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>> hes insisting republicans go first. >> hes doing what you said he should do about a year ago. >> ask the congressman. >> hes the majority leader, lets stop interrupting. >> given that you are all going to go first, what do you think the likely month or two-month window is where youll be able to strike a deal if one is to be struck on entitlement reform and tax reform? are we talking about the spring, sujer, fall, next year? >> that really is a great question and where is the sweet spot. well ...

Committed to doing it now. looks like theyre going forward with it. >> really? good. >> i think the president has a chance to belatedly lead. >> its perfect. its not belated. >> we had mccarthy on yesterday, cantors been on, boehner has been on. >> mitch mcconnell. >> they all talked about were going to take on social security, were going to take on medicare. thats significant. i dont bring up medicaid. >> hes not going to denounce them. >> were not talking about denouncing them. how about just ...

Talked enough about. as you know, our national network convention is in a couple weeks in new york. one of the things were going to concentrate on, as no child left behind runs out, what do we look at as the education policy in the country. how do we deal with the teacher acountability question? how do we deal with tenure and all of the things that have been raised that now can be raised in a policy level into new law? i think polls have not been discussed enough in terms of how we reform teache...

Agree on is the fact that you cant balance this budget by slashing 10% of the budget. you cannot slash discretionary domestic spending without causing real problems with local governments, state governments. without causing cops, firefighters, infrastructure, r & d, education, the things we need to invest in. so the question is, are we going to get both parties to start acting responsibly? barack obama bragging about cutting home heating oil assistance to the poor. >> the answer is, were not. ac...

Been reporting that the workers were taken out of the nuclear plant because radiation levels had gone so high. a government official called it an evacuation, that they were gone, it was too dangerous, but then they sort of backtracked on that and 45 minutes later said they were allowing the workers back into the plant. that is say critical difference. they really are sort of a last line of defense to keep the reactors cooled down. we had a situation where a cabinet minister from the japanese gov...

Measure. i think there is concern throughout the country, just as there exists concern within our members in congress that we have to get this done. >> yes. >> listen, we all know that this is all about job creation and we know that the kind of discretionary cuts in these crs pales in comparison to the problem. as weve talk before, the republican budget will reflect our commitment to tackling the real issues of entitlement reform. i think most people want to get on to that business, because that...

Competitive within the other industrialized countries and the ratings. and so i do think theres common ground. dave camp in the ways and means committee is out there already with hearings and i can see commonality in where were trying to head. obviously big, big issue that were going to try and focus on. >> congressman, dr. jeffrey sachs has a question for you. >> congressman, hi. a couple questions. good to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> you were quoted as saying we have to cut the o...

The sighting of new facilities and the disposal issue hasnt been dealt with in this country. yucca mountain is still locked in place. i dont think people will want to see a huge investment in nuclear until we answer the question, whats going to happen to nuclear waste? >> john, youre a california guy. how -- it seems crazy now but there are nuclear plants on the san andreas fault, which is in the pacific ring of fire. >> you see that now and people look at it and it kind of looks insane, the map...