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The impact hasnt been felt. and the president argues he likes tariffs anyway, average americans pay those tariffs and im wondering if you feel hes out of step with that or out of sink with that and its going to cost him? >> well, id like to break the tariff conversation into multiple categories. you think about china. chinas goal is to steal the future which would imperil americas progress. this is to restore confidence in our work force and to create the best future going forward from a technol...

City went bust and amid signs of a still struggling economy, kelly wright is live in washington with more details on this. good morning, kelly. >> reporter: heather, good to see you. the presidents speech on the economy will be similar to what the american people have heard him say before. the white house says he will discuss americas progress. in his address, the president will focus on the budget debates coming this fall. republicans are threatening to shut it down because of obama care. >> if...

Conference of his first term. >> please have a seat, everybody. good morning. i thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. its been a busy and productive four years and i expect the same for the next four years. i intend to carry out the agenda that i campaigned on, an agenda for new jobs, new opportunity, and new security for the middle class. now right now our economy is growing, and our businesses are creating new jobs. so we are poised for ...

Leaders and all think that were poised to grow in 2013 as long as politics in washington dont get in the way of americas progress. >> president barack obama yesterday warning about the very real impact that fiscal cliff could have on this countrys economy. prior to the presidents statement, the gloomy outlook for a deal was evident on wall street. the dow fail 158 points or 1.2% to settle at 12,938. fifth straight day of decline on the street. i would like to bring in david nakamura of "the wash...

As the president is alluding to on the hill and will be monitoring, and because there are reports of progress, that is why the president has not seen the need to call another meeting here with the congressional leaders, but jay carney says if there is a halt in progress, if they see it, the president is open and ready to call a meeting at any hour of the day, today, tomorrow or friday in order to get this deal done, and that is really what they are pushing here right now. they are not talking ab...

>> if they start saying that suddenly we will have a shutdown of the government, that may halt momentum when we need to build it up, all because of politics. i do not want to see washington politics stand in the way of americas progress. at a time when you are struggling to pay your bills and meet your responsibilities the least we can do to meet our responsibilities to produce a budget. that is not too much to ask for. that is what the american people expectf of us, what they deserve. we want e...

Does not fly too well with the democrats in the house. and another one de-fund planned parenthood to make sure federal dollars dont go to abortions, and that is what the democrats say they dont want at this point, and there is a provision that says to the environmental protection agency, that you cannot regulate gas emissions, and you can see how the democrats are not on board with that one, randi. >> well, kate, first off, where is the president? >> well, randi, the president is right now in th...

Suddenly we may have a shutdown of our government that could halt momentum right when we need to built it up, all because of politics. i do not want to see washington politics stand in the way of americas progress. at a time when youre struggling to pay your bills and meet your responsibilities, the least we can do is meet our responsibilities to produce a budget. thats not too much to ask for. thats what the american people expect of us. thats what they deserve. you want everybody to act like a...