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Sanctions is really going to change the deal. i kind of doubt it. arthel: so whats the solution? there probably isnt -- i dont mean to throw that out there because, really, thats not a one -- thats not an easy answer. >> no. you know, its not. and i wish i had a solution. you know, clearly, the current policy isnt working, right? things arent working. we know that doesnt work. what will work, its hard to say in part because its hard to know what north koreas logic is. almost all of us get things...

President now support, the republicans used to support and they have run from. are there issues like that that the president has on his plate right now that would be better for him to not put his imprimatur on by putting it in this speech? >> no, i think the president is -- i think the inauguration showed that. the election showed that the president needs to step forward, and its his agenda we should be talking about and debating. it doesnt mean the house and the senate obviously adopt everythin...

Says yes, i want that too, they change their mind and they run from them. im thinking about things like cap and trade and individual mandate and health reform, even some elements of immigration reform that democrats and the president now support, the republicans used to support and they have run from. are there issues like that that the president has on his plate right now that would be better for him to not put his imprimatur on by putting it in this speech? >> no, i think the president is -- i...

National prayer breakfast. what do you think about his message where the president was just sitting five, ten feet away, yet he was talking about health care reform, how its too expensive, doesnt work right now. talking about debt and taxes. >> i think what hes saying a lot of americans are feeling. that is that our government is very distracted. we could distract it on issues such as tax rates, on the upper income, that theyre really not going to have meaningful change. but we keep getting away...

Plate number and those kinds of things. that will still be done using the phone system, what we call differential response. and again, they hope that they can shift these resources to combat the rising homicide rate. the problem, its good if theyre used to prevent homicides, if theyre used to patrol hot spots. that doesnt work. and generally if you want to reach the rates in homicide, you have to redirect those to deal with low level crimes. >> tucker: as you did in new york city, one of the big...

I dont know who this professor was, but he sounds like the kind of guy who would be ripped off in a white scholar scam. white collar scam. you dont get smarter, but you think you get smarter. >> you served time for a triple murder. did you get your life on track? obviously not because you are a comedian. were you shacked to hear about the networking? >> no, greg. it is funny you put criminals in a place they have nothing to do and they are coming up with new ideas. i think prison is a flawed sys...

I dont know who this professor was, but he sounds like the kind of guy who would be ripped off in a white scholar scam. white collar scam. you dont get smarter, but you think you get smarter. >> you served time for a triple murder. did you get your life on track? obviously not because you are a comedian. were you shacked to hear about the networking? >> no, greg. it is funny you put criminals in a place they have nothing to do and they are coming up with new ideas. i think prison is a flawed sys...

Return, you own it. the irs will hold you personally responsible. >> you cant go in and say this -- >> yeah, the guy prepared it. doesnt work. the irs doesnt care. you signed it. >> arthel: go enjoy your dinner. >> have a great day. >> arthel: thank you. >> rick: good advice. coming up, a brand-new way to fight cancer. how a virus fighting enzyme could be the breakthrough that scientists have been looking for. >> arthel: plus, a closer look at one of the leaders trying to reform immigration. why...

We cant afford the business model if there is one doesnt work. private companies -- this company, the postal service is swimming in red ink. >> eric: postmaster general, $512,000. he makes more than the president of the united states. >> he is one guy. lets talk about the 400,000 postal workers, largest employer of veterans, large employer of minorities. these are middle-class jobs not $500,000 a year jobs. >> its $28,000 and take it divide it by the employees, its $82,000. jonathan, what about ...

Its not as if nothing happened. there are a lot of things that the u.s. government was doing in the 1980 that it was no longer doing in 1990. this is all -- its all a story. its about social security. we did a big social security reform package that included spending cuts by raising the retirement age back in 1985. so this notion -- its a mythical history where nothing works except basically destroying the major safety net programs and it serves a purpose but its not true. >> the -- back when th...