and i have known the president shalala as secretary shalala, but also as my friend donna seÓul thankyou very much for having me here at the u. [applause] i want to thank my good friends, the investor cobb for their service to the country and for their extraordinary friendship as well. and thanks to you, university of miami students, for having me here. well, so how do you become secretary of state? you start as a field of piano major. that's how you start. [laughter] i went to college to become a concert pianist tbi studied from the age of three. there was never any doubt that's what i was going to do. in the summer of my sophomore year i went to something called the aspen festival school, which a lot of prodigy's were there and there were 12-year-olds who played what i could play after one year, they were 12 and i was 17. i decided i was either going to end up teaching 13-year-olds to murder beethoven, so find a career that really isn't for me. fortunately i wandered into a chorus of international politics, and it was taught by a soviet specialist named joseph car sell who was madel

reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in stocks could draw in more individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. the nasdaq jumped 37 and the s&p added 15 points. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 157,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%. even though the january report was a bit disappointing, job growth in the previous two months was revised higher. suzanne pratt has more. >> reporter: stuck in neutral. that seems to be the best cliche for the u.s. job market, right now. the nation's unemployment rate has been lurking just around 8% for the last six months. and, the number of news jobs created is barely

reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in diin individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. &p 1t add 15 poins. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 1,000 jobs last month but the unem1oyment rate edged up to 7.9%. even though the january report r was a bit disappointing, job growth in the priwoou ts months was revised higher. suzanne pratt has more. >> reporter: stuck in neutral. that seems to be the best cliche for the u.s. job market, right now. the nation's unemployment rate has been lurking just around 8% for the last six months. and, the number of news jobs created is barely keeping pace with population growth. still, some econ

we spoke with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services secretary donna shalala. shalala is now the president of the university of miami, where we caught up with them today. >> the two of you are veterans of capitol hill budget battles, both in congress and in the white house. how does the budget battle that is ongoing now, different, especially in terms of health care? >> well i think there is a growing realization that the entitlement programs comprise one of the largest parts of our budget and have to be addressed if we're going to get some handle on the deficit problem going forward. >> you're part of the fix the debt organization trying to get congress to concentrate on entitlement reform. you have said in that capacity, in the end we're going to have to eliminate some programs. could some health care programs be included in that? >> both parties realize that they have to reorganize not simply cut deeply these entitlement programs. they serve a population that's very vulnerable. you have to be careful about shifting costs because they affect poor people and

tomorrow we'll talk with two people who have been on the front lines of rising health care costs, donna shalala, former health and human services secretary, and former senator tom daschle. also tomorrow, a look at super bowl ads, ahead of the big game this weekend. ever wonder what goes into making the perfect super bowl ad? our partners at harvard business school. say when it comes to making an effective commercial, there's such thing as being "too entertaining." to find out why, visit, nbr.com and look for the "nbr-u" tab. >> tom: the door business could be a window into the job market. as the economy has swung from recession to slow growth, specialty companies attached to the real estate market have seen business opportunities open again. dash door and closer service is one of those. the company has been around for 58 years working on automatic doors. it's clients are commercial builders and building managers. for instance, the company is fixing this pump that came from an automatic door at miami international airport. it is one of dozens dash door services at the airport, and business is pi

tomorrow we'll talk with two people who have been on the front lines of rising health care costs, donna shalala former health and human services secretary, and former senator tom daschle. also tomorrow, a look at super bowl ads, ahead of the big game this weekend. ever wonder what goes into making the perfect super bowl ad? our partners at harvard business school. say when it comes to making an effective commercial, there's such thing as being "too entertaining." to find out why, visit, nbr.com and look for the "nbr-u" tab. >> tom: the door business could be a window into the job market. as the economy has swung from recession to slow growth specialty companies attached to the real estate market have seen business opportunities open again. dash door and closer service is one of those. the company has been around for 58 years working on automatic doors. it's clients are commercial builders and building managers. for instance, the company is fixing this pump that came from an automatic door at miami international airport. it is one of dozens dash door services at the airport, and business is pick

reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalalaat and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in stocks could draw in more individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. the nasdaq jumped 37 and the s&p added 15 points. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 157,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%.

reforms take hold with former senator tom daschle and former health and human services chief donna shalala. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> susie: february got off to an exuberant start here at the new york stock exchange today. the dow broke through the 14,000 level. it's the first time that's happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. traders say the recent rally in stocks could draw in more individual investors into the market. by the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. the nasdaq jumped 37 and the s&p added 15 points. one catalyst pushing stocks higher: decent data about jobs. american businesses added 157,000 jobs last month but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%.