. >> the old ways that led to the crisis cannot stand and to think exten that some have so readily returned to them underscores the need for change and change now. history cannot be allowed to repeat itself. >> reporter: while the president says his plan would prevent another crisis some critics reason so sure. >> in all intents and purposes this is george bush's third term. >> reporter: mark is a financial regulation expert at the cato institute. >> the president's plan would not only avoid a financial crisis but almost guarantees we will have another one and it will be bigger. >> reporter: a recent poll found seven in ten americans lack confident dense the government could stop another crisis. uneasiness we found outside of the treasury building itself. >> i still try to watch my money. i watch my spending. i definitely don't go out as much as we used to. >> we don't go out to eat or vacation. >> everybody cuts back. if the rich are cutting back you know the poor are cutting back. >> reporter: these warnings of business as usual for the president comes on the news, brian, that five of the

give them extenned depreciation all of those kinds of things. there is no point in spending it. jonas is right. you have allocated the money, tell congress to give it back. >> if we give it back to congress, they will spend it on something else. they love spending money in washington. >> give it back to the chinese. that's where it's going. >> i would have rather have seen a tax cut than some of the stimulus spending we saw. we just had a tax cut that was financed by borrowed money a few years ago. we can't keep doing that. this country is not in a position to borrow money to give tax breaks to anybody at this point. this is a real panic. let's cool out and get out of debt slowly. >> and your point is good. the money is spent. we might as well spend it rationally and wisely. >> no, it is not spent. over $500 billion has not been spent. >> excuse me. it has been voted for but not spent. let me tell you something, you put 5 million people in washington and they will vote for anything and vote against anything, that's the way they do it. >> all right, coming up, don't want to put y

obviously o a certain exten theye riding it, feeding it. will this benefit n the mid terms next year,or example? >> i think the repubcans are headefor a decent mid tem election anyway. history makes at happen cause there's a reacion against the prsident and party especially when he's trying ig thin. i don't think the xtreme voices particurly benefit the republan party. i think they're me likely to risend fall on the succs or failure of obam rather than what they do i the midterm elections d i think republicans arespecially disorited at this moment buz -- because ot only did ty have a failre of the bush ministration of some of ther ost cherished prinples, the free market, free-- the ole ofhe government i ktrina, that support of hing, then bush suppord a masse intervention and that caud some people to blow a gasket because that's what decrats do. then when barack oba comes in d continueand expandshose policies they've got t ratchet up the level of criicism to it because it was started under a repuican president. gwen: ok. we have a lot of oth

went to the jordan river bridge connecting the west bank to the rest of the arab world and said we'll exten the time for passage on this brink. i want goods, servis, people, trucks to pass backnd forth to the west bank economy. people sai we can't do it, mister, we don't have the budg. i saidyou have the budget, just do it. we've extended times on the bridge, we're deang with. i personally chaired a committee tonclog all sts of bureaucratic hurds. i checked sewage,lectricity. i want to know why these projec are not beg moved by our sidement if the are impediments on tir side that's a different matt. that's wt i do because i believe in this. i belie that process interrity helps peace. we used to ink that peace will brinprosperity i think it's the other y around or at least creates the condition for the polical process to succeed. i think there's mething dierent goingon in the wt ba. >> charlie: you're beginning to soundike -- >> what'wrong withhat. >> charlie: thas a central idea hs articulatedor a long time. here another question about the politics. how mu freedom do you have. you talk abo

. >> well, two things were the most important pt of the turnarou in iraq to the exten there's been one,hich obviouslyhere has been. it's not yet a scessful deal in iraq. we got a lot of proems there, but nonheless there was a turnarnd. the most imptant thing, probably, it was co-ting of those lower-level iraqis, the sons ofraq tha swihed side and this's wha i made reference to before. we've got toave a planoet the lower-level taliban, even the that fought again us, to switchides. it's not easyo put that plan in place it's going to take money and it also going to ta a commitment, a promise of an assurance at there will be protection forhose people and their families after theyswitch sides, even thoh some of them had previouslyeen attacking us just like that son of iraq. >> rose: b let me interrupt. may i interrup can we do that whout more troops? n we protect them without more troops? >> it's t iraqi army and policehich should protect them. >> rose:o, what'sin afghanistan. in afghanist with respect to the taliban, are you ying that it has to be t afgha who will protect those taliban we

the pipe we will be able to start excavating on the pipe and determine what that damage is and the exten of the damage and begin to access the repairs. so it may take sometime to get it totally repaired and restored. >> at this point we don't have problems with the gas lines. however, there's still settling of earth which could affect that but we are monitoring that very closely. >> reporter: and for now, experts do not know why this particular main burst. >> work that is going to have to be done after this will involve repairing broening highway and damage associated in that area. but first things first. we are here to make sure that the weather whether it's national guard or anything tales jim smith has whatever assets he may call upon from the state of maryland. >> reporter: emergency response workers and construction workers have been here all night trying to get ahead of this problem. and as the governor mentioned, broening highway where the break happened is going to be closed for quite sometime. reporting from dundalk baltimore county, kelly mcpherson wjz "eyewitness news." >> tha

and to the exten that we helped through some quiet scope for diplomacy we are happy to play the part that the focus should be on these two countries and steps they' taken. yes? >> next month october 1st, china is having the 60 the anniversary of the founding. is t u.s. planning to send anyone? >> i will take the question. i don't know. >> can i ask on africa please? during the secretary's visit to africaecently, she had promised more weapons were on the way to somalia in addition to what was previously announced. there is connt that isn't at was discovered. >> the consent that government did not represent them. how do you address that attribution? >> to put it in context while she was on her trip to africa she met with the leader of the tse in nairobi. it was not in south africa. there was a discussion not oy of the assistance the united stes isresently proving the u.n. mission being fulfilled by the african uni. i believe the troops are there. we've provided significant assistance to the t. feg and in the discussion with sheik sharif, she pledged to look at a wide range of potential