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You are author of the book "beyond outrage." great to have you on. thanks. president obama is backing the fda's decision to allow girls as young as 15 to purchase the plan b morning after pill over the counter while it's putting him in a tough position with women's groups. the issue, these groups want every woman, regardless of their age, to have access to plan b contraception. here's what the president had to say about the decision during his trip in mexico. >> i'm very comfortable with the decision they've made right now based on solid scientific evidence for girls 15 and older. >> this co...

Goodness prevail. rise up oh god, and save us from our selves. >> joining me now jared bernstein. and robert reich. his new book is "beyond outrage". robert. i'll begin with you. what do you think? we don't need god to save us we need to put together a majority in both houses. >> we just need courage. >> i know the answer to this, but why can't we have a one sentence repeal bill? >> we should. after all, the budget sdest sit right now is shrinking. it is slightly higher than when

At uc berkeley and author of "beyond outrage." i don't know how far beyond outrage you can get than this, mr. reich. can there be little doubt that this will go down as one of the most obstructive congresses ever, including what we're going through right now, which is more than ludicrous, is just ridiculous. >> one has to look very far into history to find a congress that is at least as unproductive, as sort of paralyzed as this congress. i would say, basically, back to the 1940s. harry truman had a congress that he accused as being a do-nothing congress. well, the 112th congress just ending i...

I'm joined by robert reich, former secretary of labor under president bill clinton. now professor of public policy at uc berkeley and author of "beyond outrage." i don't know how far beyond outrage you can get than this, mr. reich. can there be little doubt that this will go down as one of the most obstructive congresses ever, including what we're going through right now, which is more than ludicrous, is just ridiculous. >> one has to look very far into history to find a congress that is at least as unproductive, as sort of paralyzed as this congress. i would say, basically, back to the 1940s....

>> the gallup poll shows 54% approve of how president obama is handling the vote, 26% approve of how speaker boehner is handling negotiations. 45% democratic leaders approve and 26% gop leaders approve of how they're handling the situation. chief washington correspondent and political writer for the "new york times," and robert reich. he's also the author of "beyond outrage." john, you can tell us all the maneuverings and meetings that have gone on all day between the house administration and their staff. just catch us up on everything, john, all the big news that happened today. >> right here...