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To actively seek bipartisan support for his $825 billion economic stimulus package. >> we had a wonderful exchange of ideas. >> obama believed hell somehow be able to reach across the aisle. but this kind of hope and change and optimism that had made this such an inspiring campaign runs up against the reality of politics in 2009 when he takes office. >> hr 1 as amended passes. >> its a victory that came with almost no republican support, zero on the house side. three in the senate, a long way fr...

Want to have more executive time. its a new stimulus package. im reminded every day that goes on in the trump presidency, im reminded of something president kennedy said some months after defeating it and becoming president in 1961. he said the big thing that surprised him that things were, in fact, quite as bad as we thought they were, that in fact, it gets worser and worser as carol might say. as you say, there should be disclaimers if the president is not sitting in meetings. lord knows i hat...

This, jason chaffetz, let me start with you on this. because it is clearly, like healthcare going to be a central part of the democratic side of the equation. is that wise and do you expect that it will be dealt with in a way that resonates with voters? >> >> i think everybody cares about what they throw into the air and in the water. but, the democrats approach to this has been by force. you know, they spent nearly $800 billion on, you know, this stimulus package and they poured billions of dol...

So people are still in, i dont think that they should panic. neil: all right, were also monitoring another development watch closely. this government shutdown that now enters its third week. there has been a sighting of the vice president outside the eisenhower office building used to be called the old executive office building next to the white house where he will be meeting with were told some congressional leaders we just dont know who they are. is this having any effect? >> these political t...

The dow was up on monday and on wednesday, then dropped 660 points on thursday, only to rally 726 points on friday. it was continuation of the markets wins we have seen all year as washington and beijing butt heads over tariffs. low hit on christmas eve, also on friday news that manufacturing sharply declined in december suggesting possibly backlash against american brands. apple which gets a fifth of revenue from china made cut to revenue guidance, the lowest its been in 6 years citing weak tra...

Mobilize society, there were huge amounts of government command and control put over the economy. what is the scale when you say the stimulus of $700 billion, or the new deal was x percentage of gdp, what are you thinking? >> well, we did sort of a first installment in the stimulus package years ago, $90 billion into clean energy, which was a small down payment of something that needs to be larger. >> much larger, right? >> much larger. were going to have to be much larger than that. but we cant...

Installment in the stimulus package years ago, $90 billion into clean energy, which was a small down payment of something that needs to be larger. >> much larger, right? >> much larger. were going to have to be much larger than that. but we cant be dissuaded by republican rhetoric. they were all deficit hawks until they passed a $1.5 trillion deficit in their tax cut. we know we can finance this. there are multiple ways to do it. but when you think about the scale of this challenge, realize this...

To actively seek bipartisan support for his $825 billion economic stimulus package. >> we had a wonderful exchange of ideas. >> obama believed hell somehow be able to reach across the aisle. but this kind of hope and change and optimism that had made this such an inspiring campaign runs up against the reality of politics in 2009 when he takes office. >> hr 1 as amended passes. >> its a victory that came with almost no republican support, zero on the house side. three in the senate, a long way fr...

Control. ben bernanke who is the chairman of the federal reserve and hank paulson who is secretary of the treasury said this is contained. >> the u.s. economy is diverse and resilient and our long-term fundamentals are healthy. i believe that our economy will continue to grow, although at a lesser pace than we have seen in recent years. >> hank paulson had been the chief executive of goldman sachs, so he was an insider, for better or worse. he knew where the bodies were buried and he knew how th...

Democrat? >> the president had made very clear that the house passed the package and what happened here is what always happens, the senate received it and it is with them. they can counter offer. they can sign the $5.6 billion which is a modest investment in our nations security when you think of the $800 billion they spend on a stimulus package in the last administration and list of items they fund for the billions of dollars. the 4 trill i don trillion dol, we should have $5 billion for border...