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that hes got at this moment where all the other indications are very negative people are feeling so unhappy about the state of the economy and the outlook is not great. look at the numbers heading into this thursday, jobs speech. the presidents going to lay out maybe $300 billion worth of stimulus. youve got people in this poll saying a substantial majority saying keep the deficit down. dont act to boost the economy and increase the deficit. yost at a good picture for him messagewise a...

thats a three-year low for president obama at 51%. a majority disapproving his performance. for congress the disapproval number is historic. 82%. the first time that number has ever topped 80%. so four out of five americans. in fact, more than four out of five americans dont like the united states congress. joining me now is john harwood and nbcs capitol hill correspondent luke russert. i want to start with john with the president. i want luke to talk about the congress and this histor...

crying wolf? just at this hour white house budget director and top debt ceiling director. and from capitol hill bob corker and democratic congressman john larson. and can anyone get a laugh out of the debt crisis? nbcs brian williams can with david letterman. >> my role here has been to bum out your audience about debt crisis. >> good day im andrea mitchell live in washington. with the debt battle entering the final round we think just one week from the treasurys default date, house re...

crying wolf? just at this hour white house budget director and top debt ceiling director. and from capitol hill bob corker and democratic congressman john larson. and can anyone get a laugh out of the debt crisis? nbcs brian williams can with david letterman. >> my role here has been to bum out your audience about debt crisis. >> good day im andrea mitchell live in washington. with the debt battle entering the final round we think just one week from the treasurys default date, house re...

palins, all part of the empire of rupert murdoch. we will dig much deeper into the rupert scandal and one of the senators calling for an investigation. first, one of the other stories were following tonight. the other barack obama. a new book reveals astonishing information about the father of the president. it opens a new window into the heart and mind of his son, and -- who is thaddeus? a conservative who plays an electric guitar, quotes l.e.d. zeppelin on the house floor and running...

money and influence. how deep does that run? take a look. the television empire, fox with its news programming is part of his world. 20th century fox was huge, hit films. in publishing, "new york post," "wall street journal," what he has in print, along with harpercollins publishers limited, books like sarah palins, all part of the empire of rupert murdoch. we will dig much deeper into the rupert scandal and one of the senators calling for an investigation. first, one of the other stor...

gadhafi, with the upper hand. is international help on the way, make or break day in brussels. we go live with peter kings hearings on radicalization of american muslims gets under way, national security necessity or is it a witch hunt as some say? the divide is sharp on this one. >> im savannah guthrie. >> shake-up on public broadcasting, could it be the end? lets start with dramatic events in wisconsin, after a three week stalemate. it took three minutes elimina eliminating barga...

god bless you, congress, and god bless america. and with that, republicans officially took control of the united states house of representatives for the first time in four years. today was filled with lots of ceremonial pomp and circumstance that accompanies the first day of the new congress. as is the custom in the house, its the outgoing house speaker, in this case nancy pelosi, who officially hands over the reims to the next speaker. before she did that in what was essentially her...

and with that, republicans officially took control of the united states house of representatives for the first time in four years. today was filled with lots of ceremonial pomp and circumstance that accompanies the first day of the new congress. as is the custom in the house, its the outgoing house speaker, in this case nancy pelosi, who officially hands over the reims to the next speaker. before she did that in what was essentially her final act as house speaker nancy pelosi took a mo...

opens for business. a live look at capitol hill. not much activity right now, but in just a few hours from now, 96 new members of the house of representatives will be sworn in. 87 of them republicans. only nine new democratic house members. >> thats right. well, taking the gavel as house speaker today is ohios john boehner. hes going to waste no time trying to fulfill promises made during novembers elections. this is a statement just released by his office -- "our spending has caught u...