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Are evening. its not just [speaking italian ] and people taking it easy and drinking cappuccinos. its a system of policy errors accumulating for decades. in 1978 what does italy do it adopts universal healthcare. between 1980 and 1990 italys debt doubles it goes from 50% of gdp around 1980 to a a hundred% roughly where we in the united states are. what happens for the next two decades total economic stag nation. these are policy errors, its not culture. jenna: lets bring it to today. we have the...

Many have a negative view, a net negative favorability of minus 17 points, you dont want that minus on there. didnt we just see the poll trend back in 2011. the polling on the showdown for the republicans on the sequester looks really similar to the showdown. here is a poll taken before march 2011 before everybody unfortunately had to hear about the debt ceiling. in march 2011, president obamas job approval rating said 49% disapprove. 50% have a positive view of the president, 36% have a negativ...

The best thing that happened in washington today is not going to sound like the best thing when i tell it to you. it is going to sound like a very boring thing, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke testified before the senate committee on banking, housing and urban affairs. and please, please, please, dont change the channel. it was great, ben bernanke, a george bush appointee, probably the single most important policy-maker, said basically. >> adventure, excitement. a jedi craves not these thi...

Longer term bigger fix or do something with the sequester, that we punished ourselves, basically because we have been unable as a body to come together. i think that was also said, shouldnt we do the sequester in a smarter way where there is more flexibility. >> i suggested to make trade offs in the near recovery, and aligning the policy with the timing, the timing says we made progress in the very near term as far as the budget is concerned. the problem is unaddressed in the longer term. so it ...

Over how to fund the government. at the end of march, march 27th, i believe, something called the continuing resolution. if we dont pass one the government shuts down. i dont understand how well continue to pass the resolution if we havent even figured out the sequester beforehand. it seems as though the shutdown will be likely. >> that is what the republicans are betting on. there is sort of this gaming narrative on what it will be, obama actually thinking the world will end in some ways and pe...

Threatening, it was people switching parties. >>alisyn: but it was effective. >>brian: the president said im not going to ask for taxes with the sequester. now hes asking for taxes with the sequester. were only finding out about this through bob woodwards reportage. not like the white house will tell us. when i look at the transparency of this administration, it is pretty shocking. there was a report that came out yesterday where apparently -- whoops, the wrong story. >>steve: for half a million...

Lemon gown at 72, youre probably doing something right medically. so were going to explore that story for you coming up. >> steve: didnt i read on-line that it said that when ted turner married -- i think it was from ted turners son who is running for office. >> brian: as a conservative. >> steve: yeah. that when he, ted turner, married jane fonda, jane fonda turned ted turner way left. >> brian: yeah, he ended up on a ranch with live -- buffalo. >> brian: she also gave birth to shin splints. >>...

Ground was to further understand how how real and significant a threat al qaeda and the islamic iqim poses to mali and the countries in the region. three americans were killed in algeria just a few weeks ago in a terrorist-led kidnapping and attack on a gas facility in the desert and the same folk who is led the attack on the benghazi component linked remotely to the folks taking action in northern mali and just this week, the french military seized i think 35,000 tons of libyan arms that had be...

If you are out of this country and you would like to come in, wait til next week because apparently the borders will be wide open and we will immediately validate your parking. >> brian: she also said four hours, give yourself four hours for a flight before you go. who is going to give themselves four hours? >> steve: i think bobby jindal is right. this administration is trying to scare people. remember, the sequester, which really does not cut spending, it simply slows future growth, the seques...

Like that. we wouldnt hold its hand in public, we tell it all the time, we want a little bit of space, but damn if we dont want to keep it around. a majority of people said they actually want to increase spending in two category. 53% want to spend more on veterans benefits, and 60% want to spend more on education. education, which by the way, gets hit pretty hard by the sequester. now, maybe we need to change or relationship status rather than our policies. because the american people actually s...