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People try to convince them they should get together. yo know like youre looking down here when you should be looking ahead. what we are losing today is nothing compared to what we lost in the past 30 years with corruption and everything else. but just what egypt is going to lose or when remains unclear to anyone here. arwa damon, cnn, cairo. >> over the past three decades egypt has been a large, large recipient of u.s. foreign aid. this year its getting $1.6 billion in assistance from washingto...

People in the polls not the support obama care. >> its close. >> evenly divided, bill, and here is what i think a lot of people thought, over the last two years at a time when people were concerned about the economy and concerned about jobs, what they saw was a lot of arguing in congress which is what he they always see is a lot of arguing in congress and dont like the process and felt that our focus wasnt on wh theyre focused on. how were going to win the future and make sure that jobs are righ...

Do you deny you are a man that wants to redistribute wealth? >> i didnt raise taxes once i lowered them. i lowered taxes. >> they provide insurance coverage. >> what is true is i think in this country there is no reason why if you get sick you go bankrupt. >> why do the majority of people not oppose obama care. >> it is evenly divided, bill. heres what i think a lot of people saw. over the last two years at a time when people were concerned about the econo economy and job they saw was a lot of a...

Do you deny you are a man that wants to redistribute wealth? >> i didnt raise taxes once i lowered them. i lowered taxes. >> they provide insurance coverage. >> what is true is i think in this country there is no reason why if you get sick you go bankrupt. >> why do the majority of people not oppose obama care. >> it is evenly divided, bill. heres what i think a lot of people saw. over the last two years at a time when people were concerned about the econo economy and job they saw was a lot of a...

Do you deny you are a man that wants to redistribute wealth? >> i didnt raise taxes once i lowered them. i lowered taxes. >> they provide insurance coverage. >> what is true is i think in this country there is no reason why if you get sick you go bankrupt. >> why do the majority of people not oppose obama care. >> it is evenly divided, bill. heres what i think a lot of people saw. over the last two years at a time when people were concerned about the econo economy and job they saw was a lot of a...

Turning now to americas fiscal help. the united states is 14.1 trillion dollars or so in debt. when the number hits $14.3 trillion, probably by april, congress will have to approve an increase in the debt ceiling. thats not going to happen without a lot of arguing about ways to stop spending. the debt commission the president appointed came up with a lot of ideas, increase retirement age, reduce initial benefits for wealthier retirees, reform medicare, does defense spending, increase gas tax. be...

Trillion, probably by april, congress will have to approve an increase in the debt ceiling. thats not going to happen without a lot of arguing about ways to stop spending. the debt commission the president appointed came up with a lot of ideas. increase the retirement age, reduce benefits for wealthy retirees. reform medicare, cut defense spending, increase the gas tax. be careful what you ask for. >> i dont agree with all of the proposals, but they made important progress, and their conclusion ...

In protest the white house correspondents association sent a strongly worded letter to robert gibbs arguing: >> sean: when gibbs was asked later at the briefing he merely made excuses. >> weve had a couple of occasions that have been still photographers only. those were part of the coverage plans that had been in place for a bit now. well continue to keep you up-to-date as best we can on what goes on. knowing honestly some things in foreign policy have to be done away from tv cameras. >> sean: w...

In protest the white house correspondents association sent a strongly worded letter to robert gibbs arguing: >> sean: when gibbs was asked later at the briefing he merely made excuses. >> weve had a couple of occasions that have been still photographers only. those were part of the coverage plans that had been in place for a bit now. well continue to keep you up-to-date as best we can on what goes on. knowing honestly some things in foreign policy have to be done away from tv cameras. >> sean: w...

With men it does. theres this competitive thing. its patriotic. they like that. youre asking about the personal situation. you can never win a microeconomic argument because people dont believe what politicians tell them about their own economic situation. so jobs have to come back in the real world for these people. but as a broad political message, works much better with men than women. >> your thoughts on that. last thought from you, mark. the whole question -- we argue about this all the tim...