he went about it this way i mean i guess maybe the thinking on his part is yes we know that the pushback is going to be hard that countries that rely on exports and have huge current account surplus is are going to be uncomfortable with that but i guess maybe there's the speaking in washington that the soft approach has failed that this is just talk and putting you know verbal pressure on china not really doing anything has really gotten anywhere so rather than look for some other solution they're actually just doubling down with a much more aggressive hard approach maybe they think the other countries will meet them in the middle i kind of doubt it and the response this weekend or that are we've already seen makes it look like they're definitely not going to be meeting us in the middle but who knows maybe that's what they were hoping for now do you think that he's also being a little transparent here because you know his language if we're talking about countries with large surpluses then you have saudi arabia you have russia you have germany that actually have the largest surpluses chin

here is real pushback. let's watch this one. let's listen. >> i think the vice president is doing a wonderful job. he he is a great friend of mine. we work together closely. he is an expert on foreign policy. he chaired the foreign relations committee in the senate for years, and we have a great relationship. and i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on, because there's just no -- there's no time. we have so much to do, and i think to both of us are very happy doing what we are doing. >> did you want to say something, andrea? because you're on top of this story, you really are. >> well, i was very much struck in watching that, if hillary clinton wanted to shut this down, why did she lead up by praising the vice president's superb foreign policy credentials? the right resume to -- >> exactly what is on the table here, on the table, woodward, but wherever this table is i'm not sure, maybe in woodward's living room, but the fact is this table -- certainly

here is real pushback. let's watch this one. let's listen. >> i think the vice president is doing a wonderful job. he he is a great friend of mine. we work together closely, he is an expert on foreign policy, chaired the foreign relations committee in the senate for years and we have a great relationship and i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on, we have no time. we have so much to do and i think to both of us are very happy doing what we are doing? >> did you want to say something, andrea you are? on top of this story. you really r. >> very much struck in watching that, if hillary clinton wanted to shut this down, why did she lead up by praising the vice president's superb foreign policy credentials? the right resume to -- >> exactly what is on the table here, on the table, woodward, but wherever this table is i'm not sure, maybe woodward's living room, but the fact is this table certainly have talked about this. here is what i will throw here, this

and so, you know, that's why there's all this pushback. that's why they were against the disclose act. that's why it bothers them. >> let me correct something. the extra $250,000 that murdoch and fox news gave was not to the chamber of commerce, but rather the republican governor's association. it's a distinction somewhat without a difference. but i wanted to make sure i corrected this end of it. let me ask you about this other report on think progress. the number of foreign members of this u.s. change ber of commerce are in the outsourcing business. what's the implication of that? >> well, you know, we were looking specifically to gather as much information as we can about who are the chamber's foreign donors. one branch was the branch in india. a number of the firms there advertise themselves as being in the outsourcing business. we're putting this out there because, you know, we want people to understand what kind of reasons companies have for wanting to intervene in american politics. these are indian companies, so what do they care ab

. >> but in terms of the pushback that you've had from chairman frank, how will you work this out? we're going to do is see if we can work out with congress over time some way to have very limited protection for very highly proprietary information not because we want to protect the information but because we want to make sure there's no reluctance on the part of those we regulate to give us that information. if it's not worked out, it's not worked out. we'll do the best we can to get that information, utilize it in our examination and in our enforcement programs. but our goal is and i believe congress' goal for us is to be the best regulator we possibly can be with access to all the information that could conceivably be necessary for the s.e.c. to be a tough and aggressive regulator. >> mary shapiro, thanks and congratulations on your top ranking in the fortune 500's most powerful women. thanks for joining us today. >> nice to be here. >> thank you. >>> and still ahead, can democrats count on hispanic voters? president and ceo of the national council of laraza joins us. the day mar

which was half a successful, at least in the house, is what has stirred the anger and resentment and pushback. this is what the election is about. >> you think that is true? >> it is exactly over what this administration and congress have done. >> the key to success is to do nothing? >> no, if you do something, you do something other than obamacare, $1 trillion of the stimulus on at shovel-ready projects and then announced a year-and-a-half later that there are nine. american people think the money is wasted and they are right. >> the bank was hsbc bank, a trusty, but that was not that i had the note with in my mortgage. when i found out, i went to my attorney, and we spoke about it, and we filed a motion to dismiss the case. >> all clear on that? as the allegations against bankamerica, jpmorgan chase, talk about social security numbers -- they a social security numbers, mortgages sliced and diced, i don't know why people have so little confidence. >> here is the thing -- we thought we were rescued in 2008, 2009, by tarp and all that. but we are past all that. there is the suggestion here tha

but after the rally this past weekend, after hearing sort of the pushback from the white house, president obama, vice president biden, pushing on the base to come out and vote i don't know if i buy into the narrative that the republicans are going to take the house. >> i don't know whether i buy into it or not. you make a good point. i think president obama is taking strides towards getting the base to go with him the elections now, most cases, decided by independents and swing voters. and the key thing is whether they feel so alienated from president obama so fearful for the pocketbooks. look, the rate is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong ybut that is the way to bet it. this time a lot of things can happen. >> you're dying to jump in here. >> speaking from the ezra camp, the other thing i don't people should watch, you can have a very even sort of generic poll, democrat versus republican and people say maybe i prefer the democrat, midterm elections, r particularly this one, young voters drop off, elderly voters going way up. even if the nation is evenly split we could

was halfway successful, at least in the house, is what has stirred this resentment and anger and pushback. >> do you think that is true? >> it is exactly over what this administration and congress have done. >> the key to success is doing nothing? >> no, if you are going to do something, you do something other than obamacare, $1 trillion up stimulus on shovel- ready projects and then and now a year-and-a-half later that there are none. the american people think money was wasted and they are right. >> let me go back to the connecticut senate race. is there embellishment there with mr. blumenthal as well? >> he embellished his military service. serving in vietnam, when he only served stateside. he seems to have overcome that and put the focus on nonprescription pharmaceuticals in the world wrestling association, and his appointed's association with that institution. >> she says, "i know how to run a business," and that is -- >> he should not be in trouble at all. hugely successful attorney general. the fact that he is in trouble is a sign of how in the whole democrats are. >> this is a recu

accomplishments, health care reform, stimulus, cap-and-trade, is what has stirred this resentment, anger, and pushback. that is what the election is about. >> you think that is true? >> it is exactly over what the administration and congress have done. if you are going to do something, you do something other than obamacare, other than $1 to clean up stiglitz, shovel-ready products and that an ounce a year and half -- $1 trillion of that stimulus, shovel-ready projects and then announce a year-and-a-half later that there are nine. >> let's go back to the dead wrestler. there is questions of and a list and bite mr. richard blum -- on top questions of embellishment by mr.ichard blumenthal as well. >> he abolished his record on vietnam. he served only state side. but he seems to overcome that and put the focus on non- prescription pharmaceuticals and world wrestling association. and his appointed's association with that institution. -- his opponent's association with that institution. >> he should not be in any trouble at all. he was a congenital forever, hugely successful. -- he was attorney general fore

gender really in recent memory and that caused an enormous backlash and now we're going to have a pushback and deadlock and i think that's going to be pretty good because we're going to have pretty much the democrats will say we got our guy he's very liberal and we want this agenda the republicans are going to say no no we're going to stop it and they're going to go they're going to compromise i think that's what america's all about when you think about that mary do you see that i don't see a problem at all so it's just really extreme in the election mode when everyone gets their primary way as a moderate that's i hope you're right go ahead mary. i mean the problem with victor's theory is that we're not seeing these compromises we're seeing everyone stand in their corner and refuse to compromise which is. you know why i would argue that there has not been any progress made on a lot of the issues that we as a nation need need to address when you think about that robert because it's going to victor's theory ok and it actually deadlock will create compromise will force compromise do you see t

scenario of a lot of progress that's happened and it's kind of coming to a head and this is the last pushback that the christian right can do to try to stop gay rights it's an inevitable thing that's happened just like it was for african-americans in the fifty's and sixty's and i think a lot of people are really afraid of that but i do think that unfortunately the victims right now are arced children and that's the unfortunate part and i would like everybody just take a step back and think about that and think about ways that we can support and keep these kids safe in school and when they're all well and that's what your film is aiming to do right i mean how is it the you guys are planning on telling educators on how to handle these situations. well i think one of the things the film comes with a teaching guide that talks about what happened to me and really in the film is designed to raise awareness to let people know about how bad it gets when things go on checked with me my harassment started with verbal harassment and eventually escalated to the point that i was beaten and put into a hosp

there is pushback from the pakistani people with the cross-border angst we have taken.he president writing a letter back in november saying if but don't make clear your relationship with the militants and what you expect to happen in pakistan we may be forced to act. is that what we are seeing? s>> i think so. there is more recruiting in western cities. it's very helpful for them to have a safe harbor and have a place to go and train. if you keep them on the run and they are to communicate from one basement to another, maybe you get a single guy as we had in some of the cases. major hasan. but to train a group of people for coordinated assault, it seems from what one understands about the terrorists they want to get together some place and train. that's why i think not allowing terror havens anywhere is important. >> shannon: thank you, gentlemen. that's it for the panel. stay tuned with the long winded speeches in congress, sometimes it's hard to stay focussed on the message. really hard. that's next. >> shannon: timely tonight in washington, we watch a lot of speeches

we're getting great pushback on doing this.bout your life, my life, when people don't want you to see, there's something they don't want us to see because there's a good reason for it. >> what could the average person watching this show do to help you as you appear to be one of the few political leaders in this country who has been courageous enough to find out what's in the black box? >> same old thing. get your local senators and house members. tell them this is what we have to do. let them know how important this is. it's not that, it's really not that complicated, but as soon as people talk about computers and high speed and everybody turns on, take your time, folks out there watching. let's get things going. the other thing that has to happen, we've got to encourage people on wall street to know what's going on. last night onç the show talked about, we have to get wall street into this thing. we have to get the high frequency traders into this thing. you're going kill the goose that laid the golden egg for everybody. we'v

>> i have done work in the most conservative parts of this country, and i have never received pushbackve only received support. and the reason i believe i received that support is because i say, consistently and believe it with all my heart, that all children, regardless of their sexual orientation, must be treated with dignity. and that is where we begin, and that is where we end. >> got to leave it there. thank you. >> thank you. >> quick programming note, we've been reporting extensively as you know on the michigan assistant attorney general's focus and targets of a college student, chris armstrong, the university of michigan's first openly gay student body president. you've heard from the attorney general. you've heard from the assistant attorney general but not from chris armstrong himself. tomorrow only on 360 he joins us, 10:00 p.m. eastern. hope you join us for that. a lot of what happened to chris armstrong fits the textbook description of cyberbullying. up next, my conversation with eight teenagers, what they say about the bullying they've seen, in high schools and middle sch

sort of a precautionary note from the state department that, in fact, there was some diplomatic pushbackr travel business hurt. they were negotiating the language at the last minute. >> whenever we put out any travel warnings and travel alerts, our target is the american audience. our goal and our obligation is to provide information to american citizens traveling and residing abroad to allow them to make informed decisions about their activities. that's the bottom line. >> is this sort of a protective measure, let's just say, you know, cover your options, your rear end, whatever? is this saying we don't know what's going to happen, we don't know when it might happen, but we want to be out there having warned americans to be careful? >> we want americans again to read this information and to be again vigilant, to take security measures, to remind them, always a good thing, but especially in this atmosphere of heightened concern. >> are there specific plots? >> i think what we have out there is as much as we can say. we have information that al qaeda and affiliated organizations are plann

the silver, former rnc chairman, ed gillespie, part of this phony outrage pushback by karl rove and hisellow travelers about the fact that foreign money is going into the u.s. chamber of commerce to try to influence our midterms. >> "the washington post" and "the new york times" both completely refudiated this charge of foreign money being funneled through the chamber of commerce. >> first, who knows whether gillespie said refudiated to backfill to make sarah palin look less poorly spoken than she is or if it was a kind of joke or if he's poorly spoken too. but if he meant that "the post" and times had repudiated the charge that the coc is using money from bahrain and china and buying ads with it, mr. gillespie is lying. both papers printed the chamber's loud and flimsy denials. "the post" noted, "the chamber still hasn't addressed in any detail the core allegation against it." mr. gillespie is, in short, a spokesman for the big businesses that are encouraging foreign companies and governments to put their money into our elections. mr. gillespie has no credibility. but our winner, mike

beforehand think progress' report prompted a flurry of desperate pushback from the right wing this week, including the chamber itself, which abc reports will not go on camera, but vice president who helped engineer bush tax cuts and cheney energy plan appeared on the network whose parnent compay gave them a million bucks. >> this begins with a liberal blog, think progress, a subset of john podesta, the chairman of the president's own transition team after his inauguration is on center for american progress, who interestingly was largely funded as a startup by george soros and didn't divulge its own donors. >> a familiar charge if you caught a certain fox employee on tv that morning. >> president obama based his attack on a blog posting by think progress, which is associated with the center for american progress. a group headed by john podesta, chairman of the president's transition. it is a political group and does not reveal its donors. >> they are correct. think progress and the center for american progress do not disclose their donors. why? because they don't run ads. still some repu

out of the heavens that you don't know shows up and is offering you an answer, you immediately get pushbacko matter what the results. >> so you think that was an issue? >> there's no way it couldn't be an issue. it's an issue for cory booker in newark. it was an issue for adrian fenty. it's an issue for all of these guys that are kind of like new african-american leadership and education reform is part of their portfolio. >> nationwide, do we have to break the teachers unions? look, i -- i'm split on unions, but it depends on public or private. is that the problem here, that you've got teachers who are -- there's nobody else. in a corporation they're fighting against the corporation. here there's no other power to balance them out. >> i think -- unions are -- teacher unions aren't the problem, but their the problem when schools are bad. there are plenty of good schools that are unionized and charter and otherwise. that's one thing. but the other thing, it's just like, you know, the first person who wins a fight is the person who realizes it's a fight first. and what they've done is convince

>> they came in not fully comprehensing the pushback from the republicans and i think you're right, i the left is disappointed with him because they did expect a much swifter move than topic. i don't think it will be closed in six months. i don't think it will be closed in a year. >> when a president who sits there with the responsibility of the safety of the country has a choice to make, national security versus civil liberties, it looks different from when you're a candidate and they almost always pick national security and that's what obama by and large has done so far. >> excellent point there. we'll end it there,. thank you for your time. next, we switch subjects. who would do an ad featuring a demon sheep with glowing red eyes? well, you're about to meet him. ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote.

you make a difference >>> harsh criticism how the white house handled the gulf oil spill and sharp pushbackuse. a preliminary report from the president's own bipartisan commission says the administration kept the american people in the dark for weeks about how much oil was gushing out of that broken well of bp's. the report actually was four working papers in all, two weeks after the blast that killed 11 workers, the white house office of management and budget turned down a noaa request to make public its worst case models for the spill. in fact the administration stuck to absurdly low flow rates for more than a month. the white house says tonight there was absolutely no cover up. they say noaa's report wasn't even on the flow rate and officials like that'd allen were talking about a spill of 100,000 as early as may. robert gibbs weighed in. >> did they know about the worst case scenario, did noaa or omb know about the worst case estimates? >> the worst case scenario was being discussed on national television. in fact, on cnn at that very time that our worst case scenario was 100,000 barrel

. >> we are not going to see any pushback come november because of this? >> no, no, no.have orchestrated that vote in such a way that it has minimum liability to anybody running. that's why 25 people -- >> how do you pick. >> -- is out to lunch. >> if you are a republican, say, how do you pick win ones have to actually vote and take heat and who gets to take a pass? >> usually the leadership steps up to the plate first because the leaderrer ship is usually of the opinion that they are immune from voter reprisals. and then you carefully select the remainder of your votes that might be needed based upon no risk politically. >> so you sit there and go you get a pass? >> no. sometimes people volunteer. move my office and i'll vote. [ laughter ] >> really? give me a bigger office? >> they have been working behind the scenes just not on something that we need. >> for you to get a vote. >> what was the strangest thing anybody asked for you in return -- >> they didn't have to. i always went to them with aned why. first and foremost, the budget is a document that should be passed

you begin to get a real republican pushback against new deal policies and against harry truman's domestic agenda. >> lehrer: richard, what would you add to that list. >> i would add... it's certainly a historical trend in the last 100 years only twice has a president... his party in power added seats. >> lehrer: only twice? >> the first... in the two years, halfway through the first term. in the height of the new deal and then in 2002, george w. bush defied the odds in the wake of 9/11 and republicans actually picked up seats. now, the real curse in american party politics is the six-year curse. six years into a president's term it's "katie bar the door." but the fact is... >> lehrer: because he's already... all hes up to now at least are considered lame duck. >> he's a lame duck, probably intellectually spent, the energy level is low, people looking forward to something else. the nature of the two years, it's kind of a... for some people it's a do-over. for some people it's a mid-course correction. >> lehrer: is it always a referendum on the sitting president? >> it is increasingly so. i

the pushback on it is that you are asserting, rather than establishing or proving that some barack obama is hostile to the idea of capitalism. so i would just ask you today, where is your evidence? notch of speculation, but your evidence, hard evidence of that our president is somehow hostile to capitalist views? >> guest: just to go back for more. i didn't out any gays in my college years. our newspaper ran an article. my book, "the end of racism" was an examination, he sits in a page but by the way with 2000 footnotes. to black conservatives disagreed with it. i agree it's a tough subject that it was looking at wind and nonwhite immigrants to america do pretty well. african-americans and indigenous my, american indians as well, do not fare as well. these are legitimate subjects to look at. because i've got a different country i feel like i see america from the outside and from inside. that gives me sort of a perspective. so maybe that's one reason my work is controversial. coming to obama, what is the evidence that he dislikes capitalism? >> host: yes. >> guest: the first draw that oba

you begin to get a real republican pushback against new deal policies and against harry truman's domestic agenda. >> lehrer: richard, what would you add to that list. >> i would add... it's certainly a historical trend in the last 10 years only twice has a president... his party in power added seats. >> lehrer: only twice? >> the first... in the two years, halfway through the first term. in the height of the new deal and then in 2002, george w. bush defied the odds in the wake of 9/11 and republicans actually picked up seats. now, the real curse in american party politics is the six-year curse. six years into a president's term it's "katie bar the door." but the fact is... >> lehrer: because he's already... all hes up to now at least are considered lame duck. >> he's a lame duck, probably intellectually spent, the energy level is low, people looking forward to something else. the nature of the two years, it's kind of a... for some people it's a do-over. for some people it's a mid-course correction. >> lehrer: is it always a referendum on the sitting president? >> it is increasingly so. i

and there's been a lot of pushback. our lives as kids. >> right. >> this is a little bit of video about you and your favorite teachers. >> i had a couple teachers. and one i'll remember forever is harvey lesure my tenth grade american history teacher. even though i was the worst student in the class, he saw something in me. he made me feel, i don't know how he did it, like some great music, like some great mu tigs. he made me feel like i had something to say. >> for me it was ira serasen in seventh grade who made me stop being the class cutup and finally fall in love with government, politics and history. what is it about the talent of an individual teacher and how do we foster that? whether this is a union teacher or non-union teacher? because that becomes sort of an unnecessary barrier to our better understanding of what great teacher is about. >> harvey sent me birthday cards into my 40s before he passed away. when you hear the political stuff all from last week, i think parents don't really care what school they sen

and, as the mexican authorities start to investigate, there is a significant pushback, then, from theown this geography and specifically the zetas, which is a very violent organization and their signature is the beheading of the mexican police investigation -- investigator, which is just absolutely horrible. violence is something they're quite used to. in essence, they're not opposed to picking up family members or loved ones of individuals and hold them for extortion and ran some, and so forth. >> and while the mexican army may put in a show of force, even have some investigators there, i mean, they really do operate with impunity and the fact is at the end of the day, they're the ones in charge. >> they are warlords for a lack of better word. they can completely control the entire infrastructure of the area. they own the politicians, in many cases. many cops are on their payroll and either you do business with them or you die. >> fred burton, thank you very much for your insight and expertise this morning. do appreciate it. >> thank you. >> >> up next, the foreclosure crisis gets ug

surprising, these girls came forward and said i felt degraded, hue mill grated, embarrassed and there was pushbacksaid these uniforms are fine. based on the sizes you gave us. they're appropriate. isn't that surprising? >> so surprising and so sad and made me angry when i read that. i was thinking, these girls are standing up for what they're comfortable with. why are we as adults putting them down and blowing them off when we should be working on empowering them and making them feel good. they stepped up and said good news skirts, tights for underneath. that's important. some part got through. they're really respected the girls' needs. >> shouldn't have taken so long. >> exactly. >> what is the lesson here for everybody, from the school administrators to other young girls watching to the parents? >> i think it's so important for everybody to figure out how to feel comfortable, body image and self-esteem are so linked together that you need, we want to teach girls to feel comfortable in their own skin in whatever way possible. to promote that, however to do that, we have to do that. >> what are wa

and, as the mexican authorities start to investigate, there is a significant pushback, then, from thes own this geography and specifically the zetas, which is a very violent organization and their signature is the beheading of the mexican police investigation -- investigator, which is just absolutely horrible. violence is something they're quite used to. in essence, they're not opposed to picking up family members or loved ones of individuals and hold them for extortion and ran some, and so forth. >> and while the >> up next, the foreclosure crisis gets ugly, with rising accusations of fraud. find out how to keep your home from being snatched away. this is "the early show" on cbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ another day ♪ another dollar ♪ daylight comes ♪ i'm on my way [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ another day ♪ another dollar ♪ working my whole life away [ dogs barking ] ♪ the boss told me ♪ i'd get paid weakly ♪ and that's exactly [ bull lows ] ♪ how i'm paid ♪ another day ♪ another dollar ♪ working my whole life away ♪ another day ♪ another dollar ♪ daylight comes ♪ i'm on my way i couldn't sleep right. n

surprising the girls came forward and said i felt degraded, humiliated and embarrassed and there was pushback are fine, based on measurements you gave us. isn't that surprising? >> so surprising and made me so angry because these girls are standing up for what they are comfortable with. why, as adults are we putting them down and blowing them off when we should empower them and. they did stay up and say let's get new skirts and leotards for underneath. i think that's important some part got through so the girls get what they need. >> it shouldn't have taken so long. >> exactly. >> what do you think is the lesson here from school administrators to other young girls watching to parents. >> it is so important for people to feel comfortable. body image and self-esteem are so linked together we want to each girls to feel comfortable in their own skin whatever way possible. >> what do you rnk ways? i have a daughter and i think about that all the time. >> you want to really work with her -- these girls got involved in cheerleading because they like to be part of a team, a team sport. that's one gre

allowed us to do was make decisions pretty easily, knowing that even though they would cause a lot of pushbackr kids. and i think in public education today, we have to have a little hire tolerance for debate and discussion and arguments, as long as they're respectful. certainly, maintaining the status quo is not going to work for this country anymore. >> one, final question. we have a lot of parents watching this morning. what's the single-most important thing they need to know and do to fix our schools? >> to parents, i would say get involved. and ask a lot of questions. you know, as parents know, i have two children of my own. and i think what every parent knows is teacher quality is incredibly important. who your child has every day as a teacher, really impacts their daily experience. and so, ask a lot of questions. support your teachers. but really hold us, as the school and the school district, accountable for making sure we're providing your child with the education they deserve. >> okay, michelle rhee. thanks very much. and good luck. >> thank you. >>> and that documentary, "waiting for