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Weiner just had to say? >> absolutely. congressman weiner has done great work on the issue. there are many health care champions as well. at the end of the day its not okay to have someone win the blame game. people at this moment have to step up. just two hours ago on "the ed show" i went down the list and showed how we could get 51 votes in the senate. the progressive change campaign committee took our video cameras to capitol hill and got statements. we have people like kay hagan and others w...

Short-term imperative. our exports support millions of american jobs. you know this well. in 2008 we exported more than $1 trillion of manufactured goods. supporting more than one in five manufacturing jobs. and those jobs, by the way, pay about 15% more than average. we exported nearly $100 billion in agricultural goods. and every $1 billion increase in exports supports more than 6,000 additional jobs. so its critical in the short term, but its also critical for our long-term prosperity. 95% of...

In healthcare the biggest imperative is fix those who cant get insurance without changing the world for everyone else. let us buy in medicare. there is common ground here. this is not what its about. i get it. youre holding up your hand. >> glenn: blood shooting out of my eyes. okay. lets go back to the question on, why do -- you dont want to stand and fight. >> no. >> glenn: so why are you here? of all the shows you could pick, why are you here? >> the toughest, most unforgivable interviewer po...

>> based on this conference, mr. secretary, theres a lot of room for agreement, maybe not on health care, but on education you may be able to find agreement. >> this is one issue that all of us regardless of politics or ideology, feel a sense of urgency. we all have to put politics aside and do the right thing by our children. we have to do that for the sake of them and our country. this is the civil rights issue of our generation, and also an economic imperative. >> are conservatives and libera...

In healthcare the biggest imperative is fix those who cant get insurance without changing the world for everyone else. let us buy in medicare. there is common ground here. this is not what its about. i get it. youre holding up your hand. >> glenn: blood shooting out of my eyes. okay. lets go back to the question on, why do -- you dont want to stand and fight. >> no. >> glenn: so why are you here? of all the shows you could pick, why are you here? >> the toughest, most unforgivable interviewer po...

But the question i have is if you look at other people that have -- terrorists that have recently been caught by pakistan, theyre over there and president obamas administration has a hands-off approach, "the new york times" writes about the pakistanis being known for their brutal questioning tactics. >> theyre tough. >> right? and the whole time during the bush administration, it was all about torture so theres a huge standard here. im for getting the intel. i hope they go down that route. >> th...

And paulson, and the stimulus package, of course, we didnt like how that worked out. but, again, i just -- i think mike barnicle, after september 15th, after the meltdown, i just think he seemed out of touch, and a bit ideological to be pursuing this dream of the left, nationalized health care. which, by the way, as i said on this show repeatedly, i do believe we have a moral imperative to make sure that everybodys child has the type of health care my child has. but at the same time, you have go...

Megyn: let me ask you this and ill get dr. stegall to respond. what about the argument that parents want the baby boy to look like his dad, and thats still, even though its not as common here in america as it once was, it still is what the majority of men and little boys do, and so parents are looking out for their kids, we dont want them to feel like the odd boy out in the locker room and so on. >> 40 percent of all boys in the united states are left in tact. thats a very good question. we dont...

30%, 40%. roughly half the national average. now, its true that not long ago you could drop out of high school and reasonably expect to find a blue collar job that would pay the bills and help support your family. thats just not the case anymore. in recent years, a high school dropout has made on average about $10,000 less per year than a high school graduate. in fact, during this recession, a high school dropout has been more than three times as likely to be out of work as someone with at least...

Average. not long ago you could drop out of high school and reason plabl expect to find a blue collar job to pay bills and support your family. thats just not the case anymore n. recent years a high school dropout has made on average about $10,000 less per year than a high school graduate. in fact during the recession a high school dropout has been more than three times as likely to be out of work as someone with at least a college degree. graduating from high school is an economic imperative. t...