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People not talk about the other big issues of the day like the debt! so lets take a look at the comparison between obama and president bush. brian, i know youre good at math. >> im fantastic at math. i feel as if i keep doing this for you, youll never learn on your own. im going to do it anyway. bush was in for eight years and ran up a debt of $4.9 trillion. president obama, already three years plus and hes got a $5 trillion. hes put in $1.4, $1.2, $1.2 of debt each year in office. theres no def...

Everything down. >> well, you know, businesses, i talk to small business people all the time and people that run not the guy that mows your lawn, necessarily but people that run small businesses that employ 50 to 1,000 people. what they tell you is this, they dont plan for tomorrow so temporary tax cuts as the president said doesnt matter. they plan for three years. thats the way they budget and think of hiring. let me tell you something, if youre telling me youre going to raise their taxs in a ...

for the "wall street journal" and david gergen. what was behind the selloff, er? >> i was talking to a few investors today what ben bernanke said yesterday, anderson what is the market expected him to same we know things are weak we know europe is a very severe issue but him saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rat...

saying it, even though they knew he was going to say it makes people more worried, people are kind of looking for nothing hold on to, maybe for a little bit of hope, why you see this people are saying this is a rather dramatic selloff and might see stabilization that isnt the same thing as saying we arent in a real economic problem. we know that we are. >> and steven, seems like the markets were also underwhelmed by the by the feds latest moves to kick start the economy. is there anyth...

>> what are you passionate about? >> hes a best selling author, star and friend of president obama. >> we are going win with him as president. thats my personal belief. i know the guy. >> tonight my one on one with hill harper. >> this is my cry, piers. >> and why kathy ireland avoids mirrors. >> i do. who has time for them. >> youre not vain like that at all? >> its not what my life is about. >> a tribute to her good friend elizabeth taylor. >> you knew where you stood with elizabeth....

2 216? that looks like why the discussion is going. >> when you say no revenue, thats political speak for no tax increase, right? >> republicans wont take a deal with a tax increase. there is not enough time for comprehensive tax reform, because there is not enough time to do it. one thing in there, the trigger option which says they dont have a sizable deficit reduction by christmastime it will be an cross the board cuts, republicans say well, youll take cuts from the pentagon and cut medicare ...

for the first time in the history of our country unless there is a compromise or they accept my bill, were headed for economic disaster. its time for republicans to step forward. theres been some movement today. as i indicated on the floor, i was having a meeting in my office this afternoon with some splun and that fell through. as they were walking into a conference, three republican senators said they were interested in my bill, interested in compromise. they need to step forward. ...

Field no favor. the problem with what wear seeing out of the obama administration, the democratic party, well just cut these $4.4 tax preferences given to the oil and gas sector, while theyre completely ignoring the cost to taxpayers of $16 billion for the corn ethanol scam. theyre getting 130 times as much in the way of subsidies as the oil and gas business, and yet we dont hear anything about that. >> neil: im curious with awful these tax credits, various write-offs and all, do they really cha...

The figure at $2.4. he bristled at that. and immediately corrected me, he said, you know, a more recent edition of "forbes" has put it up to $2.7. so he clearly -- >> theres a little difference between $2.7 and $7. michael, stay with us. i also want to bring in msnbc political analyst pat buchanan and karen hunter. pat, as a fellow republican along with donald trump, do you think that these financial issues are seriously problematic for somebody, who frankly, hangs his reputation as a successful...

Industry tools, theres a very close collaboration between the industry and the fda that did not exist when former secretary thompson made those comments. >> there have been improvements? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> i want to turn the corner here. theres a report that is being released by your agency, your department. some of the statistics rather alarging here. this is health care. one in three patient admitted to the hospital suffer from a preventable error. ten times greater than previously ...