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Problem. were in an election year again. what does the president as a ceo and as a mayor and ceo of a city now, what does he have to do to break the logjam and get him to do? >> he has to explain to the public how government is going to solve the problem so we cant five he or ten years from now find ourselves in exactly the same situation. its not a partisan thing of one side of the aisle or the other. its both sides. democrats dont want immigration and republicans dont want immigration. i met w...

Democratic national committee chairman and give up the campaign mode. he has to campaign for democrats, but he ought to put the emphasis on what hes for and why he thinks they are better not use taxpayer funded public speeches to trash the political opposition for petty little gain. hes better than that. i know man. i worked with him for several years in the white. hes capable of rising above in, why he -- ash in the white house. hes capable of rising above in why he hasnt is a surprise to me he...

Salaries and bonuses of wall street executives. now, the house passed a bill to this effect in december. the senate is still struggling through. theres a partisan logjam there. it appears to be giving way. ill be talking a lot more about all of this in the next two hours with cnns christine romans, with "forbes" robert linder. if you have a house or a job or have lost one or both in the economic melt down or 401(k) or an ira, you have a place in this discussion. its important to you. another t...

Was used in the building of the bubble and paid out by our taxpayers and still supports a system that would hide that fraud while depriving our students, our middle class and our retirees of lending, investment or pension income, how do we get more pressure on our government to reveal more documents to reporters like you, me, or anybody else? >> i think that you have a very -- in this s.e.c. case against goldman, it was so explosive. and it really helped people to understand what wall street was...

As he heads in to vote. senator, thanks for joining us. first question as we walk into the capitol with you is, how are you going to vote? will you vote with democrats to extend unemployment benefits jthts people are hurting. its importance to move the process along, because when i came here, its my. that things are broken and a logjam here in capitol hill, and its my hope that i can help move things forward. so im going to do just that and vote for cloture, which allows the process to move forw...

Time. >> its a bit. >> reporter: came in on an anti-washington wave. with people out here, republicans and democrats, they all agree that people without jobs should get unemployment benefits, but cant agree that these benefits, on how to do it. whether these benefits should be paid for or not and meanwhile people are losing benefits while we speak. what do you make of this and what to people make of it? >> work together to find common sense solutions. thats why i was sent here. people are tired ...

Those subsidies to the bank. ive got it. the biggest concern is can the government handle the volume? my recommendation to a parent who is starting to look at student loans would be to start early and dont wait until the last minute because theres probably going to be a logjam. some of the bankers are people that work at banks processing these loans will get down sized. >> how quickly are we talking? >> kick in next year, yeah. >> lets talk about some of the ways people are saving. 529s. a lot o...

Problems bipartisanship, lack there of. any special powers or ideas now fix that? >> special powers? >> greta: everything is in logjam here. divided and we need pooh are going to bait on the issues. -- we need people who are going to debate on the issues. there was 10, 15 ideas we could have agreed on. we could have moved forward with health care reform in a way that would not have about the role of limited government. >> greta: how important is it that brett favre comes back? brett favre. i tol...

Problems bipartisanship, lack there of. any special powers or ideas now fix that? >> special powers? >> greta: everything is in logjam here. divided and we need pooh are going to bait on the issues. -- we need people who are going to debate on the issues. there was 10, 15 ideas we could have agreed on. we could have moved forward with health care reform in a way that would not have about the role of limited government. >> greta: how important is it that brett favre comes back? brett favre. i tol...

The president is speaking on clean energy jobs. he just commented on the unemployment rate coming out at 9.7% saying its better than expected but far more progress needs to be made. >> -- after breaking threw a political logjam some of you probably saw if you were watching tv congress passed and i signed into law a bill that extends unemployment insurance to help people who have been laid off get through these hard times. it also extended cobra so that folks who have lost their jobs dont lose th...