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Our economy in a moment of national crisis. this is a bill that is based on ideas from both democrats and republicans and this is the bill that congress needs to pass. no games, no politics, no delays. >> in an exclusive interview with nbc's brian williams the president put a different spin on what passage means. >> this buys assurance against double-dip recession and almost certainly helps the economy grow and will put more people back to work. >> reporter: president obama pitching his jobs plan this week, taking his message on the road to ohio and north carolina. last week's speech is alread...

T.a.r.p. and saying this is terrible for taxpayers, nothing good about it but looks like partisanships will make a profit. >> we're talking 245 billion with a b lifeline known as t.a.r.p. that had many different incarnations along the way. the treasury department announced the bank portion of the bailout is now $6 billion in the black and that profit according to the treasury might ultimately rise to $20 billion. those gains could take a hit because the congressional budget office is predicting the bailouts, this is the part that gets hairy, of the auto industry and aig huge insurer could ulti...

>> steve: money we paid them back we gave them? what? >> to make it worse. federal reserve helped them earn money to help pay us back by printing funny money and put thag in the accounts. what is even worse some of the money went to general motors, the government let general motors off of the hook for 45 billion in taxes so it looks like general motors balanced the books. >> brian: we have graphics . the amount of tarp money that went to banks that we gave them. 245 billion and apparently they payed back 244 billion. >> and owe 31.4. >> brian: what happened with the other five billion. all kin...

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