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This moment. toyota has known about this problem for a number of years, right? >> correct. they have known about it probably since 2004, at least, because thats when they were first sued. and when they are sued they pay a lot of attention to that. so i am very disappointed in toyota for delaying, for persuading the department of transportation to close the investigations it opened when consumer complaints came in in 2005, 06, 08, and now we have huge numbers of vehicles involved and enormous cos...

I think the more the government listens to citizens and then responds after a number of comments, i think that would be healthy. >> john, the argument is that president obama has been plenty out there in terms of giving interviews, you see him on a lot of different shows. what do you think independents think of -- how do they read this? >> i think this has been the substance behind the talk of a new reaching out. todays event, but even more substantively, the republican event. which really showe...

Citizens. you know, these tea party folks who are meeting this week, their argument is nobody is listening to us. i think the more the government listens to citizens and then responds after a number of comment, i think that would be healthy. >> john, the argument is that president obama has been plenty out there in terms of giving interviews, you see him on different shows. what do you think independents think of how do they read this? >> i think this has been the substance behind the talk of a ...

Well, theres quite a man, quite an american in my view in our "town square" today who has quite an answer. t. boone pickens, he is with us today from dallas. mr. pickens, in addition to the pleasure of saying your name, it just makes you feel excited, you also have this plan. how does it work? >> the only way you can do what the president said, and he made that statement, you know, when he got the nomination, back in july of 08, and at that time he said in ten years we will not be importing any ...

Is going to get around to cleaning this mess up, as soon as they actually start working for the taxpayer and not the banksters who currently line their coffers on both sides of the aisle. the banksters have another opportunity to do a big pickoff they did. they did so well in 08 with our government. up next, new troubles with toyota. the automakers looming legal problems. well break that one down. plus, the left and right in this country, attacking each other over terror. fun for them. red s...

Million. i would have just kept my money. and if it was today i was going to do this, i would not do it. because when i did it, and when i kicked this off in july of 08, i had the money. and today i would not put $62 million in. even though i consider myself to be a patriotic american, that has a mission, and the mission is, get us off of the opec oil. because were paying for both sides of the war. >> i get it. mr. pickens, thank you. im out of time. i look at this like the beginning of a conver...

Loss. youve got to fight hard. look, the people dont know what i do every day. i mean i have to let them know. theyre busy. theyre busy, you know, keeping their lives together and thats what campaigns are about. so whoever i get as an opponent, theyll all be tough, theyll all be strong, i have to be tough and strong and i have to tell the story of what its been like to be here when you were on that verge of financial collapse and the steps that we took, and the things that we need to do to get t...

Thats his vernacular, but he did apologize. donna is exactly right, this is about the in essence the civil war, between the far left and centrist or center of left democrats. the irony of this is rahm emanuel almost single handedly recruited every one of those guys for whom -- to whom they owe their majority. in 06 and 08 he was recruiting congressional candidates. thats why they have the majority, not because of the cranky progressives. realm is the architect of that. if he didnt want the presi...

Personal. people like him. doing all of this stuff and going to baltimore with the republicans and going to the georgetown game on saturday with joe biden, you are laughing, but isnt it all part of reminding people we like? >> this is about fixing his own. if he fixes his own problems with the middle where we have seen him lose independence or lose casual washington observers, meaning folks that are fed up with what was going on in washington in 06, 08 and voted forever change and are not please...

>> last question for chuck. i get part of this is charm offense, that the presidents strength is personal. people like him. doing all this stuff, goinging to baltimore with the republicans, going to the duke-georgetown game on saturday with joe biden. isnt this all part of just reminding people we like them? >> i think this is about, look, fixing his own -- look, if he fixes his own political problems with the middle right now, right? where weve seen him lose sort of independents, or lose sort o...