>> bill burton, white house deputy press secretary is with us once again.e them. kindergartners through 12th graders. it could be outrageous a person telling me to do my homework used to irritate me from time to time but where do you go from here and what is the response from the white house going into this whole speech? >> even though the coverage has been one of focusing in on what people have termed controversial, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. the president will gave message staying in school and do your homework and produce the results that will help be a successful young man and woman. it's a great speech. i hope a lot of kids hear it today and i think that it's going to have positive results. >> how much do you feel that the white house that the democrats, in general, are now suddenly on the defensive and whether it's a sort of some of the nonsensical assaults on a speech like this or other things going on that it's the much politics of the opposition smelling blood in the water of some kind as it is anybody really caring what the pre

when asked whether the president was upset the at report, while house spokesman bill burton said i'mot going to get into what the president had to say in an off the record conversation, but you should see what white house chief of staff rahm emanuel said about t" burton then laughed when asked if the president would apologize to west and democratic congressman pete stark has had a history of saying interesting things to folks who disagree with him, but this one may take the cake. during a town hall meeting, a man upset over healthcare reform said "mr. congressman, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining," to which stark responded "i wouldn't i dignify you by peeing on your leg t wouldn't be worth wasting the urine." when a second angry attendee accused stark of lying about healthcare reform, stark added "whether you think i'm a liar or not, i still want to get your input and i'll make up how i'm going to lie about it after i get it." well, if you need proof that all politics is indeed local, consider the case of senate majority leader harry reid. while he has been dealing with n

his message here from the white house, it's one we heard from bill burton earlier today, is that the president's going to get specific on what his goals are, what he wants to see passed and what he does not want to see when he goes before congress tomorrow to try and get these lawmakers on the same page to overhaul the health care system here in the united states of america. well, it's back to work for members of congress. as i said, president obama's gearing up for the big speech tomorrow night. we're live on capitol hill with how the battle over reform is shaping up. >>> another candidate says he will not run for ted kennedy's senate seat. and this decision blows the race wide open. that story's next on "it's the economy." clean so deep... ...it's like your old mop's worst nightmare. ♪ [ thunder crashes ] [ man ] love stinks. ♪ love stinks! ♪ yeah! yeah! [ female announcer ] swiffer wet cloths clean better than a mop with new cleansers that attract dirt deep into the cloth and lock it away. new swiffer wet cloths clean better, or your money back. ♪ love stinks! upbeat rock ♪ so i c

steve: just crossing our urgent files bill burton tells fox that wilson's apology has been accepted following outburst last night. interestingly enough, according to politifact.com that looks at whether things are true or not they looked at the comment would illegals be able to get health care insurance under that and the bill does specifically mention illegals in affordability credits. they will not be able to get them. affording to the federation of immigration reform they say illegals would be permitted to purchase national health insurance because there is not a mechanism for verifying whether or not you are a citizen. so, under the public option, according to fair, they could get health care. gretchen: according to the "new york post" this morning, hillary clinton, remember that name? well, she is secretary of state. is she fed up with being the secretary of state? much has been made in recent months about the fact that maybe she has been overshadowed. we all know that barack obama became president. but then many people applauded the fact that he named her as secretary of state. but wher

bill. i don't think the obama administration has been out front on this. i think they have been very late and very eanymore -- anemic in speaking about. this this isn't burton and going out there. this is so toxic and poisonous to the public discourse. bill: absolutely. >> the president who did the big speech on race after the reverend wright thing blue -- blew up. bill: he will on sunday. i guarantee you he has got to. you are absolutely right. what's happened is, and we talked about this earliered in the program. that barack obama is now getting hammered by acorn, by jones, by jimmy carter trying to help him, throwing the race card in there and everybody is going that has nothing to with race. >> when is the last time, bill, when is the last time you think jimmy carter was a net positive for the democratic party. bill: i don't get him. do you get him? >> last time we checked, wasn't he down in gaza and he is trying to fix things in gaza a couple years before that he was in cuba hanging out with fidel and talking about medical supplies or something. and in cuba. he is always doing something loony, but let me tell you something. there is nothing worse than

bill obviously hasn't done a great deal to solve the problems. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. kline: i yield 30 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. burton: we need competition in the private sector. we don't need to take over this sector like what we did with the automobile industry. socialism doesn't work. government control doesn't work. so i urge my colleagues to reconsider and think, it didn't work before, it won't work now. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair reminds members that they must address their comments to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. tierney, a member of the committee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. tierney: you would think we are not having private lenders from lending. they can make student loans. they can. without subsidy and without a guarantee they probably won't find themselves very competitive. right now the government is providing 60% of all the capital that goes in because that market didn't have the l

bill obviously hasn't done a great deal to solve the problems. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. kline: i yield 30 seconds. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. burton: we need competition in the private sector. we don't need to take over this sector like what we did with the automobile industry. socialism doesn't work. government control doesn't work. so i urge my colleagues to reconsider and think, it didn't work before, it won't work now. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair reminds members that they must address their comments to the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. miller: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. tierney, a member of the committee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. tierney: you would think we are not having private lenders from lending. they can make student loans. they can. without subsidy and without a guarantee they probably won't find themselves very competitive. right now the government is providing 60% of all the capital that goes in because that market didn't have the l