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Standpoint, it is world youth day, the youth turning out for the pope, it was amazing. >> dana has told me before the segment she was taking a -- going for a w-a-l-k. dont have to spell when the dog isnt around. bad phrase. how you say i dont want to do something. i have mixed feelings about this presentation. try that at home when you tell your wife, i have mixed feelings about seeing your mother. doesnt work. >> i have 20 seconds. here goes. the sequester, remember how bad they said it would b...

Called the sequester, its hurt jobs, harmed growth, gutting education in science and medical research. [ applause ] almost every credible economist will say its been a huge drag on this recovery. it means were under investing in the things the country needs to make it a magnet for good jobs. then over the last six months this gridlocks gotten worse. i didnt think that was possible. the good news is a growing number of republican senators are looking to join their democratic counter parts and try...

Economy. bill: got a government shutdown possibility coming up in the fall. you have the debt ceiling battle whether or not we increase the borrowing here. what is the republican strategy in approaching both of these? >> its unclear. you talk to very plugged in republican aides on the hill and they have really no idea what will happen on either of these. on funding the government the two sides are so far apart, there is no easy, just split the difference answer. on the debt ceiling, the republic...

There are jobs at the top and a lot at the bottom. eight of the ten fastest growing category of jobs tend to be low paying. youre still as zachary says in a rather sluggish recovery. this recovery has taken longer than any of the past three and its going to be 15 months more before we reach pre-crisis job creation. >> glenn, bernanke addressed this issue of stripping government out of this. for the first time i thought was pretty clear that the federal governments cut backs, the sequester, have ...

Nantucket sunday before being airlifted to massachusetts general hospital. secretary kerrys spokesperson says the family is asking for privacy at this time. cubas president raul castro is reportedly supporting three south american countries willing to grant asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. snowden is believed to be holed up in the transit area of moscow airport. venezuela, bolivia, and nicaragua have all indicated they would grant him asylum if asked. meanwhile, a washington based privacy ...

>> but were talking about the flip side, though, as government strengths will the private sector grow. i make the argument that it does. >> and ill make the argument that at this point the numbers weve seen from the shrinking, from the sequester, that its so minimal it doesnt have anything to do with each other. >> john, what do you think? >> id say laying off cops and teachers in detroit has nothing to do with the bach formation in north and south dakota. gary b. is 100% correct. government can...

Family-driven movie and an hour and a half you forget brad pitt has a family. it lacks depth. i was not a fan of the film. the action was halfway decent. it is a two and a half out of five. rent it. brad pitt put his production company on it, so hes on the line on it. >> plan b, his production company, you can feel they had to reshoot it. it was shot in 2011. they have went through reshoots and rewrite. skip it. rent it. if youre a fan of brad pitt, but rent it. >> steve: always a pleasure. than...

>> and theyre not actually, the only reason theyre closed-door meetings is for, is for the audio. i mean -- you cant have the open-door, you got these marble hallways outside. these are completely open meetings. you can walk in there, sit down, put your c-span cameras there. these are not secret things. the house passes something. the senate passes something. >> your facts are getting in the way. cut that out. >> thats what they dont like about them. >> right, they cant defend their budget to th...

To spend the taxpayers money. >> dana, you know i travel a lot. people are really hurting. this is not just pundits. where the rubber meets the road in this country, people need these health care -- the things that will benefit and provide things from the health care legislation. this is real stuff. >> thats right, reverend. theres a couple things were talking about. one is the immediate cuts that people have felt already in terms of head start and stuff from the sequester. the loss to these foo...

Is the forum for moving forward on the economic, replacing the sequester, and making sure that we can get all americans back to work. and by dragging their feet on this -- on those important issues, i think, you know, theyre pointing to all this other stuff thats going on, which is important to get to the bottom of, but congress should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. and i am nervous that some reps will use this as an excuse for not getting at the fundamental issues of the economy...