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People in and near retirement will be protected. >> greta: you heard it right. president obama telling americans how he is going to fix america. congressman ryan delivering the official republican response. but another big gop player is also challenging the president. congresswoman bachmann is streaming her rebuttal live on the tea party express website. >> the tea party is a dynamic force for good in our national conversation. it is an honor for me to speak with you. two years ago, when barack ...

Omnibus spending bill which had $8 billion in new ear marks. on the other hand, congress did pass that extension of tax cuts and also unmany ployment benefits which adds another are trillion dollars to the deficit. my question is did congressing get the message that voters were sending in the midterm elections? >> well, i searchly dont -- i certainly dont believe that the lame duck congress did. ede omnibus would have raise the baseline $40 billion when you take all of the tricks out of it. we w...

More opportunity to get things done. >> if theres any lesson to draw from these past few weeks, its that we are not doomed to endless gridlock. weve shown in the wake of the november elections that we have the capacity not only to make progress but to make progress together. >> reverend jesse jackson is president of the rainbow push coalition, and he joins me now from our chicago bureau. sir, good to have you with me. >> youre welcome. >> give me your take on the presidents year and what you see...

>> the biggest accomplishment for the president was the bipartisan tax deal in the lame-duck session. he had taken a self-described shellacking in the midterm. he had a very weak hand to play and lo and behold he got the tax deal through and got an $858 billion stimulus program to extend unemployment insurance, to offer business incentives, tuition, tax credits. >> reporter: and he points out that coming off the midterm elections a lot of people didnt think the president had the power or the pol...

Learned novembers national unemployment rate went up to # .8%. bill: todays number might indicate employers are laying off employees at a slower rate perhaps but are certainly not in a rush to hire. stu varney, good morning, they tell you what? >> okay, the trend is positive. fewer claims, thats good news, however, the reality is somewhat grim because at 421,000 new claims in a single week, thats still way too high to make any dent in the unemployment situation. and you have to conclude, bill, t...

Tax increases on the american people it will be the most irresponsible thing i have seen sense i have been in washington, dc and i have been here a while. >> the white house says we cannot afor the tax cuts but california republican thinks growing text support for doing so explains how speaker people less emphasis reluctance to schedule a vote. >> she is afraid. >> most think the $800 billion stimulus program would have produced more private sector jobs by now if it had more tax cuts and less go...

Difference. >> pete has never seen a microphone or a tv camera that he likes. [ laughter ] >> reporter: while quiet, aides note rouse has been involved with almost everything the white house has tried to do. regarding his status, senior white house officials say both the president and rouse agreed to him doing this on an interim basis. aides insist rouse could be the chief of staff long-term but say it gives him an opportunity to try something new. jim? >> jim: mike, thank you very much. the phr...

The waters of the two countries. that came on the heels of china surpassing japan, that came on the heels reports of the massive efficacy of chinas stimulus program and so on, but in all this news, when rarely gets the chance to hear from one of the people running this remarkable country, one that has grown now at over 9% a year for 30 years. well, now you will. we have for you a very rare event, an interview with wen jiabao, premier of china. he spoke to me two years ago on this program, and he...

Happening. its funny were saying it has nothing to do with him being there. we have a capture and kill on him. its just coincidence. >> indeed. >> i digress. >> you do. the big news of what people are worried about, whats going to happen in the upcoming election? they are unveiling the new agenda this morning. it all starts this morning 10:00 out in the lumberyard in sterling, virginia. >> thats right. this is a 21-page document theyre going to release today to the public. its focused sharply on...