mr. carney from delaware and all of the effort and help he put in and from mr. garrett making sure that we could put a package together that we can get a lot of folks to buy into. we all realize that job creation, especially with a slower moving economy, is incredibly important. and job creation at the higher levels come from our small businesses. our emerging growth companies. and as mr. carney earlier referenced, that's why financial services came together and passed a bill out of the house, along with the senate moving and the president signing the jobs act. that helped emerging growth companies actually get on the on ramp and go public. accessing more and better capital. what we've seen, though, are a few concerns from those small emerging growth companies that are going public, that they're not as easily accessing capital as they thought they may. and that's why we've come together, to go, how can we start a pilot program to see if we can enhance the interests in the capital and liquidity of these emerging growth companies? and it really is not very complic

mr. carney ingesting that problem -- insisting that problems were overblown. >> of millions who applied for coverage only around 22,000 asked for help by files an appeal, we'll get them help, we're talking about a very small percentage of the number of people who have applied for corage. we believe that many of the issues that caused people to file appeals are left over from when the web site was not working well. many of those pblems have since been fixed. lou: officials, not saying when computer program to process the appeals is expected to be finished. there is no deadlin they perhaps have learned lessons about deadlines, near will say they scm -- nor will may say which government contractor is working on that program. lou: don't call her chairwoman, she will only answer to chair, jane on the on janet yell e yellen taking over federal reserve, she succeeds ben bernanke, he is joinings ookings institution, a washington think tank. what revolving door? and treasury secretary jack lu who seems to not have a preference what you call him, as long as his signature is on our currency, urged con

mr. carney basically using innuendo rather than direct accusation to say he thinks russia did it.s of security issues, of course, are on everyone's mind today anyway with the start of the winder olympic games many sochi. amid worries of the threat of terrorism during the games. less serious reports and pictures of double toilets and missing door handles and hotel rooms overbooked or not booked at all and live wires in the shower and questionable design choices and ongoing hey we're not quite ready yet try again soon construction. amid all of that making international press, russia's deputy prime minister who's responsible for olympic preparations today took time out to blame anti-russian bias for what he called this campaign of western media sabotage to make russia look bad at the start of the games. the deputy prime minister made his case to reporters today as follows. he said, "we have surveillance video from the hotels that shows people turn on the shower, direct the nozzle at the wall and then leave the room for the whole day." which is good, i mean, i guess if you have eviden

mr. carney, absolutely. instead of forward guidance, we are with him. >> hard squeeze them all in. & co.from >> he will be back from our newspapers. what will this reveal about mark carney's decision-making? >> engineers at the european space agency have created a sound system so loud that no human could deal with exposure. why would they build such a thing after that is next. ♪ >> knees in a bloomberg live headlines. at least 18 killed in clashes between police and protesters in kiev. hundreds injured in the standoff. security forces moved into clear at the main protest camps in kiev. the federal reserve approving new standards for foreign banks now requiring lenders with at least $50 billion in assets to hold more capital in the u.s. a morgan stanley report says deutsch bank and barclays will be the hardest hit among european banks. for supporting actress jennifer lawrence and charlie rose talks to the director of "american hustle," david o. russell. >> it was amazing. >> it was just genius. >> that was massive to have these two together. borough agents and they were while. that c

mr. carney said it's a private contract between the individual and the insurance companies. but from insurance officials, the administration has to have the numbers. how else do they calculate the subsidy? they have to have the numbers. and they have got problems with the reporting, the back office business. that's not working well. bill: good week or bad week on this? >> reporter: terrible. let me leave you with this. today pitchers and catchers for the new york yankees traded. martha: former presidential candidate mitt romney is speaking out about the healthcare law. while on the kelly file last night. >> it's a real mess. the implementation of obamacare is one part of the problem. i think the breach of promises the biggest problem. but the implementation is an unmitigated mess. congress should have said let's delay the implementation because they are not ready for prime time. bill: that from megyn's show last night. new fox polling show what people think about it. 55% say they wish the law had never passed. when asked in the end if they think the healthcare law was good,

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mr. carney for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the opportunity to ask some questions of the new chairman the fed. welcome. thank you for coming. i know it's been a very long day. we do appreciate your coming twice a year as part of the humphrey hawkins act testimony and we appreciate your report. i have found these meetings very useful with your predecessor, chairman bernanke and asked him each time this question which i'll ask you which is, when's the most important thing we can do -- we talk about our focus on creating an environment where businesses can be successful and create jobs. what's the most important thing we can do within our purview to help there? we have this debt ceiling clock that, well, it is not running right now but it's been looming over us. a couple of things. in your mind that congress should be doing or could be doing? >> it's congress's job to put in place legislation that best advances the, you know, economic development of the country. there are broad array of -- >> what are those kinds of

mrs. stephen colbert air -- colbert. the honorable jay carney and ms. claire shipman. the honorable gene sperling. mr. rick sperling. greet french president hollande is her life coverage of the state visit continues. [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and so the guest of honor has arrived. french president francois hollande greeted by the president of first lady from the north entrance of the white house. this is the seventh state dinner or official visit for the obama administration the first of the second term and later we will take you to the south on pavilion. it has turned into a springlike display of french culture and flowers and arts. but first we will take a look inside the state dinner as part of our coverage here on c-span2's. we will tell you what it's like to be invited to one of these exclusives upstairs and get some background on the role of first lady's over the years and we will have a conversation with former white house social secretary giuliana smoot who served in the obama administration. as we continue to look at t

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carney and ms. claire shipman. the honorable gene sperling. mr. rick sperling. mr. dewar. [speaking french] ♪ >> the guest of honor has arrived, french president francois hollande greeted by the president and the first lady. this is the seventh state dinner were official visit for the obama administration. we will take you to the south lawn pavilion, a tent that is turned into a springlike display. first, we will take a look inside a state dinner as part of our coverage here on c-span2. we will tell you what it is like to be invited to these expose of affairs and will get the role of first ladies over the years. we will have a conversation with julianna smoot who serve in the obama administration. we want to begin with the perspective of james fallows. as a national correspondent, you have attended three state dinners. what are they like? >> they are interesting and fun. ach dinner, there was sprinkling of journalists, usually people who of some connection to the country are being invited. i've been to the ones for korea. for china recently and then for canada, because i a

. >> carney blames republicans, particularly john boehner, for not accepting what mr. obama calls a grand bargain. and he said mr. obama has done a lot without the bargain. >> under this president the deficit has come down faster than at any time since world war ii. the deficit is meeting the target of being cut by half and then some. >> much of the savings were forced by republicans and congressman price said the real problem is continued borrowing. >> american people know you can't reduce the deficits and debt until you balance the budget. >> mr. obama's decision is seen as an effort to help democrats preserve control of the senate and perhaps gain seats in the house, but some an ls think democratic losses might force republicans to compromise. >> it shifts responsibility a little more towards republicans where they control both houses of congress. they would have to come up with something as well on their end. >> andrew big says bill clinton is the model for that, noting the welfare reforms he signed after republicans took control of congress, but no president ack45

mr. obama's second term, the figure tops 50%. but white house press secretary jay carney defends the decisions. >> being a donor to the president's campaign does not guarantee you a job in the administration, but it does not prevent you from getting one. and the fact of the matter is, the president has made nominations to ambassadorial posts and other posts from the ranks of the private sector, from government service and has put in place qualified nominees across the board. >> ifill: the foreign service association says it plans to make recommendations this month on setting qualification requirements for future nominees. >> ifill: for more on this i'm joined now by nicholas burns, a career foreign service officer and former ambassador to n.a.t.o. and walter russell mead, editor at large of the american interest magazine and a professor of foreign affairs and humanities at bard college. mr. burns i believe i can call you by your former title ambassador burns. people purchasing ambassadorships. >> well, i think in recent decades the big question at both parties have asked

mr. o'reilly. here's what we need to have happen, no problem here. >> he was asked, jay carney was asked whether he spoke in that interview. jay carney said absolutely not, he did not misspeak. we will see where this goes. thank you. >> thank you, megyn. >>> the nonpartisan congressional budget office now predicts fewer americans will be working full time in the coming years thanks to obama care. back in 2011, the cbo estimated the overhaul could relate in 800,000 fewer full time workers. today the cbo says the number is actually triple its original estimates. it's not 800,000, it's 2.3 million. critics are now suggesting the law encourages people not to work. the white house has a different story. ed henry is our chief white house correspondent. ed? >> a devastating report for the white house because of those numbers you just laid out. republicans pouncing on them and saying, this proves their long claim that this new law is a jobs killer. the white house begs to differ, they know this is a difficult report, so they immediately try to stop the bleeding, went on defense and basically said, look, th

mr. obama would do anything in eastern europe? he added, vladimir putin has played us so incredibly. this afternoon president obama was set to speak with president putin to discuss the situation as jay carney told reporters the two leaders share the same goals. >> russia's efforts on behalf of creating this cease fire and these agreements were obviously welcome. the fact of the matter is it is in russia's interest for the violence to end in ukraine as it is in the interest of the united states and our european friends. >> while the white house may be doubling down on shared interests, the leaders share a different approach on power. joining me now is national security advisor for strategic communications. we're glad to have you here today. has the president spoken with president putin? >> yes, alex. the president spoke to president putin for about an hour this afternoon. they were able to talk about the situation in the ukraine. and president obama underscored we have a significant opportunity with this agreement that would bring in a coalition government that would reform the constitution to reduce the power of the presidency. this gives a pathway towards a democratic outcome here. >> one

mr. president, you see, the law drains $380 billion from a very, very well-received medicare advantage program. stories from nebraskans illustrate how these cuts are hurting senior citizens. i heard from a couple in carney, nebraska. they wrote to me saying that the medicare advantage plan they had for several years was something that they really liked. it was a plan that worked for them. but that plan, because of obamacare, was canceled. she went on to say to me that another plan was going to cost more money, higher rates were coming for them. she went on to say -- and i'm quoting -- "i've not been shy about telling people that we lost our insurance plan, thanks to obamacare." unquote. i could add to that that she has lost her insurance plan and thousands of others, tens of thousands of others across of united states have because of the votes of the majority and the president. a nebraskan from hastings shared that her medicare advantage plan was discontinued and her new medicare advantage plan option was -- get this -- 357% more expensive. is that fair treatment to that senior citizen? you see, when obamacare was passed, we tried to get amendments done that if there was any savings in compare, it would

mr. president, you see, the law drains $380 billion from a very, very well-received medicare advantage program. stories from nebraskans illustrate how these cuts are hurting senior citizens. i heard from a couple in carney, nebraska. they wrote to me saying that the medicare advantage plan they had for several years was something that they really liked. it was a plan that worked for them. but that plan, because of obamacare, was canceled. she went on to say to me that another plan was going to cost more money, higher rates were coming for them. she went on to say -- and i'm quoting -- "i've not been shy