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About having americas support, that ties us, and our economy, directly to whats going on in the europe rezone. do you think thats a smart position for the president to take now, especially with greece and the eurozone looking like its in trouble now. >> it doesnt take the president -- sorry. sorry. not sure if you asked me. it doesnt take the president making that statement to tie us the european economy. the a global economy. we learned that in 2008. whats interesting is that the u.s. economy h...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> we begin in wisconsin where voters have three more hours to cast ballots in an effort to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the democratic mayor tom barrett. both parties see it as a potential weather vane for novembers election. the exit polls are fascinating to begin with, number one and number two show a very close race and how polarized and partisan the electorate is. we mentioned governor walkers efforts to l...

This weekend at camp david. high on the agenda, what to do about the european debt crisis that threatens fragile economies really around the world. lets talk about it with paul gigot, editorial page editor for "the wall street journal," were at an interesting time. youve got greece basically bankrupt and threatening to leave the eurozone because its people dont like the austerity program that its government imposed. the french government, the number two economy in europe, trying to bring in an a...

then robert zoelik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on "gps." next, we go to israel which has anointed a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry brother. a cultural lost in translation all the way from china. you wont want to miss it. first, heres my take. everyone is looking at europe these days as economic and political protests mount across the continent. th...

well begin todays show in europe. voters in france and greece made their anti-austerity feelings known last weekend and stock markets plunged. well have a panel on the big picture and what it means for politics in the west. then robert zellik will step down as head of the world bank. his exit interview here on gps. next we go to israel which has anoinlted a king. what in the world does it mean? and, finally, the curious case of the guy who has come to be known as american french fry br...

Bret? >> thank you. >> bret: power sharing talks have gone nowhere in greece with a final round underway. new election is a possibility. the head of the second place radical left coalition is asking european officials to re-examine the countrys strict austerity program. in spain, the government has taken control of the fourth largest bank which suffered huge losses on bad real estate loans. there is fear that spain might need its own bail-out. back in this country, the spending scandal at the ge...

Make here in america. im joined by e.j. dionne. msnbc contributor, columnist for the "washington post" and senior fellow at the brookings institution. e.j., great to have you with us tonight. you know, really you couldnt write a better script against what the republicans want to do. is this not just a perfect example with two elections in europe and a double dip recession tells us what we could be in for if republicans get ahold of the budget? what do you think? >> i think thats true, ed. i mean...

Hes a friend of the show. welcome. >> thank you. >> britains double dip recession began in 2011. the gdp shrunk. that is the definition of double dip recession. what is going on? >> essentially, the governments plan to starve the patient back to health with an austerity program has not done what its supposed to do, kick start growth. its not just a problem in the uk, its all over europe. most of germany is the exception. they have been in power for two years. they have another three years before...

china have hit a brick wall. why and who will take their place as the next hot emerging markets? then andrew sullivan on why he had to wait almost 20 years to get a green card in the united states. its a fascinating, troubling story. were also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, heres my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. thats understandable....

states. its a fascinating, troubling story. were also going to look at the war on drugs in mexico. could it actually be working? first, heres my take. a new poll in the united states shows that americans are still deeply frustrated at the slow pace of the economic recovery. thats understandable. unemployment stays stubbornly high. i was just in europe, and they think america is booming. consider this. the u.s. economy is on track to grow between 2% and 3% this year. in europe, by contr...