all of that? well, house democrats are upset about the optic of that, but they re also upset that she has, so far, not acknowledged any responsibility for these losses. she s basically blamed it on the frustration of the american people and said, you know, we passed good legislation. look, liberals, the progressive caucus in the house of representatives is happy with nancy pelosi. why? because after 80 years of trying, they finally got health care reform passed, and that will lock in an increasing government role in health care which is what they ve wanted. and that will be very difficult although not impossible to get rid of. so from their point of view they took a lot of losses, but it was moderate democrats who mostly lost. the liberals in this safe seats like nancy pelosi had no trouble with re-election. gregg: john fund, people should read your column in the wall street journal. good to see you, thanks. martha: coming up, migration like you have never seen it before.
thinks the candidates should be this ones in the limelight, which is seen as a bit of a slap at michael steele who has garnered a lot of attention in his leadership role at the r.n.c., that is the news, crossing the wires, wanted to bring it to you, as soon as we got it and we ll see where that goes. gregg: very interesting. former president george w. bush entering the no-spin zone. decision points, the name of your book. i think it is, yes! off camera giving me jabs i ll tattoo it here. decision points. everybody knows the name of the book. all right. when i write my books, one thing i wants people usually to take away from the book. what is that? well, my book must be a little more complex than your books. much more complex. gregg: ouch. the former president is macking the talk show rounds, as he promotes his new book. decision points.
interesting things you were able to see. reporter: definitely the fact that you can leave through the old manuscripts, they are fax sim facsimiles, and they are more than 500 years old and illuminated manuscripts and light of other different things, they have a piece of the koran, early, early copy of the koran, and a lot of old prints and ancient coins, some 2,000 years old and others, more modern, actually, saw as well, 1921, u.s. silver dollar, gregg? gregg: amazing stuff, greg burke, streaming live, thanks. martha: i love that kind of stuff. coming up in wisconsin, the new arizona, a wisconsin lawmaker is ready for the battle, he says he s ready to promise to crack down on illegal immigration in his state. will we see the same reaction from the administration in washington, this time towards wisconsin. bill: and former president george w. bush entering the
economic power usas, but not everybody is going away happy. the global leaders posed for their traditional class photo, there they are smiling at the g20 summit in south korea, of course, held this year. president obama s hope of securing a free trade deal to boost u.s. exports was a major issue for him, and that did not happen. that s how we start a brand new hour of america s newsroom on a friday morning. we are delighted to have you with us. greg i m greg jarrett in for bill hemmer. the president talking about how to keep the global economy on track during his visit to south korea. take a listen. countries with large deficits must work to reduce them as we are doing in the united states where we re on track to cut our deficit in half by 2013 and where i m prepared to make tough decisions to achieve that goal. likewise, countries with large surpluses must shift away from unhealthy dependence on exports and take steps to boost domestic demand. martha: well, that got a lot of
attention, and now the president is preparing for his second economic summit hosted by another big ally of the united states. mike emanuel is live at the white house. what was it, mike, that broke down in these free trade talks with south korea? reporter: well, martha, the president was making the case it s important to find a good free trade teal with south korea deal with south korea, not just any deal. here s more from the president. i m the one who s going to have to go to congress and sell it. and from my perspective, again, i m not interested in a announcement but then an agreement that doesn t produce for us. we ve had a lot of those in the past. a lot of announcements, but at the same time we see american manufacturing deteriorate, and as a consequence, a lot of concern back home. reporter: clearly, a dispreponderate for this president disappointment for this president, this white house. if it sounds familiar, it is