i don't know what he watches or listens to, but bill richardson, does he listen to guys like you? does he listen to bill clinton? they're saying this, i assume. >> i was at his births day party, and we talked briefly. he knows the severity of the situation. all i'm saying, chris, is let's not panic. let's do it right. let's have a jobs plan that makes sense, that involves a private sector, infrastructure. i'm with what everyone is saying. all i'm saying is let's do it right. he needs new creative ideas and listen to ordinary people out in the midwest about how to do this. >> all i'm saying is every time a job opens in a big city, the line goes around the block of able -- another old phrase-able-bodied men and women who want to work. they may not have enough money for a cup of dove, but they wait in line for hours to put their name on the list. they want to work that much. you go through a big city people are up at 6:30 catching a bus if they're lucky to have a job. this country likes to work. and this president has to do the thing. same sorry i'm sorry. i agree with bloth you guys,

governor bill richardson, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate you stopping by. >> thank you. >>> breaking news out of the afc. a precision air strike killed at least eight taliban militants believed to be responsible for shooting down a u.s. helicopter last weekend. that marked the single deadlys incident in the ten-year afghan war. let's bring in atiyyah who's in kabul. >> hi, veronica. they went after the group of plen that they were they were able to kill the leader and his men, mullah mohibulla. they were able to find them in the district, when they brought in the f-16s, they dropped the bombs and they killed them. the clarification that general allen wanted to give everyone was that these did kill those responsible for bringing down that helicopter, but they still can't find the insurgent leader that was being started on saturday when that helicopter came down. >> atia abawi, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >>> three siblings are on the run and considered armed and dangerous. have they taken their crime spree to col

last night on "hardball" with chris matthews, chris asked former new mexico governor, bill richardson what the president and lawmakers need to focus on next. >> i think the president has to shift the discussion away from debt. we've had a ten-year debt program that he and the republicans have come forth with. what we need is a jobs program. jobs, jobs, jobs. create jobs through the private sector, give incentives to new companies that hire new workers. find ways to persuade and maybe even force some of these companies that are taking these jobs overseas. find issues that create county to county, you got to go to the grassroots. you know when the president talks about let's have more infrastructure. let's have more green jobs. i think what needs to happen is he's got plenty of people working for him. these new jobs are going to be in county x of sante fe, new mexico, go to the midwest, listen to factory workers, to union leaders, to private-sector leaders. what's it going to take to create new jobs? give me some new ideas. >> don't miss "hardball" with chris matthews, week nights at 5:

as we found in 2006 when there was a brief moment, i was there with bill richardson, the envoy.hey were trying to rip the sanctions to spur a possible reengagement. it's difficult. once they are in place, legally it's very difficult to take the steps, to agree to release money. they don't want to have exposure legally down the road. they found $30 billion in assets. only 10% are liquid assets, then reduce it to what they can get their hands on. they are trying to get $1 billion or $1.5 billion to get started. >> the hunt goes on for gadhafi. the 2012 presidential race. former florida governor, jeb bush, a guy a lot of republican people wish would run. this morning, republicans going too far with their criticism of president obama. here is governor bush on fox news. >> i think the president means well. his policies have failed. nothing wrong with that. it's politics. to stop there and say i'm going to win because i'm against what is going on. you have to win with purpose if you want to make the changes. you have to persuade. you can't just be against the president. he's made a si

we have bill richardson and mike rogers will join us.harrigan will join us live from inside tripoli. we have breaking news on the housing market and the next move out of washington to boost the economy. plus a continu controversial and his brand-new book, maggie goes on a diet. maggie is 14 and this book is for six years old. we'll talk about it in a few minutes. martha: that is problematic. coming up on "happening now." two huge stories breaking right now today, libya where there is pounding going on at moammar qaddafi's compound in tripoli. we're watching that story as it develops. also a monster storm, a hurricane heading towards the united states 100 miles per hour, cat 2 right now churning through the caribbean,ess expected to hit the bahamas and turks and cacos. we'll talk to somebody who is on the ground about the conditions. stay with us, "america's newsroom." hey can i play with the toys ? sure, but let get a little information first. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please ca

ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson.ichardson, we talked about back in march, five days in to what was a new mission in libya, and now here we are today. what should your initial thoughts? -- what are your thinkable -- initial thoughts? >> president obama's policy worked because we let nato take the lead, we prevented through the nato air strikes huge killings, especially in the benghazi area. we got the rebels along with nato to start working together. they were very divided, rag tag. it seems that they're coming together. and then last lay, they have -- lastly, they have, hopefully, captured the country. now, the tough stuff starts, and that is, one, it's important that the rebels not have recriminations and violence against gadhafi and his supporters. there should be an effort to bring gadhafi before the international criminal court. and i think it's important that the allies unfreeze some $30 billion in assets that gadhafi had that libya has for democratic transition. but it's not going to be easy because there's a l

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