nafta is a perfect example of this. the clinton administration knew that opening up the border would be a boon to the drug cartels. one of his drug policy officials later called it a deal made in norco have in and he said to his dea and to his drug czar until nafta passes i don't want to hear a peep from you guys and that may or may not be a good thing it's just the fact how drug policy is treated in the united states. it was a very tight vote. he couldn't afford to lose a couple of folks concerned about the increased drug traffic that might come from nafta. i found a department of justice study that found that the biggest increase in overland drug trafficking in the history of the time they've been mentioning it was the year 1994 nafta went into effect january 1st, 1994. it was a perfect time to be a mexican drug cartel leader. we had just smashed the caribbean triet, the caribbean to miami trade route, and that pushed the coke trade over to mexico. we have also decapitated a couple of colombian drug cartels which decr

nafta is the perfect example. the clinton administration to open a the border would be a boon to the drug cartel. one of his drug policy officials called it a deal made been an arco have been he said to the fda and the drugs are until nafta passes i do not want to hear a peep from new. that is a fact hour drug policy is treated it was a very tight rope he could not afford to lose i found a department of justice study that found the biggest increase in overlay and drug-trafficking over the history of time was the year 1994 when nafta went into effect january 1st. it was the perfect time to be a mexican drug cartel leader. we had just smashed the caribbean trade to miami trade route that question the coke trade toward the mexico. we also had decapitated a couple of colombian drug cartels that decrease power in relation to the mexican cartel. at the same time we had gone hard after the domestic methamphetamine industry which is a bunch of bikers making a form of speed that is much less potent than the one that was la

under nafta, it was promised the u.s. would allow these trucks in but they still haven't and it's been over 15 years. >> any progress made? >> you know they're working on it and what the obama administration says that they're in discussions. they're trying to come up with some sort of agreement. they want it to solve worries on the united states' side about safety but also full fills our obligations under nafta but we still don't have a resolution. >> the otherish dwlu c iother i continues to simmer is drug violence. just yesterday a defense lawyer was gunned down in monterrey. so what's been done as to cooperation there? >> we've seen cooperation in the last year or two. we've seen the meritive initiative which is the largest from the united states. $1.4 billion over three years. and we also see a lot of day-to-day communication between u.s. forces and bureaucracies and the mexican bureaucracies >> if i were to ask you, well, what's the biggest challenge that still exists, say, between the u.s. and mexico? is it somethin

how has nafta help us? i cannot see.lease explain to me why, when we get stopped in mexico, we are immediately put in jail without identification and things that we are supposed to have, but they can come over here and a stop and nothing happens. host: thank you very much. you have raised a couple of interesting points. on the northern border with canada, one of the areas where we have suffered in recent years has been cross border tourism traffic, going in both directions. people coming to detroit, going to canada, people that could take casual day trips to go to a restaurant in the united states or to visit relatives across the border. now it has become much more of a process. on the mexican side we always had a bit more of a difficult time. what i think we should be working towards on both borders is a situation where we have the mechanism in place to ensure security, make sure that only the people coming across our there. generally people are traveling freely to the greatest extent possible. host: harrisburg, good mo

nafta has been credited with keeping mexico afloat at the time. host: the article this morning about the summit in guadalajara, "immigration was raised again, but this time tensions were expected to be focused on mexicans entering canada and not the united states. to many mexicans, according to the canadian government, are fraudulently claiming political asylum in canada. they announced next month that they would require mexican citizens to secure visas before entering the country." kentucky, good morning. caller: mexicans are coming across the board illegally. they need to shut this thing down. host: austin, texas, is next. this is our republican line. caller: i am a republican, but i supported the president. on the immigration policy, i cannot go along with it. item from austin, texas, and i e a retired. by moving business is down because of how much the legal work is here. -- because of how much illegal work is here. we have 10 million people right now that are unemployed. please explain why when we get stopped in mexico we are immediately arre

nafta is being preserved, but there specific disputes over mexican trucks and congress and labor unions are concerned that trucks coming across the border. they think they have a right and there disputes about the buy american producers and the president making the point in that news conference and have not affected the trade. there was discussion of the issue that is not going away for any of us in the united states. the president's place of distance in his own proposal and ambitions and the government-run system in canada which for all the merits makes people wait for procedures and the spt trying to convince americans that they are not going to have to wait and be denied services because of the reform he is pushing. the headline and everyone thinks of it as the ultimate single payer. was the president trying to make it clear that i am not for a single payer and that's not how we head the headline? >> absolutely and one of the subtext citizen idea that the public option the president is pushing might be a trojan horse towards single payer over the long-term and for some liberal democr

we recognize that it is essential to abide by nafta and to resolve the pending conflicts that impede us to reach a greater regional competitiveness. it is important to see how we will fulfil our commitments in regard to the environment and in regard to our labour domain in the trade agreements we have among starke countries. i'm convinced that and tapping the advantages offered by our economic investments, labor, technology, and natural resources, by this we can be successful in the world that is ferociously competing. at this summit we have reached important agreement, boosting standardization of the regulations and specifications of our products as well as sanitary procedures that can be simplified as well as increasing without any losses, the economic competitiveness of our region. the objective is to have secure and efficient conditions, these procedures to be implemented with no bureaucratic or far- fetched red tape in our offices. and this will decrease the prices for staples and foods and improve competitiveness of our economies. on the other hand, on the bilateral aspect, mex

now this goes back to nafta, right? >> yes. both countries allow long-haul truck, is that come in to the other country. something that the u.s -- the program going for awhile that allow small number of trucking companies that were previously doing long-haul trucking, mexican companies, defended by congress earlier this year. >> reporter: because of opposition -- >> primarily by the teamsters but also number of members of congress that passed overwhelmingly concerned about safety and standards. the obamas administration has admitted that the u.s. is in violation of treaty obligations. has been working with congress trying with new demonstrations program. the mexican government reacademy calmly to this. they have put a few sanctions on the u.s., they're hoping obama administration will keep its word able to do something. both sides have reacted i think trying to -- way trying to fix this as soon as possible. >> reporter: andrew that kind of issue by american issues these things all lead to the question of the economic -- affected

have you ever heard of nafta? nafta, that sounds like a great idea. let's go encourage all of these factory developments all along the border. that's fine. with the united states also believes in free trade. antacids jeffersons administration. what we call globalization nowadays. well, sources of labor opened up in asia cheaper than what was in mexico, the factories went to asia and the spnrts that it event attracted to the border have jobs anymore. jobs formed in the united states a. another thing, immigration reform. typically mexican and central american migrants across the border overstay about half the year. they need to go home. now they are afraid to go home because they will get arrested at the border. what kind of sense does that make? they are not only illegal aliens, they are unhappy about it not likely to attach themselves to affections of this country when they are trapped. >> so mexico is well populated, if i understand you correct. a lot of lower class people without jobs or advantages. however, that's a country that is rich in resource

president billion is on a two-day swing there for talks with fellow nafta leaders. fillipe calderon topping the agenda, swine flu, drug violence, and trade. in about 30 minutes, all three leaders will hold a joint news conference on the tri-lateral summit. >>> peel were lining up for work and some were still asleep when bombs began going off before breakfast. they targeted shiite areas in iraq, mostly in baghdad and near mosul. 48 people died, 231 are wounded. truck bombs leveled 32 homes near mosul, where officials say people may be buried in the rubble still. >>> we're getting amazing pictures from three front lines in afghanistan. helicopter attack team came across some men on a road. they said they were insurgents setting up a roadside bomb. here's what happened next. >> there's a guy on the road. there's a guy on the road. >> roger. there's a guy in the road. >> you have them in your sight. >> roger. >> okay. >> fire. >> you're going to fire. >> and then the explosion. the pentagon said this happened in southern afghanistan. the video, by the way, comes from a

under nafta, it was promis the u. would allow tse trucksn but theytill haven't andt's been over 15 years. >>ny progress made. >> you know they're working it and what thebama administraon says that they're in discussis. trying to come up wi some sort of reement. worries on the ited states' si about safety but so fulfills our vigations under nast but still don't have th reslution. >> and drug violence. ju yesterday a gun lawyer w wned downin monterrey. >>$1.4 llion over three years. d we also see a lot of y-to-day communicationetween u.s. forc and bureaucracies and theexican burucracies but this will ally be a long-term soluon or a long-term issue forhe two countrieto resolve. >> if i were toask you, well, what'she biggest challenge at still existsay between the u.s. and mexico? is it somethi we've discussed or more to it? >> y know the bgest challee is the fact tt we're so interconnected as countesta all these issues are onhe table and you can't just look at one in olation. you can'just look at the ecomy, just look at

obligations under nafta. >> jake tapper on the quick visit to mexico tonight. >>> as soon as the president returns from mexico early this week, he'll hold a town hall meeting in new hampshire. the white house is eager to try to break through the noise in this health care debate that's growing angrier and louder by the day. >> reporter: at town halls this weeke weekend, more tension -- >> i hope in a civilized manner without yelling and interrupting anyone. >> reporter: and tirades -- >> how dare you! >> reporter: many americans angry over what they've heard. >> they're going to ration health care! they're going to give us -- >> reporter: the white house says what they've heard isn't true. sarah palin weighed in with this facebook posting about what she called an obama death panel that would determine who gets treatment and who doesn't. even independent observers say this is off base. former house speaker newt gingrich defended the idea today. >> you're asking us to trust turning power over to the government when there clearly are people in america who believe in establishing euthanasia. >>

will you explain to me the nafta treaty. it's good to trade with other countries, but it come up for renewal, what, two years ago? >> no sir, it's a permanent treaty. >> sir? >> no, it did not come up for renewal. >> jim, the congressman over here, he was deciding to vote on it, i thought it came up for renewal. >> that was in 1994, and heavener has been out for a while. >> he's not been out for a couple of years. >> i was concord, the congressman that got defeated last time. what was his name? >> that's a different treaty, what your question? >> i want to know about the nafta treaty, anyway, it's good to trade, but you can't have more coming in than what is going out. you blame labor and it's going overseas. the towns are faulted because of the could -county taxing them and have to pay unemployment insurance and worker's comp, and it's thousands of dollars of someone working at tx dot, you need manufacturing jobs, and you need a lot of people. and a lot of illegals will be turning those signs and making those forms. how man

bill clinton signed the nafta bill and lost all of our jobs.hat is what the expedition was and that is what happened. host: to alabama on the republican line. caller: good morning. i'm doing fantastic, thanks for accepting my call. i was disturbed by the guy who commented on cash for clunkers. he has obviously never worked in the car industry, but i'm a former car salesman and i know that the cash they are getting is not only blessing the family who gets the car, it is blessing the family who sold the car. when the economy bottomed, the car salesmen were hit the hardest. they know about dealerships the shutdown, but when the business and loans stopped, the car salesman stopped eating. the cash for clunkers is getting food on the table. republicans do not see that because they are born into things. they are born with a car, their parents give them this and that. if you have noticed your phone calls, people: to say that healthcare is bad are people with health care already. the lady said we do not need health care and she had the nerve to say tha

obligationsnd nafta. jake tapper, abc news with the president in guadalajara, mexico. >> here in new york divers will be back in the hudson searching for two more victims of saturday's mid-air collision of a small plane and sightseeing helicopter. investigators are looking for answers on how it happened on what was a crystal clear day. >> reporter: police divers pulled more bodies from the murky waters of the hudson river. it&q difficult, grim work. >> the river bottom is very murky. it's hard for the divers to see in front of them. they are trying to almost operate in the dark. >> reporter: this salvage crane hoisted part of the sigh seeing helicopter from 30 feet ofÑi water. we're learning more about theÑi identities of those who lost their lives. on the helicopter for what was to be 12-minute tour of the big apple was the pilot and five tour is from italy, a husband and wife and their 16-year-old son and another teen-age boy and his father celebrating his wedding anniversary. his wife, afraid to fly, s

nafta, supposed to be good, has been hard on the infrastructure. a lot of times they are coming in with goods and don't pay taxes, takes longer ships coming from asia even though mexico and canada buy much more goods from the united states than china does. so mexico is not very happy with this new very short meeting of this new era. >> let's drill down on the money you talked about for the drug war in mexico. obviously president felipe calderon has stepped up attacks, stepped up the campaign against the drug cartels. at the do seem stronger at the same time there's concerns about human rights abuses with these cartels. that's why congress is saying, wait a minute, we've got a provision in the law that we can withhold 15% of the money until we're sure there's no human rights problems. is it united states' fault or does mexico need to come to the table and say, hey, we're not involved in human rights situations. >> they have a lot to do with human rights, they must work on it. felipe calderon is risking his own skin in the fight against the narcos. 8

a lot of what we have done with the bergeborder, a lot of these problems were post-nafta.ot of people have lost their phonfarms and factories, so youe had this influx of people looking for work. that is a feature of globalization, this great migration of people traveling looking for work. you see in africa and latin america. that is a feature of globalization. the workers traveling to find work. host: our next call comes from the virgin islands. go ahead caller: good morning. i see the subtitle for the latter portion of the book is hope for the future and it relates to some south american countries. could you tie that into some of the places that are doing well with a global economy? and then how do you figure a lot of the poor cities like some parts of chicago, alcan places like that prepare themselves for a global economy. -- how can places like that prepare themselves? guest: the last chapter in the book deals extensively with the chile example. chile underwent a coup in 1973. the president was overthrown and there is a great myth chile has had this megyn is an economy

or nafta. that came later. president obama's modest effort to rein the fervor applied not only to congress but also through his administration. i bring this up on how the schizophrenia on trade policy has persisted as the administration has gone up. there are free traders in the administration and more who take a more skeptical view. the buy america episode was followed by others, as claude mentioned, notably the killing of the program to permit mexican trucks to operate across the border, a nafta obligation, and restrictions to imports of chinese chicken, which they've challenged at the w.t.o. in each case, congress took the lead. in some of the cases, the president expressed his discomfort with the protectionist act but signed them into law, nonetheless. this pattern seemed to repeat itself on a more threatening scale when the house passed its cap-and-trade bill a month or two ago. the administration was deeply involved in negotiations over what that bill would contain, presumably the administration has some

or nafta. that came later. president obama's modest effort to rein the fervor applied not only to congress but also through his administration. i bring this up on how the schizophrenia on trade policy has persisted as the administration has gone up. there are free traders in the administration and more who take a more skeptical view. the buy america episode was followed by others, as claude mentioned, notably the killing of the program to permit mexican trucks to operate across the border, a nafta obligation, and restrictions to imports of chinese chicken, which they've challenged at the w.t.o. in each case, congress took the lead. in some of the cases, the president expressed his discomfort with the protectionist act but signed them into law, nonetheless. this pattern seemed to repeat itself on a more threatening scale when the house passed its cap-and-trade bill a month or two ago. the administration was deeply involved in negotiations over what that bill would contain, presumably the administration has some

now notlaying fair inerms of its own obligations unr the nafta whethere're talking about the tcking issue or the uy american. >>eporter: denise, just in ur last mite i wouldn't ask you about the flu,e brought it up a few time is that exale , well, moment of cooperion where things seem to have workedut alreadyn terms of exchange of information and action response? >>es, as andrew mentied, the relationship is complex,it's mul-faceted, it's multi-layered, issu like the swe flu and collaboration th ensued in the aftmath of the tbreak are necessary reminder of how collabations can occur on multipl levels beyond the diffict thorny issues that will be difficult toesult such as immration and drugs. i think that issues of related to the environment,energy, to health there cld be fertile ground for collaration and justhange in the rhetoric from the bush years to now a necsary recognition on part of e u.s. ofhow much it eds to ntribute in term of resolvg thdrug issue. i thinkthat's helped a lot to pen up the possibily of further collaboraon once t economic crisis is surmounted. lehrer: nise dresser,

where was the discussion about nafta, outsourcing, free trade, the unfunded liabilities of all of these programs, the discussion on illegal immigration, border securities? if i may remind everyone, forgive me for so presuming, those were combined the third rail of politics and we couldn't get these candidates, not simply president obama, but the presidential candidates would not discuss those? >> but ironically the one issue they wouldn't stop talking about was health care. >> ironically. >> and what we're witnessing is a real open process, not divided by party lines. in addressing the health care crisis in this country. >> but the idea that we had an election and it settled it. we had an election in 2004. george w. bush ran on private accounts for social security, but that wasn't what people were voting for when they re-elected him as president. he went out and made the case for that and he failed and i think the same thing is happening with health care. >> we'll be back with james and errol and robert to sort all of this out here in the broadcast. we'll have much more on those angry c

radicals, if you will, came out in great numbers, outraged by budget deficits and things like that, nafta, gatt, the world trade organization. but in this one, this is a crucial battle here, and passions and emotions are high. cable news, we've been consumed by it. the other shows have, talk radio has. when you get out hundreds, maybe 1,000 people in august for the congressional and senatorial town meetings i think what you've got is a great debate going on in this country, alex. those folks, especially the blue dog democrats, when they come back, they're going to decide whether this thing goes through or not. i think they're assessing who these folks are. >> julian, some democrats, they're trying to dismiss these angry crowds as the minorities pushed there by conservative groups. is that fair? >> i think it's hard to tell. and i think there's nothing at all wrong with conservatives, with republicans, with even the health insurance industry trying to generate support for their position or the grass roots. there's nothing wrong with that at all. that's part of the democratic process. but t

>> i want to know about the nafta trade.it is good to trade, but you can't have more coming in then what is going not. you blame labor interests going overseas the county and state taxed them and they have to play unemployment insurance and workers' comp. there are thousands of dollars on some working the textiles. we need manufacturing jobs. you have a lot of people who cannot work up there on the roads and what you're putting money into. you're putting a lot of the illegals out there. how many million dollars have you put into north carolina? co-op insurance -- roosevelt set them up in the 1930's. r.e.a. is working my good. in the 1950's, the governor wanted the telephone system in north carolina. you either run the funds out into the rural area or we will form a co-ops, and suddenly the telephone companies got busy. it has been mentioned about though co-op insurance -- i have insurance, but is really working on my pocketbook. if my social security does not jump up by $50 per year, before long my insurance will be more. bu

denman mike allen sis how much he is running billable hours he starts to get nafta with me and the whole business has just kind of nasty. so, i said what you do something else? if you could have seen the look on his face he would have thought i asked him, why don't you stop breathing, because he goes you don't understand. i have got a big house, we have too big cars, my wife and i take big trips, she runs the big bills. what my going to do? i don't know but it sounds like a big mistake to me because, the truth of the matter is he can't imagine himself getting out of the situation he is in in part because he can afford the drop in money and probably status at least temporarily to change in jobs would until. the problem with this is it the luedke spend doing what you love is entirely different than putting yourself out to bid to the highest bidder the only we can say that makes no difference is to say your life makes the difference. i worked on wall street for 16 years and as most of you know i am sure, i happen to be in any good time with generally rising markets. after 16 years i had gro

a friend of mine wrote about americans in the early 1990s when you had this rage over nafta and gatt and illegal immigration in california, and he called them mars for middle american radicals. and i do think there is really a -- this group has risen up again. i don't know the exact details down there in florida. apparently it was a businessman opposing the health care bill who got his shirt ripped off. he and his wife couldn't get in. so i think there may be this ginned up a little bit but there is authenticity to the anger and the rage and the folks in the local community have to know whether there are ringers out there or whether these are folks just coming out because they're angry on both sides of this issue. >> and of course we also had reports of some huffington post in the middle of the day the unions are getting engaged. they're starting to send people to these town hall meetings. i suspect we're going to be getting a lot of back and forth. but that being said, and that's usually what willie wears after work, that shirt, but that being said, this reminds me so much of the un

that's why canada has been an ally of the united states and nafta over many, many years. we want to address the same issues the united states wants to address and do it in a way that duvent impede commerce or the great social interaction which has made our two countries so close over the decades. i'm just going to also weigh in a little bit as a friend of the united states on the question posed to president obama. if i were an american, i would be really fed up with this kind of hypocrisy. the united states is accused of meddling, except when it's accused of not meddling. and the same types of -- the same types who are demanding the united states somehow intervene in honduras are the same type of people who would condemn long-standing security cooperation between colombia and the united states, which is being done for legitimate security and drug traffic reasons that are in the interest of all the countries of this hemisphere. mexico and canada are involved in the mediation effort in supporting -- directly supporting the mediation effort of president arias. i think the un

we recognize that it is essential to abide by nafta and to resolve the pending topics that impede us to reach greater regional competitiveness and it is important to see how we are going to fulfill our commitment in regard to the environment and in regard to our labor domains linked to the commercial agreement, the trade agreement we have amongst our country. i am convinced that only by tapping the investments, labor, technologies and natural resources, we shall be successful in the world that is ferociously competing. at this time, we have reached important agreements such as boosting decentralization of regulations and certifications of our products as well as the sanitary procedures and -- sanitary procedures that can be simplified as well as increasing the economic competitiveness in our region. the objective is to have in secure and efficient conditions these procedures to be implemented with no bureaucratic or far-fetched red tape in our offices and this will diminish -- decrease the prices for the staples and food and improve the competitiveness of our economies. on the other

we recognize that it is essential to abide by nafta and to resolve the pending topics that impede us to reach greater regional competitiveness and it is important to see how we are going to fulfill our commitment in regard to the environment and in regard to our labor domains linked to the commercial agreement, the trade agreement we have amongst our country. i am convinced that only by tapping the investments, labor, technologies and natural resources, we shall be successful in the world that is ferociously competing. at this time, we have reached important agreements such as boosting decentralization of regulations and certifications of our products as well as the sanitary procedures and -- sanitary procedures that can be simplified as well as increasing the economic competitiveness in our region. the objective is to have in secure and efficient conditions these procedures to be implemented with no bureaucratic or far-fetched red tape in our offices and this will diminish -- decrease the prices for the staples and food and improve the competitiveness of our economies. on the other

part of this is the gains of nafta, and part of this is the slightly undervalued excitement that givesart of this is in 2002 and with the recession of that year. mexico lost their competitiveness along the way. >> mexico is getting a lot of extra no comparisons. is there or brazil, the governing debt and the gdp is higher. we have this going up, the way that we counted with the government. this is 50% of the gdp this year. mexico, for the general government, if you look at the broad public sector, you are talking in the mid 40's. we will blend with some of these issues that we have highlighted, for some of the off budget decisions in the public sector. the bottom line is that that are higher, and the way that this is introverted is heavier because they are coming down with these sectors, but interest revenue -- this is higher in brazil, and the composition of the debt, you are talking a 30 yield curve in mexico, with the history that is moving into the macro facilities with the long track record in mexico. we are looking at the overall external debt from the private sector, with the na

i suppose the proper comparison with this is with canada because canada is the other party within nafta canada is doing exceptionally well. it doesn't have any problems in the financial sector worth mentioning compared with anybody else and it has decoupled in terms of what -- well, decoupled somewhat from the u.s. mexico is more problematic simply because of what it depends on. it's dependent on oil, it's dependent on the auto industry. now, it's probably not dependent on the newer things like biofuels. the auto industry in the states is obviously in huge trouble and as much as mexico is a cheap alternative in terms of production, overall demand i can't see picking up in a meaningful way to boost the mexican economy. so -- and, of course, there is a sort of inherent underlyingdy trust for particularly the south americans or the mexicans. so i would be -- they're not in my first pick. >> mark, thanks for that. mark ostwald is going to stay with us. i believe we have our next guest standing by now. >> we do. and marc mentioned biofuels and that's a perfect segue. steve reeseguard, i beli

their initial big gains associated part with the gains of nafta. part that you could argue together with the u.s. grow. but then in 2001, 2002 with the recession here in the year. and the fact that mexico lost competitiveness along the way during that dime. >> go to brazil fiscal external comparison. i think there for brazil government debt to gdp is higher. we're talkg we have it going up as the way we calculated in th government. i can talk about that offline and gdp this year. okay, general net government debt. mexico, for the general government, high 30s. if you look at the public sectors, we're talking mid 40s. we look at blend between the two issues we've highlighted. you have some of the other factors in the public sector. we look at a combination. bottom line the debt ratio is higher because the interest rates are coming down. but revenue, interest revenues to gdp are higher in brazil. the excel significance of brazil you're talking a 30-year yield curve in mexico. this is reflecting the history that moving into macrostability in bra swill.

we recognize it is essential to abide by nafta and resolve the pending topics that impede us to reach greater regional competitiveness, and it is important to see how we will fulfill our commitments and regard to the environment and in regard to our labour domains with regard to trade agreement. i am convinced that only by having advantages offered by our cooperation shall we be successful in the world that is ferociously competing. at this summit we have reached important agreements such as boosting the standardization of the regulations and certification some of our products, as well as procedures and sanitary procedures that can be simplified yet increasing without losses. that can increase the economic competitiveness. the objective is to have secure and efficient conditions. these procedures will be implemented with no bureaucratic or card fetched red tape -- or far-fetched red tape in our offices. this will decrease surprises for food and improve competitiveness of our economies. on the other hand, on the bilateral aspects, mexico and the u.s. will launch modernization of initia

>> i want to know about the nafta trade. it is good to trade, but you can't have more coming in then what is going not. you blame labor interests going overseas the county and state taxed them and they have to play unemployment insurance and workers' comp. there are thousands of dollars on some working the textiles. we need manufacturing jobs. you have a lot of people who cannot work up there on the roads and what you're putting money into. you're putting a lot of the illegals out there. how many million dollars have you put into north carolina? co-op insurance -- roosevelt set them up in the 1930's. r.e.a. is working my good. in the 1950's, the governor wanted the telephone system in north carolina. you either run the funds out into the rural area or we will form a co-ops, and suddenly the telephone companies got busy. it has been mentioned about though co-op insurance -- i have insurance, but is really working on my pocketbook. if my social security does not jump up by $50 per year, before long my insurance will be more. b

so i think it is legitimate to have. >> he admitted any mention of honoring obligations under the nafta obama's modest effort to rein in the buy american for but also his own administration. i bring this up is now stationed without schizophrenia on trade policy has persisted as it has been staffed a. and there are those who take a more skeptical view. the buy america episode was followed by others as claude mention. notably the killing of the program killed mexican trucks to operate across the border and restrictions on imports of chinese chicken which they have challenged with the deputy appeared in each case congress to flee. in some cases the president discussed his discomfort but signed them into law nonetheless. this pattern seemed to repeat itself on a more threatening skill when the house passed its cap and trade build a month or two ago. the administration was deeply involved in negotiations over what that bill would contain. presumably it has some clout with the congress completely controlled by the president's party, yet the legislation emerge from the house with strong prepro

if we can get our corrupt government to get out of nafta, which obama lied about, one of his many liespeople have their own selfish interests at heart. give me a job, give me healthcare -- give me, give me -- you give something, people are dying needlessly in a war that should not exist. no one but ourselves attacked us on 9/11. host: alex from louisiana. here are at the last week of summer with the labor day weekend beginning this weekend, a big travel weekend. here is a story from the marketplace section. southwest presents a dilemma for thefa faa. the agency has a discovery of a significant maintenance lapse. should they forced the airline to ground the planes to enforce long standing air safety rules and even though the violations do not pose an immediate danger? taking the just temporarily out of service would seriously disrupt operations at the largest domestic carrier measured by passengers. southwest said it is seeking exemptions to continue operating the planes. faa managers and company officials are trying to work out a compromise by tuesday deadline. to virginia beach, good

caller: i have been observing all of this over the last 20 years -- nafta.was a program put together by, i would say corporate america, which was bought and sold to you liberal democrats. i just can't believe what is going on. you guys are throwing money at a problem, and it is not going to solve it. guest: elwell, it depends on, again, your perspective. as it relates to youngstown and investments, we don't see it at -- as throwing money at a problem, but investing in the city. our approach has been validated by the fact that an independent third party, a private sector magazine, a "entrepreneur" rated youngstown, ohio, as one of the top 10 cities in the country, and the insider united states to start the business. named with places like san diego, atlanta, ga., places you would not typically see youngstown and the same category. but i believe that the money has -- that has been invested in youngstown has been well invested. there have been significant return, as evidenced by this month's article and "under bernard" magazine. while not every government progr

caller: i have been observing all of this over the last 20 years -- nafta.was a program put together by, i would say corporate america, which was bought and sold to you liberal democrats. i just can't believe what is going on. you guys are throwing money at a problem, and it is not going to solve it. guest: elwell, it depends on, again, your perspective. as it relates to youngstown and investments, we don't see it at -- as throwing money at a problem, but investing in the city. our approach has been validated by the fact that an independent third party, a private sector magazine, a "entrepreneur" rated youngstown, ohio, as one of the top 10 cities in the country, and the insider united states to start the business. named with places like san diego, atlanta, ga., places you would not typically see youngstown and the same category. but i believe that the money has -- that has been invested in youngstown has been well invested. there have been significant return, as evidenced by this month's article and "under bernard" magazine. while not every government progr

i am unemployed now, thanks to all the republican shenanigans and the nafta agreement.id, it was a giant sucking sound where it all went overseas. when i will likely get a lump on my breast bridging what will i do? the previous thought was that i will go to a bank, hand them a note and to give me on your money -- when i get a lump on my breast, but will i do? then i will wait for officials to come and get me so that i can go to a federal prison to get my cancer treated. guest: let me respond to your initial common. thank goodness, when people go to the polls, the vote for those who have the same philosophical bent that they do. but we see issues all the time that are very much philosophical. republicans do think in a free- market way, and democrats look to a government solution for all problems. so, there is no doubt that the two parties have philosophical differences. frankly, the strength of this country comes from the debate between the two. neither party wins 100% of the time. the pendulum swings back and forth. given the strength of this country, we live better tha

most of the american public does not recognize us and they do not know as much as they know about nafta we have the opportunity with the new media that is out there, i should start tweeting to deal with the turned-on internet situation, to inform the public about why they should care. and to get the next generation excited about this and we had a couple of brief conversations about this. i would like to see this as a serious opportunity to be more visible and have more creative strategies, and to be more proactive and not wait for you to tell us you want to comment about the falling, but to engineer the outreach program that has its fingers in many different directions. not that we would try to be self promoting, as a result of what science is doing. we have a lot of cool things going on. we want to tell the world about it. i want to see this happening. i made a list of things i want to accomplish, and i have that in my pocket. this is one of them on the list. this is one thing that we tried to come up with, the more effective at reached strategy. let the public know what we are doing.

just roper, how many of you have heard of nafta? >> excellent account if you're really cold? me to. are in the same boat here, but good that gets the creative juices flowing so that's great. part of what we do at the national academy is tackle what we call the really important big issues of government management and federal management. and we have traditionally been in areas like acquition, h.r., things like that. but a year or two ago we started branching out into the view that this issue of collaboration and innovation government is also a management challenge. and i want to use that to set kind of the frame of what i'm going to be talking about here are what we have done is we've gotten together, as ken mentioned, with government and some other great folks to make sure that what we do here makes a lasting impression. what we mean by that? this is a form on success stories. is about sharing best practices and things that went really well or really important findings that you've learned and when we say success story on with a best practice, what we really mean is more people should

pennsylvania and michigan and ohio primaries going around the state saying we are going to get rid of nafta and the ski trade nonsense and that scared us because obviously the political consensus for free trade has always been very fragile. then we looked at what was happening with currency and the explosion and the amount of money that has been created and arthur has a wonderful graf in one of his most recent economic analysis that shows what this money supply increase -- >> [inaudible] >> how much? >> over 100%. >> this is more money creation in the last six months than in the last 60 years or something. that is because the old milton idea of inflation is too many million dollars chasing too few goods and i think money creation is a scary thing and i am worried about inflation, too and then we could see what is happening to the spending and the debt and again this does start with barack obama this started under george bush if you look at what happened in the bush presidency within one of the reasons he will be regarded as a failure with respect to his handling of the economy the federal b

common during the primaries, and they were going the rounds states and we are going to get rid of nafta and get rid of all this free trade nonsense and that scared us because obviously the kind of political consensus for free trade has always been very fragile. and then we looked at what was happening with the currency and just the explosion in the amount of money that has been treated and are there has a wonderful graft in one of his most recent economic analyses that shows what the money supply is increased by-- how much? >> a little over 100%. >> more money creation in the last six months then perhaps the last 60 years. that certainly scared us because we believed in the old-fashioned milton friedman idea that inflation is simply too many dollars chasing too few goods and i agree with you peter that money creation is a real scary thing and i'm worried about inflation too. then we could see what was happening with spending and debt and again this didn't start with barack obama. this started actually under george bush. if you look at what happened under the bush presidency, one of the

i am unemployed now, thanks to all the republican shenanigans and nafta agreement clinton got bulldogto signing all i were, like, ross perot said they all went overseas. my point, when i get a lump on my breast, which are likely well, what will i do? the craziest thing is i will go to a bank and hand them a note and say give me all of your money and wait on the ground and wheat so i can go to a federal prison and had my cancer treated. >> guest: let me respond to the republicans vote like republicans and democrats would like democrats. to that i would say thank goodness. when people go to the polls to vote for people who have the same philosophical bent that we do, but we -- we see issues all the time that are very much philosophical and republicans to think in a free market way and democrats look to a government solution for all problems. and so there is no doubt the two parties have philosophical differences, and very frankly the strength of this country comes from the debate between the two. neither party wins 100% of the time and the pendulum swings back and forth in the country.