i don't -- jake, you can ask them what happened.cconnell why sitting on the very same show he was on yesterday when he supported the conrad-gregg commission -- when it came for a vote he didn't support it. i don't know the answer to that. it's a fascinatingly good question. but we are going to have to work together to solve these problems. it's not going to be one person or one party that solves them. Ñii don't think it's a copout, because what the president will propose is that democrats and republicans should work together to agree on proposals that he believes should be voted on. understand that the legislation that failed would have required that the recommendations that that commission came up with be voted on by the house and the senate, like a base closure commission. >> right, and this executive order will not do that, because it cannot do that. >> the executive order will ask that based on the number of people that are chosen to serve on the commission -- some by democrats, some by republicans -- that a certain number of pe

jake tapper has more tonight. jake? >> reporter: good evening, diane. desiree gers is a harvard business school graduate, a powerful chicago businesswoman and a long-time friend of the obamas. but her tenure here has not been without blemishes. many white house officials were quietly happy about the news of her departure, but the official line from the white house today was praise for desiree rogers. >> her service as the president and first lady have said is to be commended. countless numbers of people have come to events here that have -- that showcased the people's house. >> reporter: unfortunately, at least two of those people who came to white house events were not supposed to be there. the salahis, who in november crashed the first and only state dinner that rogers organized. critics, including some white house staffers cited this moment. rogers showing off her designer dress, mingling with guests, while no one from the social office was at the gates, working with the secret service. the white house shielded rogers from a congressional hearing abo

jake tapper leads us off to tell us what happened at this long meeting. jake? >> reporter: good evening, diane. towards the end of the summit, one republic congressman quipped he'd never seen so many members of the house and senate behave so well for so long before so many television cameras. the president began by acknowledging how polarizing the debate had become. >> politics, i think, ended up trumping practical common sense. >> reporter: what followed but a free flowing discussion where there were attempts to find common ground. >> we may be closer together than people really think. >> reporter: but there were few areas of agreement. more than 40 million uninsured, health care costs rising at almost twice the rate of inflation fred the republicans, some old arguments and new frustrations for the president. >> the thing that i've heard more than anything over the last six or seven months is that the american people want us to scrap this bill. >> reporter: republicans proposed a more modest, incremental approach, including health insurance reform and changing

i'm on the same ride that jake and sig.gist i came there to study this beautiful species. part of the ride is -- we're in a way peacekeepers but part of the ride is understanding the beauty that they are. this relationship that they have between animal and plant. >> larry: stephen ought to feel bad trying to destroy them. >> right. >> larry: back with more. ♪ ( kids giggling ) ♪ you have multiple cars... and multiple toys... with multiple places to go. so be smart. simplify. combine and save. get all your insurance from one allstate agent, and you can get multiple discounts... on your multiple policies. simpler is smarter. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? ♪ >> you have a strong heart. >> larry: that, of course, zoe saldana, who was brilliant. sorry she couldn't make it today. another moment involving sam's character and the na'vi's life in harmony with nature. watch. [ speaking na'vi ] >> that's right. you're mine. >> larry: how did you decide on blue for the collar? not green? >> well, green was kind of take

jake? >> reporter: good evening, diane. the nation faces serious challenges when it comes to the economy, national security, health care reform, and the president was very eager to convey a need for bipartisan ship, but it's not clear that there's even agreement on what the word by pabipartisan means. he's trying -- the president worked to convey today. trying to reach across the aisle. whether earnestly in the cabinet room with republican and democratic leaders -- >> i'm going to spend some time listening. >> reporter: or joking around with reporters. >> i understand that mcconnell and reid are out doing snow angels on the south lawn together. >> reporter: but he also seemed to say that the other guys are not trying. >> bipartisanship can't be that i agree to all things that they believe in or want, and they agree to none of the things i believe in and want. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that in their meeting, house republican leader john boehner said job creation is slow-going because of concerns about democratic pol

jake's out?i was staying at his house and other times i've been nominated for things, never an oscar, but other times i've been nominated, i've always been staying at his house. i woke up at his house. >> jimmy: you should move into his house. >> or, at least around the award stuff. staying at his house. they call you at 5:00 in the morning, if you get nominated, and i had not been nominated for anything else for this movie at all, so i kind of gotten into the, you know, mindset of, you know, awards don't matter, you know. but i'd really convinced myself. >> jimmy: so you were like up keeping an eye on cable to see -- >> no, i really put it out of my head. i knew that they were, that morning, but i wasn't thinking about it. and my phone rang and when you're really asleep your phone rings, i kind of -- what's going on? i didn't remember. it rang, i kind of woke up and i thought -- maybe? maybe that's what they're calling. and then i thought, i'm not going to answer it because maybe they're just ca

i'm on the same ride that jake and sig.udy this beautiful species. part of the ride is -- we're in a way peacekeepers but part of the ride is understanding the beauty that they are. this relationship that they have between animal and plant. >> larry: stephen ought to feel bad trying to destroy them. >> right. >> larry: back with more, the salute to "avatar." don't go away. ♪ [ female announcer ] enjoy a complete seafood dinner for two for just $29.99 at red lobster. with fresh salads and biscuits... your choice of entrées... and an appetizer or a dessert to share. ends soon...at red lobster. some pharmacists only dispense prescriptions. your walgreens pharmacist also dispenses wisdom... to help you stay well. so if you're on medicare part d, schedule a free one-on-one plan review session... with your walgreens pharmacist. they'll review all your medications... no matter where they're from... and help you get the most from your plan. so you can relax and enjoy all your benefits. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. ♪ >> yo

>> we have a snowball ready-made by our producer jake here.ave one, yes. >> tell jake for just this low cost of $15 he could have purchased this. it's called the snowballer. take a look at this thing, speaking of people casting it on the snow. this thing is basically said to design snowballs that burst on contact. therefore when you hit someone, they usually get a bruise. they won't have any of that. it makes 60 perfect snowballs every minute. it's kind of like an ice cream scoop. scoop it up, it snaps together, it compresses the perfect amount of snow, then you throw it. a father of two came up with the idea. >> let me see if i can bean jake right there. i thinkdy. >> i think it would be better if jake threw that at you so that we could see that painful impact. >> all right, that will come later. real quickly, let's go back to 1888. the "new york times," there was a huge blizzard that shut down the east coast for a week back then, but people coped in a lot of the same ways. they say bars were crowded to the gills with people drowning their so

i'm on the same ride that jake and sig. i came there to study this beautiful species.art of the ride is -- we're in a way peacekeepers but part of the ride is understanding the beauty that they are. this relationship that they have between animal and plant. >> larry: stephen out to feel bad trying to destroy them. back with more on this salute to "avatar." >>> breaking news, says it was an accident, an arizona grand jury says it is manslaughter. we're talking about this guy. james arthur ray arrested late this evening for his role in the deaths of three people during that sweat lodge ceremony. we'll talk with a survivor about what really happened that night and to jeff toobin about the legal case. >>> where is the government of haiti? it's been more than three weeks since the quake. pretty clear they're not at the forefront of relief efforts. the u.n. is asking president clinton to spearhead reconstruction, should haiti's leaders be off the hook? >>> startling new allegations against the american missionaries in custody accused of child trafficking. allegations they kn

and can you see more of jake's interview with secretary geithner sunday on "this week." >>> but as we said, economic news takes us to toyota, and finally today, the man with power and the name toyoda called a surprise news conference. he bowed and said i apologize from the bottom of my heart. a powerful gesture, but as brian ross tells us, still, a lot of questions. >> reporter: the toyota ceo entered the news conference with a grim look and repeated bows. akio toyoda apologized for the safety crisis. he was asked to explain in english what he would say to toyota owners around the world. >> i am a little bit worried about while they are driving, they feel a little bit cautious. but believe me, toyota's car is safety. >> reporter: his bows and apology were seen in japan as almost mandatory. >> the deemer you bow, the greater respect you show, which would mean you are offering your head. >> reporter: in fact, at least a dozen japanese executives have killed themselves over business issues in the last 12 years. >> i think there's a great consensus in japan that it is not necessarily toyo

going to turn now to toyota, and today, also, before we get to that, our white house correspondent jake tapper asked treasury secretary timothy geithner about the possibility the recession has improved for the moment. but will take another dip down. >> we have much, much lower risk of that today than at any time over the last 12 months or so. again, just think of where we are. we're in a economy that was growing at the rate of almost 6% of gdp in the fourth quarter of last year. the most rapid rate in six years. so, we are beginning the process of haeealing. >> and can you see more of jake's interview with secretary geithner sunday on "this week." >>> but as we said, economic news takes us to toyota, and finally today, the man with power and the name toyoda called a surprise news conference. he bowed and said i apologize from the bottom of my heart. a powerful gesture, but as brian ross tells us, still, a lot of questions. >> reporter: the toyota ceo entered the news conference with a grim look and repeated bows. akio toyoda apologized for the safety crisis. he was asked to explain in e

what happened to jake when he ran to the wrong crowd?t happened to jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? he got hung. well, that's what i want to do with patty murray. >> you can sort of hear the shock in the audience and response to that, right? after initially denying that she said that at all, the tea party organizer who made the remark later clarified that nobody had any rope on hand to do the hanging of senator murray anyway. if this is reminding you of something, it may be the incident in july. that immediately brought the sea of people bringing guns to protests over the summer. and what is defined as normal among conservative protesters is being tried on for size by candidates running for office. >> i believe we have one last opportunity and i believe 2010 is it. >> yes. >> all right. we can do it with our vote. and we can get new faces in. whether it's my face or not, i pray to god i see new faces, because if we don't see new faces, i'm cleaning my guns and getting ready for the big show. >> if i don't see new faces and after th

>> let me ask specifically the second part of your question, jake, they are sad and sobering numbersan people. we'll get new jobs numbers tomorrow. there will be a job's revision i'm told tomorrow that's likely to show, an additional job loss at the first part of the recession that started in 2007 making hole of job loss that we've dealt with even deeper. we didn't, as i've said here count less times, we didn't get here overnight. we won't get out of that hole overnight. it'll take a concerted effort by the president and congress working together, both parties, to strengthen our foundation and to create jobs, moving forward that's not predicated on risky lending or housing speculation or running up massive debt on credit cards. we have to create jobs in the new industries of clean energy, clean energy manufacturing so we don't finish second place to the chinese or the indians in creating those new jobs. >> also the numbers don't show the unemployment rate over the next decade going to even where they were in 2007 when the president announced he was running for this office at all. eve

women singing which gives it sort of an african children's sound and it is a wonderful quality, when jake learns how to fly and some of the instruments besides wind instruments, percussion instruments or i will take instruments and i will sort of fine tune them digitally so they don't sound like drums anymore or flutes anymore but they have this sort of other worldly sound that you -- that sounds sort of familiar but sounds kind of different. and jim used a lot of those kinds of sounds in the forest at night so when things light up with that luminesence at night, there are not really any sound effects, that is all music if there. tavis: something that we should all consider, perhaps with greater regularity, which is the notion of what film would be like without music. first, you'd be unemployed. >> i would be unemployed. tavis: that's number one. but beyond you being unemployed, i'm trying to get you to talk to me about how important music is when we go and see films. >> it is very important and ideally, i don't think people should be aware of the music working. i think ideally, the best

jake? >> the president's executive order creating a bipartisan commission to look at that reduction, why is it needed? considering the fact that democrats control the house, senate and white house? >> well it is needed i think if you look at, the budget documents we're going to get, similar, slightly above, 3% of our gdp taken up in our budget deficit and i think most people would say 3% is about where you need to be and it will take some tough decisions to close those gaps. >> why are the president and substantial majorities of democrats in the house and senate not capable of those tough decisions? >> because we understand, jake, unless you get 60 votes in this environment you can't make those, you can't make those determinations. let's use in one particular instance the debt commission itself. this was, a legislative proposal, and i'm sure many of you heard me do this, introduced in december, bipartisan proposal by senator judd gregg, senator conrad. one republican, one a democrat, that e

jake, the handsome pilot who can't meet women is now down to four potential brides.e's had a very hard time trying to figure out who to eliminate. i can only imagine how unpleasant that might be. get close to these people and have to tell one of them go home. it's interesting to see how the thought process plays out. >> are you saving yourself for marriage? >> i am. >> i think the fact that cory is a virgin says a lot about her. i think that cleared the air a little bit. i can't tell you how much i respect the fact she just opened up and told me. >> it was really sad seeing corey go tonight. i'm so attracted to her. it's disappointing that she was taking so long to open up and i really, really worried that corey would never open up fully. >> jimmy: well that's -- sorry corey. come back when you're a slut. on sunday, the 52nd annual grammy awards were held in los angeles. beyonce set a record won 743 grammy awards, including for the song "put a ring on it." i don't have anything against that song. there's no way that came out in the last 12 months. i was in the 12th g

but first, jake tapper is live at the the white house. jake? >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right. after more than 60,000 words of debate and discussion, one things seems clear after the health care reform summit. for reasons both political and philosophical, if president obama and the democrats want to pass health care reform, they're going to have to do it without ident made clear he would not heed republican calls scrap democratic health care reform legislation and start anew. >> we cannot have another year-long debate about this. so, the question that there ens time or in a few weeks' time or six weeks' time, we could actually resolve something? >> reporter: the answer to that, base no. >> if we can't, then i think we have to go ahead and make some decisions. and then, that's what elections are for. >> reporter: while there were a few moments of agreement on cutting down on medical fraud and broad consensus that something needs to be done to reduce health care costs, the disagreements on what to do were stark. and republicans are confident they're on the side of t

when leonardo dicaprio gets a part in the movie, does he think jake gyllenhaal wanted this part. would like this job. we think about our own. >> larry: this is nbc, right? >> of course, there's a corporation. they made a bloodless, bottom-line dollars and cents decision, and one guy got a job and another guy didn't. the one thing i criticized conan and dave letterman that did jokes you can have anything you want in this world unless jay leno wants it. you're not a kid that had your ice cream knocked on the sidewalk. jay leno beat you for something because for whatever reason, jay leno has his pulse on the mainstream of america better than anybody. i'm not even close to that pulse, i don't even want to be. but these guys want to be. >> larry: good point. that and more of -- i almost said jay leno. you put him in the room. with bill maher. don't go away. it doesn't take much; an everyday moment can turn romantic at a moment's notice. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis. with two clinically proven dosing opti

understand this, jake. our allies are more united than they have ever been. take actions and consequences based on the statements and the actions of the iranians. >> is there talk about sanctions going forward? >> we believe that the chinese will continue to play a constructive role. they worked with us, again very constructive late on the un resolutions dealing with north korea. i think we and they believe is not in their interest to have a world arms race. it is certainly not in their interest economically to have an arms race in the middle east. >> that is not really answer as to whether going for -- >> we are working with our other partners in the p5 plus one. this will go through a process in the united nations. >> when will that start? >> it already has. >> [unintelligible] >> the process of devising this, as you know, has already started. >> what about whether or not china will support sanctions, or are you still working on -- >> i am not going to get into the back and forth of diplomatic negotiations. it is in everybody's interest not to have an inter

you know i love jake. obviously. a dog. i tried to do the math.1,000 a year on him or so. >> i think most people would say it's a big chunk of change, especially given the economy. it's not unusual as diana alvear reports. >> reporter: opening a pet boutique during the recession seemed crazy at the time. >> conditions of the economy were absolutely horrible. >> reporter: the risk has paid off. sales at chicago's zane and zaris have increased by 15% a month. >> i think we may have stumbled on to something that was at the very least recession-resistant. >> reporter: at paradise for paws they're spending on play time at the pool. personal aquariums. pet massage. and paw-dicures. business is growing. >> we're opening a second facility at midway airport soon. >> reporter: at a time when people are cutting back, their pets are living like kings. last year, americans spent more than $45 billion on pet-related products. twice what they spent a little over ten years ago. cashmere dog coats? no problem. >> and they are all hand-made. she did the designs and

whether the vehicle those, jake, whether the vehicle is the four items that senator reid has now, whether that includes on employment cobra extensions and whether that includes extension for the sba lending or tax extenders, whether it includes disaster relief, those are discussions they will have. again, i believe that many of these will be implemented and voted on and approved with strong bipartisan majorities. >> but you guys obviously lead your support to the bipartisan, the four senators of them working hard on this bipartisan effort and senator reid because of concerns from morrill lacrosse scrap its, that have been disappointing to the president in his calls the -- >> i do not think that taking first of all the main part of the piece of legislation senator reid will have the senate vote on is the schumer-hatch jobs tax credit, so what legislative vehicle many of these bipartisan ideas, what ever it moves on, they're in some ways not quite as important as demonstrating that we can work together, it is putting the centerpiece of a bill that is going to move when the senate comes back

so that's a tough argument to make. >> jake sherman with politico. read his work at politico.com.thanks for joining us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> in a few moments, the u.s. ambassador to iraq, christopher hill, looks ahead to the march 7 elections there. in a little less than 2 hours, the annual conference. new york association of black and puerto rican legislateors. after that, we'll re-air president obama's comments on the first anniversary of the economic stimulus bill. >> book tv is prime time this week. tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, join our live discussion on afghanistan with seth jones, political scientist at the rand corporation and author of "in the grave yard of empires. and mark moir, a professor at the marine corps university, author of "a question of command." mr. moir was recently in afghanistan where he met with general mcchrystal. we'llñr take your phone calls, emails and tweets. for our other prime time programs this week, go online to booktv.org. >> with your wildest

but understand this, jake, our allies in this are more united than they've ever been. the statements and actions. we believe that the chinese have and will continue to play a constructive role. they worked with us, again, very constructively on the u.n. resolutions dealing with north korea. and we believe and i think they believe it's not in their interest to have a worldwide arms race. it's not in their interest to economically have an arms race in the middle east. >> it's not really an answer as to whether they're onboard. >> we are working with them and our partners in the p-5 plus one. >> when will that process start? >> it already has. >> when will the public process start? >> writing this and devising this has already started. >> whether or not china will support sanctions but what kind or are you working on whether they'll support? >> i am not going to get into the back and forth of diplomatic negotiations, understanding, again, that it's in everybody's interest not to have an international arms race. >> this is a difficult time with china and you have some prob

jake?ion coming out today about the killer whale that ended up killing a trainer at seaworld, there's a news conference set to start in less than 30 minutes from now. orlando salinas is there. >> reporter: jane, still big plans for the largest killer whale in captivity even though now it is linked to three deaths. the show must go on in some form, a presser in about 30 minutes. jane: we will take that live here on the fox news channel. thanks to you all, jon, down to you. jon: jane, there is some mixed news on the economy this morning. home sales down for the second straight month, but the gdp in the last quarter? well, it appears to have grown more than anybody expected. how do you explain that? you ask jenna lee because she's really smart. jenna: i'll do my best. we have existing home sales. remember, previously lived-in homes are the bulk of the market, and economists expected to see those sales go up. instead i they went down to the lowest level we've seen since last june, and that's co

interview that she did where she was asked to tim here and donnell many of the things i talked to jake about she told them that she thought it was that it's time to go bag to doing. >> she is now on her way back to chicago, and did communicate, and told me it has been incredible, setting a foundation ar and she said she's headed back to the private sector. >> suzanne has an exclusive interview with van jones, that -- we'll have that interview later here. dan, thanks very much. >>> jack cafferty is next. also coming up, what's next for swift most powerful members of congress? >>> and does george w. bush support the vocal -- host: did the waltons take way too long to say goodnight? mom: g'night john boy. g'night mary ellen. mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> let's check in with jack cafferty. >> as predicted, that day-long health

>> reporter: absolutely, tim pawlenty is is thinking of running for president and jake, bring me a copyection ballot with the whole roster and what we have going on here is one of the first beauty contests of every presidential cycle, tim pawlenty, out going governor of minnesota is going to be speaking in a short time and he has been around the country, traveling to places like iowa and new hampshire and home of the first caucus of the primary and is not the only person on the ballot and i'll read the roster, we are going to hear from indiana congressman mike pence, shortly, the number 3 member of the house republican leadership, running for president and there are a series of additionsal, newt gingrich will be speaking at this convention in the next day, the former house speaker, one of the big idea guys in the g.o.p., noted conservative, intellectual and by many accounts is looking for running for president and rick santorum, is seeking an eye to run and is making phone calls and talking to folks in iowa and new hampshire about the possibility of running and a lot of people don't tak

i believe they are. >> are you following all of jake's tweets? >> i don't know if every site i visit on the internet is documented for the principle to records. >> is it technically a message? >> i can check with on that. >> who are the followers? [laughter] >> yeah, i was going to say. michael, how do you currently have? [laughter] i don't want to compare -- keenly -- >> there's 21,000. >> are your followers of the federal record? >> i will ask the lawyers. but i think let's understand this. wendell, if you send me an e-mail -- >> well come you never respond. [laughter] >> obviously, i get to the important ones. but know this, in eight years i'm sure the archives of this will be entertained by yours. but this is a serious question. i think is important to understand that again if you e-mail before congress long-ago past, a law that interactions with on e-mail has to be archived, they are not released some period of time. >> my question was a refinement of that. if the dividend to e-mail you then sell you on twitter. >> except again one of the re

on abc, jake tapper is the guest host.ll talk with treasury secretary tim geithner, as well. guests include the sarah palin. cbs will be broadcast from the sun life stadium which is the site of super bowl xliv. cnn will have a new post and will include secretary of state hillary clinton as the guest. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on cspan radio. 90.1 fm here on -- here in washington, d.c. and on the web. you can follow is on facebook and twitter. >> in depth welcomes a british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson. his latest book is on winston churchill. join our 3 our conversation with your phone calls live from london today at noon, eastern. >> it is easy to complain about the issues and the politicians. they have tried to be entertaining, informative, and relevant. >> progress of talk radio host and author of 30 books, tom hartman is our guest on q&a? . the proposed merger of comcast and nbc's less universal. -- comcast and nbc/universal.

the fourth circuit, more than any other circuit and the seat that justice keenan would fill has been jakeant now for more than -- vacant now for more than two years. justice keenan is an extraordinary choice to fill this vacancy. she has been a state supreme court justice since 1991. she has been a trailblazer for women in law throughout her career. she was the first female district court judge in virginia when she was selected for the fairfax county bench in 1980. she became the first female circuit court judge when she was promoted to that court in 1982. in 195 she was -- 1985. she was the only one -- she was selected to the -- for the state supreme court, the second female justice to ever serve there in 1991 and she was, in fact, the first judge to have served on all four levels of virginia courts. and, mr. president, i'd also like to point out that when governor mcdonald was recently sworn into his office he he specifically requested that justice keenan deliver him the oath of office. so there's a wide bipartisan consensus inside virginia about the quality of this nominee and i'm very

you saw that in a december 25 episode, where who pushed jake was the main question. we realize that's dhs is the consumer of intelligence, and is not the vehicle. the fact of the matter is though that we don't know who to hold accountable because this bureaucracy is growing and becoming worse. tell me one instance that you recommend to us in one year, where you wanted us to give assistance to you and we thank you for your service to this country and want to be helpful. i can't recall at that that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. get give me one instance. give me one instance where you recommended to this committee that we assist you in breaking through the bureaucracy of the department that you had, question mark. >> i don't know exactly what your question is. >> you don't know-- i can't be more direct than that madam secretary. we want to be helpful. we are not asking the questions and we are not making comments here because we want to give you more work. we want to give you less work. you just testified this morning before the appropriations committee. if you want

jake, i know that -- i would describe it the way that i described it yesterday.ndable, the frustration that the american people feel about the direction of their economy based on what we have gone frothrough since december of 2007 in losing 1 million jobs and when the past decade where there was virtually no job growth. in many cases, people working harder and bringing home less. we are at 9% unemployment. 9.7% unemployment. the president is frustrated with where this economy is as well. that is not to mention housing, the financial system, there are a whole host of other events that we encountered at the beginning of our ministration. >> yes, but what does he think americans think about the stimulus package? you guys are obviously very proud of it. what do you think the american people feel about it? >> let me explain what we believe the recovery act has begun to do. i think it is undeniable that the recovery act has increased and added to the economic growth that has been reported in the third quarter and the fourth quarter of 2009. maybe the best way to look a

. >> the numbers we heard from jake, in five hours that is $1 billion of the deficit. just think 1 billion hours ago, we were in the stone age. we are talking about spending here and the numbers are dizzying. so many people are asking just how did we get here, a projected $1.6 trillion enter when not long ago we were in a surplus. in 2000, when president clinton left office, we were in the black by $236 billion. at the time, number crunchers projected a surplus at leas ten years out. but just two years later, we were in the red by nearly $158 billion. 9/11 taking its toll. and president bush enacting his first round of tax cuts. by 2004, the deficit had more than doubled to nearly $413 billion. the u.s. had invaded iraq. and another round of tax cuts and expanded medicare. by the end of 2008, a banking system near collapse. president bush signs the $700 billion bank bailout. then president obama and the $787 billion economic recovery plan brining us to $1.4 trillion in debt, and counting. >> what started out as a trickle in 2008 turned into a flood in 2009. neither par

jake is right. look at communication, but it's different in volume, content, and tone than we've seen in the last month. >> obviously, this was a change in debate. obviously, this is a change in debate. and this administration is doing everything that it can to both make sure the american people know exactly what's happening inside the administration and also to answer questions that people might have or challenges that might come about the way that we're doing things. i don't know that i necessary agree that we're out there more or more aggressively. because if you consider the fact that ever since this incident on christmas day we have been very aggressive in taking this on. >> you guys -- will you see -- do you say day afterdy we are getting hit by unfair criticism. behave to answer it. >> well, obviously nobody likes to take on criticism. but it's washington. and when you get a bunch of politicians talking about issues and you get a bunch of folks who flip-flop from one with part of an issue to