former governor of michigan, democrat, jennifer granholm. former congressman from tennessee, democrat harold ford. republican strategist and former white house counselor to bush, ed gillispie and cnbc's rick santelli. the very latest on revolution sweeping the middle east. after egypt protest and violent crackdown have spread to the gulf states. how will the administration balance u.s. interest with interests in supporting democratic reforms? our guests, the president's ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. >>> good morning and we will begin with those anti-government demonstrations that continue across the middle east and north africa. the governments of libya, algeria and yemen each responding with violent crackdowns over the weekend. in bahrain overnight demonstrations have continued but state security forces have withdrawn leaving behind more protest, all of this being watched quite closely and with a sense of unease by rulers in neighboring saudi arabia. joining me now the ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. let me ask

governor jennifer granholm the national conversation is about how to rein in spending.ublicans they won in november, they are now owning this conversation it seems more than president obama and the democrats are. is that a problem politically? >> i think it's clear that the democrats want to rein in spending but they don't want to damage the economy. the whole point is -- i think there's a real overreach with respect to the interpretation of the november results. the november results, sure some people voted the way they did because they wanted to cut everything out of government. but most people i would venture to say did it because they were uncomfortable with the fact that the unemployment rate is high. this is about jobs and the economy more than it is about the deficit. you slash too much, you hurt jobs. where is that balance. let me jump back for one thing on wisconsin. there are states in this country that have massive deficits that don't have collective bargaining and there are states that have very low deficits that do have collective bargaining. that is not the

former governor of michigan, democrat, jennifer granholm.ngressman from tennessee, democrat harold ford. republican strategist and former white house counselor to bush, ed gillispie and cnbc's rick santelli. the very latest on revolution sweeping the middle east. after egypt protest and violent crackdown have spread to the gulf states. how will the administration balance u.s. interest with interests in supporting democratic reforms? our guests, the president's ambassador to the united nations, susan rice.