rasmussen is founder and president of rasmussen reports which collects and distributes data. mr. schoen as a consultant who has advised candidates such as hillary clinton to mike bloomberg. mr. schoen is also a contributor to fox news. their book is "mad as hell how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system." welcome, gentlemen. >> guest: great to be with you. >> host: we have a double author so we are going to be a little bit short. could you each get a two sentence description of the tea party movement is? >> guest: and often take a grass-roots movement that has been disrespected by people in the political class because fundamentally through a rejection of the political class, and i would say that it's a group of others about a quarter of the electorate that is basically saying we are fed up with washington with spending, we are fed up with taxing policies that don't reflect our values and we want to return to the core principles. >> host: house speaker nancy pelosi has said it isn't restaurants and all it is an astroturf movement founded by a few ri

tavis: just days ago, dana milbank, there was a washington post report released called the rasmussen report. it found that almost half of the american people think our best days as a nation are behind us. whether you believe numbers like that are not, it is clear to me as i travel the country that this feeling of helplessness and hopelessness and concern about the future and whether or not their kids or grandkids will not do as well as they have done -- how do you move the country forward? how do you put the country on the right track if half of its citizenry think it's best days are behind it? >> it is a grim statistic. to the extent there is any good news here, it is that a lot of the reasons we are all feeling so bad is because of a short- term problem in the economy. we have two problems now. one is that we have just gone off this economic cliff, which has made all the statistics worse, and which has made the american public extraordinarily dour. more than 85% of people feel we are on the wrong track right back. i think that is what gets at the statistic you are bringing out here

more recognizes this global terror threat and that was a picture my israeli by the chief of nato mr rasmussen who came out and said this is a common fight that we have to face united that was his message to the people of russia expect more messages of condolence condolence and of solidarity from leaders around the world. artie's a lower amount reporting now russia has a lower house of parliament the state duma is considering the ratification of the us to teach of arms reduction treaty in its third and last reading artie's that you go to prison officers following the hearing for us. the meeting started with a note of sorrow a minute of silence commemorating the victims of monday's attack in moscow as the much of the airport the vote on the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is going to be held at around five pm moscow time it's known that in the same fashion as the u.s. congress the state duma is also making its amendments to the treaty which is expected to reduce the number of nuclear or on each side by around one third which is significant in terms of the globa

part of march wider international threat and that was a picture miserly by the chief of nato mr rasmussen who came out and said this is a common fight that we have to face united that was his message to the people of russia medvedev can expect more messages of consoling condolence and of solidarity from leaders around the world. that was our reporting from davos well the terrifying blast of the along with other recent terrorist attacks in the russian capital have left many asking if the fight against terrorism can be won now you can share your opinions on this issue through our online poll at r.t. top comments let's take a look now and see what some of those results are at this point almost two thirds of you sixty seven percent are pessimistic suggesting that victory over terrorism is a pipe dream of desperate optimists and only a third if you thirty three percent believe terrorism can be defeated if enough effort is applied those are the results so far but you can always have your say log on to r.t. dot com. or rushers lower house of parliament has finalized talks on the ratification of

recognizes this global terror threat and that was the pits in my eyes really by the chief of nato mr rasmussen who came out and said this is a common fight that we have to face you know i said that was his message to the people of russia expect more messages condolence of solidarity from leaders around the world. all that was our correspondent laura ammon there and as we earlier reported transport safety in russia has been in focus at a meeting between the country's president dmitri medvedev and federal security service officials in response to the attack. national moves through a national the ourselves and our associating general because of his once again being challenged brutally at them with. issues with them that i think everybody present in this room. he's clear about that because she didn't push the movement has is also clear that we need to do everything in order for the criminals who committed this crime is the bridge to be established and found and brought to justice again you know that when you can and the nests that worry these bandits or rioting whatever their name is should be ext

and that was epitomized really by the chief of nato mr rasmussen who came out and said this is a common fight that we have to face you know i said that was his message to the people of russia have come to expect more messages of condolence condolence and of solidarity from ages around the world or am i to talk to earlier and the council of europe will debate the findings of an explosive report into the alleged trafficking of organs in costs of all the claims were contained in an inquiry by swiss human rights repertory dick marty accusing high ranking members of the cost of the liberation army of murdering serbian and cost of all banyan prisoners and selling their organs almost two thousand ethnic serbs and albanians remain missing from the cost of a war at the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. as are to his country as are we now reports without a trace that's how the brother disappeared along with thousands of other people. he went to work as usual with his friends to the bullets of it's mine and that was it i never saw him again we went to the police and everyone else we could thin

and that was a picture my israeli by the chief of nato mr rasmussen who came out and said this is a common fight that we have to face united that was his message to the people of russia expect more messages of consoling condolences. solidarity from neda's around the world. reporting that now the terrifying blast domodedovo airport along with other recent terrorist attacks in the russian capital have left many asking if the fight against terrorism can be won you can share your opinions on the issue through our online poll that on the dot com let's check out the results right now as they stand sixty percent of you are still pessimistic suggesting that victory over terrorism is a pipe dream of desperate optimists forty percent of you that's compared to a third in the previous hour believe it terrorism can be defeated if enough effort is applied those are the results so far but you can still have your say just log on to r.t. dot com and put in your opinion there on the poll on terrorism. well russians are lower house of parliament has ratified the new russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treat

part in the alliances initiative but does have proposals of its own secretary general anders fogh rasmussen says nato envisages two independent missile defense systems with russia that would operate side by side and plans to discuss this soon with moscow. well lawmakers in a rushers upper house of parliament say they've taken advice from experts to ratify a landmark arms reduction deal between moscow and washington they now have to wait for the start treaty to pass its third and a final hearing in the lower house on tuesday the agreement was signed by president spent a year there and obama last year and will slash the country's nuclear arsenals by a third it has already been approved by the u.s. senate which included its own interpretations of the text in response russian legislature to stress that moscow could withdraw from the deal in the future if it felt threatened by u.s. missile defense plans in europe lawmaker. says that when the pact takes effect other states could follow suit. we very much hope that the arms race is now becoming history and at some point we might be able to talk ab

part of this global terror threat and that was appeared to my eyes really by the chief of nato mr rasmussen who came out and said this is a common fight that we have to face united that was his message to the people of russia and expect more messages of consoler condolence and of solidarity from leaders around the world. and artie's are nor any of their reporting or the bloody scenes of the moscow attack are reminiscent of what can be seen in a computer game and controversially involves a character who was urged to kill civilians in an imaginary airport the aftermath of monday's blast has sparked hot debate as the methods of a fictional computer game become a shocking reality. lauren mr reports a terrorist attack kills dozens of innocent people in creates chaos at a moscow airport fact. or fiction it's the scenario being played out here in this popular american video game sold worldwide call of duty modern warfare two dubbed no russian in this mission the player goes on a terrorist regime page hoping to massacre civilians in a fictitious moscow airport it may have seemed too gruesome and tr

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[applause] >> not so long ago, dana milbank, a report released called the rasmussen report and it find that almost half the american people think our best days as a nation are behind us. wrestle with that for a second. almost half of us think the best days of this nation are behind us. whether you believe numbers like that or not, it's clear to me that -- i've been around the country and we all do, this feeling of tanks, helplessness, hopelessness and concern about the future and whether or not their kids and grandkids are going to do as well as they have done, how do you move a country forward? how do you put a country on the right track of half its citizen rethinks its best days are a behind it? >> it is a grim statistic. to the extent there is any good news here, a lot of the reason we're all feeling so bad is because of a short-term problem in the economy. we have two problems -- one is that we have just fallen off this economic cliff which has made all the statistics worse and has made the american public extraordinarily dour. 75% to 80% of the people think we are on the wrong tra

[applause] >> not so long ago, dana milbank, a report released called the rasmussen report and it find that almost half the american people think our best days as a nation are behind us. wrestle with that for a second. almost half of us think the best days of this nation are behind us. whether you believe numbers like that or not, it's clear to me that -- i've been around the country and we all do, this feeling of tanks, helplessness, hopelessness and concern about the future and whether or not their kids and grandkids are going to do as well as they have done, how do you move a country forward? how do you put a country on the right track of half its citizen rethinks its best days are a behind it? >> it is a grim statistic. to the extent there is any good news here, a lot of the reason we're all feeling so bad is because of a short-term problem in the economy. we have two problems -- one is that we have just fallen off this economic cliff which has made all the statistics worse and has made the american public extraordinarily dour. 75% to 80% of the people think we are on the wrong tra

[applause] >> not so long ago, dana milbank, a report released called the rasmussen report and it find that almost half the american people think our best days as a nation are behind us. wrestle with that for a second. almost half of us think the best days of this nation are behind us. you believe numbers l that or not, it's clear to me that -- i've been around the country and we all do, this feeling of tanks, helplessness, hopelessness and concern about the future and whether or not their kids and grandkids are going to do as well as they have done, how do you move a country forward? how do you put a country on the right track of half its citizen rethinks its best days are a behind it? >> it is a grim statistic. to the extent there is any good news here, a lot of the reason we're all feeling so bad is because of a short-term problem in the economy. we have two problems -- one is that we have just fallen off this economic cliff which has made all the statistics worse and has made the american public extraordinarily dour. 75% to 80% of the people think we are on the wrong track now. tha

there is the rasmussen reports that came out some days ago that finds that nearly half, get this, nearly half of all americans think that our best days as a country are behind us as you consider all that the president and the congress is up against now trying to get our country back on the right track, and then you the factor in this nation filling that our best days are behind us, this country is in serious disarray. so tomorrow night, this is really about what we think could be done to put the country back on the right track. can america return to those days that many people thought were the greatest days of america, are we doomed to perdition at this point? host: let me ask the students some questions. how many here are first-time visitors to washington, d.c.? by another show of hands, to go to tavis smiley's question, how many feel that our best days are behind us? guest: that is encouraging [laughter] what is funny about this is not a single hand goes up, yet the numbers relative to this generation, do not bear that out. let me ask a question. how many of you know someone who has go

light of day with the support of the american people, 60% of the american people, according to a rasmussen poll sometime back, support the repeal of obamacare, as do i. and, mr. speaker, i look forward to the debate on wednesday. i look forward to the vote going up on the board on wednesday. i look forward to the beginning , but as the beginning of the repeal of obamacare and the press asked me a question on that earlier today. if you pass repeal of obamacare -- we will pass the repeal of obamacare -- was that the end? no. reflect back on winston churchill, it's not the end. it's not even the beginning of the end of obamacare, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning of the end of obamacare. . that's what i believe is coming. i heard the gentleman from texas bring up churchill when he said blood, sweat, and tears. there are some people out there that bring quotes to mind that stand out for me. one is the congressman from indiana, mike pence, his statement on our persistence and due diligence in bringing about the repeal of obamacare is this. i wrote it down because it did impress me, not