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they know this. i think they know their plan is not very popular. you can tell that because theyre being pretty designist about my plan. especially by the way when it comes to medicare. now this is something ive got to point out here because they are just throwing everything at the wall to see if it sticks. heres what you need to know. i have strength in medicare. i have made reforms that have saved millions of seniors with medicare, hundreds of dollars on their prescription drugs. >> ...

so, central banks are set up as a best practice with political insulation. the reason bernanke opposes this legislation is that he says you can imagine election years -- i do not think this is hard -- where the fed has to raise interest rates because that is where they see the economy, or they are keeping them steady. a politician -- politicians decide they do not like it and they will get your document and find ways to embarrass you or ought to you. they use that as a way to apply pol...

bill for the middle-class. the treasury secretary appeared before the senate banking committee on the oversight counsels report and its questions about the u.s. economy and the financial system. this is two hours, 10 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i call this hearing to order. today we welcome treasury secretary geithner to deliver the financial stability oversig...

and dismember the institution, put it out of its misery, sell whatever is viable remaining -- >> thats not what theyre doing. >> i believe thats exactly what theyre doing. >> theyre just doing it at the holding company level. >> i think thats a slight misimpression. i understand your concerns about this. what theyre trying to do is make sure they have a practical way to do the practical equivalent of bankruptcy for a large complex financial institution and what congress did that is imp...

government regulators in monitoring the banking industry. >> brown: miles obrien has the story of an austin, texas, neighborhood that uses "smart grid" technology to track and control its energy consumption. >> the fishers have two solar volume dayic power system, sophisticated digital metres and state of the art thermostats that allow them to fine-tune their indoor climate here orion line when theyre away. >> we >> woodruff: we update the presidential campaign as the candidates trade ...

>> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf carnegie corporation and with the >> ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: a fresh atrocity in syria stirred new condemnation today, and new despair over how to stop the killing. the opposition claimed the military and alawite militias lo...

>> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf carnegie corporation and with the >> ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: a fresh atrocity in syria stirred new condemnation today, and new despair over how to stop the killing. the opposition claimed the military and alawite militias lo...

neighborhood that uses "smart grid" technology to track and control its energy consumption. >> the fishers have two solar volume dayic power system, sophisticated digital metres and state of the art thermostats that allow them to fine-tune their indoor climate here orion line when theyre away. >> we >> woodruff: we update the presidential campaign as the candidates trade shots over outsourcing jobs. >> brown: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: and we c...

Offshoring, outsourcing, what is the term anymore the romney campaign is using. outsourcing jobs. i want to call everybodys attention to robert samuelson writing in the "washington post" offshoring is a powerful political symbol because it seems unpatriotic, helping foreigners at the expense of americans, putting profits over people but economics is not politics. the success or failure of the next president in reducing unemployment will depend mostly on how much or how little his policies influe...

morning, the editor of the "new york times" sunday magazine. earlier today, mitt romney went in search of something he had not looked for before, the african-american vote. despite an awkward start -- >> i do love that music. i have to tell you, i do love listening to that organ music. >> -- things hummed along smoothly until he decided to take on the presidents health care plan. >> im going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obamacare and im go...