buddhists call a nirvana.ldn't write a book about nirvana or heaven on earth or christal conscience. i called it "super rich." the state of needing nothing. the book is about that kind of conscious. mine may not be as good as his. different people are giving different messages with the same as per, asame hopes and desires and all have different ways of going about it and different voices. this is just another voice. >> i know you're accessible and you're very approachable, but people do see russell simmons and they think, he's a mega guy. he's huge. how can you tell me i can operate with nothing? >> if you read the book it will stick. written in such a way that people can digest this idea of operating from abundance with the greatest -- that work itself is the prayer and there's no payment, sounds like a lot, but so many rich friends are suffering, rich, in terms of world fame and so many people who don't have a lot who are happy, and we're only here to be happy. >> what should be at the root of someone's heav

a veritable labor market nirvana. but full employment does not mean the unemployment rate is zero. that's because there will always be some level of joblessness as people move from one position to another. so, economists say full employment means an unemployment rate probably closer to 4%, 5% or even 6%. whatever it is, right now the u.s. is a long way from it. and some experts question whether we'll see it again. economist joe davis says we will-- eventually. >> there are more americans unemployed as of this morning than there are employed in the entire state of california. so, it's the entire state of california effectively looking for work. so, by that metric it will just take some time before you get back to more reasonable pre- recessionary job levels. >> reporter: but, business cycle expert lakshman achuthan says the problem is more complicated than replacing the eight million jobs lost in the recession. he says the economy is suffering from structural unemployment, meaning some workers may never get their old jobs back. >> what you have there is big mismatch of the skills th

. >>> i have to tell you, everybody talks about how great nirvana was, but they sucked. i >>- q. i liked the -- >> i liked it. >> are they being too sensitive. >> it is all hearsay. unless i am in the room witnessing the pat down, i can't give you an opinion. we now pat downs are awkward and invasive. it is an easy way to avoid them. go through the scaner. it is not that difficult. >> people are worried it may show their naughty bits. and then they would end up on the web. >> we have a scaner right here. >> you i'm person nate a standing wand. >> i do. >> father, -- >> wait. before you ask the question because it can be dangerous, i have a solution. i have some friend and they are robot. we could employ them and they sit around and ask all sorts of questions for me. we could employ them with the tsa. >> good point. they could do work there and people would feel comfortable. >> by the way, in five years they will be doing it. father, i know it is the same robots you do. are two on three different -- well, sexual assault. they are deaf yents. they should have no right to ask questi

so nirvana comes to an end but it has been nice. >> thank you, tom. >> see you later. bye bye. >>> congress expected to continue the debate. and getting attention tonight congressman john shimkis from illinois argued against climate change and cited the bible in doing so. he says there's nothing to worry about because the bible says he won't use climate change to destroy the earth. he represents the 19th district. they are active members of the lutheran church in collinsville, illinois. >>> in tonight's photos of the day segment, a local soldier killed in afghanistan honored by his hometown. >> take a look at tonight's photos of the day. >>> all soldiers are heros. he's a hero for doing what he was doing. he loved being a soldier. >> we honor those past and present and those still in harm's way. it allows us to stay free and do what we do. >>> the message is a simple one. it's a simple one of thanks. thanks for all that you've done for us. you have made all of our lives better because of yourselves and what you have done. you are un

buddhist calls it nirvana. i couldn't write a book about that or heaven on earth.e i wrote a book of super rich, because that's a state of needing nothing. it's operating from abundance. my audience might not be the same at deepak chopra. they have the same hopes, desires, right? they all have different ways of going about it and different voices. this is just another voice. >> i know you're very accessible and approachable, but people see russell simmons and think he's a megaguy. he's huge. how can he tell me i can operate with nothing? >> if you read the book, it will stick. it's written in such a twha people can digest this idea that operating from abundance and that work itself is the prayer and that there's no payment. this sounds like a lot, but i have so many rich friends that are suffering rich in terms of worldly things, and so many people who don't have a lot who are happy. we are only here to be happy. >> what should be at the root of someone's happiness? >> a peaceful state. you know, there's a lot of discussion about meditation in there. when the mind

we're not going to be able to simply spend our way to nur vana and we simply can't flash their way to nirvanave been spending way too much. but the public is going to know, particularly on the state level that we've discussed before like with unemployment insurance running out, that their real life ramifications of some of this slashing. i think he has to use the bully pull pit to say there's some smart things we can do to cut and there's some dumb things to do which we can avoid. >> the latest polling shows that the american public is pretty split on the job performance, the approval there. look at that. 47%, 47%. that's pretty even there. do you think white house officials look at that and say considering this terrible economy, that they're lucky to have numbers even that good? >> yeah. i think they look at history, look at reagan and clinton and other presidents at this time, this is comparable. not a lot better, but certainly not a lot worse than folks. and they also say look at those same people are saying about congress. >> it could have been worse. >> knock on wood for that if you're i

so if we just cut it back, we will return to some kind of a nirvana. the question that i think is important to ask that we almost never ask in this town because it is considered elitist or snobbish if you do it, which is, what is the public's run about the policy and in fact legitimately concerned about the consequences and the reality of what's going on in the face of a recession that could turn into the depression that people think t.a.r.p. is a bad idea, does that mean washington should not in a good? hats off to george w. bush for doing what has to be done any crisis in spite of its unpopularity and his party in his country. whatever the problems with it, it was a massive success. i would say the same horrors the stimulus and ironically if you're going to criticize that is because it's small, not too large. same for the auto company bailout. and you can apply that than to the new agenda. well, how are we going to produce more jobs and economic growth in the short term. because if we don't get growth going come you can't deal with it by cutting spen

if we put it back, we will return to some kind of nirvana. with almost never ask this. it is considered elitist. what did the public is wrong about the policy and legitimately concerned about the consequences of what is going on in the face of a recession that could turn into a depression. hats off to george w. bush for doing what had to be done in a crisis despite of the unpopularity. i would say the same for the stimulus. you are going to criticize that it is because it is too small and and and and not too large. the same for the auto company bailout. you can apply that city new agenda. how will we produce new jobs? if we do not get growth going, you cannot cut spending. it will overwhelm any savings from spending alone. one of the sad thing is is that they a party coming in now is articulating an agenda that is not have a chance of doing anything about the problems that are consuming the american public right now. he talked about the desire of the public for people in congress working together. i think that reflects a basic ceiling they have always had. they like to

really the cause of all these problems, so if we just cut it back we will return to some kind of nirvana. the question that i think it is important to ask, that we almost never asked in this town because it is considered elitist or snobbish if you do it -- what if the public is wrong about the policy, and in fact legitimately concerned about the consequences and the reality of what is going on? in the face of the recession that could turn into depression, if the people think tarp is a bad idea, does that mean washington should not enact it? hats off to george w. bush for doing what had to be done in a crisis, in spite of its own popularity in his party and his country. whatever the problems with it, it is a massive success. i would say the same for the stimulus. ironically, if you are going to criticize that it is because it is too small, not too large. the same for the auto company bailouts. you can apply that to the new agenda. how are we going to produce more jobs and real economic growth in the short term? because if we do not get growth going, you cannot deal with anything, because

we should have called it anywhere -- nirvana. it's where the federal government is operating. i think it's effective january. it is growing. it's growing faster in other states. i don't actually know -- i'm going to refer you to richard, my colleague, but we do expect, you know, that the curve is going to continue upwards and we'll see enrollment really grow. >> did you say that's the high risk pool? >> yes. >> what's the consumer information to make sure all the data is out there and they'll use it in >> that's part of the trick to healthcare.gov. we're constantly modifying healthcare.gov. we've having a big meeting next week looking at the navigational things and how to guide people through it, but i think, like i said now when the world is so unstandardized, it's always going to be a super, super challenge. i think the consumer assistance that one-on-one assistance will help with that, and as we measure some of these things and can get a better idea of what's happening out there with this variation and what that's all about, and then we set health plan standards and market

so if we just cut it back, we will return to some kind of nirvana.the question that i think it's important to ask that we almost never ask in this town because it's considered elitist or snobbish if you do it which is, what if public's wrong about the policy and, in fact, legitimately concerned about the consequences and can the reality of what's going on? in the face of a recession that could turn into the depression if people think t.a.r.p. is a bad idea, does that mean washington should not enact it? hats off to george w. bush for doing what had to be done in the crisis in spite of its unpop popularity in the his party and his country. whatever the problems with it, it's a massive success. i would say the same for the stimulus, and ironically if you're going to criticize that, it's because it's too small, not too large. the same for the auto company bailouts. and you can apply that, then, to the new agenda. well, how are we going to produce more jobs and real economic growth in the short term? if we don't get growth going, you can't deal with it b

if we just cut it back, we will return to some kind of nirvana. the question that is important to ask that we almost never asked because it is considered the lead- -- elitist, it is what if the public is wrong? in the face of a recession that could turn into a depression, if the people think tarp is a bad idea, does that mean washington should not inactive? hats off to george w. bush for doing what had to be done in a crisis, despite of -- with -- despite of its on popularity. whatever the problems, it is a massive success. i would say the same for the stimulus. ironically, if you are going to criticize that, it is because it is too small, not too large. if the same for the auto company bailouts. you can apply that to the new agenda. how will we produced more jobs and real economic growth in the short-term? if we do not get growth going, if you cannot deal with it by cutting spending because the decline in revenues from low growth will overwhelm any savings from cutting spending alone. that is the kind of talk we are not getting, and one of the re