>> we're not in a normal atmosphere when it comes to quote unquote obama care.did have the executive authority to do so. and we did so. but this doesn't go to the core of implementation. >> now "the new york times" reports the administration has delayed yet another part of obama care. the limit on out of pocket cost for patients. is this just more evidence that the entire health law should be delayed or even repealed? here now is former obama deputy white house press secretary bill burton, now vice president and managing director of global strategy group. and also hatley heath. this is the third part of obama care that's getting delayed or not implemented at all, hadleigh. it grows increasingly important that it's just incredibly difficult if not impossible to implement. >> the news with obama care is this. a new day, a new delay. this is an admission, or should be to the american people, that this law is unworkable. this is on the heels of the white house providing a special kind of waiver for congress and their staff. if it's not good enough for them, it's cer

but we're not in a normal atmosphere around here when it comes to quote/unquote obama care. we did have the executive authority to do so, and we did so. but this doesn't go to the core of implementation. let me tell you what is the core of implementation that's already taken place. as we speak, right now, for the 85% of americans who already have health insurance, they are benefitting from being able to keep their kid on their plan if their kid is 26 or younger. that's benefitting millions of young people around the country, which is why lack of insurance among young people has actually gone down. that's in large part attributable to the steps that we've taken. you've got millions of people who have received rebates because part of the affordable care act was to say that if insurance company isn't spending 80% of your premium on your health care, you get some money back. lo and behold, people have been getting their money back. it means the folks who have been bumping up with lifetime limits on their insurance that leaves them vulnerable, that doesn't exist. seniors have bee

the essence of the law, but we're not in a normal atmosphere around here when it comes to quote/unquote, obama care. >> that environment is one where the republican party dedicated itself to a full repeal of the health care law without any plan to put something in its place. >> at least they used to say, well, we're going to replace it with something better. there's not even a pretense they're going to replace it with something better. i've been hearing about the replace thing for two years. now i just don't hear about it because basically they don't have an agenda to provide health insurance to people. >> and that's kind of the key part of this debate here, a little bit. joining me, josh barro, politics editor for "business insider." josh, what struck me so much about president obama's comments today is he kind of got out there and said, look, you can have the argument you want to have over obama care, but in terms of actual ideas for how to give a large number of americans health insurance, i'm kind of the only guy in the ring now. there's no real debate being had anymore. there's no debate

but we're not in a normal atmosphere around here when it comes to quote, unquote, obama care.e did have the executive authority to do so. and we did so. but this doesn't go to the core of implementation. let me tell you what is the core of implementation that's already taken place. as we speak right now, for the 85% of americans who already have health insurance, they are benefits from being able to keep their kid on their -- on their plan if their kid is 26 or younger. that's benefiting millions of young people around the country, which is why lack of insurance among young people has actually gone down. that's in large part attributable to the steps that we've taken. you've got millions of people who've received rebates because part of the affordable care act was to say that if insurance company isn't spending 80% of your premium on your health care, you get some money back. and lo and behold, people have been getting their money back. it means the folks who have been bumping up lifetime limits on their insurance, that leaves them vulnerable, that doesn't exist. seniors have

expensive difficult costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region unquote however one year ago obama also said that chemical weapons used in syria would be a red line for the united states and now he is under pressure growing pressure to act u.s. officials have acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence linking syrian president bashar al assad to this week's alleged chemical attacks nonetheless a state department spokesperson has also said that long. shinton doesn't believe the rebels are capable of carrying out chemical attacks so logically this would lead one to think that the white house has already found the syrian government guilty of the alleged chemical weapons being used in syria now the media has also played a significant role in recent days with many western media outlets being very sad and shocking video of dead victims in syria reporting that the assumption is that the syrian government is behind the mass killing. new reports from syria so the army has discovered chemicals in the area earlier controlled by opposition forces and despite no confirmation of reports of

expensive difficult costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region unquote however one year ago obama also said that chemical weapons used in syria would be a red line for the united states and now he is under pressure growing pressure to act u.s. officials have acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence linking syrian president bashar al assad to this week's alleged chemical attacks nonetheless a state department spokesperson has also said that washington doesn't believe the rebels are capable of carrying out a chemical attack so logically this would lead one to think that the white house has already found the syrian government guilty of the alleged chemical weapons being used in syria now the media has also played a significant role in recent days with many west. very sad and shocking video dead victims in syria reporting that the assumption is that the syrian government is behind the mass killings. and while the u.n. inspectors have yet to determine whether chemicals have been used and who used them there's been no clarity over the number of casualties either inside. the pro

don't you agree that weather by anecdote or raw numbers that obama care is slowing down this quote/unquote recovery? >> no. we're havg the same economic trends we've been seeing for two years. that's about lower demand. you cannot blame all ofthis on obama care. >> we're only blaming a part of it on obama care, trust me. >> but, tracy, if we hve more part-time workers, they have less to spend and the economy's not going to get going. and that's the problem. and so we're in this like purgatory forever where we're not getting any jump start. i would love it if people went out a bought 50 burgers today for dinner soe could hire 50 burger flippers and that's not going to happen unfortunately because we're in this unknown territory. what's going to happen with my taxes, what's going t happen with my health care. no one knows. everyone is sitting on their hands. that's where we're sitting wh the economy right now. as long as uncle ben keeps pumping money into the economy your 401(k) will go up b you can't say that about the companies. >> if this is all true, then if the president got rid of al t

much of president obama's focus has been on the middle class and quote/unquote, better bargain. in terms of education, living standards and most notably, jobs. president obama chose an amazon.com warehouse as his venue. amazon announced it was adding 5,000 new workers to its company. >> should be doing everything we can to create more jobs with good pay. >> how good are the jobs at amazon warehouses? many are temporary and conditions are harsh. the pay is $11 an hour. >> the white house was asked prior to the visit, whether these were the kinds of jobs the president wanted to create. the director of the white house national economic council, responded for the president, quote, we should not denigrate any job or any work. people work at different jobs throughout their lives. families piece together, sometimes two, to have a degree of middle class security. >> was an amazon warehouse venue the proper chase? >> pat? >> it has moved from a production economy to a service economy. service jobs pay far less than the old manufacturing jobs d. the truth is, the country has moved more tow

speeches, speakers, a lot of dialogue that is more consistent and in line with the obama administration than quote/unquoteadicalism. so really -- and again, that's not necessarily to say anything negative against reverend sharpton but that is just the reality. so that's going to give you -- and again, because in 63 you had legislation that the civil rights organizations were pushing for. they were pushing for a voting rights act. they were pushing for a 64 civil rights act and they were trying to apply pressure to the administration for kennedy being reluctant to support it and then lyndon johnson wing behind it, they were pushing the administration to support substantive identified legislation. so things that were being articulated were very, very clear. what we have right now is there really is no identified substantive legislation for people to get behind. so that's why you wind up with a whole lot of discussion about we've come this far, we have so far yet to go. we've done so much. there's so much yet to do. but when you left the march on saturday, which i did, you didn't leave the march understandin

obama right now is reimplementing. we should point out this. the fed is now a regulator. so larry summers will implement some of the reforms, quote, unquoteons that obama put in that were overriding his deregulation. it is odd but you know listen. he's a smart guy. larry summers is one of the smartest guys when it comes to economics. >> president of harvard university. >> wall street establishment is pushing him. the other big story the wall street establishment is still pretty powerful. so matter how much they call him fat cats they put him on the top of the list. betting early on was janet yellen would get the nod. no one has it yet. i could hear it is summers to screw up. maybe they find a comment about women not knowing how to do open market operations as well as men. that is possibility with larry summers. lori: bottom line, you believe, or you're hearing from your sources that one of the reasons yields have spiked so dramatically because rare larry summers who might be the president's favorite might have -- >> less after dove than yellen. lori: we characterize him as a hawk? will he take the foot off the gas, hike rates? >> it's a g

unquote. president obama has acknowledged that shorter duration loans hold advantages for many borrowers like proposing last year, expanded loan refinance program where borrowers r quote, must agree to refinance into a loan with no more than a 20-year term, unquote. many americans who seek to own a home find themselves selling their property before they build some, if any, equity in in the property leaving the situation to being akin to being a renter, pays thousands, agrees to do the maintenance, and has to pay the property taxes. there is no one-size-fits all mortgage in america. some opponents claim that sufficient private sector capital does not exist to fill a post-government guarantee void. that begs several questions. number one, why are equity markets two and a half times the size of our mortgage markets, and yet they exist without any guarantee. government or otherwise. just how much capital is sufficient for housing finance? i don't know the answer to the question, and i suspect no one in this audience does either, but what i know is that whatever the number is is it must be sustain

you're going to get a lot of dialogue that is more consistent and in line with the obama administration then than quote unquote radicalism so you really again that's not necessarily to say anything negative against reverend sharpton i mean but that is just the reality and soledad's going to give you that again. because. you again in sixty three you had legislation that the civil rights organizations were pushing for they were pushing for a voting rights act they were pushing for a sixty four civil rights act and they were trying to apply pressure to the administration first kennedy being very reluctant to support it and then lyndon johnson being behind it they were they were they were pushing the administration to to support substantive identified legislation so things were that were being articulated were very very clear what we have right now is there really is no identified substantive legislation for people to get behind so that's why you wind up with a whole lot of discussion about we've come this far we have so far yet to go we've done so much there's so much you had to do but when you left the march on

question, how would you describe president obama's change of position since june when he said, quote unquote, the right balance was struck between privacy and security and his new reform. balance them both out r. the president's views regarding privacy evolving, or is this a massive presidential about turn, a flip-flop? ellen. >> i don't think president obama wanted to be the democratic president that expanded the national security state, and the various disclosures that have come out since he made those initial statements in june saying he was okay with the balance has indicated that the, you know, spying, if you will, on americans is more widespread than we all initially thought. and so i think he's open to reigning this in. those are all reasonable steps you outlined. i imagine congress is looking at a way. but i still think he's not going to back away from basically continuing the programs that his predecessor put in place because of the times we live in and that national security brief he gets every morning. >> is it possible that he didn't know the extent of the reach of the nsa and th

unquote. even president obama has acknowledged that shorter duration loans hold advantages for many borrowersuch as when he proposed last year an expanded loan refinance program borrowers, quote: must agree to finance into a loan with no more than a 20-year term, unquote. many americans who seek to own a home find themselves selling their property before they build some, if any, equity in that property. leaving their situation akin to being a renter who pays thousands in closing costs, agrees to do the maintenance and then has to pay the property taxes. there is no one size fits all mortgage in america. next, some opponents of the path act claim that sufficient private sector capital simply does not exist to fill a postgovernment guarantee void. that begs several questions. number one, why are equity markets two and a half times the size of our mortgage markets, and yet they exist without any guarantee, government or otherwise? and just how much capital is sufficient for housing finance? i don't know the answer to the question, and i suspect no one in this audience does either. but what i do

is the guyho said, that barack obama was notable because he was the rare african-american politicians who did not speak in harry reid's words, yet o yet on quote, unquote, negroro i d leg. gro di dialect. neil: i forgot about that. >> 50% of the country does not prove to the job that barack obama is doing, i you go to those amecans that represent every strand of the spectrum from conservativeemocrats who look at obam obamacare and realg it is not doing anything it promised too, doing many things it promised it would not do, to younger americans who are trying to find a job. to all kinds of americans who don't see this administration keeping its promises in issue after issue. you ask that 50% of americans, do you think you are racist for not approvining of te job tt the president is doing? they don't buy this harry reid says the things to put republicans on the defensive, and says these things to make republicans have to get defensive about these things, he is not trying to persuade a single human being. neil: should he be working harder on persuading the rank-and-file that were supporting this health care law in the beginning, who are now not. a lot of

obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is quote unquote extremely disappointed with moscow's decision on snowden and that it undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services certain members of congress used even harsher term senator chuck schumer said russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife senator lindsey graham says americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with the bushes and john mccain goes it is a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by put into a stand without serious repercussions of course for many politicians here attacking snowden and russia is much easier than defending this surveillance state the white house keeps repeating this mantra mr snowden is not a whistleblower he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three fairly villany counts and he should be returned to the united states polls show the majority of americans actually disagree with the wh

obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is quote unquote extremely disappointed with moscow's decision on snowden and that it undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services certain members of congress used even harsher term senator chuck schumer said russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife senator lindsey graham says americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with the bushes and john mccain goes it is a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by put into a stand without serious repercussions of course for many politicians here attacking snowden and russia is much easier than defending this surveillance state the white house keeps repeating this mantra mr snowden is not a whistleblower he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three fairly felony counts and he should be returned to the united states polls show the majority of americans actually disagree with the whi