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The deficits are at the levels we showed a couple of seconds ago were going to put ourselves deeper and deeper into a hole. what is the answer? >> i think the actual answer is what a lot of economists are saying, is spend now or spend later. if you spend now, youre going toward off deflation, because the economy is still very weak. you still have -- if its not re -- recessionary, you have job unemployment above 10 percent, you still have growth at about 1 percent. if we get out of the economy wi...

The views are more important. the supreme court nominationsand the hearings, they are not supposed to be some big party. unfortunately, the whole judicial branch has this blown into the second legislative branch. and thats why you have the hot button issues that have gotten a little scary to people and very important. >> have i to go. coming up, i make a bagpipe out of bills stomach. and is this campaign ad totally rad? according to my nephew, it is, who talks like that. and he is part machiney.

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>> i would have to have my hair done more quickly. >> where were you on christmas? >> like all jews, i was probably at a chinese restaurant. >> reporter: well, kagan did answer some questions and some of the answers on hot button issues may not please all of the fellow democrats. for example like gun rights, she considers certain cases before the supreme court rulings to uphold the second amendment a good precedent going forward. suzanne a long first day of q&a and so far, she appears unscathed ...

Record like we did with sotomayor. what we do know -- >> sandra day oconnor was in politics before she got in the supreme court, and people dont think politics enter into her decisions. >> thats the question, can you take off the mantle. i think the jury is still out on mrs. kagan. >> you dont think at this point, you dont see any signs of a republican filibuster? >> i think its simply premature. we know she expressed hostility to second amendment flights, and she was not sympathetic to gun owne...

Some of the issues with our candy crowley on cnns "state of the union." >> you dont think at this point, you dont see any signs of a republican filibuster? >> i would say its premature. we know she has expressed hostility to second-amendment rights, saying she wasnt sympathetic to the arguments of gun owners when she clerked for chief justice or justice thurgood marshall. we know that on a number of areas, the hot-button issues of the day shes been very much involved in refusing to allow militar...

Examination of her record in two democratic administrations, past and present. possible areas of concern? her resistance to allowing military recruiters on campus when she was dean of the harvard law school. kagan called the dont ask dont tell policy in the military prefoundly wrong. and on a range of hot button issues, like abortion and gun rights and executive power. and then her lack of judicial experience, which worries liberals and conservatives. >> the concern is she will just continue to ...

Back with you. >> harris: thats on the outside. what about the inside? president obama, along with world leaders, gathering at the g20 summit in toronto. a small group of eight meeting today before continuing with the second larger group for another round of talks. the global economy, nuclear threats, all hot button issues. wendell goler joins us live from toronto, the talks seem to have turned to political issues. wendell? >> they did. the group g 8 really wound up with a focus on political mat...

Retaliation? probably unleash its sleeper cells in europe and in the united states. certainly well start attacking -- it will attack israel through its proxies hezbollah and hamas. jamie: it will be interesting to see what happens. >> it will be. jamie: its so hard to get exactly whats going on. thank you so much. >> thanks jamie. jon: she is the presidents choice for the highest court in the land. monday, elena kagans confirmation hearings begin in the united states senate. well take a closer l...

Astrazeneca may be able to help. >> sean: if you watch this show earlier this week you know frank luntzs focus groups are never short on opinions. tonights group will undoubtedly continue that trend. frank is live in hollywood with a cast of celebrities that are here to give their opinions on the hot button issues of the day. frank, look at that crowd.