i got introduced to dean kamen via e-mail. >> dean, you're mr. robot and running this thing for 20 years, inspired these american kids and kids from all around the world, 56 countries to be building robots and suddenly out of nowhere you get a call from this guy, front man of the black-eyed peas, one of the biggest pop stars in the world, music stars in the world. what are you thinking? >> i didn't know what to think until i got on the phone and within one minute i thought i was in trouble, because the first thing he said to me was, "dean i've heard you speak and i've heard you speak about your first program," which is about con convincing kids that science and technology is critical to your future. he said "kids have role models come from entertainment and the world of sports." i figured here it comes, the defense of it. "he said, you're wrong some people have the right heroes." not to embarrass him, he says "you're my hero, i agree with you, too many kids don't see the real opportunities. how can i help first?" and i said, well, you're doing th

and for context we'll check in with key players on the left and right, howard dean, the former chairman of the democratic national committee, and republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. it's all ahead on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. david axelrod is in buchanan michigan this morning. mr. axelrod, welcome to the broadcast. >> thank you, bob. >> schieffer: for the first time in the long, proud history of america, u.s. securities are no longer considered the safest place to invest your money. i just want to ask you, what is the impact of that statement going to be on people who are turning on this broadcast this morning? >> first of all, let's see how the markets react because i think there's a broad consensus that this is still the safest place to put your money. you know, we can debate the strength of the analysis that they did, the history of s&p and so on. they made an egregious analytical er

dean reynolds is in chicago and, dean, all this worry is not good for the economy. >> reporter: no, it is not, anthony. the shock waves from wall street are sapping consumer confidence on main street, and when consumers lack confidence, they don't spend. and when they don't spend, businesses have little reason to hire more workers. take stamar packaging in illinois. so, how is business? >> business is okay. just okay. it's just there. >> reporter: joe tedesco is president of a company that distributes boxes for everything from food to furniture. with 100 workers in three states, stamar has had no layoffs in five years but no serious hiring, either. >> we're just hesitant to really pull the trigger to bring on more employees without having any true confidence in what's going on in the marketplace. >> reporter: that hesitation and lack of confidence are echoed by 88% of small business owners who think the economy will remain flat or decline into another recession. a third are not confident in the future of even their own businesses. with unemployment holding above 9%, there is little inc

megyn: janice dean, thank you my friend you've been doing great work on this. irene bearing her teeth in the bahamas slamming the islands with winds, heavy rains and powerful rains. phil keating is live for us there. >> reporter: the eye of hurricane irene now a hundred miles or a little bit north of that north, northeast of nasa. this morning pre sunrise mornings winds and rains were actually pummeling this island and have dissipated to winds of 30, 35 miles an hour. it has turned into a strong stormy day rather than a hurricane it felt like this morning. the bahamas, 80% of the homes in an area called lovely bay flattened by this category 3 hurricane early this morning and overnight. taking a look at the large satellite shot of this mammoth storm it's more than 400 miles wide from edge to edge. even though florida was breathing a sigh of relief as the change in direction of this kept it off of florida, you can see it's so huge that it's still a very dangerous day in the surf in the coastlines along florida. hollywood, fort lauderdale airport april miami's air

dean, what did you learn today?. >> absolutely, working in conjunction with the cia. adrian fenty, what about you, sir? >> i learned that the east coast can withstand earthquakes. i'll get my t-shirt. >> you're a brave, brave man. katty kay?

committee, governor dean, thanks very much for your time tonight. >> thanks, rachel. thanks for having me on. >> governor perry suggesting that social security and medicare are unconstitutional in addition to what i quoted in the intro, he also called them a ponzi scheme. this sounds to me the same sort of republican argument that's been a gift for democrats all year. do you see it that way? >> this is going to be interesting. although the interesting thing is you'd think this might appeal to the tea party, the problem is he's got some other problems, for example, he talks a lot about the jobs that were created in texas since he was governor. there have been a lot of jobs created, but texas created three out of four of all the jobs increased in the state work force, state workforce up 18% under rick perry, the supposed tea party candidate, it's really extraordinary, and the business of allowing the states to do whatever they please and if the state wants to get rid of social security, that's fine, but here's the record in texas, 22% of all children in texas have no he

dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago.or moammar qaddafi appears close to collapse after rebels racing to the capital of tip my, thousands of citizens knocked to the streets to welcome the rebels and a celebration in the downtown square, the rebels say they will quit fighting if qaddafi says he is leaving. for the latest go to abc.com. >> later on cbs, 60 minutes, thanks for joining us this sunday evening, i am russ mitchell, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org battle of the bay... and what happened afterwards--- that sent two people to the hospital. >>> violence at last night's battle of the bay and what happened afterwards that sent two people to the hospital? >> definitely got crazy from the time we entered the parking lot. >>> caught in the middle of craziness, as some fans assess the wild scene in the stands during the game. >>> and the eve of another protest at civic center station. cbs 5 eyewitness n

. >> howard dean is here. >> there's a lot of explaining to do, as they say. >> and michele bachmann gets fact checked again. >> let's all say happy birthday to elvis presley today. >> 34th anniversary of his death, not his birthday. >> i forgot my teleprompters today. >> but who's counting? >> he's still alive, alive in our hearts. >> bachmann got a commanding 80% of the votes she paid for. >>> good evening from new york. it took all of three days for smooth customer, political veteran, rick perry to say something odious, not just odious to me or liberals, but thuggish and odious to anyone, even mr. carl rove. we'll show you what rove said about perry in a minute, but first, here's what perry said at a meet and greet session with voters in cedar rapids, iowa, last night when he was asked about the federal reserve. >> oh, the federal reserve, i'll take a pass on the federal reserve right at the moment to be real honest with you. i know there's a lot of talk and what have you about them. if this guy prints more money, between now and -- i don't know what you'd do to them in iowa, but

dean ornish didn't see it that way. >> so i wrote him a letter. i said the friends that mean the most to me are friends that tell me what i need to hear, not what i want to hear. your genes are not your fate and i say this not to blame you but to empower you and i'm happy to work with you in whatever extent you want to move forward in that way. we met a few days later and he was ready to do it. >> i essentially concluded that i just played russian roulette because even though i had changed my diet some and cut down on the caloric total of my ingestion and cut back on how much high-cholesterol food i was eating, i still -- without any scientific basis to support what i did was taking in a lot of extra cholesterol and clearly my body didn't dispose of it and clearly that's why i had that blockage. i should have changed after the surgery. >> coming up -- president clinton transforms his diet to save his heart. >>> and what is life like after heart surgery? tom bare's painful recovery and his complications. >> walked about .3 mile and it was excruciat

>> that is a howard dean moment!ores howard dean in the president -- he endorsed howard dean in the presidential campaign. howard didn't do it like that. >> sean: oh, okay. >> i think that was -- when people lose everything they lose it. that's what we just saw. when you start to lose that global warming debate like he has, it has been a while back that meeting they had was dressed done by a congressman from louisiana. i remembered that. that sounds like a kid whining. he lost his toys. >> that man could have been our president. >> the point he's making is true -- >> no. >> the thing that is just not the right time is, look we got markets falling apart. everybody is worried about their job. it is going to be hard to move the country now about climate change. >> he couldn't explain his point of view without profanity? >> sean: we went out there on this program and we got al gore flying from tennessee to san francisco. i caught him on a gulfstream two, just him and his wife. it is like the least -- [ talking over each

howard dean joins us next. >>> remember how the republican party developed sort of a paul ryan budget problem when they all overwhelmingly voted to kill medicare with the paul ryan budget? republicans can't wait to remind everybody about that, rick perry may have that same paul ryan problem in a really, really big way. that's next. [ female announcer ] instantly smooth wrinkles with a shot? wait a second... with olay challenge that. new regenerist wrinkle revolution... relaxes the look of wrinkles instantly, and the look of deep wrinkles in 14 days. ready, set, smooth... regenerist. from olay. when you switch your car insurance to esurance. i could save 'em 522 smackers. you talkin' dough? bread. benjamins? scratch. greenbacks. moolah. cheddar... simoleons! don't try to out-save me. [ female announcer ] any way you say it, $522 is the average amount saved by people who switched to esurance. 522 bucks! [ female announcer ] to find out how much you'll save, call 1-800-esurance or visit esurance.com right now. that's 1-800-esurance or go to esurance.com. dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic

possible to be you'll see when you destroy a guitar but looking at dean's other instruments the results would be well worth it and also would cut out the old bullets i went to work on one of his handmade centerpieces. unfortunately putting everything together can take up to the team wanted to show me exactly what one of his creations had to offer. never thought that an old dog and a couple of friends. i don't even to see one conservation sent to me but it's not just land mammals that are getting a helping hand here. around fifteen years ago there were hundreds of tons of sturgeon and kalugin in the river but the fish is now critically endangered pecan vo is a valuable delicacy and poaching and overfishing have seen their numbers decline to such an extent that only two i don't specimens were documented to have been cool in this area in two thousand and nine. it's a situation of the dean of ski fish mom is trying to change the team in his work as a breeding young imo sturgeon and kaluga are in captivity and then returning them to the wilds so this is where they keep the food for the fish

dean ornish didn't see it that way. >> so i wrote him a letter.nds that mean to most to me are friends that tell me what i need to hear, not what i want to hear. your genes are not your fate and i say this not to blame you but to empower you and i'm happy to work with you in whatever extent you want to move forward in that way. we met a few days later and he was ready to do it. >> i essentially concluded that i just played russian roulette because even though i had changed my diet some and cut down on the caloric total of my ingestion and cut back on how much high-cholesterol food i was e eating, i still -- without any scientific basis to support what i did was taking in a lot of extra cholesterol and clearly my body didn't dispose of it and clearly that's why i had that blockage. i should have changed after the surgery. >> coming up -- president clinton transforms his diet to save his heart. >>> and what is life like after heart surgery? tom bare's painful recovery and his complications. >> walked about .3 mile and it was excruciating. >>> also,

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dimitri sheriff dean off has proven he's top of the pile at the rock star bouldering event in austria the russian keeping his best for last beating local favorite killian fish in the final head to head battle. strong arms muscles a little child can do much more obstacle called a boulder to climb that's the rock star competition forty seven minutes from fourteen countries back into town for a new form and the top six men and women made the finals there they had to climb two boulders one after another absolute standard fast to the super final to take in a third even more difficult school to six hundred climbing fans from around the world who came to watch the event got to see a world premier the first time ever to compare to this climb to an identical route at the same time on a super boulder without seeing each other in order to finish on top athletes had to stand with both feet on the shoulder and precipice and this is the final saw the reigning world champ and musician for dinner for russia taking on reigning world cup holder or throwing killer fish to the local hero missed his last

, needs assistance from you and they reach out to you, never close your palm to them. >> reporter: dean reynolds, cbs news, minneapolis >> pelley: if you would like to help the famine victims we have posted information on our web site, cbsnews.com. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org don't work at a bank the shake up at a bay area police >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> bankers hours don't work if you don't work at a bank. the shake-up at a bay area police department that will have officers working the same hours as criminals. >>> the crime went off without a hitch. a smash-and-grab that netted an atm. why those criminals still didn't get the last laugh. >>> they went before a judge today to say they didn't do it. what the prosecution is using to build a case against the men accused of beating bryan stow. >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm ken bastida. >>> imagine if your boss told you no more 9 to 5. now you

dean reynolds reports. >> two, three, four -- ♪ >> reporter: after touring the world for more than aecade, old albums and a hugely faithful fan base, dave king and bridget regan from the irish rock band flogging molly could live anywhere. they chose detroit. >> detroit is the brunt of a lot of jokes nationally from people from other cities but you never meet a detroiter that's not proud to say yeah i'm from detroit. >> reporter: regan grew up from detroit, the daughter of a cop. after she and dublin native king got married three years ago they decided to make the motor city home. ♪ >> reporter: and detroit's long and devastated decline became the news for the band's latest album called "the speed of darkness." the entire band, guitarist dennis casey, accordion, bassist, guitarist and drummer spent six months writing and rehearsing in an impromptu studio built in the couple's basement. five of the songs on the album focus on detroit's troubles something king and regan experience every time they come home from the road. >> walking our dog every day you pass by every second or third hou

dean johnson. it bart in your judgment violate first amendment rights. >> you have a government agency bart using its power to in effect watch a demonstration directed at that government agency. that is offensive to the first amendment on so many grounds and some levels. exactly what the first amendment is intended to prohibit. >> what about what the director said that hey, they don't allow cell phones on airplanes and in other venues. >> the first amendment is not an absolute and government can regulate speech in a neutral way to regulate the time, place and manner of the speech. for example if the speech would bring an airplane down in cell phones were used you could do that to protect cell phone safety as long as you are not discriminating against the message. >> you can't cherry pick based on content here? >> exactly. what we call content based regulation and content based regulation by the government is almost always illegal. >> interesting. now, you know, you have said and others have said th

. >> this group, native dean, they're not a made-up group. they perform in the united states and other places in the world, including the muslim world so there's nothing propagandistic about that at all. >> native dean says that while it is funded by the american taxpayer to perform in countries like indonesia, that doesn't mean it agrees with everything america does. >> although muslims may not agree with the policy, they may love american music and hip-hop and that type of thing so that's what we've found. being able to show that we're muslim and islam in america is something that is beyond politics. >> it's a message that seems to be going down well with this odd yenss,ience, at -- audience, at least. indonesia is home to the largest number of muslims on earth. hip-hop diplomacy may not always work, but sometimes it can simply be quite a lot of fun. >> thank you very much for watching. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has

and inaudible use twice world player of the year at all dean who has returned to the brazilian school for only the second time since missing out on the spot called it's wednesday time finals manager monem and there's this naming the flamenco attacker in his school for a friend league gone out next month missing the world cup last summer in south africa was a major blow for dean who had been as somebody man since one thousand nine hundred nine november's won the last argentine now the sole occasionally former boss in an at and belong man had been someone day in the past to you as. over to tennis now where might be shut out of those marching on in her quest to become the fourth different russian to win this since in that scene also since two thousand and six the policy of taking care of compadres of panic was installed in straight sets. the stairs were up starting off strong knowing she has a history of marathon encounters against those that saw this outing however to be different shut up about to the first six games to two. because in so a failing to improve in the second even losing i

janice dean, thank you very much.oat owners in north carolina are busy making preparations before the full force of this storm arrives. they are taking them out of the water which is what most folks are doing. it's almost the even of the summer so a good time to get that boat out of the water so it doesn't get tossed around like a toy boat in the storm. the coast guard is busy getting ready for this event. and they are warning residents that they need to shore up everything that is loose because the winds can turn even light objects into missiles. you need to get rid of all the little stuff outside your house. potted plants, lawn chairs. it's time to do it. gregg: it has the same effect as a tornado only this time it's a hurricane. up the coastline in new york city as the city braces for a midge punch. the i that never sleeps planning to shut down its mass transit system before the storm reaches the area. mayor michael bloomberg saying the shutdown is one of the preemptive measures being taken to prepare for the worst

dean preston. before i go into the issue of banks and the planning department interpretation, i want to take a step back and recognize that we're very fortunate to have a formula retail law in san francisco. and a due to several visionary work back in 2003-2004, thanks to then supervisor gonzales and some of the folks in this room that were very much involved in that effort, these rules were adopted. and then supervisor, now a judge, sandoval, led the average adopt a city-wide prop g small- business protection act. so we're in a position where small businesses in san francisco have significantly more protection against chain store proliferation, and this commission has ruled in favor of against applications for conditional use for formula retail. the good news that appears to get lost in the discussion of banks is the formula retail law as drafted already covers banks. we do not need a new law to do that. it does. as my neighbor pointed out on that table, the formula retell represents the broad cat

own candidacy with the dean scream in iowa. rick perry is pretty exciting to republican primary voters. he's a straight talker, which was enough to really endear john mccain and help him win the nomination. he's plain spoken at a time when distrust for every elected -- not just republicans -- every level, there are no more truth. if we are to default on our debt, that's horrible for america. people didn't believe him, a lot of americans felt duped. there is a historic level of distrust in this country, and i think rick perry kind of is a fresh breath of air. >> the parallel with howard dean, the extent was he was against the iraq war. >> but it's more than this ideology. >> not i want to lynch the f.e.d. chairman. he wants to treat them ugly down in texas, wink, wink. >> you saw texan carl rove really come down hard on him. >> rick perry wouldn't want to treat carl rove ugly in texas too. >> that's another story. >> we have time for no more stories. nicolle wallace, thank you so much. white house communications director under g

howard dean goes by him he knows he has to win.murder-suicide pack what you saw last night with pawlenty. >> sean: you agree? >> i do. i think that exchange between the two minnesota candidates the last wore was you put me in a position where i had to choose between raising cigarette taxes and life. i chose life. that's a strong closing argument for that exchange between the two. we should not overlook what santorum did. he was booked out of the debate for a long time. he edged in and made four significant points. >> probably his best moment -- >> national defense point. >> sean: if governor perry and governor palin get in changes the dynamic? >> everything changes. whatever happens tomorrow gets erased immediately. >> sean: you agree? >> i do. if governor perry announces in the middle of the straw poll tomorrow it is not a subtle attempt at stepping on the activity of the straw poll. then to come to iowa and do the event in waterloo -- >> sean: he shows up in any significant way tomorrow in the results? >> he can step back and say

governors howard dean and ed rendell, katty kay with us.chigan, mike rogers. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> you've raised a question that hasn't been talked enough about the last couple of days, what happens to gadhafi's stockpile of weapons when he finally goes? what concerns you most there? >> we know he has thousands and thousands of pounds of chemical stockpile. we know that, we've seen it, we've talked about it. we have done inventory work prior to the lead-up to all of this. we think he has some gas capability, we don't know how far that goes and he has shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles that are concerning to us because they're so easy to get legs and walk away. all of that has a national security interest in the united states. we ought to be concerned and aggressive of making sure those are protected or taken care of. >> which people or groups are you most concerned about getting their hands on it? members of the rebel faction, outside countries? >> yes. it's all of those things. al qaeda has e

i'm forwarding some of these to janice dean because many of them are for her.ello, janice, i'm going to be in d.c. this weekend, what to expect? that's from randy arnold. he just wants to know exactly what's going to happen. a lot of people are vacationing still, this is the last run-up to labor day weekend, and they're wondering what is this going to be like? while you're on our page, check out your choice in all of this in the terms of the must-see video of the day. if you go about halfway down on the right-hand side of the page, you'll see which story you'd like to choose. there's a guy who was having a beer with some friends and came up with this idea of flying in this flying machine from england to australia. he's paraplegic. and you've got to see this story if you want to, click on it. or some kids get the ride of their lives on their school bus one morning when there starts to be a fire and explosion. we've got the video of that. and this one is actually already getting clicked on. we're going to take a look at a tiny robot that's designed to keep our mi

side last night is a farce all beaches story won the match was also watched by isn't it cool a bit dean of the bar's boss and out russian national coach no doubt keeping an eye on the news that slim down the fish eating crew. pretty soon you get to go to the to go ball to referees are now gone as one of the two officials who kept track of the team lineups on the ice and statistics department has taken over the last of g.g. the only drawback that i see is the lack of up and coming referees learning the game from such positions players on the ice probably won't notice the changes the crowd in the coaching staff will get a clearer picture of what just happened. on to rob and there's a change to the captaincy falls trail ahead of the fast approaching world cup wins and red skipper james horwill take you know well from a rocky elsom controlled the deans unveiling the thirty man school they hopes can conquer all at next month's finals elsom had held the captaincy since two thousand and nine but the injuries that captain sidelined for most of us truly as recent much as paul will be able to put

i'm as well a bit skipper coach will be dean's unveiling the set it's a man school the hopes can conquer all it takes months finals elsom had held the captaincy since two thousand and nine but the injuries have kept him sidelined for most of australia's recent matches so we'll be able to put his skills to the ultimate test on august twenty seventh as australia has training try and ations champions new zealand that day in brisbane. you need to go out as a big surprise you know something that i didn't think would happen but you know once you want to sort of start you know not for a few days now it's something very very open and so i'm. really looking forward to . and finally it's a favorite pastime of birth they posses across the well then it's also an olympic sport the last i possible reason why trampoline ings popularity is booming russia because that's about out of takes up the story. trampoline was invented by george negus and laurie greasewood in one thousand nine hundred thirty six in the us though it was a long time before the first world championship was held in one thousand nine h

we asked dean reynolds to look into this. >> reporter: the sigh of relief in washington over the debt deal dissipated long before it could reach davlin street on chicago's north side. where 59-year-old kevin kalmes lives alone in her foreclosed home, paging through a bumper crop of august bills and wondering what congress was thinking. >> i truly, truly don't understand both the hubris in it and the lack of compassion and empathy, i don't understand where these people come from. >> reporter: unemployed as a production manager since march of 2010, she was hoping there would be something in the legislation that dealt with chronic joblessness, and specifically with jobless benefits. hers run out in december. staring into the abyss? >> yes. how, i have no clue, i have no clue what will happen. >> reporter: the extension of unemployment benefits to 99 weeks came last december. >> i always felt good when i had my car because i kept telling everybody at least i could live in my car and go places and everybody would just be chagrined at that. but i had surrender my car. so now literally when

i'm as old as caper will be dean's unveiling the third it's a man school that hopes can conquer all it next month's finals elsom had held the captaincy since two thousand and nine but injuries have kept him sidelined for most of australia's recent matches so will be able to put his skills to the ultimate test on august twenty seventh as australia has training try nations champions new zealand that they are a space. in which the crowd is a big surprise. something or didn't think would happen but you know you want to want to sort of sort of you know for a few days now it's. very very open and so i'm. really looking forward. and finally pay very possible they posses across the well then it's also an olympic sport let's say a possible reason why tramplings popularity is booming russia because present out of takes up the story. the morning trampoline was an answered by george uneasily and laurie greasewood in one thousand nine hundred thirty six in the u.s. though it was a long time before the first world championship was held in one thousand sixty three the soviet union dominated the sport

last year's supreme court's citizens united and united decision here to offer his take on this is jim dean the chair of democracy for america jim welcome. hey todd thanks for having me if i could just make one slight correction at the polls are open for another hour until eight o'clock central time and i just want to make sure that any listeners out there have not voted and live in these six districts this is a great time to go out because your vote is really going to matter we should have told you before you came on the air jim we prerecorded the show an hour earlier so . this will play at nine and by then it will polls will be closed so any i want to look like on the ground. i don't it looks pretty good i get up i must say the folks here i mean our staff that's been here for six weeks as well as a lot of great organizations that have been here are very very pleased with the way the field program has gone with the way they get out the vote has gone with the dollars that they've made but the fact is that these elections really really are close and every vote really does better and i apolog

>> good afternoon, commissioners jeremiah dean, sierra club. i don't have much more to add to what my fellow advocates have said today. they pretty much laid out the plan why it's beneficial to the community, to california, to sacramento, to san francisco. everyone needs to know that clean power is the way to go. we need to get to renewables. i would love to see san francisco get to 100% as soon as possible. and not 100% green to just 70,000 customers. i would like to see everybody in san francisco have the ability to have 100% clean renewable energy. and the way to get to that zpwole through this scope of work. we need that local buildout. it's going bring jobs. it's going to bring an amazing boom to green technology. we're going to see that if we get this scope to move forward. sierra club, san francisco would like to see the resolution today from ms. miller move forward. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public that would like to speak? seeing nothing, public comment is closed? commissioner america rim

williams used to be the dean of the journalism school. we talked about this thing about public service and shouldn't be feeding money into your own pocket and public trust, truths, accuracy, fairness. do we get this today? guest: i'm not going to name the network but one network like i do not trust at all. like, you know, they are so biased and it is like all networks are but this one especial especially. host: isn't it better that you know what their bias is instead of them slipping it in on you? guest: yes, i guess. host: are you politically not on their side? guest: it is not that. it is just how they cover the news. i don't know. like -- yeah. host: the news they cover on opinions they give? can you sift through the difference? guest: uh, i go to cnn. host: so you are happy with cnn? guest: yes. and you really don't know if they are telling the truth but it is like you just have to trust your instincts. host: let's get a wide shot of this. if you had to choose, i will ask which network you would go to. how many of you would tune to cn

one in three chance in fact he says so what should we make of all of this well earlier i spoke to dean baker co-director of the center for economic policy research here is his take on the debt ceiling circus. it's absurd it ever escalated to the extent it did because this is always been routine passage congress we've raised the debt ceiling i think was ten times in the last decade i forget the exact number i mean this is we're arguing over sending in the check you know if you want to argue over whether you should buy the car you know you know buy a house that's fine but we already bought it so that this is simply pain pain bills so it was really kind of ridiculous and the real tragedy of it is that with the economy basically stagnant the unemployment rate rising recreating very few jobs congress and the president were locked in this ridiculous debate which was not to do any good offer the economy the real question was how much harm would it do absolutely and i know we had you on this show here on our team just a couple months ago and you laid out sort of a predicts sense for how this w