up to mr. royce's question. clearly, as we detail in the report, monetary policy made for cheaip money. there were capital inflows into this country. but in the end the availability of capital need not be the maker of a crisis. the fact is that, as i said earlier, the federal reserve could have set tougher mortgage lending standards.e they allowed a tragic deterioration of of mortgage len

>> florida has 500,000 more registered democrats than republicans. and yet it has a congressional delegation of six democrats and 19 republicans. how did that happen? the republicans so overreached, peso over extended, and it was so abusive with their redistricting that now they have a problem. the only way that they could add republican seats in florida without violating redistricting standards that they just passed and without completely overreaching would be to redistrict in to bermuda and the cayman islands, which they may do to protect some of their offshore tax havens. this presents a big challenge to them. 500,000 more democrats than republicans, and go from -- to go to 22 republicans? that is a real problem. problem is of an example and texas is another. texas picked up four seeds. republicans control everything in texas. but when you analyze that, no one knows for sure, but if there is a shred of fairness there, you will been dubbed the two republicans and two democrats. there is a shred of conformity with fairness, it is likely to be 2-2. the s

the president has to engage on the fact that republicans and democrats are far apart on cuts that republicansn and have a two week extension. they agreed to that by john boehner taking the cuts that the president identified in the future and said let's start doing them now. that's the cut package that they will include in their ongoing resolution. the problem with this dialogue it all begins after our failure on recognizing what the top tax rate burdens should really be. and keeping them down has created this much more serious deficit situation going forward. we've been ignoring for years the reality of what has happened in the super rich level of income in this country. we should have several higher top tax brackets. it shouldn't stop at a couple hundred thousand dollars. we have short stops making $15 million paying the same tax rate as two ucla married professors. this is outrageous. people on wall street in deals making $300 million and i day and pay that same top tax rate as people making a couple hundred thousand dollars. we're ignoring this massive revenue possibility in the high end o

they ought to trash the bill and get rid of it and sit down with republicans and democrats who really care for this country, who really want to put together health care so it will work for everybody. and let's see if we can do a bipartisan bill instead of this totally partisan bill that will work in this country. and you know that's what was going to happen when they refused to work with republicans. all 60 democrats in the senate had to pass it. not one republican. all of the democrats in the house had to pass it. not one republican. there's good reasons why the republicans didn't support this bill. now they find themselves in trouble so what do they try and do? phony it up by saying we're going to move this waiver situation from 2017 to 2014. but you have to meet all the requirements anyway in the bill. i mean, my gosh, anybody with brains will know that ain't going to work. >> woodruff: i did see, senator, there was... there have been comments from administration officials who were briefing reporters after the president spoke who said, you know, that this allows states the flexibil

if bill clinton and republican congress found a way to settle differences and balance the budget. republicans and democrats came together to pass a tax cut that has made american paychecks bigger this year and will spur on additional growth this year. i think we can find common ground, but we will have to work. we owe the american people a government that lives within its means while still investing in our future in areas like education and infrastructure that will help us attract new jobs and businesses to our shores. if that is the principle that should drive the debate in the coming months that is how america will win the future in the coming years. with that, i'll start off with a few questions. >> thank you very much. you have been talking about the need for tough choices in your budget, but your plan does not address the long-term depression costs of medicare, medicaid, and social security. where is your leadership on that issue, when will we see your plan, and on the foreign front, the uprising in egypt has prompted protests. i wonder how you balance your polish for freedom against instability -- pu

to keep the doors open, republicans and democrats will need to reach agreement on spending for the rest of the year. in the '90s, a budget standoff between republicans and president bill clinton forced a government shut down. but laperriere does not expect to see a sign like this again. >> a shut down, i think, is pretty unlikely. a bunch of short-term extensions and a lot of drama is pretty likely. >> reporter: some of that drama came today with democrats warning a government shut down could delay social security payments. republicans called charges like that "irresponsible scare tactics." darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: budget battles reached a fevered pitch in wisconsin today. thousands of protestors converged on the state capital in madison. they're demonstrating against a proposal by republican governor scott walker to cut state worker benefits and curb union rights. some democratic lawmakers fled the state and are in hiding to delay passage of the bill. wisconsin is not alone 44 states and the district of columbia will start next fiscal year with a c

republicans and democrats lost their homes, and they are both suffering, republicans and democrats, in the worst recession that we've ever had in this country. so when a house is burning down, would have been helpful if everybody could have come together and worked together in a positive way with concrete solutions and analysis. i would like to begin by asking mr. angelides, can y elaborate on the role of unprecedented liquidity, and your response that it doesn't have to be a problem? in fact we should welcome it, if it's used responsibly? >> yes. and this is a follow-up to mr. royce's question. i mean, clearly as we detail in the report, there were monetary policies made for cheap money. there were capital in flows into this country. in the end the availality of capital need not be the maker of a crisis. the fact is, that as i said earlier, t federal reserve could have set tougher mortgage lending standards, they allowed a tragic deterioration of mortgage lending standards notwithstanding all the information they had. companies levered themselves up. the investment banks were levered

and we thought, is it worth it? >> reporter: as a tea party candidate, paul had to beat kentucky's democrat and republican regimes while potentially devasta devastating controversies. >> i abhor racism. but at the same time, i do believe in private ownership. >> reporter: he argued in a meeting with "the louisville currier journal" that by ord ordering african-americans to be served, there was too much power in government. and then, there was the pot-fueled escapade that paul tied up a woman. he denied it and later clarified it wasn't kidnapping, but a prank. what was the lowest point of the campaign for you? >> i think probably being called an idol worshipper. being -- >> reporter: aqua buddah. >> being accused of kidnapping. now we can look back and laugh at it a little bit. >> reporter: but as he describes in his new book, "the pea tar by goes to washington," he shrugged off attacks from the, quote, left wing media and was spurred ondy disgust over rampant spending by both parties, especially republicans like mitch mcconnell. what's your relationship with mitch now? >> i think good. i think the entire republican cau

and now 2012. joe lieberman, independent who sides with the democrats of connecticut and two republican retirements. guest: well, the top ones for democrats is that the two republican retirements, kay bailey hutchison and john kyle. it's pretty unlikely those democrats can pick those up that republicans have a better chance of picking up those open democratic seats than vice versea. but i think we're seeing that democrats have 23 seats at risk in 2012. republicans only have 10. two years after that democrats have 20, republicans have 3. so a lot of democrats are saying wow, the odds are pretty high we're going to lose control of the senate. do i want to stick around if i'm in the minority? if i'm in the -- if i stick around, i'm in the minority and if i don't i'm defeated. host: the top states in the senate races include massachusetts, montana. nebraska, nevada. new mexico. and north dakota, virginia and west virginia. >> if you look at where democrats have problems now more than say 15-20 years ago, it's states with higher sort of small-town, rural vote. that sort of thing. democrats have lost a l

and blocking money for the e.p.a. to implement new rules. >> thinks the dirty air act because if they pass it, that's what we'll get is dirty air. >> with all the republican amendments, it's unlikely that the democratally controlled senate will pass the bill. and with the house and senate in recess until next week, it's up likely they will pass the -- it's unlikely they will meet the deadline for the budget. >> and the house also blocked the passage of a green gas law. >>> let's talk about what's going on outside your door right now because, most definitely, you are likely to need that jacket as well as the umbrella. this is where it could be just hit or miss showers for today. the south bay, san francisco, oakland and off to the east, we are looking at rain moving through. let's head south once again where we are seeing some moderate rain. morgan hill reporting pretty good rain. san jose seeing .10 to a quarter inch. santa cruz dealing with a little bit of rain. we head in and around oakland, daly city. looks like we are getting pretty good rain here. this will continue on and off. evening drive will be soggy and slippery and a tough one. fridays are usually tough, anyway. if we get toward san jose, p

stay right with us. >> if we take off the label republican and we take off the label democrat, and wes do you align more with? more black people align ideologically with the republican party. >>> welcome back. i'm here with lenny, vanessa, and armstrong. we're it talking about blacks in the republican party. i have to ask you all a question because there are a lot of cynics out there who would say that black folk join the republican party because the line is shorter, right? you can get to the top of the leadership that you can get on the pundit circuit, write best-selling books if you're willing to expose values as a black person. >> number one you have to show the values are part of your way of life and to go against that criticism you have to show you love black people and america more than the republican party. all you can do is try to help people with the policies and the philosophies that you epous spouse. if you can't do that you are what people are calling you. >> i take question with the premise of what it is you said. if we take off the label republican and take off the label

caller: i would like to talk about republican and democrat parties. i thought the judges were supposed neutral -- or supposed to be neutral. two things i would like to bring up, one about the judicial one, with karl rove, when he was fired, and another one in the state of ohio, and gov. taft -- he was told that he only had four felony charges, and at two weeks later, he had 14, and he was exempt from going to prison -- host: we will leave it there and just take your point about neutral judges. guest: 11 judges appointed by a republican or -- a lot of judges appointed by a republican or democratic president -- that is just a way to assess behavior. you are right, they're supposed to be neutral, in my experience, a fairly powerful ethic driving a judges is that they are indeed a neutral. there are some cases with the ares and the presicedents unclear and the judge will rely on other factors, but those cases are relatively rare. i'm very impressed, and i will just say, i am not doing this to ingratiate myself to judges, but be arole of a judge to neutral

and hillary clinton. today chris wallace hosts with republican governor scott walker. lieutenant governor and missouri democraticator claire mccassical. then hear the state of the union re-air. donald rumsfeld talks about his new memoir then chuck schumer of new york and republican senator dick lugar of yanina wickmayer. then finally at 4:00 it's face kind of do too. >> and paul rine and the ranking deafment than to committee, the five-network the talk shows are brought to you by as a public service of company. those programs begin with nbc's feet in press and 1:00 abc's this week. 2:00's fox news sunday and at 4:00, face the nation from cbs. listen to them all on c-span radio. 91.1 f.m.. you can down led to station as an iphone ap or listen online at c-span radio.org. >> what we face today is that the american dream the under attack. but we are fighting back and we will get it back. >> today on c-span's road to the white house. herman cain, former chairman and c.e.o. he is a 20 12 republican candidate. watch him in plymouth new hampshire. c-span's road to the white house today. >> donald rumsfeld was the oldest

and how often they brick up shut-down. democrats relish this notion that republicans will over reach and shut down the government again. they are thinking it is 1995. chris: do you think they are right? >> the conventional wisdom is the republicans paid for that politically. >> newt gingrich was not a likable person. bill clinton was more like abbling. when it came to the battle of the personality, bill clinton is cool. >> cool in temperment, yes. >> and this likable guy who has his said against the wall, boehner, the speaker, he has to do it, dan, right? >> the person who comes off as cool hand luke is president obama. i'm not sure that boehner comes off that well. on this business of shutting down the government, we are talking about the political effects of it. there is a country here to run. whoever gets the blame for shutting down the government, we are a country at war. we have people at war in iraq and afghanistan, and you are going to shut down the government? the public at large is going to be very negative and it is vital which side gets the blame for shutting it down. >> you are 65, 70 or 80 years old. you g

. >> in washington republicans and democrats are digging in unwilling to compromise on major budget cuts and without a budget the federal government runs out of money in 11 days. alan wang has more. >> the last time the government shut down was in 1995. president clinton vetoed a spending bill sent to him by a gop-controlled congress and san francisco saw one of its top tourist attractions alcatraz shut down. every other federally-operated tourist destination also closed. even the nasa aims research center went dark. >> read my lips: we're going to cut spending. >> speaker boehner is on course that would lead to a shutdown that's reckless. >> the situation is more dire because congress is off all this coming week. lawmakers will have just five days to strike a deal when they return. it could force a government shoutdown on march 4th. >> that is the worst outcome. if we end up shutting down the government and calling into question whether we're going to meet our obligations for social security checks and paying our troops, that's an absolute failure. >> i think everybody realizes we have

republicans in the state assembly pushed the measure, saying it was necessary to balance the budget. and that vote is being closely followed in washington. that's where republicans and democrats are sparring over a spending plan and potential government shutdown as soon as next week. the threat of spending cuts has unleashed a fierce lobbying battle, including a campaign by the nation's mayors. darren gersh spoke with mayors from mesa, arizona, and elizabeth, new jersey, as they brought their case to washington. >> reporter: mayor smith, you're here, you're a republican, you're here opposing budget cuts proposed by fellow republicans. why? >> i'm not opposing budget cuts, i'm opposing what i believe are the ill advised budget cuts. and we cut a lot in mesa, arizona, but we've done it in a way we believe was responsible and that really got to the meat of the matter and cutting those areas that truly where waste truly existed. the kinds of things we're talking about here we believe are ill-advised. >> reporter: mayor, one of these programs you're here talking about is the community development block grant which sounds hopelessly bureaucratic. can you is explain why is that is s

you are hearing it from republicans, you are hearing it from democrats and it will have to happen. but what has to happen first is to resolve these or early questions about the, and the debt ceiling -- >> in "the washington post" there is a comment from congressman mcgovern from massachusetts and jones, a republican, if you have to cut the deficit -- afghanistan, one under 12 months, no end in sight. joseph stieglitz says iraq and a tennis fan will cost anywhere from 4-$6 trillion. >> iraq -- and of december, done. afghanistan has to be fought successfully or not -- on the basis if you want afghans -- afghanistan to become an al qaeda state. what is it, a billion dollars a month? even at $8 billion a week, it is trivial compared to the magnitude of the problem -- a billion a week. entitlements are half the budget. in 10 years, they will be 80% of the budget. the real news is this week republicans, house republicans, the rubicon. they announced this week after did lange that they are going to propose cuts in entitlements unilaterally in april and the budget. this is not going to be

approv by congress in the plan will face a long and tough battle amid resistance from both republicans and democrats. the world's largest mobile phone fare is under way in the spanish city of barcelona. the smart phones are the stars of the show. and rightly so. more smart phones are being sold worldwide than personal computers. >> sony ericsson is hoping to win game lovers. google's mobile operating system. >> android is an open system. and we are happy that we can use it. wheat and talking developers that what to launch their games. >> anyone can develop applications and games. they offer a felon with -- phone with 3dcapabilities. the company is focusing on cooperation with microsoft. >> our message to the customers is that we have an opportunity to deliver the highest quality experience between the device, the applications, and the services that surround them. the culmination of efforts between microsoft and nokia re a very compelling offer. -- create a very compelling offer. google has a 33 % share of the market. >> hardware is taking a back seat. the maturity of cellphone programs are being dev

it shows the priority dippers between republicans and democrats who want to grow this economy. : debate kicks off today over the republican proposal that would fund the government for this year . is there an area of compromise between republicans and democrats on cuts that you could make? maybe not $60 billion but the democrats come around to a majority of those cuts? guest: we have to come to some agreement. i don't know where that spot is in terms of any agreement. it is certainly not what the republicans are proposing. they are acting on a promise they have made, a pledge, a political pledged they made to reduce spending by a certain arbitrary number. in the middle of the year but the government shuts down on march 4 if we don't reach an agreement. this is real. this is the reality of governing. it is different than political rhetoric. republicans can get through this week doing their political rhetoric but that does not get us to responsible way forward to getting through this year. most economists and the budget deficit commission has said not to do anything really dramatic