jackie calmes. where'd jackie go?>> i want to know if you agree with former president bill clinton who said in the past week that the european policies being described here today are much like those of the republicans in this country, the politics of austerity that would take us in the same direction as europe. the republicans come up for their part, have said that you simply blaming the europeans for problems that have been caused by your own policies. i would like you to respond to both of those, and also, tell us precisely how much time you personally spent on the european situation. >> any other aspects of the question? [laughter] um -- [laughter] first of all, in terms of the amount of time i spend, i think it is is fair to say that over the last two years, i've been in consistent discussions with european leadership and consistent discussions with my economic team. this is one of the things that has changed in the world economy over the last two or three decades, is that this is a global economy now, and what ha

jackie calmes. where'd jackie go?i want to know if you agree with former president bill clinton who said in the past week that the european policies being described here today are much like those of the republicans in this country, the politics of austerity that would take us in the same direction as europe. the republicans come up for their part, have said that you simply blaming the europeans for problems that have been caused by your own policies. i would like you to respond to both of those, and also, tell us precisely how much time you personally spent on the european situation. >> any other aspects of the question? [laughter] um -- [laughter] first of all, in terms of the amount of time i spend, i think it is is fair to say that over the last two years, i've been in consistent discussions with european leadership and consistent discussions with my economic team. this is one of the things that has changed in the world economy over the last two or three decades, is that this is a global economy now, and what happe

jackie calmes. where'd jackie go? >> i want to know if you agree with former president bill clinton who said in the past week that the european policies being described here today are much like those of the republicans in this country, the politics of austerity that would take us in the same direction as europe. the republicans come up for their part, have said that you simply blaming the europeans for problems that have been caused by your own policies. i would like you to respond to both of those, and also, tell us precisely how much time you personally spent on the european situation. >> any other aspects of the question? [laughter] um -- [laughter] first of all, in terms of the amount of time i spend, i think it is is fair to say that over the last two years, i've been in consistent discussions with european leadership and consistent discussions with my economic team. this is one of the things that has changed in the world economy over the last two or three decades, is that this is a global economy now, and what h

calm. see what you do for me jacki. here she is.d it. we told you yesterday about a story in the "wall street journal" about just how entrenched governor romney was in pushing for the individual mandate in healthcare reform in massachusetts. well that information came from the article in the "wall street journal" had newly publicized e-mails from his time as governor and somebody read the earl. picked up the e-mail account mitt romney at hotmail.com. according to gawker, he guessed the security question and changed the password. gawker couldn't verify the story because if it did, it would put it in legal jeopardy. they communicated with the romney campaign communications team and that team tells gawker authorities are investigating the crime which would then imply that there was in fact some sort of breach. >>> you may remember there was a college student david cornell who hacked into sarah palin's e-mail in 2008 and he was convicted. >>> voters rejected proposition 29 skts a really close vote. 51-49. the would with have raised $735

jacki, good morning again. >> good morning, everybody. colorado springs residents and firefighters are hoping for calming winds and maybe even a little rainay as wildfire there continues to spread. more than 15,000 acres have burned and more than 36,000 people have been evacuated. the extent of damage is still unclear but as of late yesterday, only 5% of the waldo canyon fire was contained. president obama will travel to colorado tomorrow to survey the scene firsthand thank responders. he's spoken with colorado governor john hickenlooper and indicated federal resources are at their disposal. residents describe what they're experiencing in colorado springs as nothing short of surreal. >> it just flared up so quickly. it exploded. people walking through the streets like zombies. they had no reaction to cars, just complete shock. people outside of their own businesses. >> scary stuff. back here in washington today the president spending much of the day with the vice president in meetings, presumably schedule on the lighter side as we wait to see what the supreme court does in regard to healthcare reform. the president's one event is a trip t

calm you now, and that is of course your jingle. here we go. ♪ hello -- >> i love it. >> that's it. >> yeah. ♪ we bring you jacki ♪ >> here she is jacki schechneren. the court could uphold its in its entirety. it could strike down the mandate and two provisions that the obama administration said could be linked toe the mandate, and the fourth thing, of course is they could strike down the law all together. mitt romney is against national healthcare reform. now the democratic group, american bridge 21st century has uncovered fresh evidence of how romney felt about the mandate in massachusetts in march of 2006. >> with regards to the mandate, the individual responsibility program, which i proposed, i was very pleased to see the compromise from the two houses include the personal responsibility principal. that is essential for bringing healthcare costs down for everyone. >> of course we know that romney doesn't like national reform in general. he says he is going to repeal it if the court upholds it today. we actually could have a decision postponed until 2012. there is a law on the books called the anti-injunction act, and it says you can't legal