chamber of commerce relationship plenty to help american businesses compete. samantha hayes from washington. >> president barack obama walked a short distance to the chamber of commerce building. the neighbor over the north lawn of the white house. >> maybe if we brought over a fruitcake when i first moved in and perhaps we would have a better start? i'm going to make up for it. >> of relationship with a powerful lobby has been intense and with the remarks. twitter members, the try to make the case for spending more federal dollars of 200 members-- >> will increase information infrastructure. we will invest in education so you could hire the most skilled, talented workers in the world. >> so you can-higher. >> with regular regulatory and tax increase focus. and which the chamber of commerce president, tom donahue says that his policies are bad for business. >> 100 to the eight new agencies, commissions, committees created by the u.s. health department and the capital bill creates 320 mandatory regulations. and to 20 suggested n regulations. >> the monday meetin

just an effort to for example disseminate ideas on behalf of the bank of america or even the chamber of commerce or even to undermine the arguments being made by a critics of the of the chamber of commerce or supporters of wiki leaks that would be one thing that would be legitimate but this goes so far beyond that i mean they're talking about for example all fabricating documents basically forging documents and then submitting them to week you leaks pretending to be a confidential source to induce week he likes to publish that disseminated to the public and then attack wiki leaks for having published forward documents and. language that they use for targeting pro wiki leaks journalists of myself was forcing people to choose between preservation of career over a cause meaning finding ways to threaten the careers of pro wiki leaks activists and spokespeople and journalists in order to basically force them to stop advocating on behalf of wiki leaks which is extortion and they're talk about things like trespassing into week uniques is cyber system to discover the confidentiality to uncover the confi

if you are on the left of the democratic party and uc president obama making nice with the chamber of commerce, how do you feel? >> people are really on the left are not happy with it, but they understand nothing is going to happen with this relationship with the chamber of commerce will stay with the republican nominees, no question about it all, can do is softened a little bit of the hostility -- all obama can do is softened a little bit of the hostility. >> so what is the point, mark? >> i barely that barack obama is refashioning his image to independent -- apparently that barack obama is refashioning his image to independent voters. recall that business' demand last december was we are uncertain about taxes. he gives them their tax bill. now it is regulation. next year it will be unless you get rid of these child labor laws and the minimum wage law -, we cannot do business in this environment but what do they what? >> charles, what do they want? >> how do i compete with that? "yes, we are in favor of repeal of the child labor laws." mark is right, it is about independence, repositioning. t

peter is supervisor and senior adviser of the traffic and transport division at the chamber of commerce, amsterdam. they are partners with businesses and public authorities to develop a robust and economically healthy region. they supervise a team of professionals in the port industries, barge, rail, and road transport. sounds like mta. the chamber of commerce amsterdam is known as an element of innovative approach to connectivity and mobility. he is strong and establishing unique partnership to create groundbreaking solutions. he started a task force formability management for employers and employees to reduce car trafficked by 10%. -- he started a task force for mobility management for employers and employees to reduce traffic by 10%. >> i will give you the perspective of the business community in amsterdam. athis is the region of amsterda. this is the inner city of amsterdam, and the rest of the city are the suburbs. the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also

chamber of commerce, and he calls on businesses to hire workers. there is a criticism of his economic policies, that have been said to create unsustainable deficits. >> this week, we were told that we were moving in the right direction but we need to get there more quickly. the bipartisan tax cuts that we passed in december will add to job creation and economic growth. this is making the paychecks of americans will larger, and helping to invest. but the true measure of progress is that every american who wants to have a job can find a job. people in this country can still achieve the american dream. this is the process. in the global economy, the newest industries will take root and the strongest commitment to research and technology, this will help with -- we have to innovate more than the rest of the world. students and researchers are leading the way on innovation and they are taking up the challenge all across the country. if you focus on tackling the biggest obstacles, with clean, affordable energy, we will get behind your work. the people in p

chamber of commerce. the business could has been critical of him in the past. you can watch that live here at 11:30 a.m. here on c-span. we will also open our phone lines to get your thoughts on the president's comments. and we have more today with robert gibbs. that will also be live right here on c-span. right now, more events across the c-span network. right now, a discussion on immigration policy as to by the brookings institution. it started about an hour ago and continues live on our companion network, c-span2. >> tonight, karen evans and timothy car on the ability of the u.s. to shut down the internet and deborah wheeler on the impact in the middle east. feddis tonight on c-span2. >> every weekend, experience american history on c-span3. it is 48 hours of american events in first-person story. history bookshelf features the best known history writers of the bus -- past decade. and it traveled to important battlefields. every weekend visit college classrooms across the nation as professors delavan and to america's past during lectures and history. of joy

chamber of commerce, the powerhouse of american business and his political adversary. he delivered an urgent message to the companies to get in the game, start spending money and hiring workers throwing down a gauntlet but also trying to build a bridge. jake tapper is at the white house. tell us what happened, jake. >> reporter: good evening, diane. president obama is desperate to get the economy moving again, and as you say, it's just a quick hop across the street to the chamber, but the distance on so many issues between the white house and the chamber of commerce is vast. the temperature was in the 40s when president obama walked to the u.s. chamber of commerce this morning. the reception inside the building was chilly, as well. >> maybe if we -- if we had brought over a fruitcake when i first moved in, we would have gotten off to a better start. >> reporter: the president may have come in the spirit of being more neighborly, but he was hardly looking to just borrow a cup of sugar. >> american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets. >> rep

of the kentucky chamber of commerce. and harold meyerson is editor- at-large at the "american prospect," and a columnist for the "washington post." mr. adkisson, as you sat today watching the president, what did you think the purpose of that speech was? what was that about? >> well, i think it was a major gesture after several contentious months between the business community and the administration. i think it was an important symbolic but substantive way in which the president reached out to the business community. i think that's welcome. >> ifill: how did it go over? >> it went over well. he received a standing ovation at the beginning and the end. applause in between occasionally. i think it was a good message for the business community to hear. obviously people will wait to see how that becomes policy, how that plays out in the give-and-take between the administration and other policy-makers. but basically well received. i think it was an important gesture in which a new relationship can be built. >> ifill: harold mey

chamber of commerce, as a matter of fact, business had a nice rebound. you see that reflected in what street, in corporate profits, and that is a good thing for the company. but how about now investing in that country that has been good to you to help us expand the economy, create jobs, and reposition america so we are competitive in the global economy? host: jim from fairfax, virginia. caller: good morning. i am behind somebody with your bumper sticker right now. we have been talking a lot about infrastructure, infrastructure investment, the stimulus bill. i remember people talking about bridges, roads, and investment with the stimulus. just a bit more than the new deal. at the end of the day, anywhere between 5% and 10% of that money went to infrastructure investment. often times, the money that states plan to spend is supplanted. i looked at a couple of reports, and there was a price tag included about how much we needed to spend on infrastructure. it was about $2 trillion. given that we are spending twice as much as we did decades ago in terms of fed

chamber of commerce hired private tech firms h.p. gary barracuda technologies and pelletier to come up with tactics to damage progressive groups now this trifecta of firms came to be known as team famous and their methods of taking down the progressives included an entrapment project here's their game plan looked like first team that was thought of creating a false document highlighting something very basic like financial information that when they sent that fake information to progressive groups and think tanks the team would then publicly expose that document saying that it contained no information to undermine the progressives really sneaky right but they also had a second plan to specifically target the group change when the tech firms that legitimately wanted to create a fake insider persona to start talking to the group get some insider communication going to that plan isn't going to be going anywhere thanks to the have to fix activists now between their smear tactics against wiki leaks and progressive groups the tech firms are

chamber of commerce and wants to see firms suspend more on developing new products and creating more jobs. >> today american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets and i know many of you have told me you're waiting for demand to rise before you expand. but many of your own economists are forecasting a healthy increase in demand. i just want to encourage you to get in the game. >> the chamber of commerce said the white house had been at odds during two years over government regulations as well as health care bill. >> and coming up, the role the sun may play in preventing the onset of multiple sclerosis. >> and why bounce houses may get bounced out of public parks in one bay area sti from record warmth to cooler weather tomorrow. i'm sandhya patel. i'll show what you temperatures will look like coming up. >> and all systems are a go. a project now up and >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a grease fire temporarily shut down a restaurant this afternoon in downtown walnut creek. investigators say it started on a stove about 2:15 this

chamber of commerce. [applause] >> thank you very much, and good morning. i am pleased to welcome the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. your visit continues a century old tradition stretching all the way back to william howard taft, who suggested the creation of this institution in 1912, and we are honored you are here today to continue that tradition, and you probably noticed next year we will have our 100th birthday. our representatives are here on behalf of organizations that make up the chamber of commerce organization. let me add that getting a seat here was one of thought is tickets in town. let me also reaffirmed of business communities absolute commitment to working to enhance our shared objectives. first and foremost is the compelling need to strengthen our free enterprise the economy, create jobs, and put americans back to work. our focus is to find a common ground to ensure america's greatness in the 21st century. america works best when we work together. it is my distinct pleas

was governor the first time and now he was in los angeles trying to convince the california chamber of commerce, the l.a. chamber, to endorse his package of budget cuts and tax hikes and he did so, in word and indeed. governor jerry brown before 1500 at the l.a. chamber of commerce dinner, a skeptical crowd when it comes to taxes, particularly the height in sales in car taxes he wants to extend to eliminate a $25 billion state deficit. they're revenue extensions and they're taxes but you're already paying them, paying themment to and from what i can tell people are feeling pretty good here tonight. peeling just as good to extend them another five years, i promise you. >> we need to see the cuts and we'd love to see them first. >> reporter: the governor has been cutting the state's auto fleet, cell phones, and today airfare. flying on southwest airlines alone, no staff, no security. >> the governor got like any other person and the cheap seats, i may say. he didn't want to pay the $16 extra for the business select. i think he's trying to get the message that every penny counts in california and

but the chamber of commerce says real estate is turning a corner. >> it's affordable.is saying the market is changing and people are starting to buy houses. >> vallejo's vice mayor says he wants people, not magazines, to give vallejo a chance. he says vallejo is a city going through a rebirth. >>> 5:47. this morning, a tax break for new mothers. the irs says the cost of breast pumps will now be considered tax-deductible medical expenses. previously the irs considered breast pumps feeding equipment not medical devices. they can cost several hundred dollars. but this new ruling means that women can use the money in their pre-tax flexible spending accounts to buy the equipment. >>> a new mother in missouri can take advantage of that tax break. in fact, she didn't even know she was pregnant. jane calvin gave birth earlier week but didn't even realize she was pregnant. the unexpected surprise happened when she went to the restroom and called her husband for help. >> i had to get a towel, clean the baby off, take the bag off her head, stick my finger in her mouse, clean her

-- let's take a look at a peace in "usa today" talking about the president's address at the chamber of commerce. obama faces business leaders. host: should the president of the business community? matt, caller from manhattan. what do you think the president should do here? caller: i think he ought to stand up to the business community once and for all. big business, corporations, don't pay taxes. corporations write their own regulations. the regulation is there should be no regulation. they are masters at obtaining what they once a through the government'. and if president obama had any hutzpah backbone, he would be in their face and represent the individual taxpayer. again, thank you for c-span. host: caller from illinois. welcome. caller: i think the previous gentlemen stole my thunder. president obama, against the promises he made, has a lead corporations right of the health care bill. financial regulatory -- everything that he says he would do, he got done the opposite. i don't know the difference between having him in office or bush in office. two of the same birds. war and corporations. h

sis during his address to the chamber of commerce, the biggest business federation in the world, three million businesses world-wide, represented by the chamber. at the world headquarters of the chamber, this week in washington mr. obama urged new export markets for american goods. >> we recently signed export deals that will support more than 250,000 jobs here in the united states. we finalized a trade agreement with south korea to support at least 70,000 american jobs. that's the kinds of deal that i will be looking for as we pursue trade agreements with panama and columbia, as we work to bring russia into the international trading system. >> and there's this. the president's high octane export trade effort, now has the support of organized labor, of two huge unions have thrown their support behind the president. the united auto workers and food and commercial workers exporting u.s. goods means producing u.s. jobs, cutth the unemployment rate. in other words, enhanced recovery. >> as far as exports are concerned, that means seeking new opportunities and seeking new markets for your g

i'm the president of the board of green chamber of commerce. we're based here in san francisco. and as the president of this association with over 400 businesses, i'll offer three reasons why the business community supports this initiative. first of all, this ordinance brings to light a real disparity between what you pay for and what you get with the yellow pages. an ad in the phone book would be distributed to about a million recipients and if every single business and person actually collected the book, it's estimated only 38% or about 370,000 people and businesses actually use the yellow pages. so with the current model i'm paying for exposure to almost 1 million recipients but only getting exposure to 370,000. so if by distributing the books in quantities that were more accurately representing the real population of phone book usersers, this would enforce more honesty in the real estate being paid for. secondly, the cost benefits of this ordinance would be done without negative impact on business's ability to advertise. the yellow page is one of the least targeted forms of a

chamber of commerce to back his bid to extend tax increases. >>> a long-awaited report on the future of home loans and bonuses for office workers at gm and chrysler. with more on today's big business stories, here's ashley morrison. >>> reporter: most asian markets saw a big sell yong. hong kong's hang seng saw steep losses before bouncing back with a gain of half a percent while japan's nikkei was closed. today wall street gets the latest on trade and hears the white house's plans for renorming mortgage giants's fannie mae and freddie mac. on thursday tech stocks dragged down the market breaking an eight-day winning streak for the dow. the blue chips lost 10, the nasdaq was up 1. >>> fewer americans apply for jobless benefits last week than in nearly three years. first-time claims fell 36,000 to 383,000, but that figure needs to stay at or below 357,000 to make a significant dent in unemployment. >>> the days of super low mortgage rates appear to be behind us for now. the average on a 30-year fixed loan is now above 5% for in nearly a year. higher rates could further hurt sales ahead

chamber of commerce. d relations between his administration and the business community. >> we can and we must work together. >> reporter: the idea of mr. obama delivering a speech to the chamber seemed unthinkable just a few months ago. the white house and the chamber sparred throughout the fall, with the president accusing the chamber of funneling foreign money into american elections. >> are you going to let special interests from wall street and washington and maybe places beyond our shores come to this state? and tell us who our senators should be? >> reporter: chamber president tom donahue has been a frequent vocal critic of the white house on health care and financial reform. the president was conciliatory and he acknowledged that businesses are still facing tough times. >> i understand the significance of your obligations to your shareholders and the pressures that are created by quarterly reports. i get it. >> reporter: it was part of a concerted effort by the white house to work with the business

emily schmidt has details about the president's first speech to the nation's chamber of commerce. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob, good morning to you. president obama is telling businesses he wants them to hang out more help wanted signs to help american workers. but critics say, that's one tough sales pitch, in this economic and political climate. with the markets up and unemployment down, president obama says it's time for u.s. businesses to invest in america. >> american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets. >> reporter: his audience has also been his frequent critic, the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> if there's a reason that you don't share my confidence, if there's a reason you don't believe this is the time to get off the sidelines, to hire and to invest, i want to know about it. i want to fix it. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner said in a statement after the speech, president obama has retooled his rhetoric, but not his job-destroying policies. a chamber executive said there's simply too many regulations. >> if you're a business and

addressing the chamber of commerce, the president urged corporate america to invest the nearly $2 trilliont has saved up and start hiring again. for his part, the president promised to address their complaints about the corporate tax code and burdensome government regulations. and on that score, congressional correspondent nancy cordes reports businesses have a very long wish list. >> reporter: in nearly 2,000 pages of letters to congress, u.s. businesses unloaded on everything from anti-pollution rules to new pilot requirements to workplace noise standard complaining they all kill jobs. construction workers cannot afford this burden right now, wrote one group of builders. >> i'm congressman darrell issa. >> reporter: they were solicited by darrell issa, the chair of the house oversight committee. republicans have made eliminated regulations one of their top priorities. >> far from pulling our economy back, the weight of debt and taxes and regulation have stifled our economic recovery. >> reporter: in one letter, beverage makers complained that sugary soft drinks were being targeted unfair

chamber of commerce. [applause] >> thank you very much, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the chamber. i am pleased to officially welcome the 44th president of united states, barack obama. mr. president, your visit today continues a century-old tradition of presidents addressing the chamber, stretching all of the way back to william howard taft, who suggested the creation of this institution in 1912. and we are honored that you are here today to continue that tradition, and, by the way, you probably noticed that next year, we will have our 100th birthday. before you in this historic hall of flags, there are representatives across companies large and small, as well as members of our staff and our very distinguished board. they are here. they are here on behalf of 3 million businesses that make up the chamber of commerce federation. let me add, mr. president, that getting a seat here today was one of the hottest tickets in town. let me reform -- a limit reaffirm the commitment to working with you and your administration to advance our shared objectives. first and f

chamber of commerce. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president of the united states, please welcome tom donohue, president and ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applause] >> i am pleased to officially welcome the 44th president of the united states, barack obama. mr. president, your visit today continues a century old tradition of president addressing the chamber stretching all the way back to william howard taft, his suggested the creation of this institution in 1912. we're honored that you are here today to continue that tradition. you probably have noticed that next year, we will have our 100th birthday. before you and this historic call, at our representatives of companies large and small as well as members of our staff and our very distinguished board. they are here on behalf of 3 million businesses and organizations that make up the chamber of commerce federation. let me add, mr. president, that getting a seat here today is one of the hottest tickets in town. let me

the japanese chamber of commerce as well as the leader of citizens -- citizzends leagu -- citizens league. you have also been part of our great cultural fabric including playing the piano and being able to do the j-town jazz ensemble. the key for serving again and we will be needing your help with this budget. -- thank you for serving again and we will be needing your help with this budget. i know you came from michigan, we both came from snow. he moved here and you have been here since. you own your own gallery, and you have been housed in a number of contemporary art there as well. you have been working with our hardest locally -- at ranging from local to international. from working with yoko ono, it has been wonderful. you have been placing women in the spotlight. it has been a great value to us. the overall mission is to enrich the community with special projects and events. you have been a wonderful participant in our commission on aging. you have been there since 2007. your appointment this year has just reflected the wonderful level of service to us. to a master of arts, chair of t

that was the message from president obama to business leaders today as he visited the chamber of commerce. the president and corporate worlds have been at odds in the past. this is part of a new softening in the administration. for president obama, the short walk from the white house to the chamber of commerce may have felt more like a trip behind enemy lines. >> maybe if we would have brought over a fruitcake when i first moved in, we would have gotten off to a better start. >> reporter: today he offered an olive branch reaching out to improve relations with the corporate world. >>. >> reporter: to a mostly silent crowd of business leaders, he also defended government regulations and his controversial health law while asking couldn't tris what they can do for their country, a push to hire more american workers. >> i just want to encourage you to get in the game. >> reporter: meantime, across town, the launch of a new way to find some 600,000 jobs now open in the u.s. it is a new internet sufficient fox.jobs yielding sites like usa.jobs or more specific domains like atlanta or more engi e