won't be could be off it will be some other day well today there's actually an interesting it pew research poll that came out of egypt right here the u.s. at first we kind of teetered the administration wasn't sure what to say at first they wanted to support mubarak then of course they turned against him then it was all about supporting democracy and this revolution in egypt but if you look at this pew research poll the majority of egyptians still are very skeptical of the united states the majority of them along this peace treaty with israel completely unknown and so at the end of the day what we just gave here and it's the majority i think we've got the polls i've seen show about thirty percent roughly a third or against the peace treaty a third really don't know and a third probably are fair the majority in terms of trying to get that's the situation that shape but not by us we don't take anything very well but that's a situation that people ought to be able to deal with and bring the best product out of it what concerns me even more if you talk about polling is the polling very exclusi

then it was all about supporting democracy and this revolution in egypt but if you look at his pew research poll the majority of egyptians still are very skeptical of the united states the majority of them want this peace treaty with israel completely an old so at the end of the day what do we it's a majority i think we've got the polls i've seen show about thirty percent roughly a third or against the peace treaty of third really don't know and a third probably are fairly average the majority in terms of trying to get but it's a situation that shaped by us we don't shape it is very well but that's a situation that people ought to be able to deal with and bring the best product out of it what concerns me even more if you talk about polling is the polling very exquisite polling done by the military in the fatah author. example of party scar that shows ninety percent of the people who are good they think we're the number one enemy not the not al qaida not islamic not india bush this is very counterproductive this is insanity that we are laboring in employees where the most critical country of

if the government did shut down, a recent pew research poll shows americans evenly divided on which party to blame. but some senate republicans want to force a deal now because they fear a shutdown will hurt their party more. chuck todd, nbc news, the white house. >> reporter: i'm kelly o'donnell on capitol hill, where the house republicans' budget man called for dramatic cuts and changes. >> we put the nation on the path to actually pay off our national debt. >> reporter: 41-year-old wisconsin congressman paul ryan is going big. compared to the white house budget laid out in february, the republican plan over the next decade would cut government spending by $6 trillion, reduce the federal deficit by $4.4 trillion compared to the president's budget, according to the congressional budget office. both parties and the president's own bipartisan debt commission say the federal debt is a national emergency. >> this is the most predictable economic crisis in our history. and what are we doing, playing politics? >> reporter: the biggest flash point is altering medicare, where health care costs h

want to quickly share with our audience two findings from a poll that was done this month by the pew research center. when people were asked their reaction to seeing the confederate flag displayed 9% said they had a positive reaction. 30% a negative. and 58% said neither. and when people were asked what do they think the main cause of the civil war is, 48% said mainly about states' rights. only 38% said mainly about slavery. 9% said both. to each of you, what do historians think was the cause of the civil war and what do you think? >> well, historians are pretty united on the cause of the civil war being slavery. and the kind of research that historians have undertaken especially in the years since the centennial when there has been so much interest in this question of the role of race and slavery in the united states, that research has shown pretty decisively that when the various states announced their plans for secession, they uniformly said that the main motivating factor was to defend slavery. the kinds of percentages that you quote that must be disturbing to historians who believe quite

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according to a new poll conducted by the pew research center roughly four out of ten say slavery.y states' rights. >> you're going to come out here and there's a certain spirituality that pervades this place. >> reporter: slaves are buried here. their graves unmarked. this quiet spot is a proud addition to the tour of historic drayton hall near charles town south carolina. bernard powers is a professor of african-american history at the college of charleston and an advisor to drayton hall. do you think the civil war will ever end in this country? >> i believe what william faulkner said is very true. particularly about the south. that is the past is not dead. it's not even over. >> reporter: but powers admits. >> 2011 is quite different than 1961. >> reporter: 1961, the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the civil war. >> segregation was the order of the day in the south by law. and racial exclusion existed by practice in many places in the north also. and so the period of the early to mid 1960s in which the centennial was being celebrated was a time period in which this nation

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according to a pew research poll on april the 3rd, only 30% of americans believe that the u.s. or our allies had a clear goal in libya -- 30%. our troops deserve more clarity. the president told our troops that their involvement in libya would last a matter of days, not weeks. these men and women, as we all acknowledge, are the finest fighting force in the world. they can accomplish any mission given to them, and they -- but they can also tell the difference between days and weeks. our troops can tell that they are still responsible for about 25% of the nato support missions in libya. they hear the voices calling for nato to expand its operations, and they know that any expansion of nato's mission, in scope or duration, puts more of them in harm's way. they simply deserve more clarity, as do the american people. so i think the congress, on behalf of the american people, consistent with our constitutional responsibilities and our shared power in matters as serious as this, deserve a plan from the president of the united states so he can present it to us and we can have what we s

this morning and i promise you this is no april fool's joke, the pew research center refused thedreleased of one of their period dick questionses. 38% of americans know the republicans control the house and not the senate. 43% of americans could correctly identify boehner as the speaker while 25% thought nancy pelosi still held the job. pew said the analysis of the poll current politics in washington are a mystery to many. i'm hoping our panel this morning will solve some of the mystery about the state of the washington politics. let me begin by providing a few plume notes. our colleague, norm ornstein was planning to with be us this morning. something came up last night and he is unable to join us. i also have announcement by our treasured colleague, john fortier who is moderating the panel. john has been at aei for 12 1/2 we're years and in that time i added greatly to the aei political corner. i think it is fair to say he is the country's leading expert on early and absentee voting. with our 91-year-old colleague walter burns he updated the indispensable volume, after the people vote.

according to a pew research poll from days ago, 39% name donald trump is most visible, more so than all other possible g.o.p. candidates combined on the visibility scale. half of all americans. 53%, could not name anyone when asked which g.o.p. candidate they have been hearing anything about. you're a g.o.p. strategist. let's make believe you are. what do these poll numbers tell you. is the g.o.p. in trouble in mounting a challenge to president obama? >> no. we are, as much as sometimes those of us in iowa don't realize it, we're still 18 months or so from the election. we're a long way to go. yes, people are gearing up for the iowa caucuses and certainly in iowa, we have had -- had over 100 visits from potential candidates at this point, so we're getting ready for the caucuses for us at the end of the year. >> let me jump in. if we go back four years ago at this time, we had hillary clinton, and we had barack obama as rising stars, hillary clinton as the presumed nominee, did we not? >> shifting the topic a little, because i think what you're getting at is who is the frontrunner? who i

know or don't know, pew is now an organization that is off of here and of here and in its hometown of philadelphia. it is proud to work on public policy both in the form of researchanalysis and the public. our founding father, joseph pew created the one foundation and is not grant making public charity. trust the people. we are here to get updated on the truth and we're hoping to trust the people. the work consists of analysis of research, but also in certain areas to advocate for public policy change and we work on a number of significant issues that include what charles taylor will tell us about how we've brought about our special guest. the belief we have set the trust of the truth of the people that we can create bipartisan collaboration and achieve public policy for the public good. so thank you for being here. we have a wonderful audience and a lot of interest and i'd like to introduce, charles miller who will than it turned introduce a very special guest. >> thank you, tamara. i am the director of the financial policy of reform group at pew and we have been work in the past two years, bringing together a nonprofit task force that developed implementations