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Shannon pettypiece, veteran journalist, our senior white house reporter over at nbc news digital. we are reunited as well tonight with two of our friends from the "post," ashley parker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief for the "washington post." and robert costa, national political reporter. his latest book, co-authored with his friend and colleague bob woodward called "peril" is now of course a "new york times" best-seller. and robert, i'd like to begin with you. you're in touch with folks at the capitol. what's the reaction going to be with the way pelosi played this tonight? ...

Popular among progressives who continue to try to push their party away from capitalism and towards socialist policies. today, speaker nancy pelosi said this morning that she thinks capitalism in america could use a make of. >> i will say in our system, capitalism is our economic system but it has not served as well as it should. >> when it comes to the fate of the reconciliation package, we heard from brian dease this morning that said that the president is willing to compromise meaning to indicate that the price tag are not exactly set in stone. neil? >> capitalism has not helped our economy...

point. two examples tonight. one in texas and one on gas prices which the president appears to be doing with just a couple weeks ago he mocked. >> this has been going on for years now. every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. >> president obama, that was march 15th mocking challenger newt gingrich. today he wasn't promising $2 a gallon gas or dusting off a three-point plan. he did unveil a five-point plan to lower prices by cracking down on speculators. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators a...