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Some points steve and i disagree on. Ill just jump off the cliff here. I actually think we disagree quite vehemently on where the line is between permissible unilateral president ial war making and when the president has to go to congress. Its just that thats not where we are today. The reason why is because you have these two older statutes, the 2001 and the iraq statute and more importantly at the top of the program as the caller said you have no question that congress and the American People ...

Have debt. The problem is we are taxing our business is so much, putting so much regulation on the net we are running up those costs, and then we have fewer jobs. Since the 1970s, we have not had such a low Labor Participation rate. When you do not have people in the work lays, you have less money creating jobs, taxpayers, so we need to first and foremost have a growth economy. Thats why that has to be our number one priority, and for six years, weve then waiting. They do not get that that has t...

What is the proudest moment of your career so far . Guest wow. I dont mean to sound snarky or snippy here, but i hope it is yet to come. I feel very fortunate in just a few days well start our 12th season on pbs. Im now on 15 years in public radio. I feel very blessed at start of this year to do all weve done so far. I hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to i hope the proudest moment is yet to come. If i had to pick something it would be that i am still in here and so many people t...

Peter, tomplaint came pouring into npr wn i first started i talked too loud. My favorite one was my laugh was too boisterous. He laughs too bows tmendously. Laugh was too much. My cence was wrong. I spo too fast. Everything about me isoo big for public radio. You know how npr is. This is National Public radio. My style is so different when i first started at npthe betting i wouldnt make it. Pb the betting wasnt as high. People didnt think it would rk on pbs. Charlie rose had done well for years ...

I dont remember. Yeah. But i do know that some came back [inaudible] yes. Oh we have can they have reunions all the time. I dont really think so. You know crystal city was never there were about 13,000 People Living in crystal city during this time. The highest number ever because its a tiny little place, yeah. Well, i want to thank you all for your incredible interest in this, and i just thank you, especially old friends here and my aunt came from houston my mothers sisters, and all of you guys...

Just such a base of knowledge and a really decent guy. Thank you very much. A member of congress . Name a congressman, past or present do you admire. Without question, its tip oneal. Ive always admired Ronald Reagan and tip oneal because he had the ability to work with president reagan and do amazing things. That whole way of business is gone. My hope is should i be so fortunate to be elected is to hopefully go back to those days when tip oneal and Ronald Reagan made things happen in the congres...

Grew at a stronger clip than we originally thought. Companies are investing, consumers are spending. Over the past four years our businesses have created 10 million new jobs so there are reasons to feel good about the direction we are headed. Stuart lets start with the money angle. Mary kissel with the wall street journal Editorial Board. What a disconnected between what the president spins on the economy and how we the people feel about the economy. Here is my question. Do you think the preside...

Couple years there there were republicans fighting for all efforts to do that were fought by the democrats unfortunately to fix fannie and freddie, should bush have fought harder for it . Absolutely. Did the democrats stop it in the senate . Yes, they did we need reform. The first thing obama did when he came in was make that spending in iraq and afghanistan in the base line of the budget to make it infinitely into the future. We took that back and stopped that abuse with the budget deal going i...

Charlie will be back next week. Charles, what do you think of this . If it came from anybody else, i would be shocked. Shes not upset about all of the money that we are spending that other people have earned. Shes okay with that. Shes okay with disregarding all the sacrifices people made who wait in line. They follow the rule of law. Shes not upset about the selfishness of spending trillions of dollars of taxpayer money over people who broke the law. You seem upset. I am. Understood. I dont like...

Law and our process. Neil your big fear is how it does encourage others to follow suit not to have severe punishment to those who have done illegal acts to get here . Clearly, the president said that, hes released countless illegals in custody. Those with serious, violent criminal records back into our communities, and the president s got to be held responsible for the actions. Neil and sheriff, all of the people are going to have Social Security numbers, and you know better than many what can y...