>> peter orzag, the budget chief who is leaving and also dr. christina romer, as you pointed out, who heads up his-- is the chairman of his council of economic advisors, have bog, isly said raising taxes at this point isn't helpful. and where i disagree with the president is the notion of somehow not extending the '01, and '03 tax cuts for everybody along the line. the president is basically saying, we're going to do the class envy play. and i say, ultimately, you know, you look at 94% of small businesses that file under the individual tax rate, this is going to have an adverse impact on them. i just don't think the president's approach so far has created environment where companies want to get in and invest. and i think he would be well served and we all would be well served if he changed his position and said we're going to extend those and make those more predictable for everybody. >> ifill: what peter orzag said is they should be extended for two years and then ended? >> that's right. >> ifill: the president has also proposed kind of a-- th

budget director peter orzag left his post last summer along with kristina will mer. of the original obama economic group timothy geithner is the only one expected to remain. >>> well, a well known pastor of a mega church is facing allegations of sexual misconduct tonight. all new at 5:30, bishop eddie long is accused of using his power and influence to prey on young man. >>> and it is national child passenger safety week. we got tips on the right way to install and use that booster seat to keep our kids safe. >>> we've all dodged a potholes or two in the plorm area but how much are these neglected roads costing drivers? we have the answer coming up. >>> stormy weather in the forecast. stick around for the details coming up. bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for

and peter orzag gone already and christina romer is also gone. >>> equal pay for equal work. a mantra that for decades has been part of the american dream but a report released today in washington shows that closing the waging gap between men and women still has a long way to go. here's abc's tj winick. >> reporter: this was the less than enthusiastic assessment of one expert on women in the workplace. >> women are stuck. despite decades of efforts to create opportunities for advancement, deep inequities persist. >> reporter: exhibit a, the pay gap. according to a new report by the government accountability office it narrowed by two cents from 2000 to 2007, female managers now earning 81 cents for every male counter part's dollar. that is compared to 79 cents before 2000. >> more women are gaining education, we're closing the education gap but not closing the pay gap. >> reporter: while having children contributes somewhat to the discrepancy childless women still make less than men and researchers can't figure out exactly why. >> prejudices that exist are based on ideas that

we've seen that this week with peter orzag coming out and even saying you should consider this as a compromisewhat do you think? >> it's obviously a polarized environment right now. i think waiting until thla

summers is the third member of the president's economic team to resign in recent weeks following peter orzag and kristina romer. a u.s. army major accused of murdering 13 people at fort hood, connecticut man accused of trying to blow up times square. the secretary of homeland security will detail how home grown terror is harder to detect and more likely to succeed. janet napolitano will testify how the internet may be helping to increase radicalization here in the u.s. president obama arrives at the united nations today. traffic alert. tomorrow, he addresses the general assembly pushing for tough new sanctions against iran and north korea. much of that speech is apparently going to be a response to yesterday's comments by that guy, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. he promised a war without end for countries that interfere with iran's goal. >> that's good. >> the site of the proposed mosque near ground zero now hosting weekly prayer services. hundreds of worshippers have been visiting the building despite safety hazards. "the new york post" reports that city inspectors have cited holes

peter orzag would put the white house in striking distance of balancing the budget, which you may remembering tea partiers claim to value most. if the republicans do hit the president in 2012 for increasing the deficit, they will not have larry summers to kick around anymore. the director of the national economic council, a top obama adviser and a bane to progressive announced he will go back and do whatever he used to do. >>> let's bring in msnbc howard fineman for "newsweek" magazine, that's right, and soon to be senior editor at the huffington post. good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> how are the tax cut battles going in each chamber? >> i'm here in new york but i'm calling and e-mailing back to d.c. i'm not entirely sure this is going to be a profile in courage for the democrats. >> surprise. >> it sounds like a profile in painful caution. i was talking to leaders -- leaderships in both house and senate tonight. the way i understand it, the democrats in the house don't want to go first because of the famous conservative blue dogs. okay. here we go again. the conservative blue d

remember the budget director, peter orzag said let's do a deal. it's the only politically possible thing. i'd say right now a one or two extension of all the tax cuts despite the fact the president drew a line in the sand and said we can't afford that. >> pat buchanan, your portfolio is safe for the next year or two. >> i gasped watching you on television yesterday. >> you gasped. what was the problem? >> the hooting. >> the hooting about christine o'donnell. >> i got back from dover, the big party and i was a little excited. >> pat, there will be a lot of democrats and we've already heard it on the hill. i know you heard it, too, saying, why can't he start talking about this a year and a half ago instead of health care. why didn't he talk about the r&d tax credits. barack obama has finally gotten where mike barnacle was saying he should have been a year and a half ago. is it too late or does he have two months to send the message, i'm pro business, i'll do whatever it takes to create jobs. >> i think he helped himself a bit by the one thing the t

more extensive comments this morning from peter orzag from the op-ed page of "the new york times." democrats line from florida. good morning. andrew, turn the volume down and please go ahead, please. caller: i believe the democrats does better in the economy. simply because republicans believe you can borrow your way out of these troubles and not pay back and that is what got us into the deficit in the first place. the democrats at least are trying to pay for what they are doing. the second thing. i heard somebody talking about ms. palin. any person who says the n-word ok to use it not a person you can trust. host: we will go on the republican line from houston, texas. e.j. is joining us. good morning. caller: i would like to start by saying that i think barack obama is a great corridor and give it some good speeches but as far as -- orator gives great speeches, but as far as administrator he is an aristocrat, it is his way or the highway. we need republicans in their to insist on checks and balances. host: from "the new york daily news." signing some of his critics treat him like

president's top economic adviser announcing he's going to be leaving after the midterms, that follows peter orzage tim geithner. and this shows that the white house realizes while larry summers was planning to go back to harvard, that they're going to have to make changes comes out of these midterm elections because that frustration has not gone away and it's palpable among the supporters. >> one of the other things this morning is this new book from bob woodward which paints a lot of arguments about the war in afghanistan. it's called obama's war, the president looking for a way out of afghanistan. any reaction from the white house at this point? >> i've been e-mailing with top aides since 5:00 a.m. this morning, and so far, they're not offering any comment. i had one top aide saying, do you have a copy of the book? basically, are you seeing the full context here? and we've got to admit we don't have the book yet. it's leaking out in the "washington post" and "new york times," but it's out there already and this white house cooperated in some extent with this book, the president interviewed top

peter orzag who many of you know was part of the obama administration wrote an article in the "new york times" about the bush tax cuts. he is back today with a column about the health care plan for colleges if you're interested in reading. and he says that he will be focusing on this issue of medicaid and the costs of health care in his upcoming columns as well. writing in the "new york times" this morning. also, about the food safety bill that many of you are watching in the senate. there's a story this morning in the "new york times," senate bill addressing food safety is stalled. recalls focused on two-year effort. also, this is the "washington post" book world. ten years of the national book festival. and c-span will be there this upcoming weekend on the maul for the ten-year -- mall for the ten-year anniversary. the "new york times" best selling list, freedom tops the list for fiction. and david limbaugh tops the list for crimes against liberty. he was a guest on friday. go to c-span.org to see that interview. california, william, good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to say

more extensive comments this morning from peter orzag from the op-ed page of "the new york times." democrats line from florida. good morning. andrew, turn the volume down and please go ahead, please. caller: i believe the democrats does better in the economy. simply because republicans believe you can borrow your way out of these troubles and not pay back and that is what got us into the deficit in the first place. the democrats at least are trying to pay for what they are doing. the second thing. i heard somebody talking about ms. palin. any person who says the n-word ok to use it not a person you can trust. host: we will go on the republican line from houston, texas. e.j. is joining us. good morning. caller: i would like to >> we will now go live to the brookings institute. it is on the military modernization of ndf. -- of india. this is live coverage just getting under way. >> the topic is peace, not just in south asia, but in asia as a whole. also it is important because of the extraordinary experience and expertise of the two authors. the two panelists are cruise on south asia

more extensive comments this morning from peter orzag from the op-ed page of "the new york times." democrats line from florida. good morning. andrew, turn the volume down and please go ahead, please. caller: i believe the democrats does better in the economy. simply because republicans believe you can borrow your way out of these troubles and not pay back and that is what got us into the deficit in the first place. the democrats at least are trying to pay for what they are doing. the second thing. i heard somebody talking about ms. palin. any person who says the n-word ok to use it not a person you can trust. host: we will go on the republican line from houston, texas. e.j. is joining us. good morning. caller: i would like to start by saying that i think barack obama is a great corridor and give it some good speeches but as far as -- orator gives great speeches, but as far as administrator he is an aristocrat, it is his way or the highway. we need republicans in their to insist on checks and balances. host: from "the new york daily news." signing some of his critics treat him like