you are with scott garrett, vice chairman of the house budget committee. caller: yes, i am going to have to respectfully disagree with the representative garrett. the mathematics shows when you look at deficits left by presidents and the history of the presidency that obama, the first two years of office, he lowered the deficit. and this is mathematically proven. so if you're interested in looking at that, then you need to get on the internet and look up presidential datasets and -- deficits and there is a professor of mathematics who shows it. since 1911, the only two times that the deficit in this country has gone into the black was underneath democratic presidents. one, carter. one, clinton. it is astounding that i sit here and repeatedly listen to republicans say that they're not going to tax rate the wealthiest people in this country when taxing them for one year would bring in $1 trillion. guest: one of my colleagues has an expression -- we can agree to have differences of opinions but we cannot agree to have different on facts. i can have a differen

that is sparking sharp attacks from republicans like congressman scott garrett. >> the new jersey republican calling the latest round of bond buying, quote, radical and unprecedented. he joins now exclusively to make his case. congressman garrett is also vice chairman of the house budget committee. good to have you on the program. >> good to be with you. thank you so much. >> radical? that's a little bit strong, isn't it? >> well, radical, unprecedented, never done before. how about any of those adjectives? others have already pointed out the fact that the actions of the fed, in this case, are unprecedented. we have seen the scope or timelines or tie-in with the labor market as the fed has done in this situation. so whether you want to call it any one of those adjectives,ic it's fitting and applies. >> what do you say to the fact that ben bernanke said the economy needs this to continue to recover? that without it we'll see a recession. >> well, i think that's questionable. first of all, some of his interpretations on this. as part of your lead-in to this program, i was listening to, it was

congressman scott garrett is expected to speak later today and say the same thing, he's going to sayten into this area of fiscal planning and that they shouldn't be doing that. of course, you can point back to congress and say they're doing it. >> my expectation, becky, it will move from our little world where we talk about should they or shouldn't they into the bigger world. if guys like george will are writing about it, and it's become a whole different conversation from what it is now. >> don't you tend to discount just about anything a person that just insists on wear ag bow tie says, just in general? >> joe, that's not a bad rule. that's not a bad rule of life. >> think of the people that have come on this network, over history, that have insisted on wearing bow ties. >> there's jim grant who you like. >> yeah, but he says things that are a little bit -- is that what my hair says? >> i don't think you're agreeing with your hair today. >> my hair is saying you have no idea what you're saying. >> that's not what you're saying. >> it's a good rule to live by. >> a lot of quick deci

scott garrett, republican from new jersey wants the job. what would he do if he got it. him because he'll be in this studio next. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. >> like playing in a basketball game, i get two points for a basket and you get 10. it is ridiculous. stuart: are the polls accurate? >> i don't even think they're accurate. i told you this before. we would put them in jail for securities fraud. stuart: that is a good one, wasn't it? rudy giuliani talking about mitt romney's tax plan. don't miss a minute of barney and company. check the market, much of the early game is gone. we're still up. the price of gold up again $15 higher. oil is back $91 per barrel. a solid gain. the price of a gallon o

regular watchers will note that yesterday we congressmen scott garrett from new jersey at the table.'s get the calls for mr. himes. broken arrow, oklahoma. soviet air. your question for the congressmen? >> caller: hi, thank you so much for taking my call. i am here and see when republicans or democrats come to the floor and talk on the c-span show. i am so glad that you have a live call-in show. i have two questions for you. i am so happy that you are with financial services committee as a member. you probably have been doing that for many, many years. the first question i have for you is about mortgage. i've never owned my own home. i'm a military mom and i would love to own my own home. i heard something about the stimulus. how would that help me in both these banks that you guys get together and give some money to help the low income on their own first-time homes. the second question i have is what about education? i know that she will have been looking at the chicago vocation, pretending to over 400 some odd thousand teachers, which are striving their fifth day. and what do you p

we will talk to congressman scott garrett about the economy, and a look at reactions to the attack on the u.s. embassy in libya. washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> up until the battle of antietam, the confederates were honor roll. because expectations in the south, even in the north and abroad were that lee would win -- the third time would be the charm. he had won the peninsula campaign. he had won the second battle of bull run. now he was invading the north and this was going to be a crushing blow. when that did not happen, i think there was a great sigh of relief in the north. lincoln does take it as the sign he had been waiting for, the victory he had been waiting for, to issue the emancipation proclamation, which does transform the nature of this war and make it now war for freedom as well as union. for all of these reasons, i think antietam stands as the most important turning point of the war. >> this weekend, the 150th anniversary of the battle of antietam. authors and historians take your questions on the battle and repercussions of the single b

al roker, garrett utley, mary ellis williams, scott simon, jackie nespral, mike schneider, gisele fernandez, jodie applegate, and from memphis, there he is -- >> there he is. >> did you miss the plane, jack? how does it feel to be back, everybody? >> it's wonderful to say hello to my hair. >> my family wondered if i had dark hair. this shows i once had dark hair. >> husbands and wives are here. i have to get married in order to come back. 9. >> borrow our children. >> i'm happy. >> a show of hands, how many people broke into a cold sweat when the alarm went off at 4:00 this morning? >> definitely. >> i slept through it. >> he's still sleeping. >> so the usual. >> our second half hour we're going to catch up and show more of the hair shots. be prepared. we're going to hear from some of the co-host who is didn't make it here this morning as well. we have a lot to get to. we begin thisorning with the rising tensions in the mideast, the u.s. is beefing up its presence in libya by sending marines and drones as it searches for those who killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans there. ea