additional fundinging is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcast,and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, live from washington, subs teuting for gwen ifill, john harwood of cnbc and the "new york times" -- john: good evening. the presidential campaign this week moved to florida, where both president obama and mitt romney competed for support among hispanic voters. the back drop? that group's growing influence and the president's big immigration policy shift aveg few days ago. >> we announced that we're lifting the shadow of deportation from deserving young people who are brought to this country as children. we should have passed the dream act a long time ago. it was written by members of both parties. when it came up for a vote a year and a half ago republicans in congress blocked it. after three and a half years of putting every issue from loan guarantees to his donors to cash for clunkers, putting all those things before immigration, now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he c

additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. economists didn't think today's job news would be good, but they didn't predict it would be this bad either. a net gain of only 69,000 jobs last month, nearly half of what had been expected. response and counterresponse was swift. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been debt a harsh indictment this morning. >> we will come back stronger. we do have better days ahead. and that is because of all of you. that's because of all of you. i've placed my bets on american workers and american businesses any day of the week. gwen: but the underlying questions are clearly bigger than the monthly numbers. chief among them, what is stunting growth and is there anything the chief executive can do about it? tackle the first one for me, jim. >> it's a great question, and there's a lot of things that are very much related to the

additional funding is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: welcome to this week's roller coaster, or maybe it's not so welcome if you are a democrat. wisconsin republicans set the stage tuesday by fending off a vigorous attempt to recall embattled governor scott walker. both president obama and governor romney remained at arms' length from that battle, but, in victory, walker saw a lesson for both men. >> i think voters coming to the presidential election will want candidates to explain what they'll do, how they'll look out for the next generation more than just getting through this next election. that was clearly said in the election results yesterday. gwen: perhaps that's what we saw today as obama and romney engaged in long-distance battles over who is right about the economy. >> the private sector's doing fine. where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, often

additional funding is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. a remarkable week in washington, and we'll get right to it. there is almost no underselling the scope of the victory the obama administration scored at the supreme court this week. the man they have to thank? not perennial swing voter anthony kennedy, but chief justice john roberts. consider the contours of the court's two 5-to-4 votes to uphold the affordable health care act. a majority actually rejected the administration's central argument, that the mandate to purchase health insurance is permitted under the constitution's commerce clause. on that point, roberts sided with the conservative majority. but the chief justice swung the other way on a narrower matter, voting to redefine the mandate as a tax, which he and the court's four liberals said is constitutional. right off the bat, the first question -- what's the difference? >> you

additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the president took matters into his own hands today, moving to allow noncitizen students and graduates under 30 to avoid deportation. it's a version of the dream act, which stalls in congress last year but has become for now the leading immigration issue. >> the bill hasn't really changed. the need hasn't changed. it's still the right thing to do. the only thing that has changed apparently was the politics. it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans. gwen: mitt romney seized on the president's admissions and his was a short-term solution. >> if i'm president, we'll do our very best to have that kind of long-term solution that provides certainty and clarity for the people who come into this country, under their own coverage of the action of their parents. gwen: how far did the president's acti

while working on his next book, he continues as a visiting scholar and lecturer at annenberg school of communications and regular contributor on "countdown with keith olbermann. he also examines the impact of the american bar associations model rules of professional conduct on select historic events like watergate. at this time i am privileged to introduce mr. john dean and our panelists alexander butterfield and scott armstrong. [ applause ] >>> this is really a unique panel this morning. take a special delight in being able to moderate. i'm the guy who thought i was taped. scott's the guy who thought there might be taping. alex is the guy who knew there was taping. they have been together once before almost 40 years ago where they sort of, one, brought this information to the public, but also realizing the importance historical importance of what they were doing, they paused to make a record of it. that record was recorded many years later in the journal of american history which is a fairly detailed account. it's the march 1989 addition, if anybody is ever interested in going throug

after becoming a dean at the annenberg school for communication and journalism at the university of southern california, he founded and heads the norman lear center, which studies politics, entertainment, and commerce and their impact on us. he's an expert on how big money and big media have coupled to create a disney world of democracy. marty, welcome. >> thanks, bill. >> you wrote "the distinguished gentleman" 20 years ago. could you write it today? >> oh god, it still is the same. all you have to do is add a couple of zeros to the amount of money. and the same laws still apply. it is fabulous and miserable at the same time. >> was washington then, and is it now, the biggest con game going? >> it is the biggest con game going. and the stakes are enormous. and the effort to regulate them is hopeless, because the very people who are in charge of regulating them are the same people who are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the lobbies that run them. >> i have it on very good authority that a prominent washington senator recently told a group of lobbyists in washington, a room full of lobbyists, th

by the way, this was done for annenberg public policy center. >> important to get that in there.efined, like a stick figure. ten of them voted for obama last time, only four would commit to that this time, in part because of the big issue, views of governor romney. >> i know unlike obama, he's been a lifelong politician, has experience in the private sector, has created jobs, knows some of the hurdles that go along with that. >> he's made money. he came from money, but he made a lot of money on his own. and so i -- i think if you can operate your country like you operate your life, that's good. >> if you read your report and if you watch the video, which i did today, i see only an up side for romney. if people have that impression, four of ten who voted for him last time do so this time, if romney does a good job here on out, that's why you say the president is in trouble? >> he is in troublity stage of the campaign, too much glitz and glamour. >> paying the price for being the aspirational, transformational guy in 2008, people had him up here, now they see what real life is like

hosted by the annenberg presidential learning center and the congressional medal of honor foundation, this is an hour and 15 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> for those of you i have not yet had the good fortune to meet, my name is tony pennie, and i am the director here at the learning center at the ronald reagan presidential library foundation. you saw a video introduction to the work being done at our partner organization. today, you have an opportunity to witness the power of this education program. the tradition here at the foundation, to honor our men and women in uniform by saying the pledge of allegiance, so please rise. the young men of boy scout troop 54 will lead us in that. please rise. >> begin. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you verybefore i invitl guest to the stage, i would like to the point out a few people we have an audience wh