obama's health care reform. romney is not pulling any pup. s. >> if obama care is not deemed constitutional then the first three and a half years of this president's termhave been wasted on something that has not helped the american people. if it is deemed to stand, then i'll tell you one thing. with have to have a president and i'm that one who will get rid of obama care. >> the president defended his health care reform law during a swing through the south and then he went on at offensive before a crowd in atlanta. the president pounded on romney's record going after him on jobs and the economy. obama accused romney and the gop of giving breaks to the wealthy while ignoring the needs of the poor and middle class. >> i do not think that a $250,000 tax break for me or mr. romney, he would get a little more, he would get more than i do. , i don't think that is more important than us hering outstanding teachers. i don't think that will help our economy grow more than us investing in cures for alzheimer's or cancer. >> right now, polls show the race between president obama and romney is a dead heat with about four months to go before election day. and it w

lights out of him every chance they get, and if obama is reelected, he will probably not come for a second term. there has not been an attorney general seezus bonked out of him m in memory. some of t them deserved it, like gonzal, and some of them didn't -- >> depending on thr party. >> no, not depending on their party. john ashcroft took a hell of a beating and end up looking have a decent -- halfway decent. this not a job for ninnnies. no matter what you decide, you will have us beating you up often without hesitation. >> what about the fast anand furious situation? >> look, i think holder sent a letter in which he offered to personally negegotiate and get a lot away. i don't know if that is acceptable to the republicans -- >> they at don't want to find compromise. >> they might or might not. again, it depends on a party spirit if they are republicans th don't want to compromise. i think he will probably get a dealarly next week. >> colby you have been in the national security fifield. what do you make of this? >> the leaks are disturbing, not only the ones with talked about and republicans are mad about but even my own newspaper the

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s tom fitzgerald with the story tonight. >> reporter: returning once again to ohio president obama headed to a community college in cleveland. >> and i ask you to stand with me for a second terms president. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: in an official campaign event the president gave a lengthy speech declaring the economy is headed in the right direction. >> we acted fast. our economy started growing again six months after i took office and it has continued to grow for the last three years. >> reporter: but the president unleashed some of his sharpest remarks yet at governor mitt romney saying he's recycling economic policies which helped cause the recession. >> if they win the election, their agenda will be simple and straightforward. they have spelled it out. they promise to roll back regulations on banks and polluters, on insurance companies and oil companies. >> reporter: but the president did not have ohio to himself. >> now you may have heard that president obama is on the other side of the state. >> reporter: in cincinnati mitt romney blasted the president for an uptick in unemployment last month and a still stagnant economy. >> he may have forgotten he talke

s on earth. holding a nationally televised press availability with the white house press corps. this sort of day for president obama is the day in the life of a sitting u.s. president, and in competitive terms for the campaign, it's hard to compete with those optics if you're the guy in the pie shop campaigning against the president. that is the way these things go. everybody who campaigns against an incumbent president has this particular challenge. globally, of course, the context for president obama's speech today was not just the international economic turbulence that hat everybody on edge and which the g-20 leaders make their joint declaration today, but the pressing media was also what is going on in the middle east, the wild rumors on whether or not the oust ed dictator of egypt, hosni mubarak, has died. we'll have more on that. also the news and negotiations over another arab world revolution that is still under way. when president obama sat down yesterday for a two-hour meeting with vladimir putin of russia, as often happens at these types of events, there was all this press-based high-end new aunlsed scrutiny and speculation about things like their body language. what it meant tha

s. first term of george bush's congratulations and then that's just continued in the obama year where'sow we're seeing republicans and democrats disagreeing about more and more not just policy debates but mored values about how things operate. host: there's a chart here about where partisan are the largest. see if we can walk them through it. 1987 the years. the lighter shade here is 19827 darker shade is present. social safety net. the idea on top of the list. exactly what are we saying here? guest: survey asks how committed people are to the idea the government o has a responsibility to help people that have fallen through the cracks in one way or another. this sal ways divide republicans and democrats at the core of political debate in this country. on the set of questions that cove this. republicans and dlem cat where is 23% apart. the republicans. that's widened now to a 41 percentage point difference between republicans and democrats. clear's and deepest divide. >> huge area in the area of environment. >> that's unwith of the remarkable ones. as recent as 20 years ago there was no

mid 2000's, a first term of torched of the bush's administration 1 democrats and republicans started to get farther and farther apart in their views and that has continued and continued in the obamayears were now we see republicans and democrats disagreeing about more and more, not just policy debates but broader values. >> there is a chart here about where partisan divisions are the largest. it talks about 1987 or verses today. the lighter shade here is a 1987, the darker shade is the present. the idea of a social safety net on top of the list, what are you saying here? guest: the survey asked a series of questions about how the government has a responsibility to help people can't take care of their cells or have fallen to the claque -- or have fallen to the cracks. this has always divided republicans and democrats and as a core of political debate in this country. on the set of questions that cover this, republicans and democrats are about 23% apart. that is -- that has widened and white and to a 41% difference between republicans and democrats. that is the clearest and deepest divides. host: a huge division in terms of the environment. >> that is remarkable. as u.s. 20 years a

obama is elected to a second term. thank you, god bless you, and god bless our troops. i love this state, i look forward to coming back. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. the s up for your appearance here tonight and to give you your inspiring keynotes. carolina. if you are a good enough students to consider applying to the university of north carolina, your knowledge of geography is enough to remember where you got this basket. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you, senator. i love coming to north carolina. i love coming to the south. i did call a general one i companies the mason-dixon line. i know i'm not a real general, but thank you for calling me that. [applause] >> tomorrow, executive director for the center for community change looking at the impact of president obama's announcement at the u.s. to starting supporting and given work permits to young illegal immigrants. we discussed the republican party efforts to win the african-american vote. ken wallace talks about his book air force one, a history of presidents and their planes. >> this was held thursday and friday of washington, d.c. among the speakers he criticized president obama. he

s booktv. david sanger analyzes how the obama administration has handled new foreign threats. in the great destroyer, barack obama's were on the republic, david limbaugh presents his thoughts on president obama's first termin office. a columnist for "the new york times" examines the political influence texas has on the united states in as texas goes. how the lone star state hijacked the american agenda. political columnist and lawyer linda hirschman recounts the history of the gay rights movement in victory, the triumphant day revolution. how he despised minority push back beat and download and change america for everyone. former member of the maryland house of delegates presents a memoir of his father, sergeant stryker. anthony bieber provides a comprehensive account of world war ii. in chris christie come the inside story of his rise to power, bob engle and michael simon explores the life and career of the new jersey governor. look for these titles and book stores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. >> here is a quick look at some of the upcoming book fairs and festivals around the country. on june 4 -- 05, we will be in new york city. this will feat

obama's debt boom." and i'll just quote a few lines from this editorial in "the wall street journal." it says that the c.b.o.'s long-term budget outlook notes that federal debt held by the dpush and that's the part we have to pay back -- will surge to 70% of the economy by the end of this year, which is the highest in the history of the country, except during world war i i. i think that's about $49,000 or $50,000 photographer man, woman, and child in the united states. and they point out under the present trend, the debt will hit 90% of g.d.p. by 2022 and then balloons to 109% by 2026. now, what -- what does this mean in practical terms? well, here's a -- a quotation from the "wall street journal" about the c.b.o. projections. quote -- "we have never been deficit goals preferring to focus on the more important policy priorities of economic growth and spending restraint, but the obama era is taking america to a place it has never been. inside of a decade, the country will have a debt-to-g.d.p. ratio well to the 90% to 100% danger zone where economists say the economy begins to slow and risks mount." and c.b.o. notes that