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Pulitzer prize winning journalist, ron suskind, author of "confidence men." great to have you back. >> nice to be here. >> occupy wall street, the we are the 99% protesters, have not been specific in their demands on purpose. this protest tomorrow is specific. the financial transactions tax is something the obama white house seriously considered doing. how do we know that? >> we know it because i interviewed everybody involved in long, taped interviews. what's fascinated here, during the tough days in the spring of 2009 when the markets were jittery, the president said to peter orszag, his top...

Mind you, rachel, we have a situation here where even wall street knows deep down it needs medicine. may be strong medicine. it's like a patient that's sic. and main even radical surgery in terms of restructuring. this is something deep down they know and actually it's something that now people because they have this book, "confidence men" they're saying my goodness, the president wanted to do this on many instances and his wall street adoring adviser says, no way, we're not going to let him do it. it didn't happen. many of the advisers, lawrence summers and others, are gone. where does tim ge...

Meltdown at the end of 2008, but it is something that has not yet happened despite his support for it. here now to tell us why, pulitzer prize winning journalist, ron suskind, author of "confidence men." great to have you back. >> nice to be here. >> occupy wall street, the we are the 99% protesters, have not been specific in their demands on purpose. this protest tomorrow is specific. the financial transactions tax is something the obama white house seriously considered doing. how do we know that? >> we know it because i interviewed everybody involved in long, taped interviews. what's fascina...

States. the dodd/frank bill, that reform is really a mile wide and an inch deep. it doesn't deal with the major structural issues that frankly are still really hurting and causing fear, the kind of fear that slows down job growth, that slows down investment. you know, what's holding him back, that's a question people are asking. maybe they're waiting until later when it's going to be an issue that they want to use in the campaign next year. i think that deep down, though, the president is of several minds here. he sometimes has had trouble, as i show in the book, making the tough call. once ag...

Causing fear, the kind of fear that slows down job growth, that slows down investment. you know, what's holding him back, that's a question people are asking. maybe they're waiting until later when it's going to be an issue that they want to use in the campaign next year. i think that deep down, though, the president is of several minds here. he sometimes has had trouble, as i show in the book, making the tough call. once again, i think we're having a "yes but" situation. a lot of hamlet. at this point he needs to be more titus. he needs to step up and swing the sword. the fact is the presiden...