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Times. congressman, great pleasure to have you on. you called for mubarak to resign. would you doi think its a good idea for the president to get to that position, if you do? >> i think its important for the egyptian people at this heavy moment and juncture in their transition to know that the united states of america is really, truly on their side and sides with them. the administration i think up until this point today has been walking a diplomatic tightrope, trying to show the world that we a...

So whats the down side? look, im afraid with a republican house, all the democratic priorities he mentioned are going to get voted down, but since the president is with the republicans on some of their priorities, the conservative policies will easily pass, and in the end well wind up with only the right wing portion of the speech being implemented. as usual, look, i hope that when i talk ability president obama and im a little skeptical, i hope and i dearly hope that i am wrong. but that is unf...

Now there are things that look better. where do you think we are going with this? >> were in the direction of this economy, its to the down side. its growing, but its growing slower. okay? and we were able to see that at the beginning of the year looking at leading indicators. where the growth rates started to turn down. >> the opposite of lagging indicators, tells you what happened in the past? >> yes. leading, look forward a little bit. coincident, thing like gdp, tree production, employment, ...

[ applause ] >> larry: again, well be meeting paul and ringo in a little while. at the end theyll all be with us, kind of a reunion of the beatles. do you feel that the beatles have kind of surrounded you, youre forever identified as a beatle? >> its a family. the beatle family is a very strong family, and were all part of it i feel, yeah. >> larry: even though there were breakups and ups and downs? >> most families do have breakups and arguments, dont you think? >> larry: olivia, how do you han...

Media, set the record straight. >> larry: youve had some differences with the media. >> its true. youre darn right i have. you know the media makes -- makes -- it makes me look like im not smart by emphasizing when i misannounce a word. and thats just nonfair you know? and its such a good thing, larry, that i can turn a phrase. because i can. i can turn it upside down, inside/out, down side/in, i can turn it and usually when its all said and done it comes out the way i want it. >> larry: youre r...

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