joining me now is congresswoman jan schakowsky, democrat from illinois. and msnbc political analyst richard wolf. thanks for joining me. congresswoman, i was about to go off into a sermon because it's just outrageous. how can you call firemen, policemen, teachers a bailout? >> well, i don't think any americans would agree with that. they want to make sure that their streets are safe, that our first responders are available when we have natural disasters and fires and certainly want their children to get a good education. and the very idea that he would call that a bailout when people are feeling so deserted because of the obstructionism of the republicans. they feel that there is no help coming from the congress. and they're right. this is a -- this is republican leadership that is willing to bring the economy down. they've proved it already, in order to defeat barack obama and take all americans with them when it does. >> it's an amazing, total disregard for what is good for the american people. richard, let me show you this, rick santorum when he was in

joining us is representative jan schakowsky, served on simpson bowles. how are you doing?on your show. >> thanks so much. i'm so glad to have you join us. i don't know if your ear piece has conveyed to you the discussion we're having -- hold on a second. that's better. has conveyed the discussion we're having about simpson/bowles but you sat on simpson/bowles. >> i did. >> you did not vote for the co-chair final work product, but you had your own proposal. just tell me a little about why you didn't vote for it and what your own proposal was. >> i felt it was too skewed toward cuts. i felt that those cuts, particularly in medicare, they did a social security proposal, even though it has nothing to do with the deficit. that i proposed my own balancing the budget. it achieved the same numbers, without hurting the middle class and those who aspire to it. i have to tell you one thing, chris, i think in some ways this is yesterday's conversation. the obsession with deficit reduction right now, certainly the narrative in the country right now, has shifted so much now to jobs, the

jan schakowsky of illinois. in the senate last night. he told the american latino heritage forum that we will not take no for an answer. what parts of the plan can be saved realistically? >> i certainly hope the president continues to push for the whole plan. the part that the republicans reject the most is the jobs part of the jobs bill. and they continue to perpetuate a falsehood that the last jobs program didn't create any jobs. say they say the stimulus bill the last time didn't create jobs. absolutely wrong. untrue. created about 2 to 3 million jobs. >> but speaking about this plan, specific components of the president's jobs bill, what parts of that plan do you think can pass? >> we'll see. probably the tax cuts. the republicans like tax cuts although not for middle income people. they like them better for rich people. but the payroll tax holiday and tax cuts for small businesses. but i hope the president is talking about the whole bill. i want to push for the whole thing and take tot the american people.

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host: congresswoman jan schakowsky, thank you.n 45 minutes, we turn our attention to this magazine cover story from "news we" in september. where women are winning. up next, we will speak to congressman paul gosar. he represents the first district of arizona. >> more reaction to the plot to kill the saudi ambassador. vice-president joe biden, in appearances this morning, said the alleged plot by iranian government agents was really over the top. and the u.s. response could involve sanctions, but in his words, nothing has been taken off the table. also weighing in on the issue, republican presidential candidate herman cain. he says the united states needs to clarify who its friends and enemies are. he went on to say the obama administration is failing to make clear who the u.s. would stand by, and that that was one reason to kill the saudi ambassador in washington. reaction from china on an american currency bill. beijing is rejecting the a measure passed by the senate yesterday as a form of damaging protectionism. the bill would a

>> reporter: and congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois said there are ways to save money without cutting benefits. >> people during their working lives put money into medicare all of that comes out of their social security benefits, the premium for medicare, plus they pay co-payments, the very idea that we would not touch a hair on the head of millionaires or billionaires and yet cut benefits for older americans is really a moral issue. >> reporter: in all, the committee is supposed to find at least $1.5 trillion dollars in deficit savings over ten years and make its recommendation by november 23 for an up-or-down vote in the house and senate. failure to propose a deal, or to win congressional approval, will trigger $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts. half of those cuts would come in defense spending. but defense secretary leon panetta, warned against any such mandate, at a senate hearing last month. >> if we pull that trigger, would we be shooting ourselves in the foot? >> you'd be shooting yourselves in the head. >> reporter: the super-committee was created as part of last summer

you're on the air with congresswoman jan schakowsky. caller: i wonder why the bill didn't pass 50-49? anyone else in our democratic system, if there's 99 people voting, 50 vote one way and the 49 voted no, 50 passes. host: talking about it fell short by 10. guest: the filibuster has been used to change the idea of majority rules. and now in the arcane rules of the united states senate, in order for debate even to proceed forward, it needed a supermajority of 60 which really means that the minority can block the will of the majority. i think we need a change in this filibuster rule, and do exactly what you said. actually it was 51-46 was the ultimate vote. all of the republicans, all of them voting against the jobs legislation. legislation that even the chamber of commerce says in terms of creating more jobs in infrastructure that it would be a good thing to do. so i agree with you, david. host: democrats, also, joined republicans to vote against it and virginia democrat, jim webb, had this to say. he voted to move forward on debate on i

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i have given credit to jan schakowsky. to her. >> without objection, but statements will be made part of the official record. with that, i will turn it over to you, director. welcome to the committee on intelligence. thank you. >> thank you for having us here today. we appreciate the opportunity to appear before the committee. since september 11, the threat from terrorism as a bald from ways that present new challenges for the fbi and for our partners. the threat environment is more complex and diverse than ever before. in response, the fbi has undergone unprecedented transformation of the past 10 years. we have developed new capabilities necessary to address terrorists and criminal threats. we have created the administrative and technological structure to meet our mission as a national security agency. we have made these changes while continuing to safeguard american civil liberties. let me begin by focusing on the most serious threats we face today and discuss how the fbi has changed since september 11 to counter those b