>> between matthew and lucas, for argued and defensible reasons scholars think that matthew and luke were probably written just before the turn of the first century. >> i thought it was closer to 47 years. >> after what? >> after his death. >> well, he died around -- no, mark is the earliest one and mark seems to have been written around the destruction of the temple. >> i guess what she's saying is a lot of this is hand me down, verbal accounts, which of course are subject to considerable alteration in the pass, we certainly know that, correct? >> well, today it certainly is not like the-mile-per-hour dame -- the children's parlor game of telephone where you pass a saying around the circle and by the time it gets to the end it's been corrupted. go back to the historical context, it was a very oral culture. and we're only talking, here, maybe 40 or 50 years. i can certainly remember things 40 years ago. and 30 years ago quite cereal. and something of this monumental importance i probably would remember it quite vividly. but in that culture where member morization and oral transmissio

>> between matthew and lucas, for argued and defensible reasons scholars think that matthew and lukewere probably written just before the turn of the first century. >> i thought it was closer to 47 years. >> after what? >> after his death. >> well, he died around -- no, mark is the earliest one and mark seems to have been written around the destruction of the temple. >> i guess what she's saying is a lot of this is hand me down, verbal accounts, which of course are subject to considerable alteration in the pass, we certainly know that, correct? >> well, today it certainly is not like the-mile-per-hour dame -- the children's parlor game of telephone where you pass a saying around the circle and by the time it gets to the end it's been corrupted. go back to the historical context, it was a very oral culture. and we're only talking, here, maybe 40 or 50 years. i can certainly remember things 40 years ago. and 30 years ago quite cereal. and something of this monumental importance i probably would remember it quite vividly. but in that culture where member morization and oral transmission

(matthew) great. how are you? (autumn) oh, i'm good.eally hot but other than that... it's nice to finally meet you, i'm autumn. (matthew) great, nice to meet you. i'm liz. hi, i'm aaron. welcome to new orleans! (autumn) i always wanted to write. i tried to actually do it the college way: you know, journalism. finally i decided i just want to do it on my own terms. i'll stop college and write. but i've never really known how to succeed at something when it doesn't have a path to follow. so kind of... that's my deal. okay, sounds very similar. i can relate. i went through those same struggles. i went to school. i didn't have any money to go, and in my first semester i was cast in a shakespeare play which got me a performing arts scholarship, which allowed me to continue to go to school. and that's when i discovered my artistic self, and my writing and acting. i actually graduated at the top of my class: one out of 7,800. i was picked for this "usa today academic team" thing. well, the only reason i say that is to say that put a huge amoun

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hi, i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today. "new york magazine's" john heilemann, cnn's gloria borger, nbc's kelly o'donnell and the atlantic's andrew sullivan. this new year may be make or break for president obama's chances at a skecked term. he has to change things if he is going to be a two-time winner. he is looking at near 10% unemployment and poll numbers below 50%. 58% of this country is saying we're head in the wrong direction. what does that predict for obama? what's history say? at this point, ronald reagan had worse unemployment and poll numbers, but reagan pulled himself out of the dive in his third year. he was running for re-election calling it morning in america. the same for richard nixon and bill clinton, huge reversals in fortune in time to run for re-election. john, that's the question, what is his biggest challenge, though, holding the center as he did last year with his deal, or keep the left which is a bit unhappy with him lately? >> that's the easiest question that you have asked me in a long time. congr

hi, i'm chris matthews. nabs's norah o'donnell, cnn's gloria borger and "the national review"'s reihan salam. it's been two years since barack obama was inaugurated. the new president vowed to bring us together. >> on this day we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises that for far too long have strangled our politics. >> in an echo of that same determination from two years ago, the president soared this week in tucson. >> if this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost. [applause] >> let's make sure it's not on the usual plain of politics and point-scoring and pettyness that drifts away in the next news cycle. chris: it was a big week for the president, andrew. do you think he's changed the climate of political discussion s thi country? >> it's too soon to say, i'm afraid. i hope he has. but i will say this -- that i think he's been remarkably consistent for 2 1/2 years in saying that what he really wants to do is say

matthew, since you interfaced with everybody. and our secretary-liasson. he can keep his independence in the mayor's office. tom, thank you for serving on the commission on aging. we have one of the premier service departments. i meant that. the work they've done has been recognized across the state and the award. peter stern, a young guy working for a local company here. somebody new to political life. i am grateful he will be on the airport commission. doris ward, no need to say more. she will be reappointed. a legend in our city, serving for decades. thank you for serving on the asian art museum. to kevin clinch and frank lee. i am very proud. the department of building inspection was not what i thought that this could be when i was here. we had to mix things up. frank and evin were helping to get this back on track. to pat kelly, the first woman stock broker. broke that barrier decades ago. this is one of the most connected human beings in the city. i am very proud. why not put her on a commission. she will preserve city hall. a great friend of everyon

matthew chance, moscow. >>> intel has said its board has authorized the company to buy back $10 million in stock and they ended the day at about $21 a share. the latest buyback brings a total set aside for sheer repurchases $247 million. the dow industrial traded near a threshold not seen for years and the nasdaq closed at 28. >>> in the south bay people squared off to mark the 30th anniversary of the roe v. wade supreme court decision. in a peaceful clash of ideals, activists marched through the streets and parishioners attended a pro-life mass and then went to a prayer rally. as they left, advocates of reproductive choice arrived. >>> a california surfer is still in critical condition tonight. we had a video that shows the very moment that you was paddling out and the wave crashes right -- that he was paddling out in the wave crashes right on top of him and a photographer helped him to shore. he had reportedly served at maverick once before. >>> oprah winfrey a guilty secret today. it turns out winfrey had a half- sister. she introduced her viewers to her newfound sibling on her talk

>> reporter: matthew white served five years for identify theft, his new home is a 6x6 prison cell. > will never see the outside life again. this is a dream come raw for themmer because it really takes them back to the life outside, you know? this is their freedom right here. for a lifer, it's their field of dreams. >> reporter: johnny taylor is that lifer. his home turf is south sacramento. taylor was 23 when he killed a rival gang member and now nine inning of hard ball dulls the pain of doing hard time. >> it's rehabilitation, as well. you feel as part of a team and you have to uphold a certain standard for yourself and the prison. today's opponent, the fog, a men's league team from marin county. armed guards watch the action from above. the only thing going over this fence is a baseball. >> i certainly think about baseball. >> reporter: christopher rich knows he can't change the horrible thing he did. rich beat his wife with a baseball bat in 1995. >> when i committed the act of murder, i knew i played my last game of baseball. i love my teammate and love this program. it's a life

>> this is the "chris matthews show." >> the time for change has come. chris: what happened? last week egypt with us a stable country. a state. now it isn i an up we're. -- it is in uproar. who will face the mobs. domino effect. we feared this in southeast asia. it worked in eastern europ this contagion of overthrow, will it end up threatening our oil? and what about israel? obama shows sympathy for the protesters. and does our man in the white house has the troops, the rtsmas, the stuff to be another lawrence? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, david sanger and andrea mitchell. helene cooper and then phac kara. and now it has come to egypt. the domino effect may bring fire to other arab states. the president that has been in the watch and wait position for much of the last three days vifri spoke to the listing, revolutionaries in the rest of the arab world. >> around the world governments have an obligation to respond to their citizens. that's true here this the united states. that's true in asia. it is true in europe. it is true in africa and it is cert

♪ >> this is the "chris matthews show." >> ask not what your countryan c do for you. >> i can hear you>> the time for change has come. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] >> at least a dozen republican candidates for 2012 are building their armies. by memorial day, they will all be in the field, all hoping on take on barack obama. we begin our looatk the men and woman who would be the 45th president. we start with the leader, mitt romney, son of george romney who tried to 1968. mitt romney has been in politics for 17 years, ran for the senate, lost to ted kennedy, ran for massachusetts governor and won. four years ago, he ran for president and lost. the party of "wait your turn," will they say, now it's mitt's turn? and finally, pin the tail on the donkey. house republicans will vote wednesday to repeal obama's health bill. the senate is never going to buy it, the president won't sign it. what's the deal? with us today, "new york magazine's" john heilemann, "politics daily's" alex wagner, nbc's kelly o'donnell and nbc's chuck todd. all the republican action is in washington rig

matthew chance cnn carried >> our internet reporter is here with the roundup of celebrities making wavesng to start off a 20 bracts didn't turn to or 20 twitter followers to make a decision. let's look of the treaty put out. new year new opportunities i've been considering taking up playboys offered a feature me on their cover there's year. what you think? she goes on to say will be tastefully done and also putting out a tweed and not talking about that kind of spread. no suzy just a little tea a day. if they ask me three times before many are saying show probably do it for the money because of the south and didn't do as well as expected. -joseph filed for bankruptcy in october its estimated choose between 10 to $50 million in debt. the next little bit to found on line. bill murray made a guest appearance in a karaoke room and yorkies famously eccentric, mysterious comedy legend known to drop in on random parties he did that just here. if the groups said murray state for four hours he sang a duet you can see in singing here. but then they'll joke about the ghostbusters theme song. >> a l

in oakland, mark matthews, abc7 news. >>> up next, the president prepares to deliver the state of the union address. the concern some republicans already have about the speech. also, the new spy plane that flies longer and higher than anything else in the sky. and a new smart toy that takes a classic game and adds a new dimension of human/computer reaction. >> and there are clear skies, although the fog is already starting to redevelop out toward the east bay valley area. and even in the north bay we will show you where [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. ♪ layers of brownie and caramel, dipped in chocolate. ready to eat sweet moments. find them in the refrigerated section. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> president obama will deliver his state of the union address on tuesday. in his own preview, the president says he will focus on jobs, but he also mentioned investing in projects to educate workers and that concerns republica

kevin matthews was reaching and going to his left. >> jim: matthews asked to do a lot today, coming offractice squad today and coming in for an injured fernando velasco. this is incomplete, addai, green bay has held on to beat the bears. the packers are in. packers eliminate the giants and any chance there for tampa bay as well. it will be green bay at philadelphia next week end. green bay the six, philly the three. phil tennessee has been impressive all day, no reason not to be right now. >> jim: second down and ten. blair white makes the grab right in front. gets to the tennessee side with the clock nearing a minute. time just not a problem, excellent throw by peyton manning, blair white knew he was going to throw it behind him. >> jim: addai inside the 40 down to the 37. they're pretty close to having enough distancer that get vinatieri some sort of try. i'll be it long distance. >> phil: the tennessee titans have to think about using their time out or just going to take it -- take a chance. try to hold the colts right here. >> jim: to the 25 with 30 seconds to go. manning has the si

i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us huffington post howard fineman, bbc's katty kay. "atlanta journal-constitution" cynthia tucker and nbc's norah o'donnell. first up, the president enters his third year on a high with poll numbers that reflect approval of the compromises he forged with republicans in december in his speech in tucson. so with all of washington gathered before him tuesday night at the state of the union, how can the president, like jfk, get this country moving again? howard fineman? >> well, chris, the white house aides i talked to said kind of the scaffolding of the speech is going to be a generational call to the future in the manner of john f. kennedy's call for a new frontier a half a century ago. the president is going to say we need investments in education, in infrastructure n. research and defense, in research to take on the new global challenger, the chinese. and how we do that and cut the budget and save money and cut down our debt at the same time, how we do those two things simultaneously, is a great challenge and to make it soring and to d

matthew, we'll give you the honors to start us off. pretty lofty standards to compare to. but how did the president do tonight? >> i think he did very well. i mean these speeches in dark moments in the country's time usually are the ones that define a president throughout the history of this country. it's not the big positive things, but it's how they respond to a dark moment. and a president is called not only to sort of connection emotionally, and that is something barack obama has had some difficulty, people see him as intelligent but they don't quite know his emotional level of intelligence, and i think he did that well. i think these speeches though are judged successful in the context of how they connect to more dots down the road. i'd be interested later on in the state of the union, how he connects it to this. but in this speech tonight, he connected emotionally to the country. >> there seem to be times when he was trying to contain his emotions, talking about the little girl as a father of little girls. cokie? >> i would certa

matthew stevens in the southeast of italy. where you are with r.t. and still ahead for you this hour turning poverty into profit. or how some make a business out of taking charity cheating the donors and putting the reputation of real n.g.o.s in danger. children lawyers complaining fishel harassment and even imprisonment fraud charges to bring you all the details in just a few minutes. the russian nuclear agency denies that iran's reactor could be damaged by a computer virus as follows western newspaper reports that the plant was subject to a sophisticated joint u.s. israeli cyber attack. from the moscow based interviewed of world economy and international relations told us here that such an attack is completely unrealistic . this is just the media western media report hype actually because of course all the nuclear installations for all the world have for the so called to double systems which actually prevent any. harsh or serious nuclear disaster even if there is a computer warm being in the system so i don't think that there is a major threat to n

matthews now to return a boston college punt. he finds a seem.nes he goes. 72 yards and puts the wolfpack up 14-7. late in the fourth and the pack up 20-13. boston college on the move. that cease the deal. it completes a 13 and one season with a 20 to 13 victory. >> we will fight to the end. we've had a lot of folks and we came out, and we just have to fight. >> i was excited getting this bowl win and getting this victory, we have been through so much together and so many hard times and so many good times. just walking off the field, it was exciting to see that. >> auburn and oregon is our final game. we have some hoops when we return. and what's up with the sharks? they can't buy a goal. the offense continues to [ ma announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's easier than you think, because general mills big g line of cereals is america's number one source of whole grain at breakfast. there's whole grain in every box... ♪ ...from chex... to cheerios... to lucky charms. so you can get the whole grain you

material and it's now feared hazardous chemicals have spread to tourist hotspots and fishing areas matthew stevens looks into claims the alliance and the time government are working to keep the truth hidden from the public. on this quiet stretch you see there is more than meets the eye this area of the mediterranean has been a military dumping ground ever since world war one enormous amount of weaponry in talks which is present in these waters u.s. bombs from the forty's on needle weapons used in the one nine hundred eighty nine war against serbia including depleted uranium munitions these weapons often contain toxic substances such as sulfur mustard gas and phosphorus running very tall and italian investigative journalist spent years trying to uncover it secrets johnny landis has received death threats and been attacked this footage by landis revealed some can vessels in toxic waste on the seabed of pull u.s. coast fishermen has said the presence of the nato weapons is seriously affecting their lives and posing a threat to the local ecosystem. there are areas where these bombs keep ending

matthew stevens in the southeast of italy for. most of the heavy this hour breaking the law to help the underprivileged the growing gap between the u.s. and some to a new form of civil disobedience details in a few moments plus. children lawyers complain of social harassment and even imprisonment for charges to bring you all the details in just a few minutes. a story still to come first the russian nuclear agency denies that iran's bushehr reactor could be damaged by computer virus as far as western newspaper reports that the plant was subject to a sophisticated joint u.s. israeli cyber attack that a man from the moscow based institute of world economy and international relations told r.t. that such an attack is completely unrealistic. this is just the media western media report hype actually because. of course all the nuclear installations for all the world half of the so called to double systems which actually prevent any. harsh or serious nuclear disaster even if there is a computer warm being in the system so i don't think tha

tourists and provide a livelihood for fisherman but lurking beneath the waves more than just fish matthew stevens in the southeast of italy. the russian nuclear agency denies that iran's bushehr reactor could be damaged by a computer virus as far as western newspaper reports of the plant was subject to a sophisticated joint u.s. israeli cyber attack. from the moscow based into to the world economy and international relations told r.t. that such an attack is completely unrealistic this is just a media western media report hype actually because of course all the nuclear installations throughout the world have for the so called to double systems which actually prevent any. harsh or serious nuclear disaster even if there is a computer warm being in the system so i don't think that there is a major threat to. build atomic power plant. having in mind these computer war western media believe that this is a joint effort taken by israeli america because ations this is fairly dubious that this a joint effort could be taken to undermine the iranian nuclear program and editor in chief of a nuclear en

and provide a livelihood for italian fishermen but working beneath the waves more than just fish matthew stevens in the southeast of italy. well still ahead for you this breaking the law to help the underprivileged the growing gap between rich and poor driving some to a new form of civil disobedience details for you in a few moments here on r.t. . still to come an alleged attempt to assassinate ukrainian president has been uncovered. in a program this hour. but first tunisia has announced a new unity government headed by the incumbent prime minister to ready the country for elections this comes after violent protesters overthrew the president after a twenty three year rule forcing him to flee the country the atmosphere remains tense with protesters urging the revolution to continue in a bid to force radical changes in government. some now joined tonight by professor hall gardner he's a political scientist the american university of paris thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. . there is a popular tourist destination a relatively stable country buffering europe and africa and

reporting that i will discuss the latest terror attack on russia with matthew clemons a terrorism expert drains to find life for us in london so typically airport security is will focus on people bringing bombs onto a plane but here we have a different approach where we are talking with ground based targeting people in the arrivals terminal wishing the change in tactics. well not necessarily i think the fact is obviously since the september eleventh attacks united states these security measures implemented to try and stop people getting on the planes of explosives as clearly being mixed up incredibly and the same also in moscow following the suicide bombing attacks on the passenger planes in two thousand and four however obviously airports are also congregating places for many many civilians and. offered a very ripe opportunity for the suicide bomber to strike there i don't necessarily think it's a change in tactics however it is clear that the militants and the terrorists involved in this are looking at ways where they can cause maximum political damage maximum high profile and also max

about mark matthews spoke with him today. >> here's the letter. underlining the message voting to send tax increases to the ballot would violate the taxpayer protection pledge, written commitment that you made to your constituent to oppose any and all efforts to raise taxes. >> well most of the republicans in the state legislature have signed tax prayer protection pledge. >>reporter: he says the group just intends to make sure that those lawmakers bide by the pledge. >> they are voting for tax increase or place ago measure on the ballot that is a tax increase would violent that pledge. >>reporter: norquist organization is willing to spend millions of dollars in an election cycle to punish those who stray. >> we highlight the people who kept the word and people who have broken their word. >> reporter: in sacramento the republican leader of the senate is not bowing to the pressure but won't vote to put a tax extension on the ballot. >> voters elected me to make those decision. i have more information. i know the budget bet than the voters to. >>repo

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so matthew can't control his hands and here we're seeing a video of matthew thinking about opening and closing a hand and there he is opening and closing his hand. it had a very profound affect on him because it was the first time that he had actually moved anything physically. then to extrapolate that a bit further we asked could you control something practical like a wheelchair? this is a lady who has what's called a brain stem stroke. it's a little bit above the spinal cord. she's not only unable to move, she can't speak. what she's doing sheer using this chip to control that wheelchair so it's wirelessly beamed over to the wheelchair and actually control system that s that computer mount tonight wheelchair. i asked her to drive over to to wheelchair she asked us to practice about five minutes before this. and she's not very gracefully driving it over towards door. and, of course, you know, the control isn't good enough, we wouldn't have her in the wheel their we just had her do it remotely. so at this point we've shown in in each of several different disorders that includes spinal

mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and still ahead tonight at 6:00 pros and cons of switching your iphone to verizon network there. is a down side you should know about before you do. >> and also tonight a report on safety of smart meters. turns out they're no more dangerous than warming up leftovers for dinner. >> a decision decision clears the way to trance form this facility into a housing development. >> and i'm sandhya patel. there is a a dry, milder >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> police released images they're looking for in connection with a fatal stabbing. police calling the man seen here with a black hat and jacket a suspect in the deadly altercation last month. the man in a giants cap at the front of the screen and the woman in the background are also two persons of interest. the three seen drive waig from the store in a green bmw. >> verizon will begin telling -- selling apple iphone meaning the strangle hold is over for years, customers have complained about dropped calls and coverage. and will verry son be better? >> mark your calle

were these well known americans in attendance and isn't that illegal i mean hash it all out with matthew dust from american progress then we'll tell you about cornelius du pree he spent thirty years in jail wrongly convicted of rape and robbery and he is just one example of several of wrongful imprisonment so is this just more proof that the u.s. justice system is unreliable and what does it say about capital punishment in our society we're going to have a debate on the issue and with the new year comes a new congress which is filled with several tea party members but will the outsiders who set out to change u.s. politics just fall into line once they get to washington or we're going to speak to a tea partier to get his take on the new members and if he thinks they'll stay true to their campaigning words and is there a back handed deal going on goldman sachs and facebook are setting up a special purpose vehicle to allow their clients to invest in the social networking site but could this be just a slap in the face to the s.e.c. business insiders joe was involved join me to discuss the de

mitchell research fellow with the state and local policy project at the kind of center matthew thanks so much for being here thanks for having me what you say nearly ten percent unemployment it's been going up and down you know as high as nine point eight percent in november is this something that's here to stay for a while are we supposed to just get used to it well hopefully it's not going to be here for too much longer but the truth is it's here much longer than it's been in past recessions and while much of the rest of the economy has recovered employment still hasn't why do you think that is i think a lot of a lot of it has to do with the fact that washington in many ways has sort of dismissed diagnose this recession so. roughly speaking the economy is basically the result of the intersection of supply and demand but washington has almost unilaterally seen the recession as a as a demand problem and so if it's a demand problem they think that there's a really easy answer which is to just give money to people people have more money in their pockets they go out and spend and that is

more now from mark matthews. >>reporter: on fisherman wharf the owner of grotto no. 9 says the cup races will be a boone. >> bring a lot of people into the city. it will be a lot of public lists ty for the city. good for the wharf. >>reporter: next door kevin imagine patron lining up for the window table to watch the action. >> about 20 or 30 percent more. that much. >>reporter: operators in the bay tour boat say months of racing in 2000 13 could interfere with their regular route but who cares. >> i think there would be some people that want to go on the boat to get closer to the yachts. so i think it would definitely be good. >>reporter: horn blower party yacht figure item bet than anything they have ever seen. >> it will be huge. i wouldn't be surprised if it doubled our business in 2000 13. >>reporter: st. francis figure business could increase 20 percent. spokesman for the fairmont said at least 10%. >> bring the world spotlight on san francisco as a destination which is priceless. >>reporter: projected reve

matthew mitchell is at george mason university's mercatus center. guest: we are a research institute that focuses on the intersection of public policy through the economic plans and try to bridge the gap. host: politically on the spectrum? guest: i would say we are a market-oriented think tank. we do have a view that and a lot of ways market solutions tend to be superior solutions. host: and isabelle sawhill, economic studies senior fellow at the brookings institution. i would start with you -- and interesting photograph of why obama loves reagan. you see a picture of the president and a former president together. i would like to ask you, how does this debate differ from the supply side debate versus the keynesian debate of the 1980's? guest: i think, by the way, one of the things obama shares with president reagan is they are both very upbeat, very optimistic. i thought the state of the union address was a very upbeat talk about how we can win the future if we did the right things. on economics, i think there really is a difference because supply s

mark matthews with more on the unemployment numbers and what they really mean. >> in west oakland, hehe has been out of a steady job for four years. >> in this economy, being laid off, i wasn't able to find the unemployment. >> he says he hasn't given up. he has enrolled in a job training program at cypress center, learning construction but there are hundreds of thousands of others who have given up. yes, it's true unemployment fell down do 9.4% but the number of new jobs is just 103,000, not enough to keep up with population growth, let alone bring down unemployment. >> how could the unemployment rating down, a lot of people have become so discouraged they have left the job force and you find there has been i know crease number of discouraged workers. >> goldman school of public policy says the jobless report is not good news. today ben bernanke says it's going to be a long recovery. >> it could take four to five years to normalize. >> the areas of economy that did grow the most jobs, leisure and hospitality and healthcare, not encourage foorg 30-year-old oakland trainee hoping to la

mark matthews. abc 7 news. >>> a historic day and night at the white house. earlier this evening a state dinner for chinas this president. an a-list of dig natairrys is on hand for the event that some have criticized because of china's record on human rights. the former secretary of state george schultz. the day began with president obama and the chinese president meeting on trade and human rights issues. more from jake tapper. >> reporter: morning broke with the pomp and circumstance of a state visit. >> anon behall of the american people welcome to the united states. president obama declared that the two super powers have enormous stake in each other's success but the issue of human rights was present all day in protests across the street about china's oh opression. >> and from the president in his opening remarks. >> societies are harmonious and the world is more just when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld. >> replied president hu. >> china and the u.s. should respect each other's choice of development path and each o

matthew mitchell is at george mason university's mercatus center. guest: we are a research institute that focuses on the intersection of public policy through the economic plans and try to bridge the gap. host: politically on the spectrum? guest: i would say we are a market-oriented think tank. we do have a view that and a lot of ways market solutions tend to be superior solutions. host: and isabelle sawhill, economic studies senior fellow at the brookings institution. i would start with you -- and interesting photograph of why obama loves reagan. you see a picture of the president and a former president together. i would like to ask you, how does this debate differ from the supply side debate versus the keynesian debate of the 1980's? guest: i think, by the way, one of the things obama shares with president reagan is they are both very upbeat, very optimistic. i thought the state of the union address was a very upbeat talk about how we can win the future if we did the right things. on economics, i think there really is a difference because supply s

host: mark matthews, you have the last word.uest: the search for anyone else is out there is really another driving mission for nasa. one of the goals of the agency is to try to find water on other planets thinking that life will be up there. to go back to something i said at the top of the program how nasa is facing its most difficult point in its 50-year history is not limited to only its space flight program. the hubble space telescope, which i would argue is probably one of the other marquee projects that nasa does, they just found the most distant cluster of stars in the known universe, which is fantastic, but it will start to fail in a couple of years. the telescope they want to replace the hubble with is running into some of the same problems. the james webb is over budget, coming into problems for mismanagement, and right now is looking at being at least $3 billion over budget and maybe three or four years late. this is a >> mark matthews, talking about the future of nasa. thank you for being on "washington journal." >>

political reporter mark matthews has that story tonight. >> reporter: in the video, sarah palin cast herself as a victim of left leaning politicians, pundits and the press. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to in cited the hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. >> it was the sheriff of pima county arizona that sparked the debate when called on politicians and pundits to dial down the rhetoric. hatered and, the hey dread, big gotry is getting to be outrageous. >> reporter: that led to reports that sarah palin targeted gabby giffords in the campaign. >> we heard from members of the jewish community that were upset by the use of the term blood libel. >> reporter: that is a term dating back to the 12 itth centaur. >> i it is the grotesque and untrue idea that jews used the blood of children for the religious ritual. >> a lie from the middle ages to the third rite. palin's use of the term defended by sean hannity. >> a lot of people use the term holocaust as in the nuclear holocaust or clobbering in the political arena. this is the