what mitch daniels thinks of the 2016 field, next. ♪ >> our guest tonight was the governor of indianae hoosier state, and a republican who failed to satisfy the deep craving so many in his party to seize the mantle of the nomination in 2012. today, he is the president of purdue university. governor mitch daniels, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> obviously, there is a lot of talk about the president's proposal unveiled in the state of the union to pay for community college. you had a proposal like that when you are governor, paid for in a different way, done at the state level. why not make this a federal thing rather than a state-by-state thing? why shouldn't all americans have the plan that you wanted people in indiana to have? >> i think we can agree that it's a really important goal that every young american receive, first of all, a meaningful high school education, which is something we have yet to solve, and beyond that, community college -- the president is on a good tack when he talks about it. that will be the right answer for millions of our young or not

. >> also the former governor of indiana, mitch daniels, is here. he is the new president of purdue university and he is starting a much-needed revolution in higher education. we'll hear all about it. >>> coca-cola's new milk hits the shelves. did you ever think milk could be so extraordinary? well we did. gerri: it's a premium brand, premium priced milk but would you drink it? all that and more coming up on "the willis report" where consumers are our business. gerri: five cents a gallon overnight, that is how much gas prices have bonn up. if you're wondering why well you can't blame opec or frackers. union workers who man some of the most important refineries in the country are striking demanding hefty pay hikes even as oil prices sunk like a stone. will our energy producers cave to union demand? what does it mean with your bottom lines? we have the ceo of bright link energy corporation and oil and natural gas company based in dallas. great to have you here sir. >> thank you gerri. gerri: three-year contract negotiated for 30,000 workers. this is a

. >> the time we put mitch daniels through the entire -- through the toughest interview of his entiree. >> tell me something you like about jeb bush. the color of his hair? >> the time we unleashed the eye team. >> what a week. ♪ >> we are live 24 hours a day on bloomberg politics.com. we have a big weekend coming up. what else do you do this weekend for fun? them an eight mile run, a little bit of church, and then we will up here with george stephanopoulos -- we will appear with george stephanopoulos. we have a new coal coming out -- a new poll coming out. up next, taking stock on the radio. we say to you ja matta. sayonara. ♪ >> a u.s. hiring surge. the largest three-month gain in 17 years. plus the biggest wage increase since 2008. the employment figures were greeted with enthusiasm. >> jobseekers are looking for work and the economy continues to have a winding affect. , this suggests last months did in wages was an anomaly. >> emergency talks held in

look i just interviewed the, former indiana governor mitch daniels who is running perdue now. what he did was he capped, he stopped increases in tuition there. something has to happen. that seems a better solution to me. >> what worries me about this whole crisis this is the tip of the iceberg. is the student loan program look like fannie mae and freddie mac as it looked in 2008 where, this will never go bankrupt. you remember that, gerri? it will never go bankrupt. then it lost $150 billion. taxpayers are on the line, on the hook for a trillion dollars worth of these liabilities. john is right. obama made it worse. but we all remember i remember last 30 years, i have friend that took out student loans. they never repaid them. the government will never track the people down. gerri: more and more folks are deciding, i don't have to pay this back. >> exactly. gerri: john, i want you to jump in here to provide clarity. i think people find this so frustrating. not like we want to turn our backs on these people but is this going to become the next bubble that bursts? >> the higher

. >> that time we put mitch daniels through the toughest interview of his entire life.ust tell us something you think about jeb bush. anything. do you like the color of his hair? anything. anything about jeb bush. >> that time we unleashed the i-team. >> does eric schock watch " downton abbey"? >> haters are going to hate. >> what a week. >> we are only on the tube a half an hour a day, but we're live 24/7 online. read a great piece on whether jennifer can keep hillary clinton on message mark. we have a big weekend coming up with the grammy awards. i'm going to watch that. what else are you doing this weekend for fun? >> sunday morning, get up, eight-mile run, a little bit of church and then you and i will appear on the "this week" program. >> you and me? together? >> two of us on the round table. we have a big new poll coming out. bloomberg politics, some college poll, a president al race in new hampshire. up next here taketake -- "taking >> the employment figures were greeted with enthusiasm. >> employers are hiring. job seekers are coming back. looking for work. and

sam brownback john kashich, rick snyder mitch daniels. -- not mitch -- mike pence. they get -- they're the same person. just -- i don't know how they do that. it's just -- then did you look at the tax inincreasing governors? three out of six of them lost their seats. we took massachusetts, the governorship of massachusetts. pretty amazing. if you look at what happened in maryland, we took the governorship there. did anyone -- notice illinois? we took that one. [applause] >> i mean, this is reading -- when you look at it, economics really does matter. the ones we didn't take we didn't take california, but jerry brown did lose super majorities in both the assembly and the senate. we did not take minnesota, mark dayton was re-elected. but he did take the house in minnesota in new hampshire we did not take -- we took back the house in new hampshire. it's amazing what is going on. if you look at the number of states represented senate and house, we picked up a huge number of that as well. it is just amazing itch thought i'd just go through some of the economics of states

mitch daniels. >> what is it about you guys?oring indiana. >> that's a very east coast attitude being from kansas, you always think the people from the middle of the country are boring, and it's not true. eisenhower, a kansasen. >> it's unbefitting. >>> roundtable is staying with us. david axelrod saying -- man (sternly): seriously? where do you think you're going? mr. mucus: to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. man: you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. mr. mucus: oh, right then i'll swing by in like 4 hours... just set aside a few tacos for me. man: forget the tacos! one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. mr. mucus (to himself): wait! your loss. i was going to wear a sombrero. [announcer:] only mucinex has a bi-layer tablet that starts fast, and keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. >>> well, scott walker, wisconsin's latest republican presidential candidate, brushing up on his foreign policy credentials. he met today with d

former indiana governor now purdue university president mitch daniels says the goth's answer to this- government's answer to this is just making it worse. how is that so, governor? what are we doing wrong when it comes to presumably, helping these kids out? >> i think the responsibility neil, has to start with a higher ed system that has not been thoughtful enough about the interest of its students and has taken advantage of its opportunities and raised prices now for decades. the only thing that's gone up faster is health care. the government hasn't helped,al hoe it's tried to -- although it's tried to by flooding the market with loans and grants as any market just like health care that's subsidized in that way, it tends to lead to higher prices. in this case, colleges pocketed the money, raised the prices, and the students weren't better with off. neil: well a lot of colleges, not purdue. what do you do a little differently? >> well, we have taken a different course. we're in the second year now of at least a three-year tuition freeze. we've said that, first of all, we think it's p

he's got a good economic record in indiana building on what mitch daniels did.d be a pretty attractive candidate. john kasich in ohio won re-election just this past november. i think it was 60 to 38%. >> huge. >> crushed a democrat in a very important state for republicans in 2016. i think he's got to be very careful not to sound like he's lecturing voters. particularly on this issue of medicated expansion taking to sort of equating caring for people with expanding government. >> we got to pick up the pace. christie jindal. >> i think christie's got a tough case. he's been, you know bridgegate buried his candidacy i think in the eyes of many people. and he's now perceived to be the most moderate candidate in the race. and he's going to himself to a very conservative set of voters. bobby jindal i think obviously is a policy matter is a fantastic, you know, fantastic governor fantastic mind. he's not popular in louisiana or not as popular as he could be. the question is can he make himself be the guy you want to have a beer with and likability really matters. >> s

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