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Crisis and, again i ask -- >> youre right. >> why then wouldnt the president address any of that at all in this budget blueprint? >> well, first of all, norah, the president has talked about it and he does address it in his budget blue print. the president has said time and again that weve got to address issues with regard to medicare and medicaid and there are medicare savings that are a part of this budget. in fact about $62 billion worth of savings and hes consistently said lets work with con...

Changing. the obama administration wants to shrink government involvement in the mortgage system by dissolving fannie and freddie over a five to seven-year period. the changes could also mean major changes in interest rates and costs for borrowers. neil irwin is a financial reporter for "the washington post" and a usual guy with us. good morning to you. good to see you, neil. >> good morning, alex. >> these recommendations given by the white house, lets go through them. how do they run? >> yeah,...

There was bitter disappointment among the tens of thousands gathered in cairos liberation square. after president hosni mubarak told the country, hes not going anywhere. i will be responsible for changing the constitution, he said, to assure stability and a smooth transfer of power. >> he is liar. >> reporter: the 82-year-old president said he was delegating some of his powers to his handpicked vice president, omar suleiman, who then tried to reassure protesters. lets work on this together, he s...

Chambers benefit or to the presidents benefit. he is trying to heal some wounds that developed in the last two years. what he put on the table in healthcare is, look, lets work to make it better. the movement to get rid of the 1099 form, the president has taken a concrete step proposed by -- megyn: yeah, yeah. they like that. the two sides cannot see eye to eye on the big picture. i dont want to get bogged down in healthcare. i want to stick to the chamber and the business issues. today some peo...

>> lets work on that exact premise. we need probust investment in america across the board. private capital, public capital, lending capital. and instead we have trade systems that operate in deficit, banking systems that are not incentivized to lend to our country. were going to need to do 360,000 jobs a month. >> and this business of the administration regulating in such a different way than bill clinton did. bill clinton would set goals for business. thats the way regulation has been done in ...

Still. >> do you think the president will get in that sack race and run with his new parter, republican john boehner? >> the question there is it depends. right off the bat the republicans are starting off when we get back on health care. i dont think thats the great message for running in a sack race together. >> your happy that they changed the name from the job killing health care bill to the job destroying health care bill? is that progress? >> it doesnt change the bad critique they have on ...

Michael steele, i would have voted four. eugene robinson, thank you. and one of my favorite members of congress donna edwards from maryland. david axelrod joins us and talk about the political climate on politics with an expert . its martin luther king day. obamas america is the name of the show only on . [ tires squeal ] an accident doesnt have to slow you down. introducing "better car replacement," available only with liberty mutual auto insurance -- if your cars totaled, we give you the money...

Look at people who make statements i want to take my country back. as a african-american you have to say who do you want to take it back from. who stole it from you. its embarrassing. its been a very difficult president is in that perspective. >> you didnt expect his birth thing. >> absolutely not. >> melissa, thank you for joining us. ive seen you earlier today. is this birther thing essentially an ethnic charge against the president, somebody named barack obama couldnt be an american he has an...

Who are we saying is important? so, i am 110% behind our teachers. but all, all im asking in return as a president, as a parent and as a citizen, is some measure of accountability. so, even as we applaud teachers for their hard work, we have to make sure that were seeing results in the classroom. if were not seeing results in the classroom, then, lets work with teachers to help them become more efebtive. if that doesnt work, lets find the right teacher for that classroom.

Ben jealous said after reviewing the full tape of miss sherrods remarks, he said they had had been snookered of harassing white farmers because of racial buy. the family who was the subject of the story said she said stay in her job. this is roger spooner yesterday praising sherrod. >> i guess she could say she went out of her way to help us and i never forgot her either. she was -- i appreciated everything she done for us and we got our farm back. >> so thats the farmer in question there, norah...