and arianna things as well. i just wanted to close with a few important points about the future of journalism from where we sit in our chairs. wind is that journalists -- one is that journalist new technology. i think there is a big fear from the journalism community around technology. and i think it is correct. we have a bunch of investors, and i think if you look at whether journalists it versus all the other people in the media food chain, everybody else in the food chain has scaled.com is in scale. google, which is talk about this earlier, journalists need to understand technology and how technology can help them do a better job. we need journalists desktops in this industry. that's one of the things we're working on. the second bullet point for the future is transparency. one of the experiments we did at patch when we found a patch was to have all of the journalists put up their transparency of what they believed, who they voted for, what religion they are, and those things that i think in the journalism sp

arian arianna's right.laces where most of us feel it is in states that end up cutting benefits. we're seeing this across the nation. what does the government specifically need to do and separately what does business in america need to do to help solve this problem? there is money in the system. >> first place, let's start off with the basic fact. when you have millions of american families who have home mortgage that is exceed the value of the home, it's call negative equity, and when you have millions who have credit card lines that they can't pay back, debt, they now understand, has consequences. that's what made the government a debt issuer as well. we have a huge problem of a runaway national debt. we've had $1.5 trillion each year, which is the largest fiscal stimulus. and the american public says it hasn't worked. we haven't created the jobs. the real question is, are there policies that will work? we've lost 6 million industrial jobs in the first part of this century. >> that's sort of secular. we lo

>> for the reasons arianna said. it's not going to be a good solution if you have to do it in 24 hours. >> but you just said we had to do tax reform, entitlement reform, budget reform. all these things. this is an action-forcing moment. >> it is. unfortunately wewee up against a very serious deadline. >> that's why we're going to act. >> i believe that we can get a framework or whatever you want to call it, maybe a two-step process that will give us a solution in the grand bargain scheme. >> but not -- >> it has to be a compromise, george. it has to be something that both republicans and democrats -- >> just to be clear, what you're saying is not having a clean extension has been a good thing? for which we can credit 87 freshmen in the house of representatives who forced the president off his planned -- >> where we are is not a good thing. >> george, there's nothing in all his proposals that deals with any -- that alice -- and domenici proposed, national tax holiday, a way to bill the infrastructure. all these fundam

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want to go to arianna huffington, are they right?ent, this is the new consensus that's emerging beyond left and right that the government needs to do more, that the government needs to do more when it comes to payroll tax holiday, for example, which would help businesses hire more. more when it comes to infrastructure spending -- our infrastructure is crumbling. the government can borrow at below 3%. construction workers are idle. and also more aid to states which are also finding themselves in a position of having to inflict major cuts. this is the time for the government to step in and allow the private sector to begin to hire more. >> but those seem like conflicting things. i'm going to ask you about this, mort arianna's right. the places where most of us feel it is in states that end up cutting benefits. we're seeing this across the nation. what does the government specifically need to do and separately what does business in america need to do to help solve this problem? there is money in the system. >> first place, let's start o

we didn't arianna's -- we did arianna's first conference call. >> a lot of members came to me before this event and ask a question about the value of professional journalists, the ones to participate for no financial benefit. how do you balance that? how do you decide where the value comes from having a professional? for those who, like me, or professional journalists who worry that people can work for free might push them aside, are you ok with that? how do you preserve the added value that a professional can bring to the table? >> as i said earlier, we are very committed to professional journalism. since the merger, we have added over 160 professional journalists to the team. we are a robust journalistic enterprise. that does not mitigate the fact that we are also a platform the that is simply a distribution mechanism for people with something to say to be able to use it. some of them are posting what they are posting on their own personal blotgs. we had many academics. we have many students. every possible profession and you get imagine is represented. we would like all of you her

american dream, and then i wanted to edit it next to people like henry kissinger and gene simmons and ariannato show that any one of these new immigrants could be the next sergei brand from google. >> and we have those questions of those seeking to become citizens were asked. >> have you ever sold or bought marijuana or speed? >> have you ever been a habitual druncard? >> have you told your body for money? >> no, i have never been involved in prostitution. >> well, they found that laughable, but it is not a question that anybody wants to be asked, but it is incredible what steps people have to go through to become citizens and people take it for granted thinking that the people sneak through, but this is the process they endure to live in what i think that most of us agree is the greatest country in the world. >> right. and to become an american citizen, you have to go through a lot of hoops and take two tests. you have to be a person of good moral character and then pass a civicing test, which i am not sure that many of the viewers would pass. >> and you will remember this 4th of july, it is

that is called third world america by arianna huffington. a very readable book. see is a good writer. she touches on the trends that we have been seeing for a number of years in terms of our physical. frankly, if we do not reverse, and this is our point, or going to end up looking like a third country. fluent to the notice states. but he was waiting for a plan backed he happened to be sitting on the floor, crowded. he was wondering which was that their world country, the united states to china. a lot of ominous trends in this country are moving as in the wrong direction. did the act together and reverse those trends. another book that i'm reading right now is a book about the life of somebody i have known for a number of years. that is willie nelson. the book is called willie nelson and life. that is by joe neck but does he. that's the most readable book in the world because with so does is give us the name of everybody in the world that had anything to do with who nelson, but given the fact that willie nelson is one of the more, clearly one of the great entertai

we have students like laura and sydney, veterans like bill and roger and carlos, arianna, who is a senior, guillermo, who say senior, lucia, a senior, felicia is a senior, mary ellen is a senior, alisa is a senior, they're here representing the millions of people around this country who are as brave as the soldiers on the front lines in afghanistan. we don't have time for more delaying tactics. we need to get to the business at hand. we have a message that we can send back to the house very quickly. that's why we got rid of the -- i'm sorry, that's why we got the message so quickly last night, we wanted to get to what we're trying to do today and that is solve this problem we have. we can't do this alone. we need the republicans to join with us. we hope that before midnight approaches they will come to us and we will have worked during that -- during the day to say, thanks, that's a good idea, but i haven't heard anything from the republican leader. now, i hope he knows his troops are concerned. we know that. all of us know that. we have talked to republicans. we have a proposal that is a

[applause] tem, walter, arianna, thank you very much. i like to thank the staff for helping to organize today's event. thank you to all of you. we are adjourned. >> next we will hear from president obama and house republicans and democrats concerning the debt and deficit reduction talks. >> this weekend on book tv, " hesitation kills," reliving the front line. the impact of the intercontinental railroad. and david nichols looks at the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces a change in the cold war balance of power. but that the complete schedule at our website and sign up for alerts the weekend schedules. >> every weekend american history tv on c-span3 highlights the one ordered 50th anniversary of the civil war. this week historians on the events that led to the april 18, 61 attack on fort sumter in two weeks, mark the first major battle of the civil war, the battle of bull run, with 48 hours of civil war programming. every weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, president obama's about the ongoing negotiations between his admi

. >> arianna huffington was here just a week ago, i'm sure she's going to be glad to hear that. we're almost out of time, but we have a couple of housekeeping matters to take care of, and i'd like to remind you of a couple of upcoming speakers, august 19th governor gary john soften, former of new mexico. on august 30th we'll have an interview with labor secretary hilda solis, and right before 9/11, rudy giuliani, the former mayor of new york, that'll be on september 6th. i'd like to present our guest with the traditional npc gift, and that is -- by the way, i'll just note we call it the npc mug, but you can drink either coffee or tea out of it. >> thank you. sweet tea. it'll be sweet tea. thank you. [applause] >> so one final question. one final question. looking back at history, can you think of two presidents, perhaps one republican and one democrat, that you admire the most? >> >> yes. republican would have to be abraham lincoln, but i have to tell you my all-time favorite president is george washington, and the reason why i admire him so much is because he was a reluctant pr

. >> well, cheryl, milaneny, arianna, i love you so much, few more weeks, be in your arms shortly.lly quiet now, but you should see what they're like when the camera is not on. they're quite wild. >> a great group of guys. checking in with them throughout the day on "american morning" on some of the other shows. marking this fourth of july. but also, it's just a reminder even though it's a holiday, the war still goes on and these guys will be heading out on another combat mission in several hours from now. christine, ali, thank you very much. must be great for first sergeant shorter's family to hear. >> wait until he comes home and sees the honey-do list. >> supplies are short in afghanistan so jason couldn't get a full-sized shirt. it's a kid's t-shirt. >> i think he has nice arms. >> big arms. there you go. >>> still ahead, get ready for a spec tack fourth of july -- spectacular fourth of july. we're talking to the conductor of the boston pops and their star-studded event tonight. >> if you like monkeys, you can relax. the court has ruled in your favor. minnesota government shut