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to this comment about austerity on the tamari dot com message board thanks for having economist richard wolfe on the big picture last night talking about austerity here in the u.k. our economy is going downhill because of our austerity economic policies and things are looking pretty bad or not as dramatically as in greece absolute right so what has happened you know it's so amazing cameron came into power the conservative government and he said we're going to grow the economy we're going to reduce unemployment going to make everything better the way we're going to do it is by austerity by cutting the size of government laying people off cutting back on unemployment benefits those kinds of things and those are going to suck money out of the economy and then expect the economy to grow it's like saying we're going to grow some plants by not giving them any water it makes absolutely no sense it doesn't work in the u.k. is not working in greece and frankly it doesn't work here either. enough is enough it's time to stop criticizing rush limbaugh and start trying to protect rush in fact we shouldn't

future of the american economy and there's one country need to behave in a close eye out on was richard wolfe explainer all through the. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize that everything is ok. i'm charging welcome to the big picture. mr.

. >> richard wolf, who is british originally. >> these are all the fabulous celebrities are there. richard branson, george clooney. >> i like that dress. >> a gala affair. also one of the things is we talked about, you're going to discuss, one of my goals was to be at a dinner and sit next to prince charles, which i got to do in san francisco. you might have heard of it. and so i was next to -- who am i there with? >> your first husband? >> yeah, thank you, bob. but there i am with camilla and charles and that was doing the official duties and having bacon. he gave me his apple tart for dessert. i would like to sit to now, hillary. ask her why she's not run not guilty 2012. >> i wanted to sit next to cameron's wife, 'cause she's a good woman. >> i love you, bob. >> is this like grandma's day. did you like her dress? i didn't like the dress. >> i didn't either. >> no. >> not good. >> i would like to sit next to you guys at a dinner. wouldn't that be fantastic if we got invited? >> i wouldn't be holding your breath on that. >> maybe you can get us invited. they e-mail you -- >> dana,

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richard wolf fche and joan walsh weigh in. >>> tea party republican ohio governor john kasich didn't ask for federal funds. tim rye is an with us we're right back. i think the volt is an awesome car. and i really do love how... how unique it is. my friends say that it's like i'm driving a spaceship. the body style and the interior design... everything is really cool, but more than anything i love the gas mileage. i don't even know what it's like to really stop and get gas. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. probably less. you should get a volt because it's going to save you a crap load of money. [ laughs ] ♪ then lead a double life! with new blast flipstick from covergirl. creamy color on one end, shimmery color on the other. so you can flip your look from demure, to daring. new blast flipstick from covergirl. >>> the republican candidates response to rush limbaugh and my commementary and my comment on real apology and rush p's apology. >>> ohio was hit hard by tornadoes by the governor is refusing government aid. i'll ask congressman tim ryan if the governor

committee, trey, former press secretary to congressman tom davis, and msnbc political analyst richard wolflemen, it's great to have you here. doug, i want to start with you because you wrote a blog on the gaffs of the trail titled "dumb and dumber." who do you think has been the biggest gaffer in chief as we've been watching this go down? >> i think this has been the best thing for late night tv since sarah palin. it's been one gaff after another, between mitt, newt, rick. you know, it's like a trailer for the new "three stooges" movie. i'm actually surprised by mitt romney and how undisciplined he has been as a candidate and the problem for him is his ga ffs are reinforcing this image that he is out of touch with middle class ordinary americans. when he talks about not caring about the very poor. when he talks about his wife owning two cadillacs or making the $10,000 bet with rick perry. those things really help to support a narrative that democrats are trying to build around this guy not being -- disconnected with ordinary folks. >> same kwu to you, trey. who do you think has made the mo

alicia menendez, chip salzman and richard wolf. i want to start with the big battleground state of ohio. it's up for grabs. everybody really wants this. it's only going to go to one person. the latest poll has santorum and romney deadlocked in the polls leading up to today's vote. if romney squeaks this to victory, is it over? >> well, no, it's not. it's going to drag on. but pretty much we know where it's headed. that's to say romney is a candidate who still harbors huge doubts inside the party about his viability, whether he's a real conservative, whether he wins or loses that scenario, that narrative will continue. if he loses in ohio, obviously people will say, look, he can't connect with the rust belt. if he wins, there will be enough of a dragged-out contest that he won't close this out for many months. i hate to say this. despite the story tonight, we won't get much of a change tonight. >> mitt romney can make a big statement. rick santorum could plant another conservative flag with a win. what do you predict? >> in tennesse

go to richard wolf, his web site and look at tained the introduction class to mamplism. we need to nationalize these corporations and redistribute this wealth. we can't reregulate. people have to get that out of their heads. power has to be transferred. the institutions give money to think tanks, to lobbyists. they'll simply undo the regulation. guest: well, the university of chicago graduate i was interested to hear mention milton freedman. i don't know if this is a question of mamplism or milton freedman. i would just respond to one thing he said. for wall street banks they have what they call a fiduciary responsibility to look out for their clients' interest. so they fall into a special category which is different and i think people should try to understand that in the context of this whole debate. host: was there a sense at least from the way you read the op ed sense of sour grapes from the way he went about this? guest: that's one thing that i found really interesting. that did not come through in the, in his essay. i think there's a different narrative and i think

european championships will give them plenty of confidence to try and come home with a medal richard and wolfwe don't see moscow. let's stay with basketball but across states i were and the a's a western conference runners the san antonio spurs edged that new orleans hornets on the road by three points now san antonio with a turnover early in the first quarter sunday for her five games and one blair for the beginning of the big game for him as he talked scored for his side with twenty three points straight to the second now and stephen jackson creating chances for himself to defenders obviously not enough to stop a mass dispersed trailed by it so that early in the third jarrett jack put the hornets entrancing yet again six tickets to six where one handed jam but that was not enough to stop san antonio from winning their third game in a row eighty nine eighty six the final score. as staying in the united states for incentives defending champion nevada jack which passed an early test in his saturday erickson opener. on saturday nights in miami the serbian player defeated former australian open

richard wolf has been very in phatic about the whole notion that we cannot re-regulate the economy.t will accomplish nothing. they will undermine all the regulations in the future. host: thank you for your call. guest: i think one of the worries about so-called nationalizing which means you are asking the government to handle all of these very complex institutions is that the government's role was very central to this crisis. the fact that the regulators were asleep at the switch or worse, that they were co opted by the institutions that they were supposed to be policing, has led me to believe that you cannot rely on these kinds of institutions to necessarily do their jobs. we had rules on the books going into this crisis that could have reined in these institutions, could that stopped some of the predatory lending that was going on as you describe it. and nothing was done. when certain regulators tried, like the fdic, when they tried to raise capital requirements or put in place things that might protect the taxpayer from these problems, they were brought back and battled back by o

we also had lackies like richard wolf, whose hacked tackler reputation is so bad that even his fellow bbc anchor, catty kay, who happens to be the best friend of the wife of jay carney, the spokesperson. business as usual, all on our dime. >> alisyn: let's talk about something else interesting that happened this week. that is that president obama signed a law making it a felony to protest anywhere the secret service goes. this is interesting. why now? the secret service and the president go a lot of places. why aren't you allowed to protest and why didn't other presidents need this sort of protection? >> yeah. you know, i find it interesting because we've got sort of agreement on both sides of the aisle, free speech activists on both sides of the aisle who are questioning this expansion of the anti-free speech bubble around the president. and apparently the legislation that he signed was backed by a lot of republicans, which i find embarrassing, and i think people who are mad about this ought to take a look at that sponsor list and complain because this wasn't an executive order: this

richard wolf. dr. paulau cuello. mr. damien lewis. >> [inaudible] >> what do i want to tell them? [inaudible] there was that moment in the new york times op ed, it seemed we crossed into the cultural zeitgeist. president obama's foreign policy -- when does he watch tv? that is what i'm going to ask him. [inaudible] >> mr. warren buffet. mrs. buffet. -- mrs. astrid m. buffet. the honorable tina chen. mr. john w. thompson. mrs. sandy thompson. dr. amy -- dr. michael doyle. the honorable eric holder, attorney general. the honorable kathleen sebilius, it secretary of health and human services. the honorable rajiv shaw. mrs. shaw. mr. joe lamont. mrs. andra lamont. mr. anthony gardner. mrs. alejandra gardner. mrs. carol penske. mr. david penske. mr. raj fernando. mrs. jennifer -- the honorable martha johnson. mr. steve johnson. the honorable camilla harris. mrs. mike harris. -- maya harris. the honorable wendy sherman. mr. stokes. -- bruce stokes. the honorable brooke anderson. mr. james -- ms. ann windosr. -- anna wintour. mr. shelby bryant. mr. harvey weinstein. ms. georgina chapman.

richard wolf has been very emphatic about the whole notion that we cannot re-regulate the economy. it will accomplish nothing. they will undermine all the regulations in the future. host: thank you for your call. guest: i think one of the worries about so-called nationalizing which means you are asking the government to handle all of these very complex institutions is that the government's role was very central to this crisis. the fact that the regulators were asleep at the switch or worse, that they were co opted by the institutions that they were supposed to be policing, has led me to believe that you cannot rely on these kinds of institutions to necessarily do their jobs. we had rules on the books going into this crisis that could have reined in these institutions, could that stopped some of the predatory lending that was going on as you describe it. and nothing was done. when certain regulators tried, like the fdic, when they tried to raise capital requirements or put in place things that might protect the taxpayer from these problems, they were brought back and battled back by

great to see you as always, sir richard ban son with his perspective on this. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer starts right now. >> three presidential candidates right here in "the situation room." i'll go one-on-one this hour with mitt romney and newt gingrich. and then in the next hour, my interview with rick santorum. >>> mrs. history in t . >>> supreme court -- and the impact on the presidential election as well. president obama has an etch-a-sketch moment of his own. he goes on camera telling the chancellor that things will be changing as well. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." all that coming up, but first, a campaign triple header right here in "the situation room." i'll interview three republican presidential hopefuls today, mitt romney is on deck, rick santorum follows the next hour, right now the republican presidential can da aial candid. the former speaker of the house newt gingrich. spiker, thank you for coming in. eeveryone seems to agree that getting to the magic 344 for you right now before the convention isn't possible, do you agree with that. >> sure.

democratic senator richard blumenthal wants a federal bill that would ban employers from asking for passwords. he would draft a bill that he expects to be red in the near future. wolfyou will right, mary. thank you. >>> you're in "the situation room," happening now, breaking news. we expect to hear any moment you no from the parents of the florida teenager killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. the police chief in the case just stepped down. we are learning the shooter has a surprising past. we'll get some details for you. >> also, a u.s. connection to the french gunman killed by commandos and new questions whether he had any help carrying out his deadly shooting sprees. >> doctors explain the unexplainable. how a soccer player is alive and talking after technically being dead for more than an hour. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're "in the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> first, the death of an unarmed teenager. trayvon martin's parents are expected to speak at a news conference any minute now. they met with justice department officials. you're looking at live pictures. t