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Raising the medicare retirement age. well have to see how far the president and the white house will go in terms of -- in terms of social security as they take on negotiations. you had a very good discussion with the budget director a short time ago. i chased after him after your interview to ask him the same question. and he gave a very similar answer into what were kind of hearing. its a bit vague. he said that everyone should not stand firm on positions, they should come to the table to discu...

A tax increase. under the republican plan, not only will there be a giant tax increase for millionaires and billionaires, how will they pay for it? eliminating medicare. those are the simple facts of the proposal. >> what the facts are, you are proposing the highest tax increase on americas history on job creators and expecting there to be more jobs. all we do is prevent your tax increase and including the tax increase that is in obama care. >> i voted for the stimulus which had the biggest tax ...

Thats what the corporation calculated statistically. and they gave their top executives cash safety bonuses because of it. transocean is not a human and, therefore, cannot be expected to have human decency. but those executives who benefited from the corporate calculation here, they are humans and whether it was out of embarrassment, concern over their image or real contrition, real remorse, the executives decided to give the safety bonus money away to the families of the workers who died on the...

Decision because we believe it is the right thing to do." those are the transocean people acting out of embarrassment or maybe even contrition. but at least nodding toward the human decency that creates the capacity to feel shame. those are the people. and on the other hand, theres the transocean corporation. able to sense only the difference between profit and loss. the same way a cat uses its whiskers to walk around a house in the dark. and even as the humans inside transocean are having their...

The workers who died on the companys rig. ceo steven newman explaining, "the executive team made this decision because we believe it is the right thing to do." those are the transocean people acting out of embarrassment or maybe even contrition. but at least nodding toward the human decency that creates the capacity to feel shame. those are the people. and on the other hand, theres the transocean corporation. able to sense only the difference between profit and loss. the same way a cat uses its ...

What they are choosing to do. follow me now. many elements of the republican caucus that congressman roe works with every single day want to shut down the government. they said as much and theyll get their way. when it happens, i hope every one of your viewers look at those republicans to say we sent you to washington to solve problems and youre making things worse. were going to get rid of you. >> congressman, roe, you were nodding in some agreement. >> maybe you caught me off guard, lawrence. ...

One place, wars that werent paid for in iraq and afghanistan. that is the department of defense yet were not having a real conversation about cutting those things. look, the fact is if mr. roe will say right now well debate choice later on, debate epa policy later on, lets get a reasonable budget right now he might agree but boehner refuses. they are too busy doing ideology rather than doing the peoples business in the house and senate. and anyone will tell you that if you want to bog down this ...

Nodding in some agreement. >> maybe you caught me off guard, lawrence. what i would say is that senate democrats have had weeks to work out something. the republicans passed a budget. sent it over. six crs weve done. theyve had weeks now to work this out. why it is coming down to the last minute is beyond me because theres no reason whatsoever. the american people dont like it. >> ill explain it to you. >> i guarantee i can explain it too. they spoke loud and clear on the 2nd of november. they w...

What they want is just get it done. that idea of accomplishing something. and the most powerful at the end is the close. lets get to work. thats the call to action. so all through the communication youre looking at the right words, right phrases and that intensity. and its this interactive communication which im not doing right now, which is to ask you questions rather than you asking me. >> what are the most common mistakes people make? these are great pieces of advice but i think you wouldnt b...

>> this is nine for him but its four for us. when we won 10 years ago i thought it was a fluke. so i never thought that i would even get another grammy. to get three tonight is amaze pg. hard work pays off. >> during the last election campaign, you wanted to do something socially relevant. did you accomplish what you wanted to? >> we thought we were going to put a itle e.p. out and be in that moment. but we took our time with it, worked on it, and made something really beautiful that im really p...