>> summers, geithner, orszag, christina romer.em sat with me hour after hour for interviews. >> larry summers say -- attributed to me is a combination of fiction, distortion and words taken out of context. timothy geithner says "reports about this book bear no resemblance to the reality we lived." >> all of their -- >> that's not a soft walkback. >> no, no, well, it is if you read the book. the fact is on timothy geithner, for one, he has extensive responses to everything in the book that is in the book. what we did is we had an interview prior to publication. 35 minutes. we went through letter and verse. he has a very full explanation for what's in the book. he offers a denial, but not really a denial. if you read that, you'll find that -- >> a combination of fiction, distortion and words taken out of context. larry summers. >> larry summers is another example, larry and i talked many times. at the end of the day, larry's speaking about a specific thing. you should be more specific -- >> i'll come to that. in the book, you allege

another top economist, christina romer, said she was sometimes treated like she didn't matter. quote, "i felt like a piece of meat." the white house push-back has been fierce. summers, dunn and romer say they were misquoted and claimed that suskind exaggerated incidents. others who were there say the book doesn't ring true. >> you put a bunch of economists in a room, we're going to argue and we're going to squabble. substantively, and we did a lot of that. but at the end of the day, we typically came up with a unified recommendation for the chief. >> and rick klein, our senior washington editor, joins us now from washington. and rick, this obviously comes at a very challenging time for the president. got the economy, jobs already. but as you point out, there is already real push-back from this white house. >> reporter: that's right. and it is critical push-back from the white house. we are entering perhaps the most important phase of this presidency in terms of getting the public on board for his ideas. he's trying to set this up, here are my ideas versus the republican ideas.

gross, christina romer, and john challenger, ceo of challenger, gray and christmas, this country's top outplacement consulting firm. let me start with you, bill gross. you're one of the top bosses in the country. what do you make of his jobs plan, is it going to work? >> well, i think it's significant, piers. it's $450 billion in terms of a proposal that is 3% of gdp if it's passed. you know, it could lead to hundreds of thousands of jobs. i think the two critical questions would be, one, how much of it is going to be passed. i would be suspicious that much of it beyond payroll taxes would be passed. secondly, is it directed in the proper areas? we think really, piers, that globalization and the availability of cheap labor is really the problem, in addition to technology that is permanently laid off millions of workers. so there's a structural problem here that i'm not sure that payroll taxes and the absence of them can help over a longer term basis. >> christina romer, this might sound like a stupid question when you're talking three, four, $500 billion, but is it enough? is this goin

we couldn't get larry summers to comment directly on that romer quote.book is hearsay, fiction and distortion. christina romer since said she can't imagine she ever made that "piece of meat" remark. romer said "it is just too silly for words." >> the white house is countering point by point some of the other issues that suskind has raised. >> one official points to two of the president's deputy chiefs of staff who are women, one female white house counsel and of course the two women he's appointed to the supreme court, they're hitting back hard on the idea that women don't get close to the president at this point. >> he's got a secretary of state who happens to be hillary clinton as well. let's talk a little bit more about this right now our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, she's here with me in new york. jessica you've spoke on it a lot of these women who have worked in the white house, spoken to a lot of people as well. give us your thoughts on what this uproar is all about? >> wolf, in the early days when the white house had just conven

summers, dunn and romer all say they were misquoted and claim suskind exaggerated incidents. others who were there say the book doesn't ring true. >> you put a bunch of economists in a room, we're going to argue and we're going to squabble substantively and we did a lot of that. but at the end of the day we typically came up with a unified recommendation for the chief. >> reporter: the coming days of pushback will be critical for the white house. the president can't afford a perception he couldn't control his own economic team, much less the economy as a whole. rick klein, abc news, washington. >> the white house already on the call this book a combination of half truths and old news all dramatized for effect. >> a critical time. >> of course, and especially dealing with the economy. >> and his poll numbers not looking so good these days. maybe he doesn't need this right now. >> exactly. not the right time. >>> coming up, the winners and surprises at last night's emmy awards. >> from the memorable staging of the best actress category to all the must-see fashions for better or

christine romer reported excluded from a meeting by then economic adviser larry summers is quoted asaying, i felt like a piece of meat. but both women told "the washington post" the author got it wrong. dunn says she told suskind point blank that the white house was not a hostile environment. and romer on feeling like a piece of meat said, i can't imagine that i ever said that, i felt respected, included and useful to the team. but earlier in the administration, as the president played golf and basketball with only men, many did see that as a sign of the white house was a boys club. >> i've got to say, i think this is bunk. >> reporter: when asked if the white house is or ever was a hostile work environment, a woman staffer told abc news, quote, it is not my experience. if it had been, i wouldn't have been here as long as i have been. even journalist jonathan alter who first wrote about many of these same stories and events believes that suskind's account is "exaggerated." >> david, what is the white house plan to refute this book? >> reporter: well, you know, the media blitz really

peter romer is the michelangelo of plastic surgery.personally nipped, tucked and enhanced thousands of caracas women and two of venezuela's pageant queens. >> all the girls are gorgeous. almost perfect. and my work is just change little things. >> reporter: to make them almost perfect? >> to perfect. >> reporter: in some countries the open secret might be scandalous. but it's gotten so that implants in venezuela are to be flaunted. not just among beauty contestant, but working class folks who admire them. why are people so obsessed with breasts here? >> because here we have the beauty pageants, miss venezuela. and all the girls are so flawless. and they are -- they have big boobs, they are the perfect leg, the hair. and everybody wants to be like them. >> reporter: and so growing up, corina gonzalez imagined she would one day be a model. we first met her at one of one of caracas' premier beauty schools. there, some of caracas' girls pay to learn how to walk like a model. the 23-year-old always wanted to enhance her beauty. for her moth

gund -- dunn told the post yesterday she did not say that it quotes christina romer that she felt like of meat boxed out by mayle male senior advisors at meetings. roamer tells the post she can't imagine saying she felt like a piece of meat. white house has responded by saying books like these tend to be infused with salacious details and pointed to dunn and romer attributed to them in the book. rick? >> rick: is it true there is a republican strategist who is defending the white house on this? >> yes. karl rove, former top advisor to president george w. bush is critical of su skind as a writer. here is more. >> i'm not sure how much of this book is true and accurate. my personal experience with him is that he tends to exaggerate. >> rove says suskind has written about him in inaccurate and unrealistic way. rick? >> rick: molly line in washington. thanks. >> new concerns over a possible solyndra like controversy occurring. the solar energy company was hailed a success by the obama administration, the stimulus program we are talking about receiving more than $500 million worth of federa

professor romer, thank you for being here. let me ask you first off whether you saw any good news inside this report. >> you know, it was pretty hard to find anything. i think the basic view is this is a pretty wretched jobs report. i think if you look deeper, it becomes even worse. when we learn, for example, that hours went down a little bit. not only did we not add any jobs but we were cutting back on hours so that total labor input went down. or discovered that another 400,000 people are working part-time for economic reasons. that's another sign of distress in the labor market. so i think it is very hard to put any kind of a positive spin on this report. >> in fact, americans don't even try. we have a new cnn poll out today, cnn-orc poll. we asked is the economy in a recession. 82% of americans believe the economy is in a recession right now. only 18% believe the economy is not in a recession. convince them that this is not a recession. >> yeah. i think maybe we're too sort of caught up in what the right term for this is.

you have timothy geithner their, you have romer talking about sexism in the white house. you have dunn talking about how they could be in court over some of the sexes and. what i want to get to is that you expect the white house now to push back on this text given all the stuff that i just laid out. i have noticed over the couple of days that some in the media are starting to push back on you. how do you explain the media push back versus the white house? >> there are a lot of folks going in a different direction. some folks have said, i am an expert on the president and dianne covered some of these things. this is -- and i uncovered some of these things. some people have seen some of these clear pieces of evidence and they're saying, while, i don't know what to think about that. that will cause some frustration and some action. tavis: some of the things that are getting the most press. i want to be fair to you and ask -- this is pretty dance -- dense. what is in here that is not being discussed that you would like to see discussed that you think you unveiled in the text?

. >> and that's clear to summers and romer? >> or anyone else on wall street watching it. >> they're delighted. a month later in the oval office, they're all there, except geithner. the president says, a huge month -- >> april '09. i left cnbc march '09 coming out of this whole thing fast money, expecting him -- >> everybody did. what about that citibank resolution plan? we're going to deal with it head on. christine romer looks at larry summers, oh, goodness, what should we say? said, mr. president, excuse me, there is no citibank resolution plan. >> geithner's not at the meeting. >> no. the president says, there better be. right there, outraged. after the immediating, rahm huddles with larry summers and says, i can't believe christine said that in the meeting. >> said what? there's no plan. >> and summers says, but rahm, she's right. after that, i talked to geithner about it and the president doesn't deny any of it. he goes through exactly what he felt. ultimately, that's -- >> so what's your argument? >> well, barack obama,

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christina romer weighs n in " the new york times."et's take a listen to comments president obama made last night at the congressional black caucus awards dinner. >> republicans like to talk about job creators. how about doing something real tax passed this jobs bill and every small-business owner in america including one in a thousand black-on the business owners will get a tax cut. pass this jobs bill and every worker in america including nearly 20 million african- american workers will get a tax cut. pass this jobs bill and prove you will fight just as hard for a tax cut for ordinary folks as you do for all your contributors. [applause] host: president obama speaking last night at the congressional black caucus awards dinner. on "newsmakers"this week, lamar alexander discusses why he will step down in january and why he thinks the senate is bogging down in legislative action. >> can i ask about the president's jobs bill? will he get a vote? >> that is completely up to harry reid. >> how so? >> can schedule it anytime he wants. senat

fact of the matter is when you buy a ministration path that stimulus bill that used all christina romer used mathematics as web one point one point so dollars in the economy doing this way and they said it unemployment wouldn't rise above eight percent it went up to ten percent if that nine point one percent the obama economic program has not done well it's failed and going into an election year when they want to have a place we were losing eight hundred thousand jobs a month we've had eight i mean i'm not i'm only i'm only using their metric to do some good to to to describe if they failed by their own standards they have a failed resident never said that that was one of those lies or stray ship that we saw that was a press conference they say is economic go as a goal you know. it wouldn't rise above eight percent one to ten percent at this point if i was the president to go back to eight hundred thousand jobs and he doesn't want to go back eight hundred thousand jobs a month as we reason he hasn't mentioned it and that's what their game is let's let's understand you ask the question w

presidential candidates now mind you there was still no gary johnson over at carter and nobody romer all of whom we've interviewed on this show all of whom continue to be excluded from all those major bates we have to ask if there is anything particularly tea party about this one i'm not sure i think mostly we heard more of the same rhetoric on immigration obamacare h.p.v. and of course social security there were some actually good questions about the fed and executive orders taken from people in the audience but they weren't even addressed every candidate maybe they ran out of time because c.n.n. did a ten minute long open to resemble an n.b.a. all-star game more than a political debate but ok i'm going to stop i will let somebody else get on the phone with me to talk about yesterday's events and talk about the scary prospect of the fact that one of these people might become the next president of the united states or the best this is me as i can make more santoro reporter and blogger for talking points memo and thanks so much for being here tonight are you started can you just pleas

"times" is saying that romer once threatened to walk out of a dinner. after the president called his guests for the recommendations but failed to recognize her. romer is backtracking saying this was all a joke and saying that she said it was lighthearted and she wouldn't have walked out on the president. the book also points the finger at larry sommers. he was heavy handed in the decisionmaking process. so, there's a lot of second guessing about the new president. at that time a young president and all of that slowed the process. kyra? >> karena, a lot of people will be buying that book. >>> james carville, the raging cajun, wants heads to roll at the white house. who would he fire? the democratic strategist and cnn contributor joins me live. >>> the man trapped under a burning car speaks out on his near-death experience. >> i blacked out and i came to for about five seconds while i was under the car. >> brandon wright has plenty of people to thank for saving him from this. you'll hear from him, next. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] i

that's kristina romer as well as i imagine valerie jarrett who were trying to get a word or two in andd axelrod were whisked away prematurely before anyone thought because president obama wanted to clean house after the midterms. >> yeah and look at how much better things are now. >> yeah. smooth as glass! >> here's a memo that eric is going to read from pete rous. >> i'll read the memo and i want to ask you something about what you brought up. here's the memo from him. it says "there's a deep dissatisfaction within the economic team with what is perceived as larry's imperilous and heavy handed direction of the economic process." here's what i'm getting at here, chris. all morning long, we've been talking about the head of the energy department, secretary of the energy failing on all these different loans it made to various energy companies. we talk about tim geithner in the past saying don't worry, america will never, will never lose a triple a credit rating. tim geithner saying don't worry about greece, it will never default. is it in house fighting in the white house or is it just c

romer is gone. he's supposed to fire the new team that just got here?d, i have a new idea. let's tax the rich. take money from those who created wealth. what is the plan here? >> it's not new, by the way, i mean, he proposed the millionaire's tax to finance health care and it didn't go anywhere. this is not a new idea. >> dragging it into history. jimmy carter's problems began when he fired half of his cabinet. i don't know where james carville is coming from. except if this is the opening salvo of a draft hillary clinton campaign, discontent among democrats of running with barack obama -- >> michael, you know that's a sure-fire way to elect a republican president. >> no question. but it happened in '48 with truman. >> well, then you get, you know that what happens. >> politics, sometimes, is irrational. >> give us the long view, michael, because the other sort of the gossip at the moment is the suskind book. you mentioned the economic team they're all being quoted. we do have some quotes, where larry summers basically trashing the president in a conver

other hand, what wasn't proven wrong, this this is really important that larry summers and kristy romer said to the president, we believe a stimulus of $800 billion will create somewhere between 1 million and 3 million jobs and add a significant amount to gdp growth. go to every report of the krcht ea, every report of the cbo who looked at this, the stimulus has worked. so the unemployment level that we went to was higher than expected, but the effectiveness of the stimulus actually was more or less what was expected. >> christya has a question. >> the probably is compelling, but easy to see how it might not be politically achievable. >> yes. >> if the president can't do what you suggest, is there there any way america can pick up the slack or is america doomed to weak economic growth even with a double dip recession? >> the fed indicated in its minutes and bernanke indicated in his comments at jackson hole there are more things the fed can do. if you look at the history of the 1930s when you had a combination of fiscal policy and monetary policy working to bring the economy out of depr

. >> now christine romer, gave a robust defense in the newspapers today. others are still looking a it quite skeptically. the white house when they drew this up, they asked a economist to look at it and he has since told the ap, that the stimulus will start fading away and the economy will be back in the same place in three years from now, so basically, saying what you put forth is kind of a band-aid. >> well, first of all, what are we supposed to do? nothing. so, the my will be worse over the next year or two? this is part of a longer-term economic strategy. we need to jump start. the american jobs act will provide that jump start. we have to get our fiscal house in order and we have to really focus on things that we know are going to make a difference. it can help in the short term. it's part of making sure that we come out of this. the american people understand, it took us a long time to get into this and it's going to take a long time to get out of this. we'll get back to solid x consistent economic growth. >> part of paying of this jobs bill is taxes

he quotes another former obama adviser, christina romer who had her issues with larry summers and says summers was deliberately blocking her from meetings with the president at the time roamer told suskind, i felt like a piece of meat. there was the allegation that anita dunn is quoted as saying this place would be in court for a hostile workplace because it actually fit all the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace for the president. there's an important clause missing, if it wasn't for the president. they're saying their words were taken out of context. treasury secretary tim geithner it to play defense because he wasn't painted positively in the book. here's what he said. >> the reports i've read about this book bear no resemblance to the reality we lived together. no resemblance. >> the white house has been pushing back hard. they even suggested yesterday that suskind simply borrowed from the internet for portions of his book. here's what jay carney said. >> one passage seems to be lifted almost entirely from wikipedia in the book. i think based on that, i wo

and look at this quote from christine romer, the former chairman of the council of economic advisers.g to ron suskind, the author, she thought she was purposely excluded during one meeting with larry summers. he quotes her as saying, "i felt like a piece of meat." both women have since denied saying these things to suskind. well, there's on old phrase in british politics, they would, wouldn't they, deny it. so if they're loyal and they may have said it in all kinds of context, they may not have said it. how do you put this together? you've done a good job of covering this white house. >> well, i haven't read the book. i don't want to trash someone else's -- >> what about the charges? >> what would worry me as an author, a writer, is actually the small stuff more than these quotes. people deny quotes. obviously they're pushing back very hard on that. the factual stuff, that will keep me up at night in a cold sweat. if you say dan fafer was deputy press secretary that speaks to the sloppiness in the writing or editing or both. in terms of my own writing -- >> everybody on the progressiv

dunn and romer saying they were misquoted. for a best--selling author, serious brushback from the white house over a new book which depicts in-fighting and indecision in the obama administration's early day. in this book "confidence men" ron suskind writes the president's top advisers had doubts whether he could handle the economic crisis and larry summers is quoted asse eas sayie home alone. no adult in charge. clinton would never have made these mistakes. we couldn't reach summers for comment, but the hearsay ate tributed to me is a convention of fiction and distortion taken out of context. >> i lived the reality. the reports out of this book, no resemblance to the reality we lived together. >> reporter: treasury secretary timothy geithner referring to a passage in the book saying president obama decided early on to restructure several troubled banks, but discovered nearly a month later his directive was ignored by the treasury. >> absolutely not. i spent my life in public service and would never do that. >> reporter: gloria

romer and dr.nstein's estimates many times in political advertisements coming forward, many times from candidates and political committees. i think it ought to be incumbent upon people who are journalists to at least acknowledge in their writing, if not in the phrasing of their question, what jack lew just talked about, which is that the forecasts made in early 2009 were based on the economic data available to any economist inside or outside the administration. and what we didn't know -- in fact, what we only learned this summer -- is that in the fourth quarter of 2008, the american economy contracted 9% -- before this president took office. the next month, when he took office, at the end of that month -- by the end of that month, the american economy had shed in that month alone 770,000 jobs. again, i certainly don't think that you are suggesting that president obama, regardless of his forecast of his economic team, is responsible for that. so i just think that we need to -- and i will simply go o

it quotes christina romer as saying she felt, quote, like a piece of meat after being shut out of a meetingng the obama white house fit all thes classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women. roamer's office e-mailsed us with a response from her saying "i cannot imagine that i ever said the piece of meat quote. it is just too i willy for words. we didn't hear back from anita dunn, but she's old other news outlets that she was misquoted. >> all right, brian, thanks very much. and ron suskind will be joining us to talk about his new book and all the controversy it's generating. my interview this wednesday day after tomorrow right here in "the situation room." big quuproar over that. other news, in new york city security very tight. the city's mayor said recently that the massive rioting that swept europe, north africa, elsewhere in europe, for example, this year could actually happen right here in the united states if, if, economic conditions don't improve. let's talk about this and more with the new york city police commissioner, ray kelly. always good to have you. i

romer and jared bernstein said until the unemployment level is 6.8%. they have not gone down to that level now. how can there be kft confidence on what you offered. >> as you know i was not a member of the team and i had an outsiders knowledge of the deliberation that were going on at the time. i will say that the recovery act produced the level of new jobs that was expected. what changed was that the economy was in a much deeper recession than anyone knew at the time. the hole was deeper and it was harder to get out. i think there is a cage in predicting -- danger in predicting unemployment rates. there is a lot of things that determine what the unemployment rate is and will be, even if you create x million new jobs, if you start out behind economic growth, it is going to take longer to hit a certain level of unemployment. my own view is that it is a dangerous showing pry to pinpoint predicting unemployment rates. i think when a you look at the package like that that you know is going to have a positive impact in terms of g.d.p. growth, you know it is

i'd like to see ron paul and buddy romer get in there as a team. caller: i wanted to stick up for regulations. my uncle died of bess -- asbestos exposure. as early as the 20th century we knew asbestos could give you cancer. it took us until the 1980's and 1990's to regulate it because companies don't have to follow environmental standards. but the downside is that american people get cancer. cancer rates are 65% higher without regulations. in areas where they have natural gas, the rates of breast cancer are the highest in the country. i'm studying environmental law right now and in the early 20th century there was no regulations, the quality of the meat was so sub standard, people were getting sick. so they finally had to regulate the meat industry. "silent spring" was written about the affects these toxins have on mammals. host: ok. we'll have to leave it there. executive plans for growth. the piece says this "so far business leaders have been standing firm with executives using fewer firms for hiring. this according to meetings held by financial

the only republican candidate telling the truth, romer, was not up there. thank you.ost: chattanooga, tennessee. caller: hey. first of all, social security is down. both parties will take it out. they are just trying to fool the american people. it is down. they will love me back. it will just fade out of sight. as far as the republicans go, there is only one man that could possibly run this country, that is herman cain. the rest of them, it is the same old, same old thing. as far as democrats, obama, this mandate for answers? that is out of hand. i do not think a politician can run in this country. we will see what happens. but i believe that social security is down. host: we will hear from herman cain later. from cnn, the decision to host the debate was -- it was more willing. host: that is the "the new york times," right up on this debate. here is a look. >> we have gone from a pay phone world to a smart phone world. president obama keeps jamming quarters into the pay phone, thinking things would get better. if we are going to get this economy going, we have seven

as ambassador romer made the point during one of the hearings, it would take less than one day of operations in iraq to fund a secular school to match every saudi-funded school in pakistan. we have not done any of that. we have not worked with any of the more secular islamic countries to build schools, to give parents an alternative to the hatred and intolerance they are being taught in the saudi- funded schools. north, to my knowledge -- you're closer to the bush administration -- never was that issue ever raised with the saudi government. >> [inaudible] >> i was glad to ask about where the panel felt the next terror attack would come from. i was going to ask about self radicalization. maybe you have already answered it. is al qaeda a player here? >> al qaeda is a player, but it is a different al qaeda. it is not centered in afghanistan with contacts in pakistan. it is in yemen. it is in somalia. it is in nigeria. it is a number of places. they seem to be more and more independent of central authority. they're planning their own attacks. in the same way, these attacks are not necessarily 9/

the book and said many things that affirm everything in the book as did anita dunn, as did christina romered up. they said talk to anita dunn who will give voice to this. this is the president growing into office. part of that point is made in the book. the book is about the evolution of barack obama across four years. >> dunn said it was a hostile workplace and if they were in the private sector, there would be lawsuits. >> her husband is general counsel, we got a little delicate as to what she should be thinking as to a legal issue with her husband seeing her every move. >> do you think the white house is a hostile workplace for women? >> i say in the book i don't think it is now. i think everyone agrees in that very difficult period in '09 to '10, it was. the key to what occurs here, people step up and say this is untenable. who can take charge? obama sits with them. >> with them? >> the women. they have a dinner which is of course in the book in november and hears their complaints. he is sympathetic. in an interesting quote they are going after larry and rahm. he says i need these guys

romer and dr. bernstein's estimates many times in political advertisements coming forward. many times from candidates and political committees -- i think it ought to be incumbent upon people who are journalists to at least acknowledge in their writing, if not in the phrasing in their questions which is what jack lew just talked about which is the forecast made for in early 2009 were based on the economic data available to any economist inside or outside the administration. and what we didn't know, in fact, what we only learned this summer is that in the fourth quarter of 2008, the american economy contracted at 9% before this president took office. the next month when he took office at the end of that month, by the end of that month the american economy had shed in that month alone 770,000 jobs. again, i certainly don't think that you are suggesting that president obama regardless of his forecast of his economic team is responsible for that. so i just think that we need to -- and i would go on those 770,000 jobs we talked about losing about in january of 2009, were part of

as ambassador romer made the point during one of the hearings, it would take less than one day of operations in iraq to fund a secular school to match every saudi-funded school in pakistan. we have not done any of that. we have not worked with any of the more secular islamic countries to build schools, to give parents an alternative to the hatred and intolerance they are being taught in the saudi- funded schools. north, to my knowledge -- you're closer to the bush administration -- never was that issue ever raised with the saudi government. >> [inaudible] >> i was glad to ask about where the panel felt the next terror attack would come from. i was going to ask about self radicalization. maybe you have already answered it. is al qaeda a player here? >> al qaeda is a player, but it is a different al qaeda. it is not centered in afghanistan with contacts in pakistan. it is in yemen. it is in somalia. it is in nigeria. it is a number of places. they seem to be more and more independent of central authority. they're planning their own attacks. in the same way, these attacks are not necessarily 9/

all of the works primarily of romer bearden and to jacob lawrence, you can recall all of those, are manifestationsof the great migration. 20th century african-american, and that is american culture, it's hard to separate from the culture of the great migration because it is the children who had been freed from the strictures of jim crow who were now free to explore and be their truest creative selves. as result of the sacrifice of their parents. when you think about jazz, you think about miles davis whose parents had migrated from arkansas to illinois where he had the luxury of being able spend hours to become the master of his instrument, and to create a whole new form of music. and you think of thelonious monk whose parents left north carolina for harlem and had what would have happened had they not made that decision when he was five years old where he would get a chance to have his genius flourish in the way that it did. and then you think of john coltrane who also came from north carolina, inc. in philadelphia where believe it or not that is where he got his first alto sax, his first alto sax

. >> christina romer makes a number of the same points about focusing on a long-term debt reduction forh of the fiscal space in the short run to do more on growth and jobs. these videos will be posted in the long, full version so everyone will be able to see them on the crfb web site. peter? >> the elephant in the room is the debate in washington. to go big, you have to put revenue and entitlements on the table. it is going to be tough choice for your republican colleagues, those on the super committee. how do you sell the republicans on revenue as a component? are you talking about the same revenue president obama is talking about? >> you have put your finger on the biggest issue that has to be handled between the two parties. i think it can be resolved in a number of ways. to me the easiest way to address it is to deal with the way that congress scores various proposals. as the bowles-simpson committee recommended, allow us to become more accurate in scoring the impact of various policies. and talking regularizing dynamic scoring rather than static scoring -- i am talking about regula

romer, he is not serious. yes i am. if you give me 100 families with $100 and i will have more money than mccain had. i am not opposed to money in politics. was i am opposed to is that it comes in the dark. it comes with special interests attached. it comes in a p.a.c. we have superpacs that are supposedly independent of the can they. they are run by the campaign manager of the candidate. we have one candidate who went to a fund raiser for the superpac and wrote to the ftc saying they were independent. i was born, just not yesterday. the institution is corrupt. unfair trade is not the only system of a corrupt system. a tax code that you cannot read. a budget that was imploding with your marks. the battle in this country is against federal spending. that is the battle that has to be won. we need the government to be strong to help people on the bottom to defend our shores, to prevent unfair trade, to protect america. i am not against the government. t, initainst sloppy, fac efficient government. these are the battles tha