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>> barney the dinosaur. >> with barney next to him. andy stern, you stand by your contingent that hes visited the white house more than anybody else in the past year, right? >> yes. >> but he has not spent the night there. >> i dont know if -- what i think i said or implied was that he had slept over more than anybody else. >> he hasnt slept over at all. >> i think the president and his wife spent many more nights than he had. >> i think so. >> but he had visited the white house many times. >> t...

Provide that leadership. i dont know about the politics, but i know whats the right thing to do. and so, im calling on congress to pass these reforms. and im going to sign them into law. i want some courage. >> is he peaking right? >> i think hes hitting the right note in the right issue. >> the short sleeves out there yelling. >> and its time and its about people. its not about policy or process, its about people. >> thank you very much, andy. its great, a maiming leader in labor, by the way. ...

Dodd predicts congress will pass financial reform by the end of the year when he is set to retire but acknowledges the partisan politics of health care could hurt those prospects. >> the point of this reform bill is not to punish the financial services industry. i know how angry people are at the mismanagement that led to this crisis. but legislating anger isnt the way to solve these problems. there will be shocks in our system in the future, for certain. and we need an early warning system so t...

We dont believe it will -- dem soyj to have special interests money and have rich people or organizes that have too much influence and not citizens make these decisions. it is time to make that change. >> play pundit. do you think some of the changes play out over the next couple of years? >> i hope so. i hope to talk about public financing. im ready to talk about term limits at a reasonable period of time. i think the system is locked in place and america cant compete in the global economy unle...

Still ahead, at least one big group has the presidents back when it comes to fighting for health care. what is their motivation inform for union leaders at-bat for the president on health care? the head of the largest health care union in our country, second largest labor union, in america, andy stern. next, how fast and how high can you fly? latest big money toy by the numbers after the break. [ crowd cheering ]

Trumka, and on monday, the head of the largest health care workers union will join us in the exact same time slot, andy stern from the seiu joins us on monday. obviously hell have a lot to say about the current piece of health care legislation, among other things. moving for todays show to our "dig list." a string of little stories today, some of them entertaining, some startles, some nasty. militants stepping up violent attacks in pakistan. more activity in pakistan the past couple of months....

Remember this is the guy that visits the white house mar than any other. andy stern. obamas newest appointee to the committee on fiscal reform. can someone explain to me how inviting the head of the union designed to help with the global worker is going to help the american worker? the president is wrong. he said that the worst is behind us. america, i beg you, i beg you, please, dont be frivolous with your money. please. the worst is still in front of us. there is a lot -- there is a huge mount...

We see to toy with adoption of certain parts of the failed system. okay, okay. pets.org. no, no pets on the internet. like redistribution of wealth. or the all-powerful unions. i played a little bit of this video for you yesterday, from brightbart.com. its one of my favorite union thugs. he should have been in the "untouchables." hes brilliant. everybody with the purple tie. andy, sharp looking. the president of seiu. here he is laying out the real motives behind the union. >> we are at historic...

"new american economic plan. led by the government, not necessarily led by the private sector." its new! all of a sudden. wow! since capitalism and companies caused all of the worlds ills we need to implement now a new government, a new global government to fix it. does that sound like anything youve -- andy stern is putting it in place for you. thanks, andy. how will they measure against all the fabulous successes? awe new metric, the new american economic system. here it is. >> we now have a n...

Behind you? we have to start looking at our on life. they will tell you that the government is completely different. its not. its not. do the fundamental principles break down in a house that has three people as opposed to eight is enough? no, you got more bath time. you got more time in your life. get the kids in the bed. but the fundamental principles are the same. we have to start looking at our own life and our own family. when you are having problems with income and it flatlines, do you sta...