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Here. i don't want to add to it. want to reduce it. bring everything i can to bring it down. make it smaller. if possible get rid of obama care. i would look to d like to do al things. the legislator's genuine philosophy. do everything i can to reduce the size of government. how would you advise them to handle themselves in the current congress? >> first tell them to get to the nearest psychiatrist. because they sought this office. second of all, the deal was, the deal that john boehner and the president tried to make in august 2011. and, you have to have a recognition on the republican side t...

Want to reduce it. bring everything i can to bring it down. make it smaller. if possible get rid of obama care. i would like to do all those things. the legislator's genuine philosophy. do everything i can to reduce the size of government. how would you advise them to handle themselves in the current congress? >> first tell them to get to the nearest psychiatrist. because they sought this office. second of all, the deal was, the deal that john boehner and the president tried to make in august 2011. and, you have to have a recognition on the republican side that revenues have to be a part of th...

Libya to cover the conflict. >> it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom, but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. >> the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we're not talking now mubarak's security forces. we're talking about mercenaries. we're talking about jets. we're talking about tanks. so with the libyan revolution the idea of non-violence had to be laid to rest for the sake of lib...

Investigating officer had more sympathy for zimmerman than he did for the victim. >> congressman charles rangel, as always, thank you for spending time with us today. >> thank you, richard. jackie, let's go to you. back to the poll here. as we were talking with the congressman about approval ratings for congress and talk about the president's approval ratings and lowest since august 2011. 45%. the president has big speech on the economy in a couple of hours. we will be watching that. is it a change in narrative the president needs right now or legislative accomplishment to turn things around...

Nothing? >> obviously we'd prefer to have more cooperation. first and foremost, congress should avoid further self-inflicted wounds. the sequester is slowing growth. it's cutting key investments. the drama we had over the debt ceiling in august 2011 hurt a fragile recovery. congress's first role should be to further avoid self-inflicted wounds. >> let me ask you a personal front on this issue. who's your first phone call on republican side? >> individually, i've found many of them helpful to discuss issues with. my role is to be the president's chief economist. i try to stay in my lane, which ...