senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, a top senate democrat. then we'll bring in the chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rogers to help us sort out whether pakistan, where we've pour billions of dollars, is a friend or secretly working against us. it's all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. and welcome to "face the nation." the republican leader mitch mcconnell joins us this morning from louisville, kentucky. senator, you've seen by now the pictures of the speaker of the house and the president playing golf yesterday. do you think anything will come out of that? is that... do you think it will help break this gridlock we've got here in washington? >> well, it couldn't do any harm. i assume they let the president win.

the top democrats in the senate, charles schumer. he joins us this father's day from our new york studio. i understand, senator, you're about to go play golf with your dad this morning and your brother. how old is your dad? >> he's 88. for father's day we're taking him out to play golf. praise god he can still play. hits the ball not too far but very straight. >> schieffer: let's talk a little bit about what senator mcconnell just said. he said the stimulus package did not work and the main problem with getting people back to work is to simply stop the president doing what he's doing. democrats are going to be vulnerable on this, are they not? what's your reaction to what senator mcconnell said? >> my reaction is senator mcconnell didn't say one thing about how to create jobs. we should be doing that. we should be doing... deficit reduction is necessary but not sufficient. there hasn't been enough focus on jobs and job creation. we democrats are going to put forth an agenda this...

again. and welcome to "face the nation." the republican leader mitch mcconnell joins us this morning from louisville, kentucky. senator, you've seen by now the pictures of the speaker of the house and the president playing golf yesterday. do you think anything will come out of that? is that... do you think it will help break this gridlock we've got here in washington? >> well, it couldn't do any harm. i assume they let the president win. >> schieffer: let's get down to business here. you know, republicans say over and over the way to create jobs is by cutting taxes, bringing the deficit down. do you believe that there's anything else that the government can do to get people back to work because every survey shows that while deficit reduction is on people's minds, what is really bothering them is unemployment. is there anything else that can be done besides cutting taxes and reducing spending? >> well, we need to quit doing what we've been doing. it's obvious that the...