resume settlement building and all t's popes who rabbi andrew baker who said no solution regarding a palestinian state can exclude israel and that and to semitism is on the rise. robert andrew baker thank you very much for being with us today so we'll start with a question what do you think is anti-semitism rising or is it falling well it's sort of hard to give a simple answer except i would say a decade ago we imagined anti-semitism was. diminishing and we had hoped it would be more of an historical issue than a contemporary one unfortunately i think over these last ten years we've seen something very different we have seen a resurgence of. in countries where we wouldn't have expected it in western europe we've seen it over the last persisting in many other parts of the world so i think we've given more attention to it during the slyest years it's still with us unfortunately what do you think some of the factors start driving to increase. well again i think it varies from country to country clearly one aspect that has emerged more recently has been the vents in the middle east the s

spoke to rabbi andrew baker who said no solution for the region can exclude israel and that anti-semitism was on the rise.

spoke to rabbi andrew baker who believes that no solution to the middle east peace is possible if israel is left out of the process.

andrew baker thank you very much for being with us today so we'll start with a terminal question what do you think is anti-semitism rising or is it falling well it's sort of hard to give a simple answer except i would say a decade ago we imagine anti-semitism was diminishing and we had hoped it would be more of an historical issue than a contemporary one unfortunately i think over these last ten years we've seen something very different we have seen a resurgence of as i said appearing with your own countries where we would have expected it say in western europe we've seen that rather than less persisting in many other parts of the world that so i think we've given more attention who are doing these lies to you or is it still with us unfortunately what do you think some of the factors are driving to increase. well again i think it varies from country to country clearly one aspect that has emerged more recently has been events in the middle east the state of israel essential truly. semitic incidence in various places typically in the west but we've also seen what some people would call

negotiations on the jewish state resume settlement building in september also you spoke to rabbi andrew baker you believe that no solution to middle east peace is possible if israel is left out of the process.

of stalled negotiations after the jewish state resumed settlement building welty spoke to rebel andrew baker he said no solution regarding a palestinian state.

back of stalled negotiations after the jewish state resumed settlement building spoke to rabbi andrew baker who said no solution regarding a palestinian state can exclude israel and that. is on the right next.

it's microgrant came, jack called marchman, daniel, mary baker, greg sullivan, andrew fishburn,. >> without objection. >> two years ago our economy was only brink, so we what we do was enact the investment act to jump start the economy, african-american we did -- and we did so to create jobs. in the two years sense, we created and sustained more than 3.5 million jobs, 3.5 million jobs available if we had not taken that action. the economy is now starting to move in the right direction, but we have a long way to go. the positive momentum in the economy is fragile, so we need to work tire leslie to protect us, and our first priority is to create jobs, more jobs. in 2003 along with other tax provisions are set to expire at the end of this year. if we do not act, taxes will go up. in addition, last month the emergency federal unemployment insurance program expired, and if we don't act there, but the end of the next month, 2 million americans will be out critical sources they need. that's help they need to put food on the table and a roof over their head. the tax cuts and unemployment insurance

following staff be allowed floor privileges during consideration of the tax bill, mary baker, daniel dellerson, andrew fish one, william kelog, deborah ma, jen perric, jane wasario, minisrodiko and mr. sullivan. the textbook principles of economic, president bush's chief economic adviser wrote this -- quote -- "economics is the study of how society manages its scrace resources." we could say the same thing about fiscal policy. fiscal policy is about how society, active through its government, chooses to allocate case resources. -- scrace resources. there is not an endless supply of money. we have to make choices. every time that we put together a budget, we have to make choices. every time that we formulate the nation's tax policy, we have to make choices. so when it comes to whether to extend the 2001 tax cuts, once again, we have to make choices. it's a question of priorities. the debate over what to do about the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for those with the highest incomes is a debate about the price. -- about priorities. are we better off to devoting scrace resources for a larger tax a at the top or t

tomorrow on "washington journal, close crude andrew fieldhouse will talk about how the tax code will pecksniff shares paycheck. stewart baker on concerns about al qaeda and attacking the u.s. over the holidays. and then portions of the tax bill favorable to special interests. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> he is breaking his promise and he does not want to a admitted. he wants to leave it to the back wall, the deputy prime minister to break its promises, accept some responsibility. >> in his last question time before the holiday recess, david cameron talked about recent positive signs to stabilize the british economy. the labor leader challenge the prime minister over the decision to scrap the educational allowance for low-income students. some questions on the irish economy and british unemployment report. report. >>

andrew fieldhouse. then a discussion with former assistant homeland security secretary stewart baker. we'll also talk about changes in the tax bill favorable to certain interest groups with stephen ellis from taxpayers for common sense. >> airing tonight at 6:30, 9:30, and 12:30 on c-span, elena kagan in her first interview since joining the court. the interview took place in justice kagan's temporary chambers in the supreme court. >> i think i became a lawyer for all the wrong reasons. i used to tell people all the time, don't go to law school just because you don't know what else to do. the truth was, that's why i went to law school. i wasn't sure what else i wanted to do. i believed all these things about keeping your options open. i wasn't at all sure i wanted to practice law when i started law school, but i thought, well, what could be wrong with having a law degree and then deciding. i got to law school, and what i was amazed to find was that i absolutely loved law school and studying law in a way that i don't think i had loved any other part of my academic experience. i had alw