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About a year ago and whats happened is weve raised problems with that plan to begin with. about whether or not it had adequate scope, whether or not it was sustainable. and whether it was putting people into permanent modifications. we looked at it again, six months ago and had some problems and i want to be fair. treasury made some changes. theyve announced some new programs. but here we are. a year into this same program. three years into the crisis. and were just not getting the job done. >> ...

And elizabeth warren, she runs the t.a.r.p. program, which is not a very popular program itself, but elizabeth warren is in charge of keeping track of the money. and of late the government has been saying that moneys coming back in, so maybe her story has gotten a little bit more favorable in recent days, on capitol hill, are they gearing up? is this going to be a big fight or are people waiting to see who it is? >> people are waiting, but obviously theyre gearing up, as it happens with every si...

Thats a joke. megyn: you are an economic guy. you understand the economy. people are unhappy. its not a huge headline. they are not happy because we have high unemployment, a hi-def sit, the question is d a high deficit. and how much can he do about it? >> he cant do much about it. he put into place a big stimulus program that didnt do much good at all. thats a mark against him. he spent almost a trillion on a stimulus program that produced almost no results. the tarp program did a huge amount o...

Clearly has already proven itself more interested in cultivating growth and its more of a gardener than a regulator. more interested in promoting the growth of the industry than it is in regulating the industry. how do you see the federal reserves relationship with our government right now? >> whether we will give the fed more or less regulatory authority, i think the fundamental problem, particularly this week, which happens to be sunshine week, is we need much, much more transparency in the fe...

The pay as you go rules. the same rules they busted and theyre celebrating today. mitt romney confused in town to discus his new book. >> this pay as you go event at the white house this evening, to celebrate this pay as you go type of legislative procedure that, by all accounts, was violated yesterday on the extension of jobless benefits, what do you make of that? >> well of course a lot of people agree we should extend jobless benefits, but there are a lot us that feel we cant continue to borr...

Lott was the majority leader and a democrat would stop something from happening. good news is that for people who are long-term unemploy ed, in a matter of days, the senate will pass a bill to extend unemployment benefits for those who are long-term unemployed, as republican senate whip john kyl said on your network a while ago. >> the last time i had the good fortune to sit down with you, john mccain had briefly suspend ed his campaign, come to mississippi finally and did do the debate. he did ...

America. thank you. >> spirited defense of harry reid, the endangered senate majority leader. joining me now, eugene robinson from the washington post and dick weber, republican from minnesota. this was more of a harry reid rally than anything else. >> it really was. it was all the great things harry reid has done for you, less of what my administration has done for you. its an attempt to save the senate majority leader. >> the president taking his jacket off, about to take questions. vin weber,...

>> require -- >> and want to get a political event when you go out and make a speech in nashua, new hampshire, that is not what the money is for. it is to reduce the debt of our children. were passing onto our children and you ought to at least that he have integrity to be forthright about it. bill: judd gregg, republican out of new hampshire, a taste of the tongue-lashing that white house budget director peter orszag received from him yesterday, steven moore, wrote the book "the end of prosperi...

United states. today we lost that hope. >> it is painful to hear that from this man. sometimes the truth hurts but the truth is what we need to hear. he was asked in the interview with a republican gubernatorial candidate in illinois if he felt the united states was moving toward socialism. a little bit like the issue with the banks. this is an indication that it is in that direction, privatizing the entrepreneurs. they are more fragile. >> he says we are moving a little bit and mentioned the ta...

Dollars in taxpayer money last year to save the economy. under the banner known as the t.a.r.p. program, now the special inspector general kneel bar off question says hes taking on as many as 75 criminal investigations into what really happened to our tax dollars. insider trading is among the suggestions of possible claims investigated here. here he is on fox business networks americas nightly scoreboard. >> youre looking into the criminal behavior of certain individuals, is that true? >> thats ...