the mayor asked the liasson from all departments. i wanted to be a part of this history. some parts i wouldn't want to be. this part was really wonderful and a joyous occasion and a long time coming. it's absolutely the right thing to do. to bring 2 loving people together, in helping acknowledge and certify that relationship, i find really wonderful and a joy and one of the most pleasurable things i have ever done in the city in my life. i will be continuing this afterwards >> when i was conducting the ceremony. some of the friends said, now it's real, now it's legal. in other words, they had gotten married before. this time, it's legal. you know, a sanctioned. it was hard for me to get to the end. i was starting to get emotional too. >> it's really one of the most extraordinary gifts to be given in life and that's to participate in a ceremony where you can celebrate the ultimate gift in life and that was falling in love. i say this because it's important to remind people. doesn't matter what position you have in life. you can't buy it and you can't force it upon anything

mara liasson national public radio .istol of the weekly standard and fox news analyst wulse - on juan williams. what do you make of the anthony weiner story and the latest turn of him seeking treatment and get a leave of absence but top democrats nancy pelosi saying get out. >> i think he is done. it looked like he would be in the middle of the scandal and refused to do that. he's made one giant to the exit with a leave of absence. i don't see how that works and by the time he gets back from that and pronounced himself cured of sending dirty picture to people. his political career is over. >> chris: it is interesting. he had a conversation with nancy pelosi and i want to seek treatment and she said no it is not enough and they issued a call and dramatic to hear. three in a row from the democrats and he's held on firm. he will do a leave of absence. >> only somebody's constitients can get them out of office. however in the end. anthony weiner will not come back after the 2012 election because the new york state legislator

mara liasson from national public radio. former bush press secretary dana perino. bill burton, former deputy press secretary to president obama who now heads priorities usa, an independent political group. welcome, bill. good to have you on the panel. >> thank you. >> chris: the president submitted a budget in february, bill, which he replaced with an outline in april. congressional democrats didn't pass any budget last year. and the senate democrats haven't written a budget this year. is that any way to leave the country? >> no. >> chris: i'm asking him. not you. >> my answer is no. you can explain that it's really a good way to leave the country, back off the original budget submitted months ago that laughably doesn't address the debt and deficit. to criticize paul ryan's serious attempt for the debt and deficit in april in a demagogic way and not have particulars and the senate which the democrats control have not passed the resolution. republicans have passed a budget. >> chris: what do you think that's about? >> i think it's about the president not showing lea

mara liasson of national public radio. kimberley strassel of the "wall street journal." john podesta, bill clinton's former white house chief of staff who now heads the center for american progress. well, kim, both the "new york times" and the "wall street journal," i was amused to see yesterday, used exactly the same metaphor to describe the economy in may. "running out of steam." how much should we read in the may numbers? >> the white house right now is struggling to suggest we are still in the hangover phase of the 2008 financial crisis that we had. i think the bigger question is whether or not what we aren't seeing is the consequence of the white house policy, itself. you talk to anybody out there in the business community and what they say is uncertainty is absolutely killing us. a lot of it has been created by this administration. so, you know, trade deals that haven't been done in years. what is going to happen to spending? because businesses say look, if this deal doesn't get cut, it's big reforms aren't made, tax hikes are coming and we have to pay them. regula

bill kristol, mara liasson, kimberly stros sell and john podesta. both the new york times and the "wall street journal" i was amused to see yesterday used the same metaphor to describe the economy in may. running out of steam. howchow much do we read into te may numbers? >> the white house is starting to suggest that we are in the hangover phase of the 2008 financial crisis that we had. i think the bigger question is whether or not what we aren't seeing is the consequence of the white house's policies itself right now. talk to anybody out there in the business community and what they say is uncertainty is absolutely killing us and a lot of it has been created by this administration. so, you know, trade 2k50e8s that haven't been done in years. what is going to happen to spending because if businesses say look if this deal doesn't get cut if big reforms aren't made, tax hikes are coming we have to pay them. regulations from the health bill, from the epa frrk, from e dodd frank financial regulation. and since they don't know what is coming they are not