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good evening. ice chris matthews in washington. leading off today, poll vault. the next few minutes, governor scott walker of wisconsin is expected to announce his budget for the next two years. but he takes the podium knowing that who new polls show that nationwide the public has little taste for cutting union rights or pay. walker is beginning to pay a steep political price. his party could well lose this war. thats our top story tonight. plus, when orrin hatch called the new healt...

transparency and lower competition in the marketplace. as long as we handle margin and many end-user issues, which we want to work with you on, transparency, competitions, and markets. >> mr. shapiro, i agree that failed regulation caused a lot of jobs. how can better regulation cause a loss of jobs? can you discuss a little bit how better regulation can save jobs? >> effective regulation can promote capital formation, which is the creation of jobs. when companies feel they can go to t...

thats what youre waking up to in new york. >> it is a snowy day. >> its monday, february -- it was a tease on friday. >> yes. >> i hope you have the day off if youre in new york. i also hope chuck todd is watching to see new yorkers at their best. >> because its so important. >> welcome to "morning joe." its gruelling, a tough ride in. i packed my patience. with us on set, msnbc and "time" magazine senior political -- >> i did as well. >> -- mark halperin, columnist for "the new york t...

americas adversaries. the author profiles high ranking government officials that he argues were duped by foreign governments including fdr, jimmy carter and ted kennedy. he presents his book at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us here at the heritage foundation. as director of lectures and seminars its my privileged to welcome everyone to our lewis lehman auditorium. we welcome those who join us on our heritage.org website as well as ...

The fact these toxic loans were arou around, they had been packaged and repackaged, that represents the primary ultimate failure of the mortgage market and at the center, was inaction by the regulators, in action by members of congress and their staffs. house and senate, for many years. >> two names that jump out, one, chris dodd, who not only was responsible for the supervision of what i view as the false reform of the banking business under the obama administration, but was also very influenti...

they testified befor house financial services committee for two-and-a-half hours. >> the hearing will come to order. in the interest of time, i will reserve my designated three minutes to make an opening statement. and ill submit my statement for the record. and yield to additional members. without objections, all members written statements will be made a part of the record. with that, id like to recognize the gentleman from massach...

the of $79 billion and thousands ended up behind bars. between 1990 and 1995, 1,852 officials were prosecuted. more than half of them jailed. on top of that, more than 2500 bankers were sent to the slammer. often for defenses. now, fast forward to any of the financial crimes against the american people in the past decade. 2003. freddy mac caught by a billion. in 2006, aig caught in the accounting scandal that was indirectly lead to its 2008 demise. any executives arrested for that? nop...

>> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help>> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. at pbs.org tavis: tarek masoud is an assistant professor at harvard university who...

happy right now. tavis: happy about what specifically. >> happy that mubarak is gone. happy that egypt seems to have taken a really important first step on the road to what everyone hopes will be a lasting democracy. tavis: is it a first death in the right direction? >> it was a necessary step. there were ways that you could have gotten to democracy if mubarak had early on made some reforms when the protesters were asking for them, but it became clear he did not to want to let go of po...

>> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. at pbs.org tavis: tarek masoud is an assistant professor at harvard university who has many friends and family-egypt. good to have you on this program. >> t...