. >> do you believe the speaker wants to compromise jim b?e know that the tea party is driving the agenda. we have seen for ourselves that may be the speaker wants to compromise. >> the speaker said it again. do not talk about a balanced program. do not talk on revenue. it should be more cuts. you cannot cut the defense more than they have already agreed to. it has to be irresponsible cuts we are making. there is a lot of money we can get out of there. it is getting excessive. you cannot cut the deficit appropriate it program. the only other place to cut would be in the infamous. that is the solution to the deficit, that is not going to produce jobs. it will cripple our country. we try to help people collect far as they can in the line and produce an economy where all of us can benefit. >> we have a few minutes. recent polls out say fewer than half of the individuals who at some point in still support him fervently. what went wrong in his message to cause americans to feel this way? >> the country is not doing well. well.

jim, thank you so much. gregg: one of the banks they're planning to sue, b of a, it's teetering on the precipice -- jenna: teetering on what? gregg: what is their stock, down to five? jenna: right. certain banks have been singled out in some of these reports, and all of the banks there's been questions about them not only here, but over the europe. so it's a tough story to report straight on without seeing the lawsuit and not seeing what other banks are involved. gregg: sure. jenna: otherwise you pick winners out of the bunch. gregg: wire going to -- we're going to talk to paul gigot about it. >>> the one-time tourist hot spot where teachers are now fearing for their lives and ask refusing to go to life. >>> and not your average swim partner, this baby croc turning up in the shall doe end of a -- shallow end of a public pool. wouldn't want to jump in that one. [ female announcer ] new kraft mayo with olive oil and a twist of cracked pepper. made with imported olive oil and infused with cracked pepper... it adds gourmet flavor to recipes, sandwiches & salads. try kraft mayo with olive oil and cracked pepper. an acci

jim and i were talking before we came in here. we don think b-- don't think barbers have to be licensed. host: go ahead. caller: my question is for james. i spent 26 years in the military. i want to know how clinton created 22 million jobs during his time. he raised taxes. bush reduced taxes and lost 8 million jobs. can you answer that question? you are talking out of both sides of your mouth. thank you for your service to our attention. president clinton took office when the economy was recovering from a 1991 recession. president bush took office at the peak of the attack bobbled as it was collapsing. those job losses were at the start of his watch. at the same time, you have a slowing down of the job growth. the issue was you did not have as many workers entering the workforce so you did not have the same number of jobs being created under bush and clinton. host: we have more from speaker boehner as a look at republican proposals for job creation. the speaker is talking about tax credits. >> there are two other components. one is the current t

b" for no to 622639. always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and make a comment. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. >>> let's turn now to jim moore, "huffington post" contributor and author of the book "why rick perry will make americans miss george w. bush." and dave weigel with us tonight. and democratic strategist. gentlemen, glad to have us tonight. mr. cook, did rick perry do anything to hurt himself tonight in defending his position on where he stands on social security? >> no, i don't think he did. i actually think he helped himself tonight. i did think, though, that last week during the msnbc debate he got off his own narrative by talking so ardently about social security and that's what gave the other candidates the idea that they had an opening to chip on perry's lead. the other candidates were wrong, but here's why i think it was a mistake for perry because perry's jobs narrative is what got him where he is now. now, there's a lot of holes in that narrative, but at first blush it looks good. now, here's the problem. his opponents are so weak that they really haven't touched him on the holes in his jobs narrative.

jim and i were talking before we came in here. we don think b -- don't think barbers have to be licensed. host: go ahead. caller: my question is for james. i'm a veteran. i spent 26 years in the military. i want to know how clinton created 22 million jobs during his time. he raised taxes. bush reduced taxes and lost 8 million jobs. can you answer that question? you are talking out of both sides of your mouth. guest: thank you for your service to our attention. -- for your service to our country. whatever our political disagreements, thank you for that. president clinton took office when the economy was recovering from a 1991 recession. this is when you have far faster growth than the population. president bush took office at the peak of the attack bobbled -- tech bubble as it was collapsing. those job losses were at the start of his watch. at the same time, you have a slowing down of the job growth. the issue was you did not have as many workers entering the workforce so you did not have the same number of jobs being created under bush and clint

back to town looking for a fight, and, b, they're distracting from barack obama, the substance of the great program when we spend eight, nine minutes talking about jim hoffa. >> there's real frustration, actually, from democrats. talk to them on the hill. there's frustration that the president isn't fighting enough. and perhaps this is the overreaction. but as we go back to washington, d.c., the focus is on jobs, steve rattner. the president has a huge speech to give. as always, you come to depress as well as educate. >> i come to ruin your day. you have charts to show that the a administration has ground to make up for, let alone gain on when it comes to jobs, correct? >> i have lots of charts. we can start wherever you want. >> dive in. >> the ps is going to be framing the jobs. a lot of people say there's nothing he can do about jobs. he's given the speech already many times. what is the great challenge for this president, congress, and country. >> there are a limited number of things he can do about jobs. wille's going to get up there on thursday with a joint session of congress with a lot of hoopla, the kind of atmosphere with crisis-like remed