. >> national public radio went looking for one of these fictitious millionaire job creators.h no luck. job creators are like unicorns and possible fine and don't exist. >> kimberly: wow! >> greg: do you need any more evidence that the democratic party is the party of intolerance, to deny the existence of unicorns goes beyond simple intolerance but traffics in pure hate speech. anyway, i could point out also that reid said there is no jobs created by millionaire is flat doodle. yes, i said it. given that reid based it on npr research. without the government, national public radio host would be all working at thrift stores, boring you with stories about their cats that don't even like them. look to npr for facts on capitalism, looking to protesters for advice on hygiene. remember that reid sides with the president who stated that unemployment benefit create more jobs than building a pipeline. think about that. entitlement shown to extend joblessness has more job than a project that requires workers. who the hell believes in unicorns? poor harry, frozen in 1956 and thawed out to

and television programs including the macneil-lehrer rorkts the "nbc nightly news," cnn and national public radio. he's lace family fan. -- also a family man. married to his wife shirley for 44 years, they are one of the most admired and respected couples in l.a. and the proud parents of their son khalil. their partnership represents and alliance based on love, respect, family and friends. and they're also very generous with their success. over the past 20 years they've donate. ed and raised millions of dollars for scholarships for college-bound students, particularly african-american students and students going to their favorite institution, florida a and m university, which bestowed an honorary doctorate to bernard. recently the kinseys have also become known for the collection of african-american art, boorkss and manuscripts that document the story of the african-american community. it's called the -- called the kinsey collection, shared treasures of bernard and shirley kinsey, where art and history intersect. it's been on tour to six city as -- cities and opened at the national museum of amer

[applause] is a commentator for national public radio's morning edition. he has written noert "new york times", the los angeles times and several magazines. his work has won the spirit of the west award as well as the colorado book award. the book, house of rain, is craig's latest book. please help me welcome craig childs. . >> hello. i come to you from out of the desert. i'm coming to you from a landscape where once you get an eye for things, 3 grains of sand out of place draw your attention, where everything is brought to bear, where everything is hinged to a story, every drop of rain leaving a dimple in the ground. stories are everywhere out in this landscape. when you walk down into the bottom of the narrow canyons made of sandstone and you put your hands on the sand stone faces and the smooth shallow scallops that look like champagne glasses, you can feel the shape of the last flood that came through. every place in the desert is a story. every place is a passage way. it's really hard to walk very far in the desert for me because there are so many sto

those are words of tamara keith who reported on national public radio that said this bill was held hostage by senate democrats. and she said finally the hostages have been released. again, those are not my words. those are the words of national public radio. and so some people wanted me to say it. i decided not to say it myself but when i heard it earlier i couldn't help but say it. that's the reason that i am looking across the chamber right now at 3,000 pages, 3,000 pages stacked this high right next to the distinguished ranking minority member of the committee on rules right across the aisle from the distinguished ranking member of the committee on appropriations, mr. dicks. and, mr. speaker, we've had to waive the three-deleover requirement because, -- three-day layover requirement because, according to n.p.r., we had this conference report held hostage. now that we've gotten here i will say because i am not ecstatic with every measure in it and i know that mr. dicks is not ecstatic with every measure and i know ms. slaughter is not ecstatic with every measure in here. we are here beca

jonah goldberg, and mara liasson, national political correspondent of national public radio.dicated columnist charles krauthammer. mara, explain for folks out there, the payroll tax cut extension, has been tied -- the republican tied it to the keystone xl pipeline approval. there isn't a standoff. the white house pushed back and said no, it won't fly. essentially, we have another government shutdown looming friday at midnight. >> there are two things that are at issue. the payroll tax cut, which expires at the end of the year. the president wants that extended. that is what they want to pay for with decision on the pipeline. this is one thing. the other issue that you heard speaker boehner talk about is an omnibus spending bill to fund the government after friday. once again, here we are again, am looing government shutdown. the president wants to use, get as much leverage as he can to get the payroll tax cut extended so he is trying to hold up. the omnibus spending bill saying we should do -- nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. do all the business of congress

host: we wallop, marilyn geewax national public radio. -- we welcome marilyn geewax national public radio. guest: weekly numbers can be pretty volatile, but this is a good number. anything below 400,000 is pretty good. it means that the job market is picking up. it is the best number we have seen in a long time, and the trend line has been good. that certainly does not mean -we are out of the huge hole we have dug with unemployment, but it is a good number. host: more jobs are being traded and the circumstances with the economy -- guest: it looks like a certain amount of -- we have stopped the big job losses and we're starting to gain some jobs. the trend is good, the hole is very, very deep. this is the kind of number you are hoping to dig your way out. host: your organization and the kaiser family foundation put out a survey on the unemployed and the underemployed. what was the purpose? guest: we wanted to get a profile of who are the long-term unemployed. the way we define it is people who have been out of work for more than a year, and

mara liasson from national public radio. and liz cheney, and fox news analyst juan williams. last night's debate, all of the cand dastes went after newt gingrich. despite the speakers promise to be positive he went back at them quickly. your read. >> i thought he did well. there is a question does the bad newt come out and the guy who looks in the mirror and sees charles degaulle. he kept a sense of humor and deflected the attacks and i thought his answer on the personal one about his marriages was very effective and asking for forgiveness and he will find that the voters honor that and that will not be an issue. i think he held up well so far. >> chris: you think mara, they got him on the k-street connection and man dates? >> i don't think so. i think that all week we have heard about newt's problems and there are tons of them and the republican voters so far seem to be absorbing that and discounting that. and i think that one of the charges against him a career politician he had a good come back to romney. you tried to be one and would have been if you hadn't lost to ted ke

joining me lloyd webber, msnbc political analyst, general saki and from national public radio white house correspondent ari shapiro. president obama seeking to ring a final bell on the war in iraq there. the thing that struck me is he was reminding us of that day when saddam hussain was toppled which seems a long time ago. one thing to focus on is the question of veterans returning home. the unemployment rate for veterans is 11.1%. the other staggering figure is that veterans account for one in five suicides in the united states. we have some estimates from the veterans administration that says 18 veterans kill themselves daily. we talk about the wars and the amnesia for what is happening overseas but here at home it is not clear what is happening to veterans when they return back stateside. >> it is scarier for veterans under the age of 25 where the unemployment rate is 30%. and when we are talking about 1%. 1% of americans serve in the military and have done something for their country they are coming back home there should be sacrifice from us going how can we help? it's that 1% that a

a report from a national public radio are saying doctors are seeing more children with soup burns.he problem is, the boiling water that you pour into the cups to cook the noosdzs can easily spill over. a group is working with manufacturers to fix the product design. >>> going totally wrong, sending the cannon. the show was filming when it happened. the cannon was supposed to go you through barrels of water. but it clearly missed its target. >> the roof up there. you can see all the roof tiles are demolished. >> okay. some other homes and a car in the neighborhood were also damaged. resident says it sounded like a loud boom when the cannon ball hit. no one was hurt. that's the good fortune there. >> just shows the -- hope the insurance pays up. because they will be paying out now. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >> conspirator paul schurick. what does this guilty verdict ,, -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside

national public radio spoke with the health care economist for the conservative american enterprise institute it comes to medicare we've had a series of cuts year after year, decade after decade. so governor romney's statement also fails to fit the facts, that's the republican season. the president for his part, recently talked to "60 minutes" and that interview aired last night. listen to what he said he thinks republicans have been up to lately. >> i think that when i came into office in 2008, it was my firm belief that at such an important moment in our history there was no reason why democrats and republicans couldn't put some of the old ideological baggage aside and focus on common sense, what works, practical solutions to the tough problems we were facing. and i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what? we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy is going to get worse and at some point just blame him. >> now, that's a popular talking point for democrats these days, but i

national public radio spoke with the health care economist for the conservative american enterprise institute it comes to medicare we've had a series of cuts year after year, decade after decade. so governor romney's statement also fails to fit the facts, that's the republican side. the president for his part, recently talked to "60 minutes" and that interview aired last night. listen to what he said he thinks republicans have been up to lately. >> i think that when i came into office in 2008, it was my firm belief that at such an important moment in our history there was no reason why democrats and republicans couldn't put some of the old ideological baggage aside and focus on common sense, what works, practical solutions to the tough problems we were facing. and i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what? we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy is going to get worse and at some point just blame him. >> now, that's a popular talking point for democrats these days, but it'

mara liasson from national public radio. lespie and kirsten powers, col upist for th the dy beast website. ed, you were also the former chairman of the national republican party. what is your best guess, where does the cain support go? >> well, i think that newt gingrich is probably the likely beneficiary and we are seeing that. i think we have been seeing it for at least a week now, maybe a little more. but i would not be surprised to see a santorum boomlet as well. i sense from some of my conservative friends and i was listening to mark levin's radio show on friday and he was talking about rick santorum and michele bachmann. i don't discount the possibility that you see a little bump for rick santorum especially in iowa. >> chris: i was going to say and those of us who cover it know that iowa has 99 counties 99 santorum has been in all of them. that is an accomplishment right there. byron, you been on the campaign trail following a lot of these folks. what is your sense of what cain's decline and now dropping out does to th

paul gigot, mara liasson from national public radio.mer state department official liz cheney and fox news political analyst juan williams. last night's debate i think it is fair to say that all of the candidates went after the new frontrunner newt gingrich. tee spite the speaker's promises to be relentlessly positive he went back at them pretty quickly. your read on the debate? >> i thought he did well. there is always a question with newt gingrich does the bad newt come out, the condescending newt, the guy who looks in the mirror and sees charles degall. he avoided that. i thought he deflected some of the attacks and had a good answer for most of them. i thought his answer in particular on the one about his marriage was very effective asking for forgiveness and i think that he will find that the voters i think honor that and that is not going to become an issue in the future. so, i think he held up pretty well so far. >> chris: do youing think, mara, that they scuffed him up and some of the other issues, the k strt connection, the mand

paul gigot, mara liasson from national public radio. former state department official liz cheney and fox news political analyst juan williams. last night's debate i think it is fair to say that all of the candidates went after the new frontrunner newt gingrich. tee spite the speaker's promises to be relentlessly positive he went back at them pretty quickly. your read on the debate? >> i thought he did well. there is always a question with newt gingrich does the bad newt come out, the condescending newt, the guy who looks in the mirror and sees charles degall. he avoided that. i thought he deflected some of the attacks and had a good answer for most of them. i thought his answer in particular on the one about his marriage was very effective asking for forgiveness and i think that he will find that the voters i think honor that and that is not going to become an issue in the future. so, i think he held up pretty well so far. >> chris: do youing think, mara, that they scuffed him up and some of the other issues, the k street connection, th

street journal and also host of journal editorial report on fox news channel, marah liason from national public radio official liz cheney and fox news political analyst juan williams. last night's debate i think it is fair to say all of the candidates went after the new front runner newt gingrich. despite the speaker's promises to be leentlessly positive he went back at them really quickly. your read on the debate? >> there's always a question for newt gingrich. he avoided that he kept a sense of humor thought he deflected some of the attacks and he had a good answer for all of them i thought the personal one about his marriage was effective asking for forgiveness. he is going to find the voters may honor that and that won't become an issue in the future. i think he held up pretty well so far. >> you think they stepped him up on some of the other issues the k street connection? >> i don't think so. all week we heard about newt's problems there are ton ofs them. he had a lot of baggage they seemed to be absorbing that. >> he had a good come back you tried to be a career politician you would have been

because i was a foreign correspondent for a number of years for national public radio. to be honest, i saw a lot of religion at its worst, covering suicide bombings, scandals involving in catholic church. i was not particularly predisposed toward religion. but i did have these spiritual yearnings. that's what i was trying to satisfy. >> suarez: you're trying to do something, i think, very difficult in this book which is write seriously about the content of various faiths not your own but also keep it light. >> right. >> suarez: flirtations. they really are flirtations. >> chester ton said the good of a good religion is whether we can make fun of it. i think there's something to that. nowhere is it written that religion and spirituality have to be so dour and serious. look at the dalai lama one of the most respected religious leaders in the world and he has an incredibly infectious laugh. this is a joyful being. i did approach it with a light touch but i took the journey seriously. they are flirtations in the sense that i was trying to test out very various religions. if