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conditions apply. tropical storm lee tearing through the gulf of mexico. this is what it looks like for oil rig workers, look at this, leaning almost 45 degrees into the wind, holding on to a railing for dear life to find out how fast the wind was blowing. on land, lee is a major flood maker. some parts of louisiana have already gotten more than ten inches of rain. that amount could double in some areas. great to see you. im susan hendricks in for don lemon. you are in the cnn newsro...

Government recognize those needs while at the same time trying to balance shrinking budgets? >> i dont think its a real choice between the two. we have long-term economic unemployment right now. we make some advances because of the recovery act but we need to do more or unemployment will remain at the 9%, 10% for some time. there are ways to do this with a much more focused, broader job program that would also help with the deficit. we have this number of people unemployed and suffering and econ...

Go into a depression. not a recession. and have unemployment exceeding what ronald reagans was, in the 10.2%, 10.3% range. obviously we had to in the short term invest to get the economy moving. in the long term, we obviously have to look at the debt. americans are concerned about both growing the economy and making sure the debt does not put our country at risk. >> and one of the things that the president has asked you to do more recently has been the $50 billion job program, if you will, but y...

The fact of the matter is they have not seen a big change. interesting enough -- >> but they have seen you spend a trillion dollars to try to fix it. >> actually, obviously we had to invest to try to grow the economy, which every economist, mark zandy, adviser to john mccain, said, look, and others, including marty fellstein, who was with the reagan administration said if you dont replace the withdrawn consumer spending, we may well go into a depression, not a recession, and have unemployment ex...

Including marty feltstein said if you dont replace the consumer felt spending, we may go into a depression and not a recession. exceeding what ronald reagans was in the 10.3 range. we had to vest to get the economy moving, and in the long term, we had to look at the debt. americans are concerned about growing the economy and making sure the debt does not put our country at risk. >> one of the things that the president has asked you to do more recently has been the $50 billion job program, if you...

Replace the withdrawn consumer spending we may well go into a depression, not a recession, and have unemployment exceeding what ronald reagans was in the 10.2, 10.3 range. obviously we had to in the short term invest to get the economy moving. in the long term, we obviously have to look at the debt. americans are concerned about both growing the economy and making sure the debt does not put our country at risk. >> and one of the things that the president has asked you to do more recently has bee...

Gentlemen, thanks for being with us. congressman, it on looks like the $83 billion senate jobs bill has been shelved at time when so many americans struggling to find jobs, wouldnt it be better to pass a jobs bill to put people back to work instead of passing an expensive health care bill? >> first of all, this administration passed a major bill on the economic recovery. its working over two million people. today they ever jobs stins the stimulus has been passed organization last week, i was wit...

Students from the richest community. these are the parents. he got up to talk to them, they booed him down. >> you know, off of what andrew was just saying, if you think about it, presidents of the united states, various presidents, the most important thing they have to deal with, other than the economy, is national security, war and peace. the most important thing state legislatures can do in every state have to do is deal with the public education systems in their state and they dont pay enoug...

I was stunned. hi this message from shannon and hes talking about how tough things are and once again he feels like the bottom is falling out. you might wonder why is he taking the risk of running for office of opening himself up publicly to all of this and he says its because he wants people to know this is what tens and tens of thousands of veterans in this country are dealing with. hes one window into the veterans community. i have to tell you, they are speaking out more. i was telling jim ju...

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