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Times have been frustrating. im only assuming. im going to ask you to talk about the relationship between the state and city or the federal government and the state and county and you must have brought that into your current job. tell us where you see ma maybe the federal government doesnt have a role in education. >> when i was in chicago i didnt always welcome that call from that nice machine or woman calling from washington. they were always calling about a compliance issue or bureaucratic is...

Certainty seems the same, why is the price going down. >> people feared there would be a recession and they feared the fact that inflation therefore would not go up as much. so if inflation is not going to rise, youre not wa worried about inflation, gold is a hedge against inflation, and so gold falls. jenna: if you get into the market right now you may be say, maybe this is the way gold is all the time. >> if you bought gold when it was under $500 you look like a general just now. i present the...

Whether he can sell that to the american people is another question. its interesting, because when he goes on the campaign trail and talks to conservative republican audiences, he gets a standing ovation when he talks about 999. jen and it sticks, its something you can remember and seems simple enough you can understand a complicated tax structure and we know the tax system is so complicated right now. >> let me just say one thing if i could, an interesting story about that 999. people have been...

Details that are tough for anybody to really understand. great perspective there, thank you so much. jon: the cost of healthcare shot up this year, probably no surprise if youve been looking at your premiums, according to a new survey that finds health insurance premiums for the family plans paid by employers increased an average of 9% just this year. the cost passing the $15,000 mark for the first time. shannon bream live in washington for us right now. what else are we learning from this study...

positioned himself very much as the grown-up in the room, the reasonable one, something that the presidents advisors thought would help him appeal to the independent voters that he needs if hes going to win relection next year. were seeing a very different tact now. a very aggressive tact, especially after the president saw dismal approval ratings following that bruising debt ceiling battle. weve seen the president taking his message to the home turf, as you mentioned, of his rivals an...

forum all week. i had a chance to sit down with the former president bill clinton for an extensive interview. part of it will air this hour. part in the next hour. i want you to stand by. only a few blocks away at the united nations, president obamas on a major diplomatic mission of his on and a number of critical issues are on the table. lets bring in jessica yellin. shes with me here at the clinton global initiative. a huge day today. maybe even a more important day for the president...

Horrible. this is about humanity. syria dominated the day here in washington. with me to share the reporting and their insights, julie hirshfeld davis, and jackie kosinich. over the weekend you get the pictures that are unspeakable. well show you later, and if there are children in the room, we ask you to turn the children away. the president responds just days from saying he wants to get out of syria asap, the president now pressed to respond. we heard secretary mattis now, the defense secretar...