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Observer or guy calling in experts or naming commissioners or whatever. or citing people for their nobel prizes. i think he has to be the boss. and he never mentioned here anything beyond bp. arent there other oil companies that can help clean up this mess? weve had hoffmeister on saying youve got to get all these tankers in there, all these people out there skimming. i dont sense this as a real national effort yet. and by the way, why not ask the american people. i said before 100 time hes got ...

People when you said that changing the retirement age and also the cost of living adjustments for social security and you talked only about people now under the age of 55, should be on the table. after that governor crist called that idea cruel and unfair to seniors living on fixed next. do you stand by that? will you consider benefit cuts to social security for people who are now under age 55? >> i think the systems have to change and i dont think any serious osher of the process believes we ca...

Can say here, t.j., is path of public safety is the publics responsibility. i am involved with a program called first observer. that is a program that asks transportation officials to observe, assess and report things that look out of the ordinary. well, that goes from the general citizenry. the major said that again last night. if you see something suspicious call it in. half of that is the publics responsibility. the police cant be everywhere all the time. we need to shoulder some responsibili...

Into taxpaying american citizens. it has to be on an federal level and done by respecting the american values and the constitution. >> brian: do you see in washington -- youre a rather sophisticated observer of this town. do you see in washington the appetite to take on this issue? >> well, you know, its really time for congress to do what we elected our officials to. do time to stop playing politics with the issue. republicans have to come to the table and negotiate a fair and reasonable soluti...

Republican. the political guys over the last 18 months shifted heavily to taxes, deficit spending and all of that. that is where crists real problems lie. his embrace of the stimulus package and the hug with obama, he has never been able to get past that with the republican voters. independents feel the same way so hes in a little trouble. >> brian: it seems to me as casual observer of the situation there, if crist does well handling the slick disaster headed toward his state as well, that could...

Ago, you surprised a lot of people when you said that changing the retirement age and also the cost of living adjustments for social security and you talked only about people now under the age of 55, should be on the table. after that governor crist called that idea cruel and unfair to seniors living on fixed next. do you stand by that? will you consider benefit cuts to social security for people who are now under age 55? >> i think the systems have to change and i dont think any serious osher o...

Contributed, to the financial downturn that we experienced in 2008? >> do i think my personal actions did? >> goldman sachs. >> you know, i -- i dont know. id like to think about that and respond. yeah, i havent thought about that specifically. all right, lets get some insight now from someone who appreciates and understands whats going on because she was once an insider. shes certainly been a close observer of the financial markets. joining us now the business journalist and former wall stree...

Mitchell makes yet another trip to the mideast. no sign israel will stop new settlements in east jerusalem. >> this is a formula for disaster. not for peace. >> to find out where all of this is headed i turned to a panel of distinguished experts. joining me now to dissect all of this is foreign policy analyst robert kagan, also senior associate of the endowment for international peace. former u.n. peace envoy terje ron-larsen, and james rubin, despite the fact he is married to me, remains a shar...

You were down there for a good while, including my hometown, my beloved pensacola, and you studied this race and its getting more fascinating, isnt it? >> its utterly fascinating but its getting fascinating at the time rubio has passed this inevitably threshold, you had romney, cantor, cheney coming out for him. i havent talked to a political observer in florida in the last two months who think crist can win this thing. i think obviously the intrigue is behind the scene, where thissist investiga...

And buy gold or commodities, theyre fannies will be rolled to attica. >> thats not what was going on here by any stretch. what were trying to say is we cannot have trillions and trillions of dollars totally unregulated that puts our economy under the gun. youre right, we have to strike the right balance. but any objective observer looking at what happened in the buildup to the 2008 collapse would say were out of balance. the other way. out of balance in allowing too much unregulated capital. thi...