and the most experienced member of the blue dogs, jim cooper. >> i am from tennessee. this is a rare moment in history, a moment where the committee can either come up with a solution or force us into an across-the-board sequestration. it is very important, that's was just said -- as was just said, that the super committee go big. that is on the path to a four trillion dollars solution -- a $4 trillion solution. it would be an arbitrary solution. so the super committee has a heavy responsibility to come up with what will have to be a bipartisan answer to our problems and come up with that by thanksgiving and then have house passage by christmas. that is so much more preferable to sequestration. we must encourage it. that is what our letter does, sending the blue dogs would be willing to step up and do the right thing for the country -- saying the blue dogs would be willing to step up and do the right thing for the country. to put the country first, not political party, to try to make sure we get a fiscal solution to our problem now, when we have the opportunity to do s

i'm jim cooper from tennessee's fifth congressional district.y rare moment in american history. this is a moment when the supercommittee can either come up with a solution or force us into across the board sequestration. it's very important, as they just said, that the supercommittee go big, do more than the law requires, put us on the path toward a $4 trillion solution, much as the boles simpson commission recommended that we do. sequestration, the default position, would not be nearly so large a solution and it would be an arbitrary solution. so the supercommittee has a heavy responsibility to come up with what will have to be, since it's 6-6, a bipartisan answer to our problems and come up with that by thanksgiving and then have house passage by christmas. but that is so much more preferable to sequestration, that we must encourage them. that's what our letter does, say that blue dogs will be willing to step up and do the right thing for the country. so thank you for being here and we're trying, even in this hyperpartisan environment, to put

with that, the most experienced member of the blue dogs, jim cooper. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to be here, i'm jim from tennessee's fifth criminal district. that is rare member where the committee can eper come up with a solution or force us into across the board se quest tration. it's important that the super committee go big, put us on the path for a $4 trillion solution much like the bowls simpson -- the bowles simpson suggested we do. so the super committee has heavy responsibility to come up with what will have to be, since it's 6-6, a bipartisan answer to our problems. and it will have to come up with that by everything that and then have house pass this by christmas. but that is so much more preferable than se quest tration. that's what our letter does. saying our blue dogs are willing to step up and do the right thing for the country. so even in this type of partisan, to put the message first to try to make sure we get a fiscal so i appreciate your being here and look forward to your questions. >> any questions? >> what do you think of the id

and starting to try to solve the problem of how to fix it with jim bovard, author of "attention definite democracy." also with us, dena cooper, for years she worked on jobs issues as philadelphia's deputy mayor of policy, trying to improve well-intended but frequently either dysfunctional or absolutely wasteful programs to try to actually get the intended result. james, i'm going to begin with you. why is it that these programs don't actually deliver what they promise? >> well, the labor department has no competence in training people how to work. if you look at these programs, for half a century, federal programs have given trainees nothing but false hopes. that goes back to the manpower development programs in the 1960s to jtpa, to the current programs. you've had the same errors, the same mistakes. there is no way to make the labor department run these things correctly, and thus far, these programs have worked out better, for late-night comics than they have for the train yees. >> and to be clear, this is not a political bias. republicans have shown no more competency than democrats at doing this, correct? >> this is some

cooperation with the yemeni government. it's being reported according to, again, mik, jim miklaszewski here, a drone was used to kill awlaki. more success for the use of drones l. we see more headlines like this? >> i suspect in cases of yemen and elsewhere you are likely to see the use of drones. we are very reluctant, having a major force going in to iraq, afghanistan, i think the united states military and our government and the american people are relung about the to see the troops on the ground and likely to see technology to target individuals and to take them out. this also raises another issue and i have written about this. we have to be careful here. the notion to conduct a bloodless-type of warfare as such i think is very dangerous for us. the notion that we can launch attacks by remote control, never putting ourselves in harm's way is not true. there are consequences every time you take a military action. so, we have to take care. we want to use technology to the best of our ability. we also want to make sure we don't just simply think we can move in to a country and conduct these kinds of strikes without consequ

cooperating. some don't even want to hear him speak. that apparently now includes tea party favorite senator jim demint. >> are you going to go to the speech? >> i doubt it. >> really? >> if he sent a written proposal over first, i would hear him explain it, but frankly right now, i'm so frustrated, i don't think i'm going to go. >> let's hope they do listen to the american people. 62% support the job training. they also back an extension of unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cuts. the american people have rejected the tea party republican agenda. which is why we heard some feisty words this weekend from james hoffa. if we keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son of bitches out. >> joining me is richard trumka. we want him to be the leader we know we can be, we want hem to be bold and be aggressive. he that is to give the worker hope that he's going to fight for them, make them believe he's going to fight for those jobs, no matter what the republicans do. let's just review something for just 30 seconds when you have george bush came out of office through fewer jobs than when he went in. mitt romney, boehner and all of them wa

jim, paul, thanks for coming in. that's all the time we have. tomorrow, more on governor perry and his foreign policy question. anderson cooper and "360" starts right now. >>> good evening. is michele bachmann's latest misstep the beginning of the end of her campaign? by most accounts bachmann did well in the republican debate taking rick perry to task on his order to girls to get the hpv vaccine suggesting he was catering to pharmaceutical manufacturer, merck. >> i'll tell you this, i had a mother last thiet come up to me here in tampa, florida, after the debate. she told me that her little daughter took that vaccine, that injection and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. it can have very dangerous side effects. the mother was crying when she came up to me last night. i didn't know who she was before the debate. this is the very real concern. people have to draw their own conclusions. >> that was bachmann on "the today show" accounting what some stranger said to her. no reason to doubt someone says this to mrs. bachmann but it's incredibly irresponsible for her to repeat this as part of her argument against the

necessary cooperation to enable the agency to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities." joining me on this for much more, international security analyst jimalsh. jim, thanks so much for coming on the show to talk about this. help us understand. you've been to iran and spoken to iran's president, ahmadinejad. is the plant a threat to anyone in the world or is it iran's lack of cooperation that's really making people worried here if. >> i think you are right to point to the second element, it is a lack of cooperation. when we hear the word "nuclear" we all think nuclear weapons right away but not all nuclear technology is created equal. some nuclear technologies get you on a direct route to the bomb. things like enrichment of fuel. with centrifuges. but then other technologies really don't bring you close to the bomb at all and that would include this power plant that is coming online. it is a power plant that's going to generate electricity. there are iaea inspectors who have been to it, russian technicians are on ground. it is really a separate issue from iran's alleged bomb program and in fact it is so separate, it is really not even sub

jim about who he was, the threat he posed. this is significant and dose to our corp. -- goes to our cooperation with yemeni officials and counterparts in the region and why it is so important. the principal victims of the violence perpetrated by aqap, al qaeda on the rebellion -- on the arabian peninsula, where arabs. going into the circumstances of his death is not something i am going to do here. >> his focus was primarily international. because of his english language capabilities, what affect will his death have on efforts by aqap tuesday stableboys -- to stabilize the governments of saudi arabia and yemen. >> we remain extremely vigilant. the organization remains dangerous and has proven itself to be operational and capable. the vigilance continues as it has in the wake of the successful mission against a summit in london. al qaeda remains a serious threat that we continue to confront in a variety of ways this is an important milestone, but it is not the end of aqap. it does not change our posture towards the organization. >> do you sense a willingness in the yemeni government to help with this? >> i was asked this because of t

jim continues to carry on the work that stewart and secretary paulson were instrumental in establishing. let me explain how this noble endeavor works. it brings together four key things. intelligence, targeted sanctions, international cooperation, and private sector engagement. a comprehensive strategy to identify donors, financiers, facilitators of terrorist organizations, and to disrupt their ability to fund them. we are obtaining, analyzing, and acting on intelligence to constrain the activities of those who would fund terrorism and to hold them accountable for sanctions -- through sanctions. in the harsh and direct consequences of those sanctions have succeeded in deterring the owners across the globe. international cooperation is critical to the effectiveness of this work, whether we're providing intelligence that another partner can act on or we are receiving intelligence that we can use it ourselves. multilateral institutions, including the g-20, have institutionalized this focus on combating terrorist financing, both through the adoption of new standards and through visible public support for increased financial transparency. and of course, finally, the private sector plays an important role, acting as the key partner

jim continues to carry on the work that stewart and secretary paulson were instrumental in establishing. let me explain how this noble endeavor works. it brings together four key things. intelligence, targeted sanctions, international cooperationd private sector engagement. a comprehensive strategy to identify donors, financiers, facilitators of terrorist organizations, and to disrupt their ability to fund them. we are obtaining, analyzing, and acting on intelligence to constrain the activities of those who would fund terrorism and to hold them accountable for sanctions -- through sanctions. in the harsh and direct consequences of those sanctions have succeeded in deterring the owners across the globe. international cooperation is critical to the effectiveness of this work, whether we're providing intelligence that another partner can act on or we are receiving intelligence that we can use it ourselves. multilateral institutions, including the g-20, have institutionalized this focus on combating terrorist financing, both through the adoption of new standards and through visible public support for increased financial transparency. and of course, finally, the private sector plays an important role, acting as the key partner for