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thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bull s-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and let s begin with word of a new endorsement we re hearing about this morning. reporter: that s right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark to help his campaign, he may have gotten it this morning. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty has announced that he is getting behind the former massachusetts governor. so that is good news for mitt romney. but this debate comes this evening, kyra, as a new cnn/orc poll shows that there is a big lead for rick perry. the race is basically boiling down to rick perry and whoever can keep up. texas governor rick perry has ditched his cowboy boots for his running shoes, staying far ahead ....
california congresswoman maxine waters of the black caucus jobs fair tuesday expressing frustration with the president and the jobs climate. joining us now is the representative of california, maxine waters a leading voice in the black caucus. great to have you with us this morning. thank you. good morning. delighted to be with you. 16% unemployment with african-americans in this country. tell us why you are frustrated with the president as you have shown in detroit this week. we are not just frustrated with the president. 16% unemployment. it s for a long time. we have people who have not been counted. in some areas 35% to 40%. we have to get in this ....
Better, become more aggressive. businesses are going to hire more people. we re going to be in a much better place a year from now. we re in a better place today than we were a year ago. i think we re going to feel better a year from now. let me close there on that point. around the country, somebody who s unemployed sitting at their kitchen table, saying can i get a job in my community now? here where i work in washington, people look at the numbers and say, where will they be when voters decide who gets to be the next president of the united states. if you re the incumbent and will be judged on the strength of the economy, where will we be on terms of the jobs climate around labor day, october next year? much improved. the unemployment rate is 9%. my feeling is that the unemployment rate will be closer to 7.5% by election day. still very high by historical standards, but moving definitively lower. so, you know, i think people are going to feel much better about that, about the ec ....
Are saying tough love is here. guest: in the housing market we have a lot of evidence we failed and we should let the market clear. i err with charlie on that. neil: does that concern you, that you agree with charlie? guest: i am terrified. also there is a lot that can be done. steering directly into financial crisis as the u.s. government is, that is bad policy and republicans on the right try to fix that and get spending controls. we should ratify straight agreements and create jobs. our tax code is not competitive internationally and we have proposals to allow companies to bring back money and hire people and invest. that can improve the jobs climate. if you look at consumer confidence, people get it and are looking at inflation and the jobs and they are not just worried about this month but the future. ....