romer heads the council. she wanted to come back to california so her son can spend his high school years in one place. he was frustrated by lack of access to president obama. romer said she plans to return to teach next month but tre are reports she could be named to the federal reserve board. >> investigators at oaklan international airport are looking into an industrial accident involving a southwest airlines plane that was pushing away. the plane was bees towed at the time but the accident caused a lot of concern? >> it caused concern for the tug drive. the vehicle that pushing your plane back away from the gate. somehow that tug driver became pinned betwe the vehicle and airplane. he was hostalized with non life-threatening iuries. nobody aboard the plane was hurt at all. this is the way it looked at 8:00 this morning at gate 25. all the fire trucks responding. this was taken by a would it who was watching from the terminal. he says the bar connecting the tug to the southwt 737 broke. the tug shot forwar

romer will leave her job as head of the council of economic advisors at the end of the month. she plans to return to her job as an economics professor. president obama said romer has long wanted to return to berkeley. >>> uc berkeley grad who is held prisoner in iran said she is being denied medical care after finding a lump in her breast. sarah short complained she is not getting treatment for the lump or other medical issues. nora shroud is now asking the united nations to interveal. the three have been detained for more than a year. they were hiking in northern iraq when they were taken into custody saying they crossed illegally into iran. >>> if you are traveling 101, the road is smoother but they are doing that construction at night. >> the repaving project, talking about the benefit, that's the end benefit with smoother roads, but overnight a rougher commute. right now some slowing on the southbound side approaching hellier. both directions showing slowdowns because of some restricted lane flow. actually between the two i continuco cons, you have the construction zone go

romer heads the council. she wanted to come back to california so her son can spend his high school years in one place. he was frustrated by lack of access to president obama. romer said she plans to return to teach next month but there are reports she could be named to the federal reserve board. >> investigators at oakland international airport are looking into an industrial accident involving a southwest airlines plane that was pushing away. the plane was bees towed at the time but the accident caused a lot of concern? >> it caused concern for the tug drive. the vehicle that pushing your plane back away from the gate. somehow that tug driver became pinned between the vehicle and airplane. he was hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries. nobody aboard the plane was hurt at all. this is the way it looked at 8:00 this morning at gate 25. all the fire trucks responding. this was taken by a would it who was watching from the terminal. he says the bar connecting the tug to the southwest 737 broke. the tug

. >>> christina romer, one of president obama's top economic advisers, is resigning. the white house announced yesterday that romer is leaving her position at the beginning of september to return to her teaching job at u.c. berkeley. she is the second high-level aide to leave the obama administration this summer after the resignation of budget director peter orszag. >>> bp is now one step closer to permanently sealing its blown out well in the gulf of mexico. engineers have finished plugging the well with cement from the top. thad allen, who's overseeing the response, says while this is not the end, this virtually assures that no more oil will be leaking. the next step will be to cement the well from the bottom. that could start as early as next week. >>> a horrific school bus crash in missouri has left two people dead and dozens more injured. two school buses were carrying high school band members to an amusement park yesterday when they slammed into a freeway wreck in front of them involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck. the chain reaction accident crushed t

romer has been one of the head economic advisers. she's leaving washington to return to her position as an economics professor at the university of california. >>> the pentagon has posed a request to wickly leaks, the company that posted reports about afghanistan. that request is to stop wickly leaks from posting more documents. the website says it is reviewing that request. >>> the sweltering heat gripping the south is being blamed for more than a dozen deaths. more triple-digit temperatures are on tap for today, with the humidity making it feel even hotter. near atlanta, students were forced off the field at a band camp, after eight of them collapsed in the heat. and kids returning to school across georgia, were armed with bottles of water for the hot bus rides. forecasters say it could be weeks before the deep south gets a break from the heat. >>> as for the national forecast, it will be stormy in the southeast, with 70-mile-per-hour wind, hail, heavy rain and flash flooding from raleigh, to atlanta. showers and thunderstorms alon

romer says she had always thought about leaving the white house around this time. chief justice john roberts will swear in elena kagan tomorrow as the 112th justice of the united states supreme court. today president obama held a reception for her at the white house. he said the senate, which confirmed her yesterday, had gotten a pretty good look at who she is during the hearings. >> they got a good sense of her judicial philosophy, her commitment to the rule of law, her rich understanding of our constitution, and, of course, where she can be found on christmas day. ( laughter ) >> you know, like all jews, i was probably at a chinese restaurant. ( laughter ) >> our next supreme court justice, elena kagan. ( applause ) >> thank you for the honor you've given me and the trust you've placed in me by nominating me to the supreme court. i am deeply grateful. i also very much enjoyed meeting with 83 senators. ( laughter ) but really, who's counting? ( laughter ) and although my parents didn't live to see this day, what i can almost hear them saying is that this appointme

christina romer is stepping down.versity of california and her old job as an economics professor. romer is the second economic adviser to leave the white house this summer. >>> elena kagan will be sworn in as the supreme court justice tomorrow. when the confirmation votes were counted kagan won the senate's approval by a wide margin. but as jonathan karl reports, critics kept up the fight to the very end. >> the tally is 63-37. >> reporter: elena kagan was easily confirmed in a vote the president hailed as historic. >> for nearly two centuries there wasn't a single woman on our nation's highest court. >> reporter: kagan faced last-minute attacks from republicans who branded her a liberal activist with absolutely no judicial experience. >> her lack of judicial experience, striking. >> is not suited. >> does not have the gift. >> she is unlikely to exercise judicial restraint. >> reporter: it was highly partisan. all but five republicans voted no. all but one democrat voted yes. with kagan, the court will now have for t

this is an outrage why aren't heads rolling you might ask well obama's economic advisor christina romer stepped down from her position to reportedly teach she predicted joblessness would be at eight percent after the stimulus of course it came in at nine point five percent for last month which is right around where it has been of course she made a big mistake but here's the problem economists and policy insiders i've spoken to argue she actually wields a little influence and interestingly is believed to have wanted a one point four trillion dollars stimulus much larger than the one that actually was granted and remember many economists believe that the stimulus was not large enough and that is the problem that is why we have not seen more growth my sources tell me her proposal for that larger stimulus the one trillion dollars one was shot down by higher ups never presented so where's the scrutiny of other stewards of the economy what about ben bernanke at the fed who some economists argue has done little to stave off the threat of no growth of deflation which many are warning of now my

on the tax side, i have different kinds of estimates from my results and the romer-romer results. those will tell us the story. >> since i don't have the estimates of civilian expenditures, not what i call non-defense government purchases, my best estimate is that the spending multiplier applicable to that is the same that what i estimated from the defense side and then i said we tried to look at do you think it could be bigger or smaller, which is one of the questions before, i think it is too large in terms of the extrapolation of non-defense. that's what i would be using .4 to .5. i'm hoping, for example, in this current study i'm doing, on new deal expenditures, we will be able to get a better estimate related to non-defense government spending. the period in u.s. history when it is most dramatic and they vary like crazy from one state to the other so there might be enough information from there to get something more reliable. i should also note that of course i'm taking the approach that the long-term data can be used in a single framework to isolate the kinds of estimates yo

. >>> out going white house economic advisor christina romer denied rumors on what she's leaving herpost. there was speculation that she left because she thought her voice wasn't being heard in the but romer said today she is leaving solely for family reasons. her son starts high school in the fall and she plans to return to uc berkeley as an economics professor. roamer said the economic team in place works well despite the set of quote, strong penalties. >>> a couple of people were on hand to call for more action to save employee retirement plans. a large crowd of protesters gathered this afternoon in front of the medical sciences building. state senator leelan yee says the are broader implications. >> sometimes when the regents sing, we catch pneumonia, that's what's happening now. >> reporter: the uc workers say the university is trying to chip away at their retirement and pension program, the university did not comment on today's protest. >>> officials with the online site google filed a suit after south carolina ag's opened an invest into whether craigslist carries laws for pros

the white house says christina romer wants to return to teaching. of the president's economic team to step down in the last month. >>> newly-confirmed supreme court justice elena kagan will be sworn in tomorrow. the senate approved her by a vote of 63-37. she will be the third woman to serve on the current court, and the fourth ever in its history. >>> well, there's a new man in charge of planning attacks for al qaeda. the fbi says adnan shukrijumah, lived in the u.s. for 15 years. and is the first al qaeda leader so familiar with american society. he's been wanted since 2003 and is charged with plotting to attack the new york subways. >>> now, think the heat here is bad? look at moscow today. it's 104 degrees. relentless heat has sparked wildfires, blanketing the city today with dense smoke and smog. people are wearing masks. and flights are being rerouted because visibility is less than 50 yards. >>> and the first lady's summer in spain. michelle obama may be taking some heat for her vacation with her 9-year-old daughter. but as yunji de nies show

christina romer chairs the counsel of economic advisories and often appears in public and on television to promote president barack obama's financial policies. she is coming home to california where her son will start high school this fall. heres eugination takes effect on september 3rd. she plans to return to her former job as a uc berkeley professor of economics. her resignation comes a few weeks after budget director peter orzak announced he is leaving. >>> a report shows weekly jobless claims unexpectedly increased. the number of people filing first claims jumped by 19,000 to 479,000. the increase came as a surprise to many who expected new jobless claims to drop slightly. the increase is the highest weekly total since april. continuing claims fell by 34,000 to just over 4 1/2 million. >>> july's unemployment report comes out tomorrow and that weighed on wall street today as stocks retreated slightly. the dow lost 5 points after rebounding from the session lows. the nasdaq dropped 10. >>> the u.s. senate today confirmed elana kagan has u.s. supreme court justice. >> the nomination i

there was a story before that one that didn't get much attention about christina romer's departure. also a very news worthy story. it was a candid interview and vented the frustration what the white house is feeling towards the professional left. >> the senate came back after a recess to vote on immigration. what kind of reaction have been getting from democrats on capitol hill? >> in response to what gibbs said to sam, i mean the frustration here is that democrats have passed a lot of legislation over this past year and they are sensing they passed a health care bill, financial regulatory reform bill that reformed the credit card industry, but what a lot of liberals are concerned about is what they didn't pass, like climate change legislation or closing guantanamo bay, which the president promised he would do. and you know, what the white house and what democrat leaders want to sell to their base is that hey, we have done a lot for this country and taking a big step towards what we promised on the campaign trail. let's get the base motivated and they haven't been able to do. >> let

was a story that ran just before that and it did not get quite as much attention about christina romer's departure. he told me that the economics team was exhausted. also a very newsworthy story. from beginning to end, it was a very candid interview, and no more so than when he vented frustration that the white house is feeling towards what they are calling "the professional left." >> the house and senate are out this week. the senate have a quick vote on immigration. what kind of reaction have you been garnering from democrats on capitol hill? >> in response to what he said, i think the frustration here is that democrats have passed a lot of legislation over this past year, and they are sensing that -- they pass the health care bill, the financial regulatory reform bill, reforming the credit card industry. but what a lot of liberals are concerned about is what they did not pass and what they did not do, like climate change legislation, closing guantanamo bay, which the president promised he would do. the white house and democratic leaders want to sell to the base that they have done a l

. >> reporter: one of president obama's leading economic advisors, romer had ár has advocated more stimulusmeasures toest help the economy. she plans to go back to her job of economics professor at cal. >>> and president obama nominated the 48 melinda haag to her postto replace the current u.s. attorney. haag must be confirmed by the u.s. senate. but capitol hill leaders say she is not expected to face any opposition. >>> police say three men held up the bank of the west branch on loan tree way. investigators say after getting some cash they escaped in a honda civic that a fourth person was driving. the honda was last seen headed north on hill crest avenue toward wild horse drive. police say they have limited descriptions of the robbers and hope these surveillance images will provide more leads. >>> campbell said two men gave her some small stones but she didn't know they were diamonds or who they really came from. >>> in saudi arabia, they plan to block smart phones. saudi arabia and other companies want codes for messages sent by blackberry users. >> and today jean wyclef has announced he

. >> reporter: one of president obama's leading economic advisors, romer had ár has advocated more stimulusasures toest help the economy. she plans to go back to her job of economics professor at cal. >>> and president obama nominated the 48 melinda haag to her postto replace the current u.s. attorney. haag must be confirmed by the u.s. senate. but capitol hill leaders say she is not expected to face any opposition. >>> police say three men held up the bank of the west branch on loan tree way. investigators say after getting some cash they escaped in a honda civic that a fourth person was driving. the honda was last seen headed north on hill crest avenue toward wild horse drive. police say they have limited descriptions of the robbers and hope these surveillance images will provide more leads. >>> campbell said two men gave her some small stones but she didn't know they were diamonds or who they really came from. >>> in saudi arabia, they plan to block smart phones. saudi arabia and other companies want codes for messages sent by blackberry users. >> and today jean wyclef has announced he i

that you can't put everything on tim geithner you can put everything on larry summers and christina romer but personally i think that their response has been completely wrong and what they have done is they put it like a lot of short term growth in the first sort of first year of the obama administration to try to gain the p.r. and it hasn't worked out long term even if there's a lot of bad things that are not out that are outside of their control what tim geithner and larry summers and even ben bernanke have done to control the economy and to try and push this forward i think it's been a mistake. to say that he should be fired doesn't talk about who are going to replace him with i mean. tim geithner is not the worst person that could be in that job so they could fire him put him so now. i want to talk about the fact that like i said home sales are at their lowest level in more than a decade and this is despite the fact that right now home prices are down the market really is horrible to despite the fact that interest rates are incredibly incredibly low so why do you think that is that th

. >>> and cristina romer now is coming back to her job at uc berkeley as professor of economics. >>> and melinda haig has been confirmed to be the next u.s. attorney in northern california haig was nominated was nominated to replace the current u.s. attorney. haag must still be confirmed by the few senate >>> the mother of one of the three uc berkeley grads imprisoned in iran said she got an alarming phone call from her daughter this week. sarah short's mother said that her daughter was allowd to call her monday and tell her about new health problems, specifically a lump in her breast. >> she's very concerned about this because she keeps asking for medical care and she is being denied medical care and, you know, this is really alarming me. >> yesterday, she asked the united nations to intervene. she has asked iran to get the care she needs and get her out of solitairy confinement. you can click on u c hikers tag on our home page, ktvu.com. >>> cal tran contractors will begin carving out the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel on monday. crews will use a 54-foot long digging machine w

i remember that steroids hearing a couple of years ago and i remember romer clemens sitting at one end of the table while the trainer who accused him of using steroids and hormone sat on the other end. clemens has denied using the drugs. now a federal grand jury indicted him on six counts for lying to the grand jury. >> roger didn't use steroids, didn't use hgh and didn't lie to congress about. >> reporter: that's the message that clemens denied the allegations. he signed the message rocket. he also thanked those who supported him. and we'll tell you what his teamates are saying in the next half hour. >> thank you >>> for most california state employee, today is a furlough friday. the state supreme court ruled that furloughs can resume for about 150,000 state employees because of a budget impact. some of the state offices closed today include the dmv as well as the department of public health and fish and games. governor schwartz has ordered not only to take toyed but next friday off and also a floating unpaid day before the end of august. >> critics say that governor schwarzenegger sh

christina romer who heads the president's council of economic advisers announcing she will resign next month to return to college teaching. as she leads, the new unemployment figures released just this morning show the economy is still struggling to create new jobs. here with more on that is cbs news business and economic correspondent rebecca jarvis. we knew this report was going to be bad. expected to be bad. the numbers are actually worse than what was predicted. >> they are worse than what was predicted. the economy shed 131,000 jobs in the month of july. that left the unemployment rate steady at 9.5%. a big reason behind the decline in jobs picture are those temporary census workers. we knew they were temporary. their jobs ended in the month of july. 143,000 of them left the jobs picture. also, on the private employment side of things, the number didn't increase as much as we were hoping. we want private jobs to come into the work force and only 71 how thousand of those jobs were sea aed in the month of july. >> that's where you need to see the creation in the private sector if we

romer's departure.he plans to go back to her former job as professor of economics at uc berkeley. >>> the senate judiciary committee unanimously approved had he melinda haag to the u.s. attorney. >>> the mother of one of the three u c become lee graduates imprisoned in iran says she received an alarming phone call from her daughter. sarah short's mother says that her daughter was allowd to call her monday telling her about new health problems, specifically a lump in her breast. she is very concerned about this because she keeps asking for medical care and she keeps being denied medical care. this is alarming me. >> reporter: she asked the united nations to intervene. she has asked the u.n. to persuade irrap to give her daughter the medical attention she needs and help get her out of sol teary confinement. you can read more about this. >>> this will make a lot of people happy. caltrans contractors working on the caldecott tunnel will start carving up the fourth bore on monday. >>> the four bore is expect

obama's own economic advisor christina romer agreed even as she gave notice she's stepping down from her job, she cited family reasons. more now about the jobs picture and deciphering what is going on behind the numbers. it comes from two guests who regularly watch these matters for us. economist lisa lynch is the dean of the heller school for social policy and management at brandeis university. she's a former chief economist for the labor department and was also a director for the federal reserve bank 6 boston. and david leonhardt-- leonhardt is an economics writer and economist for "the new york times". lisa lynch what do these latest numbers tell you about the health of the overall economy? >> well, ray, it was obviously a disappointing report that we had today. we were all expecting a negative employment number given that the census bureau is laying off the temporary workers it hired for the census. but the fact that the private sector only added 71,000 jobs and we saw a very large downward revision in last month's employment number of over 100,000 jobs, really shows how anemic t

. >>> one of president obama's closest economic advisers, christine romer s calling it quits. she will be taking the job teaching at uc berkeley. she will leave her job as head of the council of economic advisers at the end of the month. she plans to return to her job as an economics professor. president obama said she has wanted to return to berkeley for a long time now. her son is also about to start high school this fall. >>> for the first time, the united states is participating in japan's annual memorial of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. u.s. representatives joined 73 nations in the ceremony that focussed on the hope of creating a nuclear-free world. more than 140,000 people were killed by the bombing or died months afterwards in the world's first atomic bomb attack. the u.s. dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki to speed up japan's surrender and avoid mass casualties in invasion of the japanese mainland. >>> this morning a group of protesters in the east bay will rally against nuclear weapons. the peace and justice center will gather outside the lawrence liver

christina romer, who left the administration, her projections on recovery were based on a larger stimulus bill. and the administration went for a smaller bill because that was what was possible with the congress they had, because there were so few republicans or willing to go along with anything. as far as the economy is concerned, the democrats are in a precarious place because unemployment is high. host: who will be the speaker of the house? guest: i will not make any predictions, but i will say that it is very clear to congressional republicans that continued economic hardship is helping their political chances. they are stymying any effort to bring relief to the poor. host: prospect.org. do you get more readers via print or online? guest: our online readerships used towards a younger demographic. -- skews towards a young . demographic. guest: we focus on policy matters. we are not simply about breaking news. we are about ideas and policies and how to make government work better. host: what is the democrats' strongest suit in this election? guest: it is late for them to bring this in,

christina romer, one of president barack obama's most pivotal economic advisers, is resigning, a change that comes as the white house struggles to gains to a hurting nation. she will return to her job as a professor of economics at the university of california, berkeley. the white house cast the decision as an unsurprising her son will be starting high school in the fall. no decision replacement. your address of 4 morning news continues. asi- know the stain. after an alpaca? i have. it was awesome. ♪ call 1-800-steemer fan welcome back 7:24 a.m. other stores are falling 40 people were arrested and a countywide pearlstine alameda county. this recall operated gangbusters for gang suspects who violated parole or probation besides making arrests, they confiscated drugs weapons cache total of 154 launchers enforcement personnel were involved in this operation as it took place in oakland alameda hayward union city and fremont. 7 cisco is cracking down into gangs the city plans to been terrorizing the visitation valley neighborhood. see a civil injunction against the down below and tower site

christina romer is the council of economic advisers she cited her family commitments as the reason she'sving. she plans to back to her former job. >>> hip-hop artist cry clef jean makeofficial. he wases to be the next president of -- cry clef jean makes it official. he wants to be the next president of haiti. sean penn is skeptical. >> one of the reasons i don't know very much about jean is i haven't seen or heard anything of him in these last six months that i've been in haiti. >> now, cry clef jean returned to his native haiti to announce he's running for presidents. >>> a friend of former b.a.r.t. police officer johannes mehserle is now speaking out. he tells us how mehserle acted in the hours and days after he shot and killed unarmed bear passenger oscar grant. the friend says he fears for his safety but he did agree to speak to ktvu on the condition that we didn't reveal his identity. he says he doesn't defend the shooting on january 1st, 2009. but he wants people to know that mehserle was deeply affected emotionally. inaudible due to voice changed. [ >> numerous times he broke down

christina romer resigns overnight. connect the dots, if they're even connectible, david. how's the administration handling the economy right now? >> look, they want to be positive and say things are turning around but there's more bad news than good news. yes, there's more confidence. they don't think there will be a double-dip recession, but nobody is hiring, which is why government is trying to do more. but how much more can it do in this political environment? not a whole lot and that's just a political reality. alan greenspan, former chairman of the federal reserve, said last week there's tragic unemployment and the recovery that he sees is more limited. there's still a housing crisis out there. very difficult to make the argument that things are really moving forward when there's still such a huge weight on people's shoulders because of joblessness. >> let's get to this proposition 8 story. the federal judge who overturned that law says basically that there is no rational basis in sing ring oling out gay, men an lesbians for denial of a marriage license. david axelro

christina romer, one of president obama's first most pivotal economic advisors, is resigning her position as chair of the council of economic advisors. the white house describes her decision as unsurprising, saying that it was for personal reasons. she's returning to her job as professor of economics at the university of california berkeley. her resignation effective september 3. and finally, canada has lost 139,000 full-time jobs in july, and its unemployment rate hedged up to 8%. canadian economists had expected an increase of about 10,000 jobs in july following strong gains in recent months. and we'll be talking about today's new u.s. jobless numbers coming up on the "washington journal." and those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> a couple of live events to tell about you this morning. the american enterprise institute hosts a discussion on the fiscal condition of social security and medicare. we'll hear about a government report released yesterday that cited an improved outlook for medicare and a slightly less positive picture for social security. we have it live o

and christina romer talk tomorrow about her time with the obama administration. her comments life at the national press club at 1:00 p.m. eastern. the >> the french parliament recently held a hearing on the wings of purpose in public. before we get to that vote, joining me is delaying game -- a name ganley from the associated press. . . >> they did not want it to be as sweeping as the government party wants. >> can you tell us what led to the parliament vote on this issue and why is the debate so a important? >> since there are only 2000 people in france to cover their entire faces with veils, it could bee argued this is inconsequential, but that is not the case. the french see this as something connected to integration and even french values. it got kicked off by presidents are cozy himself -- sarcozy last june syria and they said that burgekas are not welcome in france. >> what is the next step? >> it was approved by the lower house. it goes to the senate for approval very good it will likely be approved. it could amended. -- it goes to the senate for approval.

. >> are there any names you can tell us that you're considering to replace kristina romer? >> no. >> there was a report that senator stevens was killed in a plane crash. would you like to update your comments? >> we have to have some information on that soon. narrett thoughts and prayers go up to all the families -- our hearts and prayers go out to all the families. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," we will see primary results for colorado and georgia. wenhold will talkl about lobbying disclosure rules. "washington journal" is on each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> book tv has been finding out about the new books coming out this fall. >> it is a very interesting memoir. how did a pigtailed young girl become the first black secretary of state? he is very politically savvy. he is telling usa very important event that came about to give us -- he is telling us a very important event that came about to give us health care reform. >> learn more about these and other books coming out in a 2010 fall book review this weekend. what book tv e

guest: well, i think the fed -- i kind of agree with christina romer. stated back then, if you need stimulus to deal with the investigation, it's much better to do it with monetary policy than fiscal policy. i think a lot of those reasons have been born out. one, it's slow to get through the pipeline. two, it's likely to be inefficient. is it really the fact that state-level education departments are the prime driver of the american economy? and if they have to cut back at all we will have to teeter back on the edge of depression? i just don't believe it. as the caller mentions, there is a lot of democratic constituencies in play here. what they want to do in any circumstance is shower money on them and this is just a good excuse to do it. host: veronica on the democratic line from california. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. you know, i truly listen to my friend there, my brother there. when he's saying we need an attitude change, that's a real-life thing. we people in america we have been allowed to be blinded, i mean,

guest: well, i think the fed -- i kind of agree with christina romer. she stated back then, if you need stimulus to deal with the investigation, it's much better to do it with monetary policy than fiscal policy. i think a lot of those reasons have been born out. one, it's slow to get through the pipeline. two, it's likely to be inefficient. is it really the fact that state-level education departments are the prime driver of the american economy? and if they have to cut back at all we will have to teeter back on the edge of depression? i just don't believe it. as the caller mentions, there is a lot of democratic constituencies in play here. what they want to do in any circumstance is shower money on them and this is just a good excuse to do it. host: veronica on the democratic line from california. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. you know, i truly listen to my friend there, my brother there. when he's saying we need an attitude change, that's a real-life thing. we people in america we have been allowed to be blinded, i m

. >> do you have a timeframe for replacements for christine romer? >> i do not have the time line on a replacement for her. >> do you regrets any of what you said? and >> i think there are many times when i read the transcripts that i could have done -- could have said things slightly differently. i will say, i watch a lot of cable tv. you do not have to watch long to get frustrated by some of what is said. i think that is what the answer was for. >> do you think there is still subtext to what you said, that there is too much pressure from the left to -- left? >> i think a lot of the issues that democrats throughout the party have work to see happen have come to fruition as part of what this president has accomplished. health care was an issue that was worked on for 100 years. president after president after president discussed the importance of passing something comprehensive and historic. bake at how much we were paying for health care. they extended the life of the medicare trust fund. those are accomplished -- concessions that we should all be pr

christina romer steps down on friday.w she will talk about the obama administration's economic policy. we will have live coverage from the national press club that starts at 1:00 eastern. >> tonight science and technology week continues on "book tv" primetime. james gleick and isaac newton. that is tonight on c-span2. >> arab americans call this morning about the image of muslims in america. but congressional muslim staff association posted this hour- and-a-half discussion with the head up the american institute. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> thank you for all being here. i want to be clear that this briefing is not about park 51. none of the panelists here are experts on the project or connected to the project directly. this is not a ballpark 51. the congressional muslims opposition does not take position on the park 51 project, nor do we necessarily endorse any of the panelists here. the muslims of the association wants to bring togeth