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Event he held at an aging bridge. >> their approach after being beat is go to ohio and kentucky and give a speech about a bridge and declare class warfare as their strategy in terms of solveing the economy. every problem that he inherited is much worse. higher unemployment, more debt, higher gas prices. >> reporter: and the president holds a roundtable on jobs on the economy tomorrow in silicon valley, part of his west coast swing. >> jamie: steve, thanks. >> the president's billion dollar jobs cut act may be taking a backseat to a budget fight creating a major roadblock on capitol hill. repub...

Don't raise the debt ceiling. does this somehow add to the president's strength going into that? >> i think it does. but in this particular fight, i think it doesn't give him a whole lot extra. it adds incrementally re-enforces his hand. i think it's a different kind of fight. the whole budget issue has helped but not a whole lot. >> gene robinson, thanks very much for joining us tonight. >> great to be here. recycled audiotapes of bin laden are beginning to surface. international news service afp says a purported osama bin laden tape has been posted on an al qaeda website. authenticity has ...

Showdown over the debt ceiling, especially when there's talk of crisis. the president will be talking of the crisis that we don't raise the debt ceiling. polling indicates that the country doesn't believe that it will be a great disaster if we don't raise the debt ceiling. does this somehow adds to the president's strength going into that? >> i think it does. but in this particular fight, i think it doesn't give him a whole lot extra. it adds incrementally re-enforces his hand. i think it's a different kind of fight. the whole budget issue has helped but not a whole lot. >> gene robinson, than...

Plan. an effort to pressure voters and reassure voters that the party's focus on deficit reduction hasn't distracted them from the number one concern of most americans -- jobs. ohio senator rob portman is the former budget director for president george w. bush. he drafted the plan and serves on the senate budget committee. senator, good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> norah thanks for having me on. >> how do you create jobs with this plan? >> first of all the jobs issue is totally related to the budget issue you've been talking to your other guests about. it's difficult to get out from u...

Nancy pelosi says anything is wrong. the congressional budget office said much the same it's going to cost seniors more for medicare under the ryan plan. the point i think you're making martha is really the big issue, the big ticket there's got to be entitlement reform in this town in order to bring down the size of deficit. president obama had said don't demagog people who make proposals, and he, nancy pelosi and the democrats have done just that. martha: it's the biggest budget issue, the entitlement part of the budget medicare, it's a huge, a monster that is in major trouble. so why wouldn'...