among the members of the tea party that chuck schumer was so critical of is senator ran the pulte of kentucky. i asked him what he would make of the president's speech tonight. paul, tonight the president will propose packages. what is there that you will not agree with? >> i have not seen the details. i think a lot of it is the attitude towards business, with a stifling business in our country right now. it is that you cannot be in favor of cutting jobs unless that you like the job creators. everything that seems to come from the administration is we want to take away deductions from the rich people, go after the rich people, and i look at it differently. the american dream is something that anybody can achieve. the president as a product of the american dream and i want somebody who is proud of that. i see it every term, let's punish these people who are making too much money rather than bringing everybody up. it is a different philosophy, a different attitude. >> you think that keeping tax rates lower effectively for everybody, is that the path to stimulating the economy and creat

>> chuck schumer who i hope you have on. >> sean: you think chuck schumer is coming off this program.time go offhe air he use add expletive and said he's never blanking coming back. >> that's good television this is the district that he used to represent if it goes republican, a district that went 67% for al gore this is an earthquake. that -- this is the scott brown of 2010. >> sean: i think it is bigger. >> prepare for a lot of scheduling conflicts when obama travels to states like claire mccaskell unfortunately i'm going to miss this. >> sean: in other words the president is becoming toxic. >> even in new york city. >> sean: one of the most heavily democratic districts. >> is president obama in danger of losing even the african-american voting base? tavis smiley says yes. and what it means for the president in 2012. >> first why the federal government is going after one great american guitar company and how liberal policies are probably playing a role. gib son woman: downloading music can be expensive. so to save money, i trained my dog and this cockatoo to play all the hits of the

senator chuck schumer is a democrat from new york. senator schumer, it seems like president obama today hasn't totally bought your idea of going after people who make more than $1 million a year and don't pay their fair share of taxes. >> well, i think it's a good thing. most americans believe that at least on the highest income people, people who make over $1 million, that those taxes should not go down with the bush tax cuts, and maybe should even be a little bit higher. this is the one part of our economic spectrum that's done extremely well over the last ten years. the middle class income is down, poverty is up. even upper middle class people have stayed flat. but the very, very wealthy have done extremely well and they should do their share. they don't care about medicare or medicaid or student loans. this is the way they can help. >> the buffett rule, making sure that people in the very high-income brackets pay the same percentage as people in the middle classes pay. how do you do that? how do you bring that fight to the country

interestingly, chuck schumer is driving the train right now. he won the day on the argument over the strategy -- >> above millionaire? >> yes. and i think you're going to see chuck schumer playing a very important role in the campaign, not just for the deficit reduction deal, if there is one, the budget -- the debt reduction deal, but in the obama campaign to come. >> fascinating. because he's got to deal with the wall street constituency as well. that's his. >> that is his -- >> he's got to punch those guys in the nose while he's doing it. >> he's going to give the president political protection to go after them. >> is it fair to say that going after the rich and their money and working on helping regular guys, he's decided he's going to live with the hatred of business? he's going to live with it? >> if he's going to be a democrat in the tradition of franklin roosevelt, he's got to say what roosevelt said, which is that i welcome their hatred. >> he did. he did do that. we liked that. thank you, howard fineman. coming up, rick perry's leading

definition after millionaire is something, something below 200,000, 250,000, who is objecting, chuck schumer, saying cost of living in new york, higher than in mississippi and there should be a differential. sochlt people making that money are in fact democrats and do give money to the democratic party. in its design insults people. in an sur tax, people say i'm willing to pay my fair share. he's reducing their deductions and giving it to them in the neck and they're infuriated and that's what chuck schumer is hearing. >> paul: when we come back, the third debate in as many weeks and this time rick perry steps up, and chief rival, mitt romney. did it work. >> [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and powerful devices like the motorola photon 4g. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. amer

definition after millionaire is something, something below 200,000, 250,000, who is objecting, chuck schumer, saying cost of living in new york, higher than in mississippi and there should be a differential. sochlt people making that money are in fact democrats and do give money to the democratic party. in its design insults people. in an sur tax, people say i'm willing to pay my fair share. he's reducing their deductions and giving it to them in the neck and they're infuriated and that's what chuck schumer is hearing. >> paul: when we come back, the third debate in as many weeks and this time rick perry steps up, and chief [ male announcer ] take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. ♪ apply fixodent once, and it holds all day. ♪ take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. guaranteed, or your money back. ♪ find new ways to optimizettedck. to heltheir cash flow.esses so, stop in and ask for a regions cashcor analysis and see how easy it is to get your cash flow (whistles) heading in the right direction. let's talk. i refer to her as "that woman with the great gums." as jill's dentist, i know th

senator chuck schumer describing what he saw on 9/11. he joins me live from washington.ank you for your time. i know among other things you will ring the opening bell with secretary clinton and rudy giuliani in observance of the attacks and here we are ten years later and i have been listening to the family members talk about the loss of life and the loss of love, and what are the feelings here as we approach the anniversary today? >> well, first, your heart goes out to the families who lost loved ones. know a lot of the f and the hole in the heart never heals. it was a mindless act of savagery, and you never get over that. second as a new yorker, i'm proud of my city. the resilience that new york showed right after 9/11 happened, they were writing new york off, and big cities that would be targets and people would not want to live there in areas that might be targets and downtown would become a ghost town and that is all down spak, but there is a third thought here, and that is that the politics has so deteriorated in the last ten years that you wonder if god forbid ano

chuck schumer and hillary clinton, new york senators at the time, the former governor and former mayor rudy giuliani all rang the bell on september 17th, 2001, the day the exchange reopened. many felt a mix of emotions. >> the worst memory-- memory i have of that day is watch a man throw himself out 16901s, 102nd floor, it stays with me always. i will never get over it. >> you have that horrible memory, and the horrible memory of the loss. but then you also have the inspiring memory of the thousands and thousands of new yorkers who rushed to the site. >> reporter: in the financial world much has changed since 9/11. america's unemployment rate now is double what it was back then. and the nation has endured two recessions. but one thing hasn't changed much at all, stock prices. since september 10th, 2001, the dow has risen just 14%. that means an average gain of less than 2% a year. but today many weren't thinking about profits. they were thinking about losses. on 9/11 floor broker kenney pulcaryi decide on a lark to leave his world trade center office and join colleagues. >> only by the

. >> new york senator chuck schumer is calling on on star to stop collecting data on customers who haved men services on star announced last week that drivers to cancel their service will still have their locations and speed automatically attract. schumer calls it an invasion of privacy and is asking the federal trade commission to investigate that new policy. >> opening statements are set for tuesday in the trial of michael jackson's doctor konrad murray seven men and five women will decide if murray is guilty of involuntary manslaughter. charged with giving jackson a fatal dose of the surgical anesthetic proper fell in june of 2009. murray pleaded not guilty his trial in los angeles is expected to last about five weeks, he faces up to four years in prison if he is convicted. >> your live illinois lottery drawing is coming up next. jim ramsey will be here to talk about a cool and wet start to your work week. it is the sizzle and the drizzle at soldier field for the second week in a row the bears shortcomings are exposed, this time by the packers we will show you what happens and why at

powerhouse names from the left like geraldine ferraro, chuck schumer and of course weiner elected togress here. >> i'm voting for democrats. so long as he's breathing, if he's a democrat, i'm voting for democrat. >> reporter: democrats are downplaying the loss, but the 9th congressional district drew big names from both sides. >> this is precedent bill clinton. i'm proud to support david weprin for congress and i hope you will too. thanks. >> i'm for bob turner. i hope he gets elected. >> reporter: donald trump and rudy giuliani making appearances for the republican bob turner. but this time, frustration with the economy trumped party line tradition here. and according to a bloomberg poll released today, across the country, more than half of americans doubt the president's jobs plan will work. and the news is even worse among independent voters he needs win re-election. the only other special election for congress went to the republicans, too, by a huge 22-point margin in reno, nevada. >> democrats would be whistling past the graveyard if they did not see this as a sign that they are

these decisions we also urge you to better inform your customers of these ramifications senator chuck schumer even called on the f.t.c. to investigate on star's new agreement but unless it looks like g.m. service paid attention to the anger of marshall on stars president issued this statement this week. we listened and have decided we will not make the proposed change to our policy when it comes to keeping a gated connection to your vehicle should you decide to cancel beyond her service. so if you look at that on star actually listen to the public service frank it includes are pleased and said that this was the right move by the company but it really surprises me is that the company listen to their consumers think about all the companies who have thrown that concept of privacy right out the window cell phone providers social media sites a customer's finally put their foot down and they demanded on star do the right thing and it worked this time so to me that's a true glimmer of hope. i mean erosion of our civil liberties in the ten years since nine eleven and the topic that we've covered ofte

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but recognize this is not a legislative compromise, so it will not pass, but new york senator chuck schumer welcome the political argument democrats can make. >> either ask the wealthier americans to pay their fair share or ask the elderly. we can't do bh, and middle-class americans know this. we know their median income is declining, we know the only place on the economic spectrum where incomes are going up is the very highest end, and we know that the right policy is to make those folks at the high end pay a fair share. >> reporter: but republicans say this is not a serious proposal in terms of trying to address the deficit. here's house speaker john boehner with fox business' gerri willis. >> i don't think i would describe class warfare as leadership. america has a spending problem. the government continues to spend more money than what we have, and i don't believe it makes any sense to tax the very people that we expect to invest in our economy, help grow our economy and to create jobs in america. >> reporter: south carolina republican senator lindsey graham wrote about this, quote, the

this is a disaster, i don't care what chuck schumer says.ie wasserman schultz said is dumb this is a really hard district to win, that's silly. >> it is 3-1 democrat to republican. it should be a democrat's dream to win easily in the district. but the thing is a lot of this is local. you have a lot of orthodox jews in the area upset about the same-sex marriage bill in new york becoming law. this is something we saw that david weprin the democrat supported. then questions about president obama's policies with regard to israel and some of the orthodox jewish community, again a lightning rod. anthony weiner's scandal, sex scandal, it was awful, i don't think it inspired confidence. as you pointed out, a lot of the independents right now are buying off of president obama. that's not the democrats. >> sean: i think your analysis is off represented by this race in nevada. mccain won by 88 votes. 26,000 vote jump in just a short period of time. look, this is a 20 point swing in new york compared to obama's margin in 2008 to now. yeah, there is a ve

first of all the embarrassment of losing chuck schumer's seat.d it is a new york seat that you would thought was literally impossible to lose. but, it is a long way. the key question for the president is, is he willing to learn anything about what is going on in the economy or is he just determined to stick with class warfare and bureaucratic socialism in a style that is really aggressively unwilling to negotiate? when you say, pass what i you. when it is obvious to anybody, there's not a democrat on capitol hill who believes the republican house is going to pass what obama sent up without any kind of change. i can't figure out, what is he trying to accomplish? what does he think all of this parading around, pretending is going to do for him? i see this vote in this election is one more step towards what i think could become a true disaster for the democrats by next november. >> sean: the last three debates, i've noticed a trend. you seem to be taking on the role, wait a minute, we are united here. we all agree obamacare should be repealed. we al

chuck schumer. they hope this raisins a message to. >> o. and one -- this race -- this will be the first time in about 90 years that -- . i the lastest polls show turner has been up over his democratic opponent by six points. turner has hammered away at. >> 's policy. making the obama administration the centerpiece of his campaign. he has criticized mr. obama's economic policies. dealing with jobs and israel criticizing the president's call for the 1967 borders this is the district in the country that has the heaviest population of jewish voters. they apparently are coming out strongly for turner. his opponent is an orthodox jew david weprin. he has been a citycouncilman. he tried to paint turner as being a member of the tea party and criticized republican points on social security and medicare. tonight it is questionable if that made a lot of traction. president obama's name was not on the ballot. many here say, it might as well have been. >> rightly or wrongly, that's how this will be interpreted and perceived. that's how many of the vote

he a democratic strategist he has worked with chuck schumer chris hahn is back.mber 23rd. i want to -- you did that one of? i want to come see it. >> please. >> sean: and he works on that jon stewart show. she is a former speechwriter for secretary of state condoleeza rice. national review columnist elise jordan is back. let me go to henry waxman we had the new york 9 race, the nevada race, you look depressed i can tell. here's what henry waxman says. this is outrageous, no question the jewish community is much more bipartisan than in previous years. there are jews trending toward the republican party some because of their misunderstanding of obama's policy in the mideast. and some for economic reasons. they feel they want to protect their wealth which is why a lot of well off voters vote republican. does that not sound like a stereotype typical bigoted anti-semitic comment? >> he could have died seconded the district in many different ways. [ talking over each other ] >> isn't henry waxman jewish? >> sean: it sounds like a ridiculous caricature stereotype. >> i

chuck schumer's old seat and a republican wins it, running on a conservative republican message againstma's failed economic policies. it is simple, you've got president obama thinks that 14 trillion of debt is no problem. we understand it is drowning our country's economy. he believes more taxes the answer. we understand you need to cut tabs. he believes more regulations will fix the economy. we understand epa and other regulations are standing in the way of job creation. even democrats, the same democrats who voted for those stimulus policies, obamacare returning away, hoping to survive despite his poll ratings and failed policies. >> sean: how interesting after the summer of recovery, geithner is saying we are at the early stage of a crisis. we lost our aaa rating. one in six americans in poverty. we define poverty as a family of four that headaches $22 to you a year. there's -- that makes $22,000 a year. then obama says, if you love me, give me another 500 billion dollars. what do you make of his new plan? >> clearly, the president is in way over his head this is what you get when yo

once represented by chuck schumer which hasn't sent a republican to congress in 90 years. bob turner beat david weprin by eight points. turner called his victory a message to washington. >> this message will resound for a full year. and will resound into 2012. this is a referendum and we're ready to say, mr. president, we're on the wrong track. >> the president's approval rating sits at just 43% in this district. more bad news for the white house. in nevada where republican mark amaday crownsed kate marshal by 22 points, 58-36, he won in all 17 counties. you can explain away both special elections on a localized basis, but the fact is, this is the july-august hangover that has stung the white house, presidential approval ratings nationally at low points for the president. yes, there were local reasons why new york 9, weprin made orthodox jews upset on his views over gay marriage, there's a lot of localized ways to explain this away, but if the president's job approval rating had been higher in this district, he might have been able to come in and help. the fact is he could

a former aide to chuck schumer, brad blake, a former deputy assistance to george w. bush, it's great to see both of you today. >> great to be here. >> let's start with you, brad and ask you, should congress have gone on recess over this weekend? >> absolutely, absolutely. the house passed the bill. that should have been bipartisan. again, the democrats have their philosophy of rob peter to pay paul. it's like a storm damaged roof at somebody's home. they want a new car, but they want a roof and they can only pay for one. what do you do? to fix the roof for $5,000 instead of going out and putting $5,000 on a new car. and the congress wants it both ways. and they're spending money we just don't have, and the american people are sec of it. now, this is only 1.6 billion and over a trillion dollar budget. the fact that they can't get their act together, the democrats to put a chill on a budget. i think the american people are going to reject that. >> okay, all right. >> athey stay there won't be the cuts the republican wanted in the house. how are democrats planning to pa

the only person who's actually understood this who has written about it was chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york, who pointed out that the real purpose of the contract was a management for the republican party. while that had a powerful political impact,we voted on all these things in 93 days. it enabled us to say you are here and here's what we are doing. it was a hugely successful. the largest one-party increase in american history in 1994. we gained 9 million votes over 1990 lose 1ocrats' only million votes. there's no attackgovernor ray when you see the ad in tv guide, we don't attack bill clinton. there's nothing pretty about it. we were serious. this was a document for adults. we thought you could treat citizens as adults. people like that. maybe politics is about hiring somebody to get a job done, not about as the best 30-second attack ad. what do you really think we need to do i have been at this since august of 1958. my dad was a career soldier, serving 27 years in industry. we were in france when the french republic was killed by the paratroopers and general day g

. >> this is chuck schumer's district.ats are going to win the presidency, if they're going to hold the congress, this is a district they must win. right now they're not going to do that. >> quickly before you go, anthony weiner, what's the latest? is he staying under the headlines for now? >> he is. he's preparing to be a now father. living in the shadow of his wife. i think his wife is happy to have it that way. >> excellent. nice to see you this morning, sir. appreciate. >> thank you. >>> so real jobs with real leads. hiring now. today has fresh, new opportunities for you. high-paying jobs and only they require a two-year degree. we'll break those down for you. the openings in this country. >>> plus, serena williams lets the chair umpire have it yesterday. my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. for the efficient absor

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yes, it's anthony weiner's district but it was chuck schumer's district. >> yeah. >> this is where schumerf the sunday press conference guy and just knew how to use this queens district, archie bunker's district by the way. before that geraldine ferraro. what's going on? >> democrats have only held this seat for 88 years. >> so it's not a big deal. >> first of all, i'm not giving up on the democratic candidate. turnout can make a difference in these things. >> i was going to say we were in this situation in 2005, ohio two was a special democrat -- there was a republican seat in cincinnati. >> yes. >> ultimately you had a bunch of voters who never voted democratic, couldn't do it. that could happen. >> this may be -- it probably has less to do with partisan politics and democrats and republicans than it has to do with washington. is it working, is it not working? and who's more representative of fundamental change? and in a district that's been held by democrats for 88 years the republican comes along and says, i haven't been near any of that stuff. washington doesn't work. stand with me. i

. >> new york senator chuck schumer saying the sort of thing i might say.ome rather harsh words about the chinese extraction from our economy, and well placed, in my view. he's proposing a bill along with a bipartisan group of democrats and republicans to impose tariffs on chinese imports in an effort to compensate from the advantage they get by rigging their currency 50% beneath our own, going back to 1994. this is a political home run for both parties, and you'd think the president would be into it too, right? >> you're not sure whether you're going to support this? >> we're reviewing the bill. >> do you have any idea when you might have a conclusion to that review? >> not that i could offer today. >> a tepid response, to say the least, from a white house whose treasury department led by tim geithner has refused to engage china in the trade mechanisms available to uniquely the treasury department, in which if the white house wanted, they could acknowledge china's status as a currency manipulator and precipitate a string of intervention. the white house an

a little bit of a message victory for chuck schumer who is a big advocate of trying to create the millionaire line, if you will, the proverbial drawing that line on this. the white house pushed back big time at the time when it was done. now they're embracing that populism today. interesting side note. speaking of what i was talking about at the united nations. u.s. officials are trying to head off a dramatic showdown over whether to admit an independent palestine to the united nations. hanging in the balance, aid to palestinians, relations with israel and the president's own political future. nbc's john ray is live for us in tel-aviv. in a perverse sort of way, isn't the ewe united states happier today that the palestinians are going to go to the security council rather than the general assembly when it's looking for increased recognition on the world stage? >> i think what the u.s. is desperate to avoid is for the palestinians to go to the security council with a very hard line demand for statehood which will leave the united states in the position of having to make good its promise to isra

it's a unique and peculiar situation, but i don't know, queens and brooklyn, 61%, anthony weiner, chuck schumer held that seat. that's a tough case to make. >> i agree. at least you persuaded me in that direction. luke, what is the president's jobs bill status in the context of clearly skepticism if not declining outright declining support? >> reporter: dylan, for lack of a better word, i spoke to a gop aide earlier today, and over the last few days, and this thing is really dead on arrival in the house of representatives. there's a few reasons why. number one, one of the main mechanisms to pay for this bill is a way to go after the itemized deduction rate for those making over $200,000 a year. this was tried back in april of 2009, dylan, when democrats controlled the senate and democrats controlled the house. it was dismissed immediately by a lot of democrats that represent wealthier areas, so one of the main portions of bill is attacked by republicans, don't want anything to do with it and are branding this jobs bill as stimulus 2.0 and attacking the president for saying his all or nothing ap

lead somehow or another it becomes -- >> my question, in december during a lame duck session, chuck schumer put to vote the raising of the bush tax cuts, the standard to $1 million from $250,000, they couldn't even get cloture on that. what's different today than in december? >> the white house is still frustrated and understandably so. the republicans aren't saying how they're going to make up the difference here if they don't go for new revenue. so i think what the president thinks is different is the super committee has to meet that number. good luck to anybody reaching that number -- >> excuse me, haleprin, wasn't there more of an opportunity to do this about an year -- to make this happen, and now it seems like this is being proposed when it won't happen. am i wrong? >> you know -- i don't -- >> a large element -- the president's proposal will not be useless in the sense that i think large -- a lot of what the super committee will end up doing will reflect and match up with what the president proposes. >> hold on a second. listen, any time is a good time. >> i think it's a great time.

. >>> chuck schumer is urging the federal reserve to ignore a letter by republicans leaders writing wee federal reserve could exacerbate current problems or further harm the u.s. economy. congress has no business telling the fed what to do. >>> raising a red flag. the group in a report released prior to this meeting, "the economy is in a dangerous phase and expects the economy to slow and the u.s. will grow at only 1.5%." the iconic beermaker fosters has agreed to be taken over. weren't of the largest brewing companies in the world and said to have paid $10 billion for fosters. >>> don't forget, for the very latest news about your money, check out the all-new cnnmoney.com. >>> "american morning" will be right back after this quick break. my grocery bill isn't wasteful spending. my heart medication isn't some political game. our retirement isn't a simple budget line item. i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. and i earned my social security. now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washington wants to cut our benefits. that wasn't the agreement. join the members of aarp and tell w

. >> forgot chuck schumer. >> chuck schumer of all people says millionaire, $250,000 in new york is a lot different than $250,000 in mississippi. you're a lot richer there than you are here. >> if you make over $100,000 a year, your group pays 75% of the income tax. these are the numbers. the millionaires, they want to tax millionaires at a higher rate. right now, anyone making over a million dollars pays a 28 1/2% rate. if you bring that up to the highest rate, 35%, 7% or so, you only generate $41 billion a year. $41 billion. we have a trillion and a half dollar deficit a year. it's a drop in the bucket. >> but see, it's a great populist proposal. that's what this whole thing comes down to but was there some, you know, fibbing going on in this whole buffet rule. i was screaming at my television set on sunday morning because the fact of the matter is, we're talking about apples and oranges in this warren buffet rule. here's what he always says. he always says that he pays less taxes than his secretary and that's the mantra that president obama -- >> lower tax rate. >> lower tax rate.

let's debate what the president was talking about here, christopher han is former aide to senator chuck schumer and chris plant is host of the chris plant radio show. hi gentlemen. >> how you doing? >> doing well. alisyn: christopher han, let me start with you, the a.p. crunched these tphurpblgs they say the data did not support what the president was talking about that millionaires get the big tax breaks and pay less than the milled class, so does the white house need to start clarify something. >> no. i think the a.p. reporter should have watched the speech or at least went back and read it before he wrote his article. the president was talking about 22,000 americans who make over a million dollars a year, who pay less than 15 percent of their income in federal taxes and that's a fact, and it's a fact the president pointed out. the president was also talking about the 400 americans who make between -- who make over $270 million a year on average, who pay less than 18 percent of their income in taxes, when just 15 years ago, they were paying about 30 percent of their income in taxes, meanwhile

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> members are here -- >> a congressional seat long held by democrats including anthony weiner, chuck schumer and geraldine ferrari would be solid blue. turner winning a big upset in new york's ninth district has national republicans jumping on the victory and another republican win in nevada's second congressional district, declaring it a message to president obama. >> this is a referendum on the obama administration, foreign policy, their spending policy, economic policy and the fact there's no jobs. >> democrats admit it was a tough loss and are trying to tamp down predictions of a fallout. >> we've got to get this solved. i think it is a message to both republicans and democrats. >> i wouldn't call this a referendum, but i think it's a wake-up call that the american people want to get to work and find solutions to the problems we're facing that the same old same old isn't going to be the case. >> still, the men in charge of getting democrats elected is down playing these elections, calling them battles in a long war. >> they're not predictive of what's going to happen at the end of the da

including chuck schumer, geraldine ferraro, and most recently anthony weiner, who resigned in disgrace in june, of sending inappropriate photos of himself to women on twitter. and republicans prevailed in the only other special election last ght. scoring a victory in nevada by a 22-point landslide. george? >> democrats say that was a district held by republicans in the last election. but this new york seat, jon, this is troublesome. it could spell trouble for the president, you say beyond new york, especially because it shows some weakness among jewish voters. >> reporter: absolutely. jewish voters are key in florida, as well. this a district that the president had won by double-digits in 2008. one point on that nevada race, republicans were expected to win. but nobody predicted it would be a 22-point blowout. and that's a state that's critical to the president's re-election, as well. >> it's hard to win a congressional seat by 22 points. you're right. jon karl, thank you very much. >>> let's turn to the campaign trail, where republican front-runner, rick perry, is getting a taste of w

joining me now to discuss it christopher hahn a democratic stratist and former aid to chuck schumer.nd chris plant of the chris plant show. what a mess. you guys have to be able to agree on this. people look ridiculous, don't they? don't both sides look ridiculous, am i wrong? >> you're right. >> you take it first chris for. >> i think this is a big screw up on everybody's part. i don't think the white house should have suggested this date. usually these things are cleared. megyn: it was pure coincidence. with a gop debate? it's could he wepbs convenience jay carney told us. >> when they wanted to play golf they could get their calendars together and play golf. everybody looks a little ridiculous here. i want to focus on the substance of this plan that the president is going to put forward, of course now we are mired in this and chris and i get to talk about this a little bit. megyn: let me ask you this. chris plant, did john boehner miss an opportunity. there is a lot of editorial saying the president made himself look small by doing this and john boehner should have taken the high

whorbgs is the governor of new york is there, rudo giuliani, mayor at the time, hillary clinton, chuck schumerrasso to the left of the screen was, as i said, a strong leader at the new york stock exchange during those very, very difficult days. >> [bell ringing] >> >> [applause] >> martha: word last night from the president is that it will not add a penny to our country's decifit which is $14.6 trillion at the moment and here is a look at the number this, is the big number, $447 billion for the america's jobs plan. republican leaders say it will not be that easy. here's house majority leader eric kantor on this. >> i don't think it should be an all or nothing proposal here. that's the one thing i think has not sat well with a lot of my colleagues, because the president continues to say ump teen times, pass the bill. again, that doesn't work in this town or frankly, anywhere, not when you have good people that can disagree, and there are pieces of this proposal that i think we can work on and move quickly, so we can see people get back to work. martha: sore is the president's plan enough for de