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and sarah palin fan, vicky ward.n author of a soon-to-be released book on lehman brothers and editor for "vanity fair." she said the feds helped create the problem. some of her rhetoric, perhaps very narrowly and crudely, but she understands that there are systemic issues with the banking system that support moral hazard that basically are anti-competitive. >> i know you love the former governor of alaska dylan, but it's great to give a speech. that's why you get speech writers. what i would have loved to have heard was a q & a? can she move beyond the -- >> okay. and i feel like this is indicative, andy, of right wing talking points which look to deem niz the government inherently, as opposed to looking at the government as a tool as being skewed up and misused. it's common sense that government attempts to solve problems like the health care problem will just create new problems. now, jonathan, you be quiet. turn off his microphone, because you are not being constructed. you, too, vicky! i am talking to andy. this

we discussed this with vicki ward and jonathan kaypart yesterday.ing in context as we watch the president make his way as marquee diplomat if you will from the u.s. to the world as he gave a speech yesterday trying to align as many people's interests in the room as possible. what does he have to pull off today? >> well, today this is i believe the third time he's addressing the -- the first speech was the climate change speech. the next day came his general address to the u.n., the first time as president of the united states. and now we're looking at this high level security council meeting, the first time a sitting american president is doing this. and i think it's going to be a continuation of what he -- what he has said all along. you know, one, the united states is not there to lecture anyone, it wants to work with the u.n., use the u.n. -- views the u.n. as a partner in solving the world's problems, today the issue being nuclear disarmament. he talks about as a candidate and continued to talk about as president. and if the president wants to g