. >> david cohen >> this week on "q&a," geoff colvin and allan sloan. >> allan sloan, you and geoff colvin did a piece that was transferred to "the washington post" and it had a headline on it, "enough already." >> we have been endlessly annoyed with no progress in washington. on anything. it was decided since there was not going to be any intelligent conversation, we proposed solutions. we sat down and wrote it. >> how did you go about it? >> it was simple. we decided a smart thing was to get off the premises. the two of us went a couple blocks down sixth avenue and were just by ourselves. we went to the big issues here. we found that even though we do not agree, and we come from opposite perspectives, we were able, in a short time, to reach general agreement on a few principles that were the biggest and most important ones. the larger point here is that within washington, there is broad agreement on what the financial problems of the country are, and on the solutions, and that nothing can be done. it is the most insane situation. >> how do you differ? >> we did not do it in the piece. it

allan sloan and geoff colvin, senior editors at large for "fortune" magazine followed by deputy british prime minister nick clegg and later, speeches on egypt and palestine. cal[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this week on "q&a," geoff colvin and allan sloan. >> allan sloan, you and geoff colvin did a piece that was transferred to "the washington post" and ed had a headline on it, the gum but enough already." -- " enough already." >> we have been we that -- we have been at endlessly annoyed with no progress in washington. on anything. it was decided since there was not going to be any intelligent conversation, we proposed solutions. we sat down and wrote it. >> how did you go about it? >> it was simple. we decided a smart thing was to get off the premises. the two of us went a couple blocks down sixth avenue and were just by ourselves. we went to the big issues here. we found that even though we do not agree, and we come from opposite perspectives, we were able, in a short time, to reach general agreement

s are pressuring their workers to vote for mitt romney allan head of a software company in florida is one of those c.e.o.'s allen has sent two e-mails to his employees first urged company employees to simply vote for romney but the second urged employees to donate up to twenty five hundred dollars out of their salaries to the romney campaign and now here's the real kicker charlie after urging employees to donate their money to romney allen also asked that employees defer some or all of their salary until december so that the company can pay an interest payment on a portion of its debt so not only does allan want employees to spend their hard earned money on donations to romney he also wants to fund it is screw ups meanwhile allan flies around in his fifty million dollar corporate jet this doesn't scream corporate greed and corruption i don't know what does and it is very very ugly. for last two years the republican chairman of the house government oversight committee this guy darrell i saw this guy. a former small time crook has been committed to burning down the obama presidency sinc

but i do a couple of those every day. >> allan sloan? >> i am the polar opposite. i grew up in brooklyn, new york. i went to brooklyn college. it was free. my father worked primarily for a nonprofit organization. my mom worked before they were married. she did business out of her home, our home, when the kids were there. that is when i learned how to count. i helped her. it was heavy clerical stuff. i got to the point where i did everything in my head because it was faster. there were no calculators. that has been a great help to be journalistically. i do numbers in my head. it is my secret weapon. >> how many years were you at "newsweek"? >> four years. i was in detroit for seven years. all my children have michigan birth certificates. i have ended up here and there. i ended up that "newsweek" and i thought i would be there forever. that did not quite worked out. five years ago, i went to "fortune magazine." i am the opposite of geoff. it is really fun. >> let's go back to the article. when did you first start talking to one another about this? how long? >> it was

i'm allan sloan. >> susie: women have been wearing chanel number 5 for almost a century.. from catherine deneuve to ali mcgraw to nicole kidman, famous women have pitched the fragrance for years. but today, the iconic perfume got a new face: brad pitt. and he's making it clear this isn't your grandma's perfume. >> every journey ends, but we go on, the world turns and we turn with it. >> susie: as it competes in the multi-billion dollar fragrance business, chanel is hoping pitt can help deliver big results. that's "nightly business report" for monday, october 15. i'm susie gharib. have a great evening everyone. we'll see you online at nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org@

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the police hunted for john allan mohammad and lee boyd malvo. they were linked to 10 shootings -- several shootings, including 10 in the d.c. area. the case is unforgettable for those of us living in the area at the time. the evidence has been locked away for years and eventually, some will be on display at a new downtown museum opening in 2015. beth parker got a look. >> reporter: three weeks of terror. while some would rather forget about the shooting in a maryland suburb, they're working to keep the memory alive. >> this is the fairly well- known tarot card. >> reporter: that was left at the scene of the shooting at benjamin tasker school in prince georges county. >> for you, mr. police, code, call me god. don't release to the press. >> reporter: the handwriting connected lee malvo to multiple scenes. they online from the prince -- on loan from the prince william police department and it will be going to the museum going built -- that is gettingibility. >> for a museum, it's a big piece. >> they wearing gloves preserve the artifacts. we want

the allan rock school district is notifying parents of the changes. they are eliminating 13 teaching jobs and they have 211 fewer students than projected and attendants is down 500 from last year. the changes are expected to save them $1 million. >>> and they are opening on the second day. this is the first day nurses that the hospital have walked a picket line. hospital negotiations say they want them to pay more for their healthcare. >> it sickens me, they are asking the nursing force, the force that drives this hospital to take reductions. >> hospital executives are concerned about the financial problems after they go into effect. 73% of patients do not receive care that is fully covered by medicare reimbursements. >>> you may notice more students walking to school. many plan to take part in the event and the goal is to encourage healthy habits and reduce pollution. let's go to sal for traffic, let's just keep an eye out for everybody walking to school today. >> that is a good idea. people are getting out early and last time i spoke to you i told y

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>>> siempre, siempre lo vamos a tratar muy bien, allan te estamos esperando con los brazos abiertos. que no hice aquí, lo haré en despierta américa. >>> te va a salir más caro, alan (risas)>>>. >>> muchachos, no sé cómo los tratan a ustedes en hoy, pero en despierta américa, nos dan hasta masajista, así que quiero que sepas que te vamos a recibir con una masajitas (todos hablan).. >>> mira esa masajista, tatcher. >>> a ver, échame. >>> mira ♪. >>> ah. >>> ah, caray, les voy a mandar mi currículum. >>> tenemos contracturas. >> caray. >>> pero te estoy presentando a mi masajista, esta es la que es tu masajista, por favor (♪ ♪) a ver >>> panchita, la sabrosita (risas) >>> ¡ah!>>> yo me voy a encargar de darle la bienvenida a alan que él se merece, cuando le ponga la mano encima lo voy a hacer y deshacer al mismo tiempo. >>> oh. >>> así como no le gusta pagar, le voy a alimentar en casita. >>> qué te parece, tatcher. >>> ya ves, cuándo, cuándo ustedes acá me hicieron algo así. >>> somos malos compañeros contigo. >>> eso es alguien que sí quiere a sus compañeros. >>> sí, traigo contractur

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. >> reporter: what a roar that came up, allan, when they came around the corner. a half-dozen buses with california highway patrol and san francisco police department. motorcycle escort, lights going, and what a scene it was. you can see the crowd that is still here, several hundred people on the corner of 2nd and king. when the buses made the corner, man, did they let out a roar. at one point, we saw the trophy. san do value took it off the bus and ran through the crowd with it. sergio romo was with him. bruce bochy said, hey, the party is just getting started. >> you know, this was a special group. we are not saying good-bye. we will be here a couple days. we'll see what happens. but i cannot say i've had more fun than what i had this year. >> reporter: when it was 3-3, and it looked pretty tight in there, and it looked like they were maybe going to go into extra innings, were you sweating a little. >> not a sweat. we had it under control, you know? we were there all the way. >> reporter: super confident. >> that's what a true giant fan is. >> reporter: this is

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particular indicative of the problems task are having in defense the house problems worsening when allan should go with received a straight red card after lashing out at luke will check to mail the now of the final score their second straight win moving them up to twelfth after weeks out of the box and. elsewhere it being have moved up to six in the table after demolishing rostow for nail away from home run down school twice in the first half to give karen brady of the man a comfortable two new lead out the break his goals coming in the seventeenth and thirty four minutes with around ten minutes to go over cathy added another as he headed the ball into the net after a precise cross in the dying minutes of the game blood in me to do the impressive victory. the final two games of game week ten take place on monday work release of a top post f.c. krasnodar and striking more take on ally in the clash of the league's new board. meanwhile the last. moscow who may have lost another key player this week goalkeeper andre dig can aggravate in last year's shoulder injury during a league match with

. >>> baltimore has turned over control of the edgar allan poe house to the museum.e next year what is this going to mean? it's going to mean they will work with the newly reestablished nonprofit to craft a plan to make the poe house self-sufficient. after that, the nonprofit will take over the operation. the city's spending panel approved the deal and will pay the railroad museum $180,000. it's expected to reopen sometime next year. >>> the successful be more for healthy babies program will be celebrating healthy families at the national aquarium in baltimore. now baltimore marks two years of the decreased infant mortality rate. today, more programs will help reduce infant mortality and help build healthier families. that will also be announced this event will be taking place it's going to feature free tours of the aquarium for families. >>> a new twist on the 695. >> the outer loop became a makeshift delivery room. this was yesterday morning. can you believe this? the parents, they were on their way to the hospital when their little boy decided time is up. he was r

following a surprise straight sets win over marion bartoli six three six love on the third seed then allan wozniacki is on her way to victory over us a lot rather than sky. so unfunny on the ice where they such a winter olympics are now less than five hundred days away it's a big eighteen months or so of sport here in russia training has moved up again for many medal hopefuls including the young russian ice dancing pair of elaine and unique and the key to cast off michael kors caught up with them. with just sixteen months until their own winter olympics in sochi russia is making sure their athletes are getting well prepared and so in ice dancing they've secured the services of legendary coach nikolai morales of to train young hopefuls yelena even if you keep up with. them. but he has his work cut out for him because the ruling he germany has shifted away from russia in recent years americans meryl davis and charlie white as well as canadian pair test of virtue and scott moore stole the show in vancouver twenty ten and shared gold and silver at the last three world championships but the len

. >>> baltimore city no longer controls the edgar allan poe house and museum. it is turning the property over to the b and o railroad property museum. it will work with a new organization in hopes to make the house self-sufficient. baltimore city is paying the railroad museum $180,000. right now it's closed but is expected to open next year, u.p.s. is going green. today the company is expected to unveil 40 of its new alternative fuel vehicles at their hub in laurel. 20 of the hybrid cars will hit the streets around baltimore. the rest will be sent to atlanta. u.p.s. says the new cars can get up to 35% improved fuel economy. and lower carbon emissions. >>> a new report card shows water quality in the inner harbor didn't improve last year in baltimore. it blames heavy rain that washed pollution into the harbor for the bad report. >>> all right, well fall arrived just about two week ago but the leaves are still on the trees here. not the case though in north dakota. look at this. they're having to deal with the real thing. we're talking about snow. take a look at

. >>> i spoke with american university professor allan lichtman earlier tonight about the style of the debate and how it could affect each candidate's performance. >> this is a unique style, the so-called town hall meeting debate where ordinary folks carefully screened get to ask the candidates questions. barack obama is very much practiced in this kind of town hall debate. he did very well at it four years ago and he needs a big comeback after his absolute meltdown in the first debate and this is a very good forum for it. you can't be distracted the way he was in the first debate when you're looking voters in the eye and speaking to them. >> he seems to be really strong here being relatable to the everyday people when he's in this forum, but let's talk about why this might be a negative or a positive for mitt romney. >> yeah. i think this is not quite as good of forum for romney. he doesn't seem to have the same degree of likability as obama and the same ability to relate to ordinary people, but never underestimate romney. he had 20 debates or so during the republican primaries. he's

. >> there are no plans tonight to save the edgar allan poe house. the city will work -- will pay to make the house a stronger cultural attraction. they're working with members of the newly formed nonprofit poe baltimore. some of the ideas include promotional blurb -- promotional brochures. alternately,poe baltimore -- ultimately, poe baltimore will take responsibility for running and operating neihaus. a couple weeks ago, we reported that it was closing before halloween. >> in tonight's medical alert, are rare fumbled meningitis outbreak has dropped individuals who have received steroid injections. four have died. 1 in maryland. contamination could be in other products. according to the cdc, the other cases are in virginia, maryland, florida, and north carolina. more new cases are almost certain to appear in the coming days. we will follow this story and bring you more details. a new study seems -- the study does not address breast cancer, for example. this is the first research on the effects of hormones on women's health. even with this informatio

. >> this week on q&a -- national captioning institute] colvin and allan sloan. >> allan sloan, you andn did a piece that was transferred to "the washington post" and it had a headline on it, "enough already." >> we have been endlessly annoyed with no progress in washington. on anything. it was decided since there was not going to be any intelligent conversation, we proposed solutions. we sat down and wrote it. >> how did you go about it? >> it was simple. we decided a smart thing was to get off the premises. the two of us went a couple blocks down sixth avenue and were just by ourselves. we went to the big issues here. we found that even though we do not agree, and we come from opposite perspectives, we were able, in a short time, to reach general agreement on a few principles that were the biggest and most important ones. the larger point here is that within washington, there is broad agreement on what the financial problems of the country are, and on the solutions, and that nothing can be done. it is the most insane situation. >> how do you differ? >> we did not do it in the piece. i

. >> allan, how quickly can that transformer be fixed? sure all of the new yorkers living below 39th street are wondering that very question as they sit in the dark. >> it sounds like what you're asking is the estimated time of restoration we will have customers back in service. we don't have a firm estimated time of restoration for all our customers yet. but we think that full restoration will take upwards of a week. the damage is incredible to keep in perspective how severe the damage is, our previous record from a storm was 203,000. that was from hurricane irene last summer. summer of 2011. we've not only doubled that and tripled it, we have more than tripled it. >> so you're talking upwards of a week. you're referring to lower manhattan specifically or are you including west chester in there, too? >> i'm referring to all our customers. a full restoration of all 750,000 customers. and i could also point out the number of customers out of service has been growing this morning and will probably continue to grow even though the storm is w

next "q&a" with allan sloan and geoff colvin of "fortune." after that, un general assembly if speeches by president obama, the president of iran and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. tomorrow, journalist and political communications scholars and discuss how best to watch the upcoming presidential debates. the discussion is designed to offer a citizen's guide for watching in understanding the debate. it is live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> there is a lot of research out there that in fact mobile usage is even higher among minority communities and then it is among white communities. i have seen some pretty startling research that in some of these minorities communities, 70% to 80% of broadband is your mobile applications. i am not a critic of mobile broadband. after the verizon wireless transmission. the emirate -- no reason for me to be critical. so my comment is not a platform, and it is more a device comment. and that is if you are going to do mobile on a laptop and you are going to get real broadband -- speed, i do not have a

we have all met with general allan. the taliban and the terrorists come over from pakistan to fight our men and women. when it is frozen with snow, they cannot do it. and in the warm months, fighting gets really high. when general petraeus said if people these people out, it puts us more at risk, that puts us at more at risk. the remaining troops that still have the mission to prosecute are doing it with your people, that makes them less safe. we are sending fewer people out and all of the hot spots to do the same job they were supposed to do a month ago. >> we turned them over to the afghan troops we trained. nobody was pulled out of that did that get to build an by trained afghan personnel. he is conflating two issues. the fighting issue that the general petraeus was talking about was the fighting season this spring. >> the calendar works the same every year. >> it does work the same every year. >> it is warm or it is not. they're still fighting over us and coming over the passes. there are still coming over to all of

. >> representative allan west is a florida republican and he says he agrees with mr. welch. congressman, good to see you. >> thank you very much. how are you all? >> what do you believe what mr. welch says and not what the secretary of labor says. >> it is not about believing what mr. search says. it is about studying the numbers. we continue to see these inconsistencies and revisions upwards and downwards. work force participation rate still remains at a 30-year low. when you compare this to the u6 computation which takes into account unemployed, underemployed and discouraged numbers, that number didn't move. it stayed at 14.7%. >> you are alleging not that the data are inconsistent, you are alleging specifically that the president is engaging in a coverup of the data. you are saying that the administration is actively manipulating that data. correct? >> well, absolutely. look at what happened with our gdp numbers. fourth quarter gdp numbers last year were at 3%. >> do you have any basis on which you say that? any source, any one that's come to you and said this is the case

what a joy it was to get to know becky when i worked in the allan legislation during the real revolution with a great restoration of our conservative ideals. they had been going through difficult time and george allen came in and just championed the great reforms of polishing and implementing academic standards, reforming welfare so that this crazy thing where you would have to work for your welfare benefits which now was completely a watered-down but becky was part of the revolution and i will tell you as the secretary of health and human resources, there was no issue that she wasn't willing to tackle and that is a top. for the conservatives. she was out there on the frontline during the entire administration and she was an inspiration for me and for a lot of other conservatives but particularly for conservative women and i just want to think the key for service to the commonwealth and to the country. thank you. michaud life known for years and years when i started at the young america's foundation just having graduated from the university of virginia, and she is someone who has managed

general allan, our commander in afghanistan said that americans continue to die at the hands of groups who are supported by pakistan. we know pakistan has arrested the doctor who helped us catch osama -- catch obama's -- bin laden. it still provides a haven for terrorists yet we continue to give pakistan billion dollars. is it time for us to of course pakistan? >> no, it is not time to of course a nation on earth that has a hundred nuclear weapons and is on a way to double that at some point, a nation that has serious threats from terrorist groups within its nation -- as indicated before, the taliban, haqqani network. it's a nation that does not like others in that it does not have a logo -- a civilian leadership, the shots. you have the isi, their intelligence organizations probably the most powerful of the three branches. then have the military and then you have the civilian government. this is a nation which if it falls apart, if it becomes a failed state, there are nuclear weapons there and you got terrorists there who could grab their hands of those nuclear weapons. this is -- thi

lodo dÓlares de medicaid que va allan a los estados, van a recibir lo mismo del aÑo pasado mÁs el 1%.apropiado, es uno que apoya sobre la brillantez de la tico. >>> 2 segundos hablaremos de la economÍa. otro tema este el tercer segmento sobre la economÍa. la primera regreso puesta serÁ la suya seÑor presidente 2 minutos. veo diferencia sobre el programa de seguro social. >>> yo sospecho que en seguro social, tenemos una posiciÓn similar el seguro social estÁ bien estructuralmente hay que ajustarlos como hizo ronald reagan en su momento pero la estructura bÁsica esta bien. y quiero hablar de los valores detrÁs del seguro social. y medicare, que es el motor de nuestro dÉficit ahora mismo. mi abuela, algunos de ustedes saben ayudÓ ac cuidarme mi abueo falleciÓ hace mucho tiempo. y mi abuela falleciÓ 3 dÍas antes que me e eligieran presidente. fue secretaria y llegÓ a servÍ ze presidenta de una empresa. viviÓ sola, y pudo hacerlo por el seguro social y medicare. ella entendÍa que habia una garantÍa, que habia un piso que no iba a pasar de ahÍ. y es la perspectiva que yo menciono, cuando h

and general met with jennife allan. the taliban and the terrorists come over from pakistan to fight our men and women. when it is frozen with snow, they cannot do it. and in the warm months, fighting gets really high. when general pretoriupetrayus sf people these people out, at putzes more at risk, that puts us at more at risk. the remaining troops that still have the mission to prosecute are doing it with your people, that makes them less safe. are sending fewer people out and all of the hot spots to do the same job they were supposed to do a month ago. >> we turned them over to the afghan troops we trained it. nobody was pulled out of that did that get to build an by trained afghan personnel. he is conflating two issues. the fighting issue that the general petrayus was talking about was the fighting season this spring. >> the calendar works the same every year. >> it does work the same every year. >> it is warm or it is not. they're still fighting over us and coming over the passes. there are still coming over to all

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general allan, commander in afghanistan, said americans continue to die at the hands of groups who are supported by pakistan. we know that pakistan has arrested the doctor to help us catch osama bin laden. it still provides safe haven for terrorists yet we continue to get pakistan billions of dollars. is it time for us to divorce pakistan? >> no, it is not time to divorce a nation on earth that has 100 nuclear-weapons and is on the way to double that. a nation that has serious threats from terrorist groups within its nation. it is a nation not like others and does not have a civilian leadership calling the shots there. you have the isi, their intelligence organization. and you have the military and civilian government. this is a nation, which if it falls apart and becomes a failed state, there are nuclear weapons there. you have terrorists there who can grab their hands on those nuclear weapons. this is an important part of the world for us. pakistan is technically an ally. they are not acting very much like an alley by now but we have work to do. i cannot blame the administration for

general allan our commandener afghanistan, says soldiers are continuing to die due to groups in afghanistanst the doctor who helped us catch obama's bin m laden. it still provides safety for terrorists. we still give pakistan billions of dollars. is it time for us to divorce pakistan? >> no, it is not time to divorce a nation on earth that has a hundred nuclear weapons and on its way to double that at some point. a nation that has serious threats from terrorist groups in its nation. it is nation not like others taen does have not a civilian leadership that is calling shots there. have you the isi, their intelligence organization, is probably the most powerful of the three branchs there. then the military, then the civilian government. this is a nation, which if it falls apart, if it becomes a failed state, their nuclear weapons there. and you've got terrorists there who can grab their hands under those nuclear weapons. this is an important part of the world for us. pakistan is a technically an ally and they are not acting very much like an ally right now, but we have work to do. i don't bla

basically, alex, you have jack welch along with a sometimes controversial congressman from south florida, allan west. and now evidently steve forbes, a former presidential candidate tweeting his endorsement of jack welch. then against almost everybody else in this town, a former economist on here, jared bernstein, said jack welch ought to be ashamed of himself. a former republican white house official also endorsed the integrity of the people who put these numbers together at the bureau of labor statistics. so jack welch and a couple of other people on an island on this one. really an inflammatory attack with no evidence to back it up. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thanks so much. >>> for reaction to that i'm joined by susan page, "usa today" and david nakamura, "washington post." good day to both of you. this is fascinating. susan, first of all, how much does this employment number blunt mitt romney's debate momentum? and do you think the white house is going phew, relieved at this? >> if not popping champagne bottles. two-ways in which this number was so useful to the white house yeste

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general allan, we're all very a need to grip this problem. it is a tragedy will lose our people for any reason. for this reason, it is hurtful and must be incredibly difficult for people to accept or understand. we realize that. for that reason, for the morale affect on our folks back home, just as we bear down on any threat to our troops, we bear down on this risk and we are very strongly. i do not seek to minimize that aspect at all. general allen takes it very seriously and ito's to the afghans do. -- and i have told you the afghans do. the threat is more of a morale threat than a physical threat. that is why we take it very seriously. it is important to put it into context. in the last year, the total number of casualties of their troops was reduced by 30%. as we move forward, we gradually disengage from the afghan forces and the rest will become less and less. the key thing is we must maintain the confidence of our partners and keep them with us. if we suddenly precipitously pullback in the face of this risk, when the campaign itself is

. >> we can talk about afghanistan, the debt commission, erskine bowles, allan simpson.ed to know this. i said, you know 30rks years from now, medicare and medicaid will take up every cent that the government receives. erskine bowles said, no, you're doing it wrong. every penny that the government god paid for medicare, medicaid, social security and interest on the debt and nothing else. anything else we boroughed from the chinese or went deeper in debt. >> you think of the missing ethos in this country. you talk about john kennedy, he talked about the man on the moon. he said we choose these things not because they're easy but because they're hafrmtd that was the central character. you look at these erbs that the country has to deal with. i mean to govern the country requires people who profoundly disagree with each other, can't stand the sight of each ore, to sit across the table, to make agreements, to come to compromise and govern the country. you have an entire political class who at their core function of just running the country have ceased to do it and it shows r