the honorable judd gregg, former governor of new hampshire as well as former chairman of the u.s. senate and budget committee. he will speak with michael hirsch, who is a national correspondent from "the national journal." please welcome them. [applause] >> you have been known for a long time as a master of the numbers. >> i think you just had the master of the numbers here. >> the other part of the capital, the hill part. these people have been getting numbers all day long. i want to start out with a purely political question. wrotee one of those who last september that the republican party was in danger of failing abysmally because of what you call the self-promotional babble of a few in and forcing the government shutdown. we have now been through that and it appears the came toof the party share your view to some extent in terms of resolving those issues, the effort to defund obamacare and hold the government hostage. i would like to get your assessment of where you think party is now as we head into these november elections. restored?alance and >> that's a great question. let

next up, we have the honorable judd gregg, former governor of new hampshire, as well as former chair of the senate committee. please welcome senator greg and michael hirsch. [applause] >> or should i sit? >> how about right here? greg, you have been known for a long time as a master of the numbers. >> i think you just had the master of the numbers here. >> the other part of the capital, the hill part. peoplece i think these have been getting numbers all day long, i want to start out with a purely political question for you. wrotere one of those who septemberciently last that the republican party was in danger of failing abysmally because of what you call the self-promotional babble of a few in enforcing the government shutdown. we have now been through that and it appears that the leaders of the party at least came to share your view to some extent in terms of resolving those issues. obamacare to defund and hold government hostage that you opposed. i would like to get your assessment of where you think the party is now heading into these november elections. has some balance been rest

we will speak with the former new hampshire governor and senator judd gregg coming up.ion and radio. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." this matters now to our guest host. the conservatives hate him. cass sunstein. what matters to him is from 1964. the new york times. 11 mark supreme court decision. -- a landmark supreme court decision. "the new york times" ran aan ad. what is different about the fear then than the fears now? abouthave a lot of fears the economy, unemployment, the economic situation. he don't have fears fortunately about violence of the same kind. we do have fears of criminality. there was some fear in the 1960's that the country was spiraling apart. we are not in the midst of that. >> what is the difference in the character of the supreme court now than in 1964? qualityve in terms of and horsepower, one of the top courts in history and we had that in the 1960's. the ideological disposition of the court is predominantly conservative. the ideological disposition in 1964 was pretty liberal. that is a major shift. >> would you presume t

among those joining us is ranking budget committee member chris van hollen, michael froman, judd gregg, alice rivlin, and many more. we will be livestreaming throughout the day at atlantic.com/live. we encourage you to engage in the conversation on twitter @atlantic_live. hashtagalso use the #atlanticecon be sure to put your cell phones on vibrate or turn them off. forill have an opportunity q and day-to-day. the seven members will have microphones. at the end of most of the sessions -- the staff members allow microphones at the end of most of the sessions. we will have a cocktail party in the next ballroom. i am told that there will the signature cocktails with names such as the deficit teeny and an drop. i do not write this stuff. i just read it. to ourecial thank you underwriter of the woods foundation and are supporting underwriters at the board of standards for making today's summit hospital. with that had a great day. enjoy the program. [applause] i and steve clemons. i'm the washington editor at large at the atlantic. everybody. i want to say a salute to scott haven. he is doubl

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[applause] >> former senate budget committee chairman judd gregg said the republican party needs to compromise with president obama on issues such as immigration and tax reform. speaking at an event hosted by the atlantic, the former u.s. senator from new hampshire also addressed sanctions against russia, financial regulations and the overall u.s. economy. his is about 35 minutes. >> next up, we have the honorable former governor of new hampshire and former chairman of the u.s. senate budget committee. today he is speaking with michael hirsch, competent from "the national journal." please welcome senator gregg and ichael hirsch. >> how about right here? i will be able to focus a little more. you have tor gregg, been known for a long time as master of the numbers -- >> i think you just had master in the analysis. >> the other part of the capital, hill part. but since i think these people have been pretty easily getting numbers all day long, i want to start out with a purely political question for you. you were one of those who wrote quite refreshingly last september that the republican party wa