does agree to these rules, the traveling press corps that does go with the president on these tripsbrian. >> on this big day of economic news domestically as we said. chuck todd, savannah guthrie, our two white house correspondents from the north lawn tonight. thanks to you both. >>> now more on this jobs report. a closer look at what these weak november numbers mean. our friend diane swank is standing by, a chief economist with us from chicago tonight. diane, if i asked you to find good news in a bad number, could you? >> it would be hard, but there is some good news out there. the only good news is we're generating jobs. not enough jobs to accommodate those coming into the labor force let alone re-employ those who already lost their jobs for more than six months, most of them during the height of the crisis. there are some signs that those people who have just lost their jobs are finding jobs a little bit faster. that's i guess a sliver of hope out there. but we know that, of course, a lot of people have given up entirely on their job search. when they come back in, these unemploy

but to the surprise of everyone in the press corps, on a moment's notice, everything changed. >> ...a slow news day. i'll bring the other guy in. >> reporter: after more than an hour in the oval office, the current and former presidents made a surprise visit to the briefing room. >> given the fact that he presided over as good an economy as we've seen in our lifetimes, that it might be useful for him to share some of his thoughts. >> reporter: the president spoke for barely a minute, doing little more than introducing the former president, then turned it over to mr. clinton to defend the president's tax deal with republicans. >> the agreement taken as a whole is, i believe, the best bipartisan agreement we can reach to help the largest number of americans and to maximize the chances that the economic recovery will accelerate and create more jobs. >> reporter: then the president stunned everyone by announcing he was leaving for a holiday party. >> here's what i'll say is that i've been keeping the first lady waiting for about half an hour. so i'm going to take off. but-- >> i don't wan

who were denouncing him saying his entire presidency was built on media manipulation getting the press corp. to eat out of his hands, and you also had those who would criticize the president's failings as failures of communication. the discourse that presidents fool us with spin, that they use the media and other tricks to kind of give us a false impression of themselves really goes back a lot further than a lot of our commentary would suggest. >> host: next call for professor greenberg, brooklyn, new york. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i'm very interested to hear of the people giving complaints to president bush on caving into the republicans for the tax cuts, but i don't believe that comes from democrats. i believe that comes from progressives, another one that should be up there because in the democratic call line there's different people and progressives are mixed in with the liberal democrats we'll call them. excuse me. as barak obama would say the notion that not raising people's taxes is a tax cut, not the end of the tax cut considered especially for people making $250,000 or le

important part of the nomination, when they introduced him in the white house pressroom to the press corp., they really only said one thing about him. not, you know, we think he's going to be a practitioner of judicial restraint or judicial intent, but they came to the pressroom saying this is the president's nominee for the supreme court, justice william j. brennan of the new jersey supreme court and a member and good standing of the holy name society. [laughter] >> of all the great legal justices he serves, with who did you sense he had the most legal respect for as another justice? >> he said when he came to the court the one he was most afraid of, not scared afraid, but sort of awed by was hugo black, that hugo black's reputation for constitutional intellect was revolutionary. maybe i'd leave it at that. >> sort of following up on the last question. i was curious if you can provide particular up sights into his skills as a consensus builder, and you talk about his frustration with justice mar shall, and if you can discuss that, that would be great. >> justice marshall first. this was

jon: he's use today appearing in front of the white house press corps, that's why the kids seem so well[laughter] jenna: good point. jon: wikileaks founder julian assange is speaking out now. he was freed on bail yesterday pending an extradition hear anything a sex crimes case. now, though, the australian says he is more concerned with an alleged secret indictment coming from the united states. greg talcott live in london. so what does he have to say, greg? >> reporter: jon, yeah, there are a up with. of conditions -- bunch of conditions to the bail of julian assange, including checking in with the police station nearby where he's staying outside of london every day which he did this afternoon. but there is not much of a gag order or enforcement of gag order because he was talking and talking and talking today including to our sister network, sky news. and you're right, jon, what he seems to be very concerned about is the united states. united states getting him. he claims there is already a secret grand jury convened talking about him. that certainly has not been confirmed by any washi

denouncing him, saying his entire presidency was built on media manipulation, just about getting the press corps to eke out of his hands -- eat out of his hands. you also had those who would criticize the president's failings as failures of communication. this whole this clause we have about presidents fooling us with -- this whole discourse we have about residents of cooling us with spin and using the media and other tricks to give a false impression of themselves really goes back a lot farther than a lot of our commentary would suggest. host: next call for professor greenberg, brooklyn, new york. go ahead, mike. caller: my comment is, i am very interested to hear all the people complaining about president bush caving in to republicans on tax cuts. i believe that comes from democrats. i believe that comes from progressives, and you have in your democratic call-lined different people, progressives mixed in with democrats, liberal democrats, i would call them. barack obama would say that the notion that not raising people's taxes is a tax cut -- not being a tax cut considered -- especially people

if you don't believe me, ask the national press corp. outside the senate chamber. taking a bet on a successful legislative outcome of the two jammed votes would not be a good wager. it would be akin to sign an offer to give the brooklyn bridge to the best talking new yorker. anybody is fooled by this move by the senate democratic leadership, and i challenge any friends on the other side to show me the votes. how many actions have the democratic leadership passed that are designed to fail? maybe there's cheap political benefit to the democratic leadership and party from staging these jam votes. one democratic leader implied yesterday, maybe there will be some campaign material produced. is that what this is all about? is that what the greatest deliberative body is all about in the last few weeks of the session when this country is in the fiscal problems that it's in? i ask my friends to step back and look at the political calculation they may be making. the american people are angry. i know it. i held seven town hall meetings in the last few months, and people are v

the nato air training commander who will be conducting an on-the-record reading to the pentagon press corps. but where website -- go to our website for more information. on christmas day, we will be joined by a general from afghanistan to talk about what the troops are doing there. we have a democrat as our last caller. go ahead. c caller: i have no faith in our senate. they're only good at putting cash in their pockets. host: we will be talking in about 45 minutes about state budget crises and a new health care law. obie our topic at 8:30 a.m. eastern time -- that will be our topic at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. up next, a look at digital learning in our education. what resources could be used to help education at all levels? as we come to the end of 2010, a couple of things i want to show you. the audacity of austerity -- that is the 2010 year -- word of the year. merriam webster named "austerity" the word of the year for 2010. the state of being austere. jibjab did its annual mashup. >> ♪ we arrive in ohnine on -- 2009 on a rainbow of hope a tea party rally the bank going broke so long, 2010

and the thing is, look, the white house press corps loved them some bill clinton.lways going to turn out positive for them. >> what i think they love like i love, something unscripted for a change. everything is so formal and you have two presidents walk in -- >> even at a president's press conference during the week where he called out the democrats and republicans. that was pretty much not like how it's supposed to read. >> yeah. >> so president clinton has a way about him that he is a good communicator so props to president obama for figuring out if i send them in there, it's not going to hurt me and it might help me get this deal done and probably will get done. >> let's talk about this. politico had this story yesterday that apparently michael steele is planning to announce his re-election plans and politico says insiders say he's not going to run which is pretty amazing for a left leaning web site to know what the head of the right wing is doing. seems a little weird. he might do it. he might drop out. >> i think politico has some pretty good sources. i tried

if you don't believe me, ask the national press corp. outside the senate chamber. taking a bet on a successful legislative outcome of the two jammed votes would not be a good wager. it would be akin to sign an offer to give the brooklyn bridge to the best talking new yorker. anybody is fooled by this move by the senate democratic leadership, and i challenge any friends on the other side to show me the votes. how many actions have the democratic leadership passed that are designed to fail? maybe there's cheap political benefit to the democratic leadership and party from staging these jam votes. one democratic leader implied yesterday, maybe there will be some campaign material produced. is that what this is all about? is that what the greatest deliberative body is all about in the last few weeks of the session when this country is in the fiscal problems that it's in? i ask my friends to step back and look at the political calculation they may be making. the american people are angry. i know it. i held seven town hall meetings in the last few months, and people are v

if you don't believe me, go ask the congressional press corps outside the senate chamber. taking a bet on a successful legislative outcome of the two jammed votes would not be a good wager. it can be akin to accepting an offer to sell the brooklyn bridge from a fast-talking new yorker. no one is fooled by this move by the senate democratic leadership but i challenge any of my friends on the other side to show me the votes. how will the actions of the democratic leadership advance the ball if the two votes are designed to fail? sure, maybe from their perspective, there's some cheap political benefit to the democratic leadership and democratic party from staging these jam votes. as one member of the democratic leadership implied yesterday, maybe there will be some campaign material produced. is that what this is all about? is that what the greatest deliberative body in the world is all about in the last few weeks of the session when this country is in the fiscal problems that it's in? that's -- i'd ask my friends to step back and take another look at the political calculatio

press is very much. this hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> sunday on "newsmakers," james bullard talks about what to expect from the economy based on the jobs report. >> find a great holiday gift for the c-span fan in your life from the c-span holiday store online. it is all available at c- .pan.org/shop >> this week, reaction to a draft proposal on net neutrality that is set to be voted on in december. jenna kowsky an gen macao's t has made a strong proposal about net neutrality. we will explore the proposal and the reaction this week on the quota the communicators -- on " the communicators." >> communicators and have a right to note basic informations about broadband service. we have a minimum transparency obligations of the consumers and innovators have

ask unanimous consent to submit for the record the remarks of the greek ambassador at the marine corps press conference on october 29, 2010, and with that, i thank the gentleman for his courtesy and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman yields back his time. mr. smith: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. klein: i'd like to acknowledge the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, for his co-sponsoring of the bill as well. i'm looking forward to mr. smith, mr. mcgovern and me all planning for next year's marathon and getting ready for the big race. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house splules and agree to house resolution 1704 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the gentleman from florida. mr. klein: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not proint and make a-pound ofed orer that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: further pr

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press club. the meeting is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> lets get a picture of the group. 1, 2, 3. >> is from the associated press this afternoon, a federal judge in virginia has declared a key provision of the obama administration health care law unconstitutional. he is the first judge to rule against the law, which has been upheld by two others in virginia and michigan. virginia attorney general argues that the federal government does not have the constitutional authority to require people to buy health insurance. other lawsuits are pending, including one filed by 20 states in a florida court. >> tonight, john lee witt on ftc regulations on how to handle online privacy and potential do not track technology. "the communicators" at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> the new supreme court justice, elena kagan on her adjustment to the court and her relation ship with chief justice john roberts. at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. sunday on c-span. >> with theca thecam competition one month away, staff or available to answer your questions on wednes

press club. the meeting is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> next, remarks from lawrence summers. after that, and look at u.s. policy in afghanistan. then we will hear from michael hayden. later, a federal judge rules the part of the health care law signed by president obama is unconstitutional. >> tomorrow, stephen more of the "wall street journal" will talk about the tax compromise. then ethan rome talks about a federal court ruling that part of the new health care law is unconstitutional. after that, author bob kavnecavr will talk about his new book. later, a report on teen drug use. awe will hear from the white house director of national drug control policy. >> in the sunday on c-span, the u.s. supreme court justice, in linen kagan -- elena kagan will talk about the confirmation process. >> white house economic adviser lawrence summers says that he expects low consumer demand to be a drag on the u.s. economy for several years. he talked at the economic policy institute. he is stepping down as the national -- he is stepping down fr

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press club is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> next, president obama announces a trade agreement with south korea and comments on the bush era tax cuts than a portion of today's debate on the senate tax cut amendments. after that, democrat and republican reaction to the votes. >> earlier today, president obama spoke about a free-trade agreement with south korea that would create 70,000 american jobs and increase exports by $11 billion. he also takes questions on the senate blocking two democratic measures. this is about 10 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. today i want to speak briefly about two issues that matter most to me and matter most to the american people -- creating jobs and economic growth on which our country's prosperity depends. yesterday's job report showed that despite 11 consecutive months of private sector job growth, despite creating more than 1 million private sector jobs this year, it's not enough. we have to do more to accelerate the economic recovery and create jobs for the millions of american