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Joining me now for a fair and balanced debate, kevin hasset, director of policy studies at the american institute and federal budget policy analyst at the economic policy institute. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> kevin, let me start with you, do you like this plan and why? >> yeah, i like this plan a lot and theres three reasons. one is its a credible plan and its very well designed. it comes from a proud tradition of tax theory. the second reason that i like the plan is the nu...

Really like him in that party, which i think is his big plus right now. >> chris, you were there in 1979, you remember better than anybody else here because you had a front-row view -- >> yeah. thanks for reminding me. >> of the "malaise." im just curious, again, and ill say it here so you dont have to. a word that was never used in any of jimmy carters speech, but its a feeling in america today in 2011 much like you were experiencing inside that white house in 1979? are there parallels? >> let ...

elsie granderson, a cnn.com columnist and steve perry an education contributor. the latest act scores show only one in four high school graduates is ready for college. the test used for college admissions shows only 66% of the 2011 class met the benchmark for english. 45% for math. 30% for science. so steve, do these figures accurately reflect student preparedness? >> it absolutely does reflect how prepared students are because if it were the a.c.t. in and of itself we may be able to w...

I hate to be a conspiracy theorist here. but these stories have been coming to light, you know, almost weekend, day in, day out, and here we are now talking about this. do you think that this may be a more, i dont know, contemplative move by people working within this industry to say, we need better rules here, we need two-man shifts, we need opportunities to be able to take a nap, so to speak, before we come back to this arduous work. >> these issues have been around for a very long time. peopl...

The loan, down to what the homes were worth. in a study released last week, it indicates not nearly as many people were improperly foreclosed on as was previously thought so banks might not feel its fair for them to cover the cost of reducing loan amounts though they might be convinced in these negotiations its in their interest to do it voluntarily to drive home prices back up. of course, some other homeowners might object because they have to pay their full amount, loan amount, original loan a...

Welcome back. im fredericka whit fooed. >> im john voss. i want to talk about why egypt is such a strategic country in the middle east. and one of the things which we need to be aware of is the relevance that egypt has in as far as egypt goes. it was the first arab country that formally recognized israel. president mubarak has a very good relationship with benjamin netanyahu, the current prime minister of israel. if he goes, the muslim brotherhood group, the main opposition group says well put t...

113 days and a lot of people are saying what about the deficit spending? you need to take it more cecily. ? yak lew, they can say this is a guy whos seen black ink in the budget. >> its a huge problem for him. jack lew had a 237 billi$237 big plus, so clearly this is a signal to all of us in the media and everyone who votes that yes, i really care about the budget deficit. >> he also has a track record of working with republicans in congress and hes trusted. that could help in this very partisan...

If it is the same on television as it is on radio, that will be a big plus. and he will ask important guests and hell get plenty of important guests because theyll love to come to him because he will be probing but not nasty. and he will ask the same questions that the people at home would ask if they had the opportunity to talk to these celebrities. and thats what he proved to be. he proved to be what you wanted to hear. he asked the questions that you would have asked of people. and then every...

So you have to somehow cover that, so that will raise your cost. but think of the food and drug administration. you know, i think most people, even republicans tend to like that because we want to know if were -- were getting this drug, we want to know its the drug its supposed to be, its safe, processed well, manufactured well. same thing with finance. and if we can say that we have credible regulatory agencies, thats a really big plus. if we dont have credible regulatory agencies people dont k...

Top advisers said hed never seen in his long lifetime in international affairs such a turnaround in relation to the united states as hes seen in the last year and a half with pakistan and the russians. and with pakistan, as you know, you just had a -- >> we had the foreign minister of pakistan on yesterday. this relationship, if you remember, it was awful certainly before 9/11, but its improved steadily. the last few months its improved dramatically. i was told if the u.s. is going to capture bi...