personal affairs actually affect the way they do their job also more earlier i was joined by chris chambers journalism professor at georgetown university and daniel ferrante president of grassroots p.c. i asked them if this is a case of political correctness simply going too far here's what they have to say. i think the underlying foundation is that voters are exhausted in a lack of leadership in this country and while they're focused on this functioning congress the economy in shambles just look at recent polling nine percent approval rating for congress which is pretty much family and staffers record lows for the president politico rasmussen just said hold it eighty two percent of americans feel that they are worse off than they were five years ago gallup had one saying seventy five percent are in worse economic shape than they were and looking forward to the future as well i think that's the bedrock of the problem right now and what do you think ross well you know if it's political correctness there is a dearth of common sense and tolerance in this country. and there's a difference over

and that was chris chambers journalism professor at georgetown university as well as daniel ferrazzi president of grassroots peacey. well still ahead here on r t well g. twenty leaders wrap up their meeting in france u.s. unemployment numbers are just about the same so why is greece getting all the attention when there are so many other problems that need to be solved and what solution can really come out of this. with thank. you we. thank the. test the nobody seems to know. that every pepper sprayed the base by part of the argument that they're being overly dramatic. looking to the capital and. i do want to talk more about the g. twenty i know a little earlier we showed you a report about what was on the agenda what was going on now i want to talk more about the implications of it how it may change things earlier i spoke to karl denninger what the markets are here it was a nice fellow florida i asked karl to break down for me what happened what didn't happen and to tell us why anyone should care here's his take. the i.m.f. attempted to get more funding commitments from the g. twenty

the foreign policy debates can be very telling all right thanks so much fellows for joining us chris chambers journalism professor at georgetown university and jennifer usher president of grassroots p.c. and that is all the time we have but for more on the stories we covered could r.t. dot com slash usa also check our you tube page and youtube dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter at frowsy i also want to mention new jobs numbers out today where the unemployment rate dropped from nine point one percent to nine percent higher ring slowed down quite a bit with just about eighty thousand new jobs added to the economy this was the smallest increase in four months but don't take my word for it our laura lister will break it all down for you and dig deeper into just what those numbers mean her show the capital account is up next so be sure to keep it right here and we will of course the right back with you at five o'clock for now christine for us out. those who are fascinated with history. to those who have a sweet tooth. to those who can't live without the sky. and of course

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and parts of bills changed, but the big sort of battles chris is talking about is will there be health reform. you tend to find groups like the chamberers association, they come out with trade groups in the single states. >> the question of disappointment is if you look at domestic policy, it is hard from the left perspective, liberal perspective, to look at the priorities domestically and disagree with them in terms of what the objectives were in the democratic congress when it had control of wrong and the white house. the objection is much more, i think, on what happens when those corporate lobbyists and when the disfunkal congress get their hands on it. >> and nancy pelosi had a much more industrialized agenda, she wanted to tax the risk and claw back banker bonuses. the congressman from virginia made this point, the house was much more in touch with the populist moment that was choked out by the senate. she in some ways has more credibility on this, even if i don't think that's publicly acknowledged that harry reid or barack obama would. >> and that house passed an unbelievable round of legislation, including the cap and trade bi