i think that is why you see tepid support. you can go back and look at the legality issue. you can look at the visibility issue that the industry is saying, well, we are going to need a little bit of help there. on the open access issue, i think net neutrality sounds simple. it sounds like you force the telephone and cable companies to treat every bit of information the same way, but we know that modern networks and broadband are incredibly complex. there are millions of lines of code in every route. it is constantly evolving and if we want to see innovation continued to take place in at the next generation, we need to turn to the fcc and say you need to back away. doing a veryre good job managing these networks and making certain that there is open access on these networks. fcc, you need to get out of the way. that is why when listening to the chairman -- it is a hypothetical problem. no one has said the internet is broken. no one has said it does not work. no one has said it does not need -- no one has said it needs government interference. much of what is taking place is

so i think that's why you see that tepid support. you can go back and look at that legality issue, you can look at the predictability issue that the industry is saying, well, we're wanting some -- a little bit of help there. on the open access issue, i think net neutrality, it sounds simple, it sounds like you force the phone and the cable companies to treat every bit of information very same way. but we know that modern networks in the broadband are incredibly complex. there are million of lines of code in every router, that it is constantly evolving. and if we want to see that innovation continue to take place in -- and those next generation uses take place, we need to turn to the fcc and say, you need to back away. the isps are doing a very good job managing these networks and making certain that there is open access on these networks. fcc, you need to get out of the way. you don't need to be the cop on the beat on this. the isps are doing a good job. that's why i listened to chairman genachowski, and i think it's more -- it's a h

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>> between higher tax rates, healthcare issues, and government regulation, business confidence is tepid at best. >> reporter: but all is not bleak-- seasonal retail hiring has been generally strong. new data from monster.com shows retail job postings rose 22% in november compared to a year ago. retail hiring is often viewed as an economic barometer, since consumer spending makes up two thirds of economic growth. but economist david wyss says employment in the sector is important for another reason. >> it's a big hirer of relatively low skilled people, and that's where we're having trouble getting jobs right now. college grads have jobs. those retail jobs hire the high school grad, lower educational level people. >> reporter: whether they choose to hire or not, most retailers won't make the decision until the end of the year. most want to see the sales momentum in the week before christmas, when the majority of gifts are purchased. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. . >> tom: december has come in like a bull with two days of strong buying for stocks. for the second day in

and we're in a period of positive growth in terms of the economy, but it's tepid. >> reporter: peterson is betting that next year u.s. m&a activity could reach $900 billion. that would be a sizeable increase from this year's $800 billion level, but a far cry from the heady days before the financial crisis. so what's likely to fuel the urge to merge? for some companies, it may be the desire to go global with their business, as well as all the money they've squirreled away. >> if you look at corporate cash levels, according to numbers we see here at standard and poor's, non-financial companies in the s&p 500 have approximately $1 trillion cash on hand. so, there's the currency to do the deal activity. >> reporter: experts predict many deals will happen in the cash-rich technology arena. also look for mergers in the basic materials and energy sectors. for individual investors, it's difficult to guess which companies will get hitched. but market strategist phil dow says m&a activity is good for the stock market overall. >> deal activity up is kind of like the market heading up-- it draws pe

he often, i think, has a tepid sigh to bring in a -- tendency to bring in a lot of social science or scientific research, kind of watered down, you know, pop, to give it a hook or a novel piece. i'm not a network president. that doesn't have much meaning or resonance to me. >> host: we are talking about presidents at the midterm in recent history. georgia, calvin, democrat. hi. >> caller: hi, how are you doing? can you hear me. >> host: we're listening go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: okay. my comment is i really don't feel sorry for the unemployed, and i do not feel sorry for the people that are out of work because if they had got up out of their beds in 2010 and vote on tuesday the 2nd, we wouldn't be in this situation right now. we wouldn't be in the situation because republicans would not be getting back in office. democrats will, and he'll get these bills passed. >> guest: well, i think there's a kernel of truth in what you say. obviously, i did see some poll numbers that showed that the unemployed, that turnout among the unemployed was relatively low, and thos

levin, chairman of the armed services committee has said we're going to drive through on this despite tepid support from other elements at times. senator mark udall of colorado has been fantastic on this. but you know who really deserves to be recognized and thanked? are the staff of these senators and members of congress. senator lieberman's staff has been absolutely phenomenal. senator udall's staff has been absolutely phenomenal and no one would know that because they're not out there talking on camera. but they're the unsung heroes. >> i hope we set some precedent there. explain why if this doesn't come together for some reason and i would -- if i was going to bet on why it wouldn't, some arcain senate procedural quirk that none of us even know about right now, why is it so important it happen now? >> well, i think we're sort of at a critical point right now where we have the pentagon report out saying that here's the road map, it can be done, we have a unique legislative situation set up for next year where, you know, of course the house is under the control of one party, the senate is

they send tepidded to draw to -- they tended to draw to washington the need for school reform, a need recognized by just about everyone, but invested 10th amendment style in the states. it may seem like history today, but it wasn't all that long ago in geological terms at least that governors such as, of all people, lamar al alexander, bill clinton sent waves crashing on the beaches of their own state. after the 1994 election, two changes occurred on the front, neither turned out well. from the right, mostly republicans, new house members, came a clamber to stop the world. we want to get off. that was to abolish the department of education. the intent was to roll back washington's involvement in education and return to control to districts and parents. the impulse was understandable, but it was symbolic and 5 little hollow. as i noted at the time is what matters is not the name over the door of the federal agency, but what goes on inside it by way of spending and regulating and things like that without abolishing the education department would in effect create the department of hew wh

clerks and members of justice brennan's family who were very generous with their time, and people tepid to be a little more candid with the passage of time that justice brennan was no longer alive, they felt more comfortable sharing their opinions. steve and i i think were in sync on how to approach the writing of the book. unlike some justices who had really fascinating precourt lives and would be merit biography regardless like pioneering civil rights leaders, earl warren, the chief justice, a three term governor of california. justice brennan, there would be no biography of a new jersey state judge and corporate labor lawyer. we purposely condensed that part and the focus here really is on his tenure as a sphreement court justice. the second aspect is that we reallimented to go down the -- really wanted to go down the middle here. we didn't want to just celebrate him or condemn him. we were going to take it wherever it went, and i hope it reflects that. there are things about justice brennan that he did that we point out that are perhaps worthy of question or criticism. those include

you defended it but in a very kind of a tepid way. [laughter] >> just because i was unsuccessful. [laughter] >> because during the debates, the congressional debates over whether to pass, the president sent in his spokesperson, who said it would be unconstitutional to have the statue. then they passed the statute that the president said would be unconstitutional. so it was not a real hard case for us to argue afterwards. senate counsel and house counsel came in and defended it. >> that makes david's point very neatly. the office of legal counsel, through attorney general assistant, who is set to become the attorney general of the u.s., testified before both houses of congress that even if congress did all of the things that was being guided to do by the professor and others, the law would still be unconstitutional, unless the supreme court changed its mind. congress worked its will, so this poses a problem. except it does not quite intrude into the prerogatives of the presidency the way your situation did. it was our view that reasonable arguments could be made. i hope, in a non-t

that was an interesting case but you defend is this in a very tepid way. >> i beg your pardon. [laughter] >> during the debates over whether to pass, the president sent in his spokespeople who said that it would be unconstitutional to pass the statute. then they passed the statute that the president would be unconstitutional. it was a very hard case to thi argument. >> that makes the point very neatly. the office of legal counsel testified for both houses of congress that even if congress did all the things that it was being guided to do, the law would still be unconstitutional unless the supreme court changed its mind. this poses the problem even though this is not go into the private lives of the presidency. it was our opinion that reasonable arguments could be made and i hope and a non tepid way on behalf of the constitutionality of the flight protection act of 1989. -- flag protection act of 1989. it came down that it was unconstitutional and congress did indeed say that into account. we worked very collaborative flee but some who at the time was counsel to the senate. part

some schools were closed yesterday as the snowfall caused tepider benders. 1500 salt trucks were outy trucks will be out to make the commute as easy as possible. >> thank you, very much, the weather didn't help the crews fix the water main break. this break under the east north avenue. the water service was cut between harford an bel air avenue. >>> a normal day at school turned into a horrible day for a student in dundalk. he was approbed -- approached by a man who tried to assault him. a letter was sent to parents explaining the situation. the student wasn't harm mr. chairman >> the hefty price tag could help build the new arena downtown. the arena gave a all right about the project -- gave a report about the negotiate. it call -- the arena. the decision on the project is expected early next year. >>> with the 9-4 record, the ravens are hoping for another win this weekend. the raven's practiced indoors yesterday. derek mason missed the practice with an ankle injury. he'll play sunday though. mclain is also out because of an illness. they'll play sunday at 1:00. >>> good news to a f

no doubt what we're seeing is tepid job growth and mentioned before but what we're not seeing yet isically only collected in the manufacturing area, not collected in the office area. so i think what you are seeing is moving forward. we haven't had that breakthrough yet and hoping to get through to the breakthrough in month of november and we have to wait. december was not a good month for hiring or january. looking out to february before there's good news. >> wow. stock futures on a real roll over the past few days, turning lower on this news right now which, obviously, is expected. why do you think the discrepancy of what they thought would happen, a rosier outlook, and what happened in the private sector especially? >> well, again, it's so hard. when you look at how much data is collected and how it's collected and look at the revisions as you talked about, you see some changes. we do have seasonal hiring patterns. november and december are the ones that you would see some lower seasonal hiring. but normally during, you know, a little bit of a pickup on the recovery, you kind of bl

you defended it, but in a very tepid way. [laughter] jettied just because i was unsuccessful. >> but during the debate, the congressional debate over whether to pass it, the president said in his vote person say it would be unconstitutional. so they had to pass it because the president had said it was unconstitutional. it was not a hard case for us to argue >> i think that makes david's point rather uniquely. he testified for both houses of congress that even if congress did all the things

chief bill clinton in each of these issues, but particularly with korea, i thought he was too soft too tepid and i thought north korea will march through this path and they'l become a nuclear power and nothing is going to stop them because we're not bold enough, not strong enough and didn't show the resolve necessary to cause home to back up and back off. north korea. also true with iran. and as i watched president bush, bush 43, come into office i was hopeful there would be a bolder position with regard to our posture with north korea and iran. i remember serving in congress some of those years and watched how the political handcuffs were put on george w. bush in such a way he didn't have the political support to use the bold actions that i believe might have been necessary then to avert the nuclear power that has materialized in north korea, nor the impending nuclear power that appears to be materializing in iran. i don't think george bush was able to utilize the tools. i don't know if he had the will. i believe he did. i believe he had the judgment but not the political tools because this

today, what we will be discussing is why job creation has been so tepid in the current recovery. what we know about cost effective strategies for expanding jobs and what public policy can and should be doing to jump-start job creation and demand for workers. we had a terrific panel to tackle these questions. i am hoping that the conversation is more on what we now or think we know about tackling these problems rather that on how discouraging the problems are. our panel in alphabetical order is a senior economist at the upjohn institute for employment research. he focuses on local labor markets. he is the author of "jobs for -- "jobs for theo poor." bob is the economic education director for the federal reserve bank of richmond. cliff johnson is the executive director for the institute of youth education and families at the national league of cities. that institute's core concern includes education, youth development, child safety, and family economic security. he is the co-author of two books on labor and social policy. bob lehrman is an economics professor at american university

today, what we will be discussing is why job creation has been so tepid in the current recovery.hat we know about cost effective strategies for expanding jobs and what public policy can and should be doing to jump-start job creation and demand for workers. we had a terrific panel to tackle these questions. i am hoping that the conversation is more on what we now or think we know about tacklinghese problems rather that on how discouraging the problems are. our panel in alphabetical order is a senior economist at the upjohn institute for employment research. he focuses on local labor markets. he is the author of "jobs for -- "jobs for theo poor." bob is the economic education director for the federal reserve bank o richmond. cliff johnson is the executive director for the institute of youth education and families at the national league of cities. that institute's core concern includes education, youth development, child safety, and family economic security. he is the co-author of two books on labor and social policy. bob lehrman is an economics professor at american university. he

i hope in a non-tepid way, on behalf of the constitutionality of the protection act of 1989. . -- flag protection act of 1989. it came down that it was unconstitutional and congress did indeed say that into account. we worked very collaborative flee but some who at the time was counseto the senate. part of the institutional roll -- we also dealt with the institutional role which was coming more from the senate, for whatever reason. [unintelligible] we worked very cleverly to defend the constitutionality of the law even though it had been ruled unconstitutional. what happens when there is an intrusion by congress or a perceived intrusion into their own prerogatives. your situation raises that very neatly because the president might very well say based upon the advice of military, the chairf the joint chiefs of staff says this is bad for the military, we will not defend this in court. we take this back to the senate, to the house, then they can decide. those are very than tough judgment calls. this does ton-and the bedrock-- tug at the bedrock. it is the task of the executive branch to d

today, what we will be discussing is why job creation has been so tepid in the current recovery. what we know about cost effective strategies for expanding jobs and what public policy can and should be doing to jump-start job creation and demand for workers. we had a terrific panel to tackle these questions. i am hoping that the conversation is more on what we now or think we know about tackling these problems rather that on how discouraging the problems are. our panel in alphabetical order is a senior economist at the upjohn institute for employment research. he focuses on local labor markets. he is the author of "jobs for -- "jobs for theo poor." bob is the economic education director for the federal reserve bank of richmond. cliff johnson is the executive director for the institute of youth education and families at the national league of cities. that institute's core concern includes education, youth development, child safety, and family economic security. he is the co-author of two books on labor and social policy. bob lehrman is an economics professor at american university

but today what we will be discussing is why job creation has been so tempted -- tepid and this, recovery. what we know about cost- effective strategies for expanding jobs and what pump -- public policy can and should be doing to jump-start job creation, demand for workers. we have a really terrific panel here to tackle these questions. and i am hoping that the conversation is more on what we know -- or think we know about tackling these problems rather than how discouraging the problems are. our panelists, and out of order, tim bartick from upjohn institute of employment research. his work focuses on state and local economic demint and on local labor markets. he is the author of "jobs for the poor: 10 labor demand policies help?" bought the leboyus is senior health care advisory at -- advisor of national association of independent business. he taught economics at university of richmond, was an analyst and economic education director for the federal reserve bank of richmond and a risk officer for sub-saharan africa at chase manhattan bank. cliff johnson is executive director for the insti