Doesnt Washington News Today

Former Secretary of State and longtime presidential adviser Henry Kissinger made one last trip to China before passing at the age of 100.

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Sense of the pre-civil war period. what you have here is -- and the gallup people have been giving me data. 75% of the country thinks we have widespread corruption in the government. 50% of the country now is afraid of their own government. you have the average american believes 51 cents out of every federal dollar is wasted. these numbers are building and people are looking at their lives and going why doesnt washington hear me and they want somebody -- and the numbers are now clear. they prefe...

Its a kick in the teeth -- he is an amazing and upsetting single story about life in the united states during our long, grinding an unnecessary austerity era, but there are thousands of other americans who do or will have similar stories. another story details 100 examples of current or impending cuts caused by the sequester. everything from housing assistance being slashed in texas to research jobs being cut in durham, north carolina. so the question is, why doesnt washington seem to care about...

Going legalize sports begtd but it hasnt happened because there is federal conflicts. superbowl weekend last year in vegas, $93 million was bet. millions were bet. >> eric: there is a federal law that prohibits the ice of marijuana? >> there is. >> why doesnt washington say were going to allow in it our states? >> true, but the justice department is cracking down continues to hold raids. opponent who smoked it himself and joked, yeah, i inhaled, that was the point. he is cracking down on some of...

As an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. a note on yet another shooting inside a place of learning. two people were shot this afternoon at the stevens institute of business and arts in st. louis. the details are developing, but one person reportedly a financial aid visce adviser, wa found in a stairwell. the suspect and male student then shot himself as police...

And thats sort of the way things are in washington right now. you know -- >> but its always the presidents fault. hes the one who is cold. hes the one who doesnt socialize. hes the one who doesnt give them phone calls. hes the problem, never them. >> well, listen, they have accepted very few of his invitations like this. as you know. but i think theres something else that people really dont want to talk about. part of the political disconnect comes from the fact that a lot of these folk on the r...

Said enough. >> in the end its a threat they cant sustain. no one is going to defall. no one is going to allow the united states to not pay its bills. >> joining us now from washington is david corn, d.c. bureau chief for "mother jones" magazine and jared bernstein is a senior fellow at the center on budget and policy priorities. good afternoon to both of you. jared, if president obama were the one holding the debt ceiling hostage, right as the housing, auto, and retail sectors seem to be reboun...

Washington. >> i dont think theyre calculus on this stuff is as rational as your question suggests, of course. but, again, if you actually get out of this beltway, and i try to do it as much as possible, and talk to people, the question i consistently get is why doesnt washington really care about the problems that we face? and when you mention recent housing numbers hupp up 7%, retp 5% over the past year -- >> chrysler mentioning a record sales number. >> its an economy that is slowly improving...