christina? >> all right, thanks so much, mike viqueira, joining us live from the white house this morning. >>> well, barbara bush is in a houston hospital this morning. the former first lady checked into the hospital yesterday after feeling ill for about a week. she is set to undergo a series of routine tests today. doctors don't expect anything serious. we will have a report from janet in a few minutes. >>> this weekend sarah palin packs harry reid's hometown with more than 9,000 tea party activists kicking off a 42 city bus tour to send a message to washington. >> big government, big debt, obama, pelosi, reid's spending spree is over. you're fired. thank you so much. >> but the new "washington post" poll shows palin would face an uphill battle getting hired. just 37% of americans have a favorable opinion of palin. 55% have an unfavorable opinion. i'm joined now live by the white house correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers. there's a lot of meaning that can be derived from those numbers with a

there were a few more details since i did speak with christina bookal who spoke with cory byrd after he was arrested. the story he gave her, little marc got sick that day, had a stomach ailment and didn't go to school. >> says who? >> reporter: so cory byrd stays home -- says the mother. she knew he stayed home. >> how did i know he hadn't already been beaten? they did see him, correct? at the bodega, correct? >> reporter: exactly. at 10:00. there's video surveillance. both were in a great mood. yeah. what cory byrd tells christina bookal, the mother, that he was watching television and marc wanted to go see his aunt who lives right literally next door just a few yards away. he said, wait for me and i will take you over there to your aunt's, the next thing you know, he looked up, got caught up in a television program, looked up, the back door was open and marc was gone and this was 1:00 and he called the police. >> it was 46 degrees outside, he let the boy just go outside to walk to the aunt's? >> reporter: that's what it looks like. >> he got caught up in a tv show at 1:00. what wou

let's go to nbc's luke russert on capitol hill and christina, senior reporter for talking points memohouse. luke, has the battle begun over the reconciliation package? >> reporter: yeah. right now, ed, on the senate floor, you see the actual fix-it bill. they're going through some procedural votes right now. that should take up the rest of the day. they're essentially starting the 20 hours of debate. we expect republicans to thoroughly look at this bill, trying to find areas where they can take a -- get part of it to be changed. i just came out of a meeting with steny hoyer. he said he expects the senate to finish this this week. he said essentially he will not release his numbers until they have taken a vote on this final package, if it does come back. they go to recess on monday. so a real sense of urgency to get this done before a two-week recess, ed. >> what are these 20 hours going to be like, luke? >> reporter: well, you're going to have the gop really trying to take a scalpel. they're going to go through line by line, saying this piece of the fix-it bill does not apply to the r

you know, christina wrote to me recently to say, "it seems like government is broken." and i know that sentiment is something we hear all the time now. but the truth is, it is only broken if we allow it to be. it's only broken if we allow stunts like are happening here now to rule the day. if we can come together and put an end to shortsighted blil point-scoring-- --political point-scoring that says partisanship trumps progress, then we can help struggling families. if we can join together the way we did to pass the children children or fair pay for women in the workplace, we can then restore the faith of the american people. but until we put an end to delays like the one we face by one republican senator today, americans are going to continue to have every right to be fed up. so, madam president, i come to the floor today to ask the senator from kentucky to allow us to finally move forward with consent on this bill so that americans can get access to the help they desperately need in these very tough economic times. this is critical. families across our states are hurt

. >>> we are here with christina aquith, author sister is in war. christina, who are zia and nunu? >> they are 18 and 21-years-old at the start of the war and they are filled with hope for the americans will do for iraq because they suffered horribly under the iraqi regime. fielder sister goes to work for the americans and ends up falling in love with an american contractor and the younger sister, nunu, is struggling to get her university of the university which becomes harder and harder as the americans lose control of the country and the radical islamists gain control. >> when did you meet him? >> i met them in early 2003 at the start of the war. >> through your book you talked to zia and nunu and two other women? >> captain quinby u.s. soldier reservist. she's at the start of the war and she eventually becomes in charge of really the biggest initiative to bring americans version of women's rights to the middle east. the other woman is omar, she is an american activist and is working for women internationally in iraq trying to help iraqi women build a grass-roots effort to streng

>> yeah, liz, cue up that interview i had with the mother, christina bookal. and i say "mother" in the loosest sense of the word. rupa, how old is the mom? i know cory byrd is currently 30. >> nancy, i think they're both the same age. they were both 19 at the time the 1998 allegations of child abuse occurred. so they must both be 30. >> and back to you, michael mazzariello. i remember when we covered this way back when, as i recall. it was in the middle of december. and i asked the mother over and over about the boyfriend, his story, the live-in, and the prior abuse on the 14-month-old sibling. and she defended him. she went to the mat. >> that is correct, nancy. i spent time with her today. she's very distraught. she's just trying to make ends meet. and she's really having a hard time of it. i'll tell you that. >>> a sad ending to a desperate search. >> the state police cadaver dog team located what had been confirmed to be human remains. >> police in full force searching by air and on foot. >> preliminary examination of those remains indicates that they are

please welcome christina romer. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is lovely to be back with you again this march, as he just mentioned. i was here last march. we will give them a minute for technical -- let me go ahead and we will see if we get the powerpoint. when i spoke at this gathering a uriko, the country was in some of the very darkest days of the recession. -- at this gathering a year ago, the country was in some of the very darkest days of the recession. we have lost 1.5 million jobs in the previous two month. industrial production had fallen by more than 2% in january 2009, almost another 1% in february. there was rampant and stock prices were plummeting. my topic last year was the american recovery and reinvestment act, which had just been passed. i discussed its key features and my reason for thinking it would be effective. one year later, the evidence has borne out my predictions. the recovery act has helped to change the direction of the economy dramatically. the decline and fear of a year ago has been replaced by growth and hope of

i have to admit i was watching christina romer deal with the facts her figures were not on the slide, trying to figure how i might describe that. [laughter] that cloud looks a little like the state of kentucky. what [laughter] i am going to point out to you is the progression looks like west virginia. the red dots per cent monthly figures for 2008 and 2009. at the beginning of the recession and an atomic rate was 5%. the average duration was 17 weeks. -- at the beginning of the recession the average unemployment rate was 5%. this initial divergence is largely accounted for by a secular shift towards longer spells of unemployment due to the aging of the work force at a much stronger labour force attachment. there is some secular change represented in these relationships we started out with. the first 15 months of the recession, average duration increased with unemployment at roughly the rate you would have expected. this is indicated by the series of red dots that all along the top of the blue cloud and are parallel to the black line. we started off following that trend. since the firs

also on the list, white house economist christina romer.no comment from the white house, but a spokesperson did say the president plans to announce a nominee in time for confirmation before kohn's departure in late june. >> jeff: still ahead, toyota's recalls have its u.s. regulator under the microscope. a look at how toyota's problems could lead n.h.t.s.a. down a new road. >> susie: jeff, we have a nice start to the month of march with a little bit of positive performance on the stock market. thanks to a couple of deals going on that you're going to tell us about. >> jeff: that's right. it was about mergers and acquisitions activity and some interesting data today. let's get started with tonight's market focus. it seems as if everyone woke up monday morning and realized, hey, remember the idea of a global economic recovery? it's still on. let's talk about the guts of the 21st century economy: the chips that run our computers. here's a look at the semiconductor e.t.f., the highest price in over a month. the semiconductor industry associatio

think about christina and all the other americans who sent us here to go to work for them. the people who watch the news tonight and think, what about me? what about all of us? you know, christina wrote to me again recently to say, it seems like government is broken. and i know that sentiment is something we hear all the time now. but the truth is, it is only broken if we allow it to be. it's only broken if we allow styles like is happening here now to rule the day. is we can come together and put an end to shortsighted political point scoring that sets up structure is good politics and partisanship, trumps progress, then we can help a struggling families. if we can join together, the way we did to pass the children's health insurance program or fair pay for women in the workplace, we can then restore the faith of the american people. but until we put an end to delays like the one we face by one republican senator today, americans are going to continue to have every right to be fed up. so, madam president, i come to the floor today to ask the senator from kentucky to allow

this is christina romos numbers. remember, we pass ad the -- passed the economic stimulus pack aage. and the gray, middle gray line, was without the recovery plan of the unemployment. low and behold, even though we spent, what were the actual numbers? that's the real high red line up there at the top, peaking out 10 point something and still around 10. at historical levels such as this, is this the right time to be imposing on families and small businesses an extra burden in the form of the health care tax? in 2007, which by the way is the time since the chair and speak ers pelosi took the gavel and held, the economy has lost over 8.4 million jobs, nearest high level in 27 years. people who have been out of work for a period of time, it's around 16%. what are we doing with the legislation opposing an additional tax on them? i think in the one area we should agree with cbo. it says if we put in the pay or play, it will penalize workers and further crippling our struggling economy. the cbo says, and i quote, requiring

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please welcome christina romer. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. give a minute for technical. well, i'll tell you what, let me go ahead and we'll see if they actually manage to get the powerpoint again. you know, when i spoke at this gathering a year ago, as was just mentioned, the country was in some of the very darkest days of the recession. we had lost a million and a half jobs in the first two months of 2009. industrial production had fallen by more than 2% in january of that year. and almost another 1% in february. fear was rampant and stock prices were plummeting. and my topic last year was the american recovery and reinvestment act which had passed just a few weeks earlier. i discussed its key features and my reasons for thinking that it would be effective at helping to end the worst recession in post-war history. well, one year later, i think that the evidence has bourne out my predictions. the recovery act has helped to change the direction of the economy dramatically. the decline and fear of a year ago have been replaced by growth and hop

. >> jimmy: you wrote the songs for like pink, gwen stefani, christina aguilera, celine dion, enriqueou. >> jimmy: and you're also an a&r exec at warner brothers. what does a&r stand for again? >> a&r is basically you scout talent. if you find an artist that you like, and you think you could make a record with, you kind of nurture them, you mentor them, similar to the way we do on "idol" but not 30-second mentoring. it's a lot of -- >> jimmy: you don't talk to these people on "american idol" like on the weekends? >> never. >> jimmy: keg parties? >> you're not allowed to. actually, there's so many times -- >> jimmy: paula did, didn't she? [ laughter ] >> oh, come on. oh, come on. >> jimmy: all right. >> all right. >> jimmy: but you're not allowed to. you don't? >> no, not allowed to. >> jimmy: i thought you did. i thought people did. >> you can't. >> jimmy: what we see live on "american idol." >> that's it. >> jimmy: really? >> it's troublesome because sometimes you'll suggest a song, and then they will sing it and you'll be like whoopsie, not a good suggestion, but in the studio you w

." >> now christina romer.she taught the new programs aimed at job creation, including a higher rate -- hiring tax credit. this is part of a conference hosted by the national association for business economics. it is about a half hour. >> i would like to welcome all of you to the breakfast. my name is richard. i'm the vice president and a faculty member. i have two tasks tomorrow -- this morning. the first to remind you of the professional development seminar where holding in april. the brochures are available at the front desk. you can also sign up. we put together a wonderful pdf thanks to the hard work of rosemary and jack. we have a fantastic program. this'll be a new experience. we have to tracks -- two tracks it intended for repeat attendees. my second pleasure is to introduce today speaker. christina romer is the class of 1957. . . romer is the class of 1957 professor of economics at the university of california berkeley. and chair of the council of economic advisors. she joined the berkeley faculty in 1

. >> we are here with christina, author of the new book sisters in war:a story of love and survival ine new iraq. who is via? >> they are two iraqi sisters who are 18 and 21 years old at the start of the war. they're filled with hope for what the americans will do for iraq because they have suffered horribly ended the iraqi regime. the older sister goes to work for the americans and falls in love with an american contractor and the other sister is struggling to get her degree at the university which becomes harder and harder as the americans lose control of the country and radical islam gains control. >> where did you meet them? >> early 2003 at the start of the war. >> you talked to two other women. >> heather:is the u.s. soldier, a reservist at the start of the war who eventually becomes in charge of the biggest initiative to bring americans version of women's rights to the middle east and the other is a boston american activist and she is working for women for women international in iraq trying to help iraqi women with grass-roots efforts. >> you followed them through on your stay i

two names came up and one is christina romer. >> another one is out in san francisco, janet elin is another one. assistant treasury secretary is inside of the treasury right now which our potential, lou alexander is the citigroup economist and very well regarded in monetary policy circles and allen krueger, who is the labor economist. >> do you think the administration is behind the curve here? three vacancies and we know how long it it takes for an appointment to actually happen. >> it should have been more pro active and it had a let of problems with a lot of the appointments due to the senate and getting things up to speed is not that easy in this particular political environment and it is more important to have more now rather than less. >> his wymar republic. he's basically taking a monitorist view. he's saying the balance sheet is too big and that is turn around very rapidly. it's not an unemployment curve, it's really the balance sheet, right? is that what he's saying? >> it's a strict money supply argument and his argument comes from the idea that the fed could be politically pressu

. >> we're here with christina asquith author of the new book "sisters of war": a story of love and survivalsters? >> they are two iraqi sisters. and they are 18 and 21 years old at the start of the war. they are filled with hope for what the americans will do for iraq because they had suffered horribly under the iraqi regime. the older sister goes to work for the americans and ends up falling in love with an american contractor and the other sister -- she's struggling to get her degree at the university, baghdad university, which becomes harder and harder as the americans really lose control of the country and the radical islamists gain control. >> now, when did you meet them? >> i met them in early 2003. just at the start of the war. >> throughout your book you look -- you talk to the sisters and you talk to two other women. who are they? >> captain coin, she's a u.s. soldier. she's a reservist. she's there at the start of the war. and she eventually becomes in charge of really the biggest initiative to bring americans' version of women's right to the middle east. the other woman is a pale

. >>> i'm christina brown. here's what's happening.king out on recent human rights abuses in cuba. he calls the increase harassment of dissidence deeply disturbing and cause for release of political prisoners held by the government. the president asked congress for $2.8 billion in emergency funds for relief and reconstruction in haiti. defense secretary robert gates will make a major announcement on the military's don't ask, don't tell policy tomorrow morning. >>> russia and the u.s. reached a historic new agreement on reducing nuclear arsenals, deal limiting both nations to 1,500 nuclear weapons. each will be signed in eight weeks. >>> infant baby slings are recalled after three reports of infant deaths linked to the slings. >>> robert colt died at the age of 79. best known for his role in the 1960s tv series "i spy" co-starring bill cosby. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." president obama got a health care bill signed into law. now what? what can he do with his win and his party for the next issue? what will be his issu

. >> sreenivasan: still, the chair of the president's council of economic advisers, christina romer, warned unemployment is likely to stay high for some time to come. mexican president felipe calderon visited the border city of juarez today after a surge in drug killings. over the weekend, two americans and a mexican with ties to the u.s. consulate in juarez were gunned down in two separate ambush shootings. the f.b.i. has joined mexican authorities in investigating the murders. protesters in thailand used their own blood today in a bid to force new elections. members of the "red shirt" movement poured gallons of blood in front of the prime minister's office in bangkok. the group includes supporters of the ousted prime minister thaksin shinawatra, and pro- democracy activists. thailand has been in political turmoil since 2006. more than 100,000 people marched in bangkok on sunday. u.s. troops in afghanistan face a major restructuring. a spokesman said today u.s. general stanley mcchrystal will have firmer central control. he's the overall nato commander in afghanistan. "the new york

and we have a paper on our web site, a policy express about this, christina sommers just did, talkingbout how the second strain, which was, yes, we're for suffragette and we're for equality, but women are nurturing and families are important to us also. well, they've kind of taken that off of the history books or tried to mischaracterize them. but that was clare boothe luce's deal, as well. and we saw a little bit in the tape. but, of course, women can do just about anything. but the fact that they don't want to do things doesn't mean there's discrimination. oh, there's not as many women climbing telephone poles and, you know, fixing wires. so what. that means they don't want to. the opportunities are there. but these radical feminists are seeking absolute equality. and the "vagina monologues" - i mean, it's a mystery to me. i've spoken with a number of them, brian, and said, "how does this empower women, when it is so embarrassing, when it is so vulgar?" "well, because women need to be proud of their anatomy." well, you know, i'm proud of it, but i don't have to talk about it on a st

commissioner webb, my producer, christina, is from tennessee, and if that's what you're producing, you'reng an excellent job. but let me talk about whether or not you in tennessee had the same, almost love-fest that the governor of delaware was describing to me, because we see nothing across the country but tension between boards and teachers and parents and students. tell me what you did in tennessee to get this money. >> absolutely, ali. we had the same kind of strategy employed in tennessee as delaware did, the governor had built a very cohesive plan, we worked with all the different constituent groups, the teachers unions, the school districts, the business community, bipartisan support in the general assembly. and so a very well-developed, cohesive plan with everybody at the table, and went to work with that. >> let's go through some of the points of what you did. you removed the cap on the number of privately run, publicly funded charter schools. what was the effect of that? >> yes, sir, we're beginning to see more and more applications and more interest in the charter movement here

christina romer, where you are christina? right there.e barnes, i saw her run off to the garden. but she's not here. karen mills who is the administrator for our small business administration. and ms. martha johnson, administrator of the general services administration. so i understand you've had a wonderful session. i heard autoabout -- all about it. and i want to thank all of you today for sharing your thoughts on what we can do as business leaders, advocates, employees, and government officials to modernize our workplaces to meet the needs of our work force and our families. all of us here today know just how wide that gap as grown. we are all familiar with the economic and demographic changes that have brought us to this point. however, the past generation or two the cost as risen and wages flagged, many families have found they can no longer survive on just one income. at same time, we've opened up more opportunities so more women as entered into the work force, bringing home paychecks that are critical to supporting families. today,

host: next, christina, calling from hanover, pa. caller: i think earmarks think are appropriate as long as they are directed towards necessary items. and they lose to competition, at least in the defense sector. that company may not necessarily win that bid. it in itself has a process. as long as it is put towards a specific necessary capability can be very beneficial helping out when times are short. host: sounds like you work for defense contracting firm? caller: i do. host: so, you have some first hand familiarity with this process? caller: yes. host: little more from the reporter -- the next call comes from ohio, and tim on the independent line caller: how are you doing? host: very well, things. what you think about this earmarks debate? caller: pretty much everyone else said what i was going to say. host: are you concerned about federal spending and the size of deficit? caller: they have to figure out who is stealing on the money. they need to do other processes and to find out who was causing all this stuff, and then maybe the

morning, treasury secretary tim geithner, peter or zag and the president calls economic advisor, christina rumor are on the hill to testify about - -- to testify. later in the day, eric holder will lay out his budget priorities for the department of justice. he is also expected to get questions about terrorism detainees. live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the national governors' association held a meeting to talk about health care legislation congress is working on and the effect it could have on states. we will hear from the governors of oregon, west virginia, and south dakota. this panel is led by gov. jim douglas of vermont. it is an hour and 25 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the summit on health care reform. it is great to see you all here gathering to talk about reform in health care, the great works states are doing and what lessons we might offer to our policy makers in washington. i have always found in meetings with the national governors association th

here's what christina had to say. >> i think that they should probably just spread the budget cuts around. it's hard to say that nothing should get cut at all. i think that if you spread it around it makes it easier on everyone. kind of cut the fat back a little bit. but you can only cut it so much until you are cutting vital services. >> okay. so she sees it from both sides. it a tough question. robert does as well. this is what he wrote. in times like this, everything is a fair target. problem is no one wants to do more with less. it's a hard decision. someone needs to make. personally, schools and public services like police and fire should be the last thing cut. and now michael sent us this. he says this. education is a priority and local and state governnts. local and state governments have made us some tough decisions. the problem is upper class income is disproportionate. middle class and poor have less income, jobs, homes foreclosed, less property taxes coming in, thus education funding suffers. so those were a lot of points of view there. we want more views on this. so far all we

christina roemer pointed to that figure yesterday in assessing the ups and downs of these figures. i hasten to add that a lot of economists see these numbers as encouraging signs. one thing to keep in mind is that while 36,000 non-farm jobs were lost last month, that is far less than the 90,000 that many economists were expecting. when you compare what was going on last month to losses of 650,000 jobs a year ago, you see some real progress, some signs of hope. some economists think that it could have been a lot worse, especially after the terrible snowfalls that we had. it is possible that we are just sort of going around a corner right now. i hasten to add that to there is still a lot of misery out there. if you look at trends over the past 40 years, following any major recession, there is a sustained period of unemployment so we could be looking at unemployment figures in this range for quite some time. host: we're talking with eric pianin. we will be talking about the latest jobless figures, at jobs bills on the hill, other aspects of the economy. if you want to get involved in

this was a highly qualified estimate from christina romer, and that is repeated as a broken promise, so people should not trust government. guest: that is the source of the original prediction, but i think if you look at the market more carefully, you will see that that number was used with fewer qualifications in order to persuade people to pass the stimulus package. by the way, i supported it at that time, and i support it now. my point is that it is unwise to create expectations that are not fulfilled. i am speaking as a political scientist, not as a political advocate. the consequence of the public perception that government has not delivered what it said it was going to deliver it is discussed. it would be better not to put out any predictions at all than to put up numbers that are going to be misused in a way that will increase the distrust of pond -- government. host: in your piece in the "new york times" you talk about economic equality. it has been the most disparate since the 1920's and that political partisanship is as bad as we have seen it. what are the two related? gues

you find video like christina roemer speaking the bill's effect more economic proposals. hiring tax credit as well as additional fpbls al relief to states and capital to small banks. also on the web site, links to government and watchdog groups tracking stimulus spending. c-span.org/stimulus. >> now to an event where the president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of chicago, charles evans. this is part of a conference hefted by the national association for business economics. it's about a half hour. >> good morning, everybody. i'm bill straus, member of nabe's board of directors and it's my pleasure to introduce today's speaker. he is my colleague and my boss as well as a member of nabe. they're charles evans, president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of chicago. charlie and i have worked together since he joined the fed in 1991. as many of you know the federal reserve bank of chicago is one of the 12 regional reserve banks across the country. these 12 banks along with the board of governors in washington make up our nation's central bank. charlie's background prep

this was a highly qualified estimate from christina romer, and that is repeated as a broken promise,hould not trust government. guest: that is the source of the original prediction, but i think if you look at the market more carefully, you will see that that number was used with fewer qualifications in order to persuade people to pass the stimulus package. by the way, i supported it at that time, and i support it now. my point is that it is unwise to create expectations that are not fulfilled. i am speaking as a political scientist, not as a political advocate. the consequence of the public perception that government has not delivered what it said it was going to deliver it is discussed. it would be better not to put out any predictions at all than to put up numbers that are going to be misused in a way that will increase the distrust of pond -- government. host: in your piece in the "new york times" you talk about economic equality. it has been the most disparate since the 1920's and that political partisanship is as bad as we have seen it. what are the two related? guest: they are

report issued in january 2009 by the current chair of president obama's council of economic advisors, christinaoemer, the administration predicted that the stimulus would create 3 million jobs. we were told by the barack obama that if the bill was not passed quickly, we would experience unemployment of 9% and at this point i want to -- we have a chart here of the middle line where it says 9%. the white house projected unemployment if no stimulus. however, we were also told by the obama administration that if the stimulus bill, unemployment would not go over 8%. and that would mean the bottom line. well, the bill was passed, but what did we get for the $800 billion in debt before interest that was laid at the feet of our children and our grandchildren? the unemployment rate jumped from 7.7% in january right before the stimulus was enacted to a high of 10.1% in october. while unemployment recently dipped slightly to 9.7% -- and you can see that's the red line at the top there -- this was not due to job creation but because millions of individuals have literally given up looking for work and obvio

you will find video like christina roemer speaking today on the bill's effects and more economic recovery proposals. enacting hiring tax credit as well as additional financial relief to states and capital to small banks. also on our web site, links to government and watchdog groups tracking the spending. at c-span.org/stimulus. >> caterpillar ceo jim owens will speak shortly at a conference on post-recession economic policy hosted by the national association for business economics. live coverage at 12:55 eastern here on c-span2. meanwhile an economic outlook for this year from chinese premier when bao. speaking at chinese opening of chinese people's congress and eliminating corruption and relations with taiwan during the half hour portion. our coverage is courtesy of state-run china central television. >> for 2010. >> [speaking in native tongue] >> this is a, crucial year for continuing to deal with the global financial crisis, maintaining steady and rapid economic development and accelerating the transformation of the patterns of economic growth. it list an important year for achieving a