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More memorable lines was a joke about salmon. >> the interior department is in charge of salmon while theyre in fresh water. but the commerce department handles them when theyre in salt water. i hear it gets more complicated once theyre spoked. >> the quip touched a nerve in northwest where salmon is king and government oversight is more tangled than obama said. in addition to commerce and interior, the country most pampered species is protected by the department of energy, agriculture and even ...

So we want states to have the opportunity to say we dont want the people in our state to have to buy insurance and we dont want every business to have to supply and pay for insurance. we dont want to have to live under the very expensive mandates coming out of washington for medicaid that one size fits all approach. we dont think we need to listen to the people in washington because we in our states know better than washington knows and that is what were fighting for today and with our bill, whi...

Things? >> reporter: yes. its a big problem. its food, water, of course, sort of basic groceries as well as gasoline there that are becoming big issues. there are shortages here. there are, of course, a lot of stores that simply arent opening because the owners are afraid to open them and, on the other hand, there is also a lot of trouble getting this stuff. we were seeing people who were still able to go to some grocery stores and buy some stuff, but were also hearing a lot of them are sort of ...

Of flowing people are very happy and you see less fighting people more on the same page. jobs does seem to be the most important point. the president did an 800 billion dollar stimulus in february of 09 and we still have a 9.4% unemployment rate. the deficit growing because we have all these people who arent working to pay tax dollars to bring any of the deficits down. thats a problem as well. that contributes to the deficiency. we get these grandiose statements from everybody, yeah we to fix jo...

Happy and you see less fighting people more on the same page. jobs does seem to be the most important point. the president did an 800 billion dollar stimulus in february of 09 and we still have a 9.4% unemployment rate. the deficit growing because we have all these people who arent working to pay tax dollars to bring any of the deficits down. thats a problem as well. that contributes to the deficiency. we get these grandiose statements from everybody, yeah we to fix jobs. well how? weve been wai...

Twitter page was disabled. its been sort of up and down, sometimes working, sometimes not. the same with facebook. so it does appear, we havent yet gotten any reaction from egyptian officials. i tried calling them. maybe their cell phones arent working. to see if they have any explanation for why this is the case. it seems to be part of a concerted effort to cripple this movement that has depended so much on facebook and twitter to spread the word and organize these unprecedented demonstrations ...

Are focused -- examine programs through hearings that arent working, that arent living up to expectations. martha: like what, for example, give me an example, something you would like to see go. >> well, because i havent spent some time really going through it, and hearing feedback on the -- im not going to give you a knee-jerk reaction and be irresponsible, were going to slash and burn. we need to review those programs carefully and then, cut the ones that are not working and that is what presi...

Month and temporary cut in social security taxes to give families a bit more to spend. it came after a weekend of maneuvers but not all democrats are happy with the compromise. the president returned from a speech in north carolina to meet with some democratic lawmakers who were reluctant to compromise on extenting all the bush administration tax cuts. earlier he made clear each party will have to give. >> even if its not 100% of what i want, or what the republicans want, there is no reason that...

Month and temporary cut in social security taxes to give families a bit more to spend. it came after a weekend of maneuvers but not all democrats are happy with the compromise. the president returned from a speech in north carolina to meet with some democratic lawmakers who were reluctant to compromise on extenting all the bush administration tax cuts. earlier he made clear each party will have to give. >> even if its not 100% of what i want, or what the republicans want, there is no reason that...

His people. sometimes to a fault, but he did back them. i agree with you, anderson, about not making this a point about one faction or another. factionalism is the problem. were at a time of tremendous economic strain for a lot of people. and they want answers, they want solutions, and they want to see i think alternatives to the measures this administration has offered, measures that arent working. it is too easy to offer them instead something inflammatory, offer them a discussion or a battle ...