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These perceptions. >> what do hear about the "the washington post" piece? the frustration of house democrats with the white house. >> well, its a long-standing what happened when gibbs made those comments as i think you guys also pointed out was that months-long resentment. it came rushing to the surface. there is two things. the house democrats dont feel that obama and his team appreciate their political circumstances. also, i think you cant underestimate the lix ability factor. the fact of the...

A poll in june. 18% of people said it was the most important issue facing the country. they did it in july, 7%. it just shows you that when somethings on the news every day, no matter how bad, no matter how environmentally disastrous -- and we probably dont even know the effects of it in total yet -- people start to lose interest. it starts to fade as an issue, and just as a side bar, andrea, the issue thats rising again, the economy, not surprising. so, youre going to hear a lot of talk from po...

Correspondent along with our mix it up panel. editorial writer from the "washington post" and editorial editor for the washington exami examiner. sarah, ill begin with you. what are the perceptions relative to the characterizations offered by myself and others relative to bp and this deal? >> a lot of people in britain have been extremely cynical about this deal from the beginning. for the last year or so people believed there was a connection between the release of al megrahi and bps big oil de...

Or the second scenario, which they consider just as positive would mean that they could bring in and start collecting the oil in vessels and if the federal government estimates on the flow rate is correct which is as much as 60,000 barrels a day, and if they can collect 80,000 barrels a day, they have the situation covered which means the vast majority if not all of the oil is brought up to the surface. but over the last 24 hours, the scientists on the bp side and the government side really went...

Strategy which was by the middle to the end of july to go to four production platforms and that will be producing at that point out of both kill-and-choke lines from both preventers. the legacy ones on the bottom and the new ones on the top to go to four production platforms. thats what gets us to 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day which is in excess of our flow rate projections which are 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day with built-in redundancy in case one of the four went down we could keep operatin...

Into that position that were all opposed to. and i think that is why mayor bloomberg, attorney general cuomo, and countless others, including the families, they see the good it can do, in addition to being, alongside other house of worship in new york. >> edina was saying here, tim, that this project will actually work against some of the perceptions of the extreme islamic forces that caused the attack on ground zero. do you agree with what she said there? >> well, you know, ive heard that numer...

Cautious. anatole koletski a writer returning from the states and writing in the london times writes "for the first time in my 35 years of experience as a journalist and economic analyst, i found americans much more pessimistic than brits, europeans, or even the japanese." america needs to return to its historical role as the land of optimism and can-do attitudes. you see, economic growth is based partly on reality but partly on perceptions. if we all believe were going to stagnate and then we h...

Rather than spending it. consumers are being very cautious. anatole koletski a writer returning from the states and writing in the london times writes "for the first time in my 35 years of experience as a journalist and economic analyst, i found americans much more pessimistic than brits, europeans, or even the japanese." america needs to return to its historical role as the land of optimism and can-do attitudes. you see, economic growth is based partly on reality but partly on perceptions. if w...

Programs where kids and israeli west bank, israeli, palestinian, turkish, greek, kids in south africa and north ireland, all playing ant same teams. >> how do you know this works long term? they dont just come, have fun, and then go back and start hating each other all over ag n again. >> this is our tenth year. we now have kids that have been in the year that serve as coaches. we have outside evaluations done by experts in the field that show that our programs are working, that kids are not onl...

>> see, thats how -- im a mother, ive got two little kids and im supposed to give them seafood? >> i have an 11-month-old. >> you have a perception issue. youre a chef and you love seafood and you care about the industry and youre trying to help them by conveying this to people but you have this huge perception because of what people are watching on tv every night. >> the perceptions are wild. people are coming into my restaurants not wanting to eat seafood at all. >> right. >> cod and things li...