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we all know it is much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers going up behind me theres also a memorial to the 2,206 people killed here almost ten years ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it...

who is in harms way needs to prepare for the worst and pray for the best. >> let me assure you that we are not overreacting. we need to be ready >> if you live in one of these areas, spend time with precaution. >> battering the bahamas. in nasa, jim, what has the damage been there? >> reporter: candy, a little a little bit of palms here with high wind and strong rain. here in nassau, the main tourist areas, no damage or floods whatsoever. the power lines -- [inaudible] they are so conf...

Health care reform over to the american people. you know, senator schumer set on one of the sunday shows hopefully this will give us a second chance to make a first impression. democrats have said from the very beginning, if the american people understand whats in the health care bill at the time, theyll love it. the fact that theyre still trying to get the american people to love it says theres still a communications problem. >> exactly. i think thats part of it. you look at the poll numbers yo...

All of them without exception. that will be i think our final position. a lot of us would like to make it longer but that would be satisfactory. could i comment, the president said the american people didnt vote for gridlock. i agree with him. but they voted against the spending. they voted against obamacare. they voted against government takeover of automobile companies. and tarp, and all of those things that characterize the first two years of their administration. >> sean: the president has a...

>> i think they have one. >> growth. >> sean: i agree. i dont think it has penetrated the mainstream immediate >> . >> everyday when i was the white house press secretary people would say we have a communications problem. first -- >> sean: this is a sensitive point for you. i can tell. wait, to breakthrough the clutter, which is what i think the republicans need to do, why not now in september, october, new contract with america? >> well -- >> or something similar. be the party of get. be positi...

>> growth. >> sean: i agree. i dont think it has penetrated the mainstream immediate >> . >> everyday when i was the white house press secretary people would say we have a communications problem. first -- >> sean: this is a sensitive point for you. i can tell. wait, to breakthrough the clutter, which is what i think the republicans need to do, why not now in september, october, new contract with america? >> well -- >> or something similar. be the party of get. be positive. say, this is what we c...

Poll to poll. listen, i think he has two major challenges here. one, when he came in people said oh he is big on style and low on substance. i think we have actually seen the opposite. which is whether you agree or disagree with what he has done, he has managed to get a lot done. health insurance reform. financial reform. saving the economy from the brink of collapse. >> aleasia, the problem is that the american public is rejecting what he has done so far. they dont agree with the substance. >> ...

Communications problem. they have a content and competency problem. >> substance and ideology problem. this is beyond buyers remorse. we are nearing full on product recall for president obama. this is really the nader of his presidency. its not just the poll. cbs numbers, "the washington post" earlier in the week. essentially all said the same thing. obamas problem is the flight of i wants away from him and his agenda. 56 disapproval rating from independents. thats how much he got from him in th...

Challenges here. one, when he came in people said oh he is big on style and low on substance. i think we have actually seen the opposite. which is whether you agree or disagree with what he has done, he has managed to get a lot done. health insurance reform. financial reform. saving the economy from the brink of collapse. >> aleasia, the problem is that the american public is rejecting what he has done so far. they dont agree with the substance. >> that brings me to my second point which is i th...

On the economy. 18%, made it worse. he can appoint -- >> only 13% of the american people think the health care bill will be helpful to them >> greta: all speaker pelosi needs is the presidents spokesperson getting -- >> let me defend him again. they do not have a communications problem. they have a problem of fact. their facts are really bad. theres no amount of spin that is going to chain the fact that the rate is where it is, despite what they promised no one wants the health care bill. they a...