mr. schultz?let me give you some information. $4 billion was spent in 2008 in the presidential cycle and estimated 5.5 billion in 2012. i would suspect that even you would think we could use that money much better off for our education system, to do anything possible to create jobs in america and not to continue to fund a broken system. but that's not the issue. the issue right now is not to point blame, but we must address the issue of job creation in america. last week i was in europe, i had a private meeting with president sarkozy, and in that meeting, he shared with the problems in europe with regards to greece, the fact is that the connective tissue as it relates to the problems that we're having in america, how that has spilled off in a crisis of confidence in europe. responsibility has to be those who are in washington who can make the decisions necessary to bring back confidence and hope back into the country. >> howard schultz, thank you very much indeed. nicolle wallace, what has to happ

mrs. schultz. thank you for being here and giving us your great support. [applause] as we continue working on fleet week throughout the year, i wanted to give a personal thanks to the admiral of the third fleet and all of the personnel from the different armed forces for being here. the marines, navy, and coast guard. they are working with us to celebrate the tradition and recognize persons in uniform. we're doing something very special that i continue to credit the general 4. we wanted to make sure fleet week touches all the citizens of san francisco. we have found a way to do that. one of the most important things we are doing in our city is getting better prepared for the next disaster. as we do that, we recognize the military is the expert. in recognizing their expertise and humanitarian assistance around the world, we can built upon all of that. it should not surprise you that the theme this of fleet week hae evolved into disaster preparedness. it is not if. it is when. it is prudent for us to make sure that fleet week addsin the serious work of relat

mr. schultz, sir? >> well, i agree with anything steve wynn says. lot of nay sayers out there that he somehow is working this angle that he himself is a billionaire ceo and the fact that he was a friend of the bush administration and bush overall that he might have turned a blind eye to the deficits. cheney said didn't matter 10 years ago. this didn't just happen. i don't think that. because i win with wynn. that's my campaign. i would never say that. >> this is everybody. this was wall street and it was government. it was bush administration and the obama administration and no one wants to get so here is the problem. >> tea party wants to blame government. occupy wall street wants to blame. >> i blame you. >> 4 trillion new debt in 8 years does not -- is not the equivalent of 4 trillion in new debt in two years. two and a half years. and that's the difference, no president accumulated debt and deficits like this guy. >> what he keeps talking about so valid regulations out of control. look at what they are doing to boeing. this is all federal govern

mr. schultz. >> ed's fine. you just saw that graph. you saw that statistic. you're in congress.plumber. you're down there at the blue line down there. you're the working folk of america. this is the income inequity. what's the solution? >> changing the tax code, which brings me to the point, is, why don't the democrats ever talk about changing the 67,500 pages and growing current tax structure we have in place? why don't they ever talk about changing that and leveling the playing field? warren buffett talks about, i pay less tacks than my secretary. his accountants make sure he pays less taxes than his secretary. >> you'd want to simplify the tax code? >> that's what it comes down to. keep it simple stupid. that's the secret to life. >> the tax cuts have gone to the wealthiest americans and hasn't led to job creation. >> they keep paying for it with the lobbyists and special interests. it's not a secret, but, you know, when you sit there and say it's the republicans doing it and not the democrats, that's where you're doing a disservice to the american people because the democrat

mr. hoyer, congresswoman wasserman schultz, mr. crowley and mr. smith, other were at the decommissioning ceremony of commander mark kelly. we were there with his wife, our colleague, gabby giffords. and for that reason we missed that roll call vote. for myself, had i been present i would have voted no on the motion to table the resolution. i would have voted yes on the waxman bill to protect our children from mercury. ms. pelosi: and would have voted yes on mr. rush's -- that would be 766 for mr. waxman, 767 for mr. rush's amendment for which i would have voted yes. with that -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pelosi: the distinguished democratic whip says that he and ms. wasserman schultz would have voted similarly. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, it will be noted in the record. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report for filing under the rule. the clerk: report to accompany hou

mr. howard schultz, head of starbucks. found myself growing more and more frustrated at the lack of cooperation and irresponsibility among the officials as they put partisan agendas before the people's agenda. this is not the leadership we have come to expect or deserve. what is your assessment of the situation the country, mr. penske quiet >> you know, i think what we are focused on is less about the talk and more about what we can do. that's what this partnership is about and i think it came out as -- from howard said he came under cowher's frustration with the issue described. there's no question that we have -- we are stuck in some of our policy and politics. we are stuck in our lending and we need to move forward. what we're trying to do is they can't pretend to be the whole solution, but it perhaps can help jumpstart the solution. so what we're trying to do is worry less than a sense about what's not happening in trying focus on what could have been. what we know from our work over 30 years at sub 10 is that 95, 98,

wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in recognition of national work and family month. as a mother of young kids and a household with two working parents, i know all too well the daily struggles facing today's american families. how can we be great parents and also be great at our jobs? this summer when i was home in my congressional district, a constituent raised the question that particularly struck me. can you imagine what a typical workweek would look like if suddenly without warning every single childcare provider failed to show up to work and left parents with no alternative childcare options? from wall street to main street, america's businesses would come to a grinding halt. and the carefully spun web of endless schedules and systems and to-do lists we created to make it all work would unravel. with the number of parents working full time on the rise, more and more families are fully engaged in the daily juggling act that comes with trying to do it all. particularly in today's economy when secure emp

wasserman schultz: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor october as national breast cancer awareness month. for nearly 30 years the month of october has brought a sea of pink ribbons to our shopping centers, sports games and lapels as we commemorate national breast cancer awareness month. each ribbon symbolizes our nation's commitment to promote breast cancer awareness, sharing information about breast health, providing access to screening services and ultimately finding a cure. our mothers, sisters, daughters, spouses dress in pink to support women through education and empowerment. though we love the color, we know october is about so much more than walk-a-thons and accessories. i'm one of 2 1/2 million breast cancer survivors living in this country. just weeks after a clean mammogram myself and my 41st birthday i felt a lump in my breast. as a young and otherwise healthy mother of three, i heard the words all women may never hear, you have breast cancer. getting that news felt like an anvil crashing down on me. with

wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the achievements of marcia jo, founder, executive director and chief curator of the jewish museum of florida. marcia has been a leader in the organized florida jewish community for more than 30 years. originally from west virginia she's been a leader in jewish organizations since her work during college years. since the 1970's, she has held various leadership roles with an organization such as israel bonds, apack, and hadassah. throughout her lifetime, marcia has broken the class ceiling as the first woman in many positions, including as president of the greater orlando organization, she was also the first woman to chair the florida association of jewish federations conversation in 1979. in 1993 marcia guided the restoration of an abandoned 1936 art deco building on miami beach that served as an orthodox synagogue for 50 years and opened the jewish museum of florida in 1995. she led the effort to ged the museum accredited. the museum was among the national regist

mr. speaker, thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >>> up next, congresswoman and democratic national committee chair debbie wasser man schultz on her party's plans for 2012. ♪ [ female announcer ] the road is not exactly a place of intelligence. highway maintenance is underfunded, costing drivers $67 billion a year, and countless tires. which drivers never actually check because they're busy, checking email. this is why we engineered a car that makes 2,000 decisions every second. the new audi a6 is here. the road is now an intelligent place. ♪ ♪ [ multiple snds ng melodic tune ] ♪ [ malennounc ] at northrop grumman, makthworld a feplace. th's value performance. northr gruan. consumers er wanchai ferry orange chicken... over p.f. chang's home menu orange chicken women men and uh pandas... elbows mmm [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry, try it yourself. >>> joining me from her home state of florida, congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz who is chair of the democratic national committee. congresswoman wasserman schultz, thank you so much for being here. let me start out with a big piece of business on capitol hill, and that is coming up

mr. boehner takes time out to say the president has given up on the country. here to help us sort it out, msnbc's ed schultz, host of the ed show. >> martin, good to be with you. >> this was an aggressive and assertive president fronting up to the republicans, telling them to explain why they won't support this jobs bill. were you impressed? >> i was. i think the president, piece by piece, week after week, is laying the case out to the american people. well, what i did months ago was offer up a huge package for protests he's seen spreading across the country? >> i don't think it's hurt him. i was impressed with the president today. he didn't try to politically capitalize on it. he characterized what he thought the people were going through based on what he's seen in the coverage and went as far as to say they're frustrated but then he talked about the injustices that have taken place and the moral injustice that is have taken place in wall street and in our financial sector. but also pointing out they may not have done anything legal. it's deregulation that brought us to where we are right now and there is

mr. gerard, good to have you with us tonight. leo gerard. >> my pleasure. ed, you called it right, buddy. >> thank you. i appreciate that. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "hardball" starts right now. see you back here tomorrow night. >>> the great democratic debate. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington with this special edition of "hardball." the great democratic debate. should president obama run for re-election as a passionate progressive? daring to be called radical by his enemies, should he shoot the moon like fdr did in 1936? or should he head closer to the middle, stake out common ground with independents, warning against the radicalism of the right? should he play it shrewd like bill clinton did? think of the stakes if he gets it right he gets four more years to get the economy fully back on track with full employment the norm the country heading forward to greener pastures and bluer skies conning the march toward a cleaner environment, protected climate, more tolerant, fully employed society. if he blows it the tea partiers and neo cons come roaring back into washington emptying out the heritage foundation and

mr. gerard, good to have you with us tonight. leo gerard. >> my pleasure. ed, you called it right, buddy. >> thank you. i appreciate that. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultzght now. see you back here tomorrow night. >>> chris christie's big secret is out. he

mr. gerard, good to have you with us tonight. leo gerard. >> my pleasure. ed, you called it right, buddy. >> thank you. i appreciate that. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz

doug schultz decided that he would assassinate tom's dad when he got too great and actually the underworld decided that was a step too far and before dutch could carry out his plan, mr. luciano took care of dutch. >> the impact of this to your family, were there threats to your family? >> well, sure. >> what was it like? did you know about it? >> no. i'm three years older than john. what's happening here in 1936, 1937, i'm 4 or maybe 5. and they -- being the peep that they were they would not share that with us. >> would phthalater tell you about that time? >> no. well, there was illusion to it. but one found out for one self-. >> what did you find out about that, tommy. what were they doing or others doing to try to protect your dad and your family? >> well, he had 24/7 protection and the card, a detective and a driver. i think it was later, the only incident that we did find out about was the missed opportunity to kill him. he had -- he went across the street 96th street where we live to have breakfast every morning and doug schultz had arranged to have the boys there on a morning. and it would have been curtains, except that day he got up early and went to the of

doug schultz decided that he would assassinate tom's dad when he got too great and actually the underworld decided that was a step too far and before dutch could carry out his plan, mr. luciano took care of dutch. >> the impact of this to your family, were there threats to your family? >> well, sure. >> what was it like? did you know about it? >> no. i'm three years older than john. 1936, happening here in 1937, i'm 4 or maybe 5. and they -- being the people that they were they would not share that with us. >> what would tell you about that time? >> no. well, there was illusion to it. but one found out for oneself. >> what did you find out about that, tommy? what were they doing or others doing to try to protect your dad and your family? >> well, he had 24/7 protection and the card, a detective and a driver. i think it was later, the only incident that we did find out about was the missed opportunity to kill him. he had -- he went across the street 96th street where we live to have breakfast every morning and doug schultz had arranged to have the boys there on a morning. and it would have been curtains, except that day he got up early and went to the office so they

doug schultz decided that he would assassinate tom's dad when he got too great and actually the underworld decided that was a step too far and before dutch and could carry out his plan, mr. luciano took care of dutch. >> the impact of this to your your family? >> well, sure. >> what was it like? did you know about it? >> no. i'm three years older than john. what's happening here in 1936, 1937, i'm 4 or maybe 5. and they -- being the people that they were they would not share that with us. >> what would tell you about that time? >> no. well, there was illusion to it. but one found out for oneself. >> what did you find out about that, tommy? what were they doing or others doing to try to protect your dad and your family? >> well, he had 24/7 protection and the card, a detective and a driver. i think it was later, the only incident that we did find out about was the missed opportunity to kill him. he had -- he went across the street 96th street where we live to have breakfast every morning and doug schultz had arranged to have the boys there on a morning. and it would have been curtains, except that day he got up early and went to the office so they missed it. and shortly

mr. stearns for the second pane. >> vice-president biden is the keynote speaker at the florida democratic connection this evening. you have coverage on c-span2 at 7:30. other speakers include debbie wasserman schultz and also florida senator bill nelson. although this had line proved defeat by truman was iconic. tonight followed the career of thomas dewey as three-time governor and influencing national politics in the election of dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. "the contenders" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. [no audio] span >> this weekend in knoxville, tennessee, with book tv and american history tv and the behind-the-scenes at the literary life of the marble city on c-span2. university of tennessee's body farm is 4 acres of decomposing human remains. a look at "roots" author alex haley. on american history tv, a visit to the sequoia of birthplace museum. -- sequoyah birthplace museum. also, a visit to secret city. is not still a true southern city? historian bruce wheeler on its future. watch throughout the weekend on both tv and american history t in knoxville, tennessee. >> james amos said the marine corps should go back to the pacific once the service is out of afghanistan. he talked