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Nearly three out of four are limiting their spending either because their incomes are flat or because they're worried about the economy. what does that mean for the busy holiday shopping season? >> well, there have been fears even before the shutdown that the holiday shopping season would not be meeting expectations this year. and then the shutdown and the threats of a debt ceiling disaster seemed to put more fear into that mix. so now i think it would be nice if we could see a rally here and people spend some more money now that they're back at work, particularly government workers, but i wou...

Our politicians and our leaders aren't willing to be more intellectual about the debate that needs to be had. >> i don't know what they're scared of. my mom wasn't the scared in the halls of sandy hook. there's ton of pieces to this puzzle and the background checks is the first piece, obviously, but to tell me if connecticut had more lacks lax laws on invoy institutions and things like that, it's not going to solve it. it's about teaching people to be good people and raising your kids and taking care of your kids and doing the right thing. >> peter mauricy is a columnist and an economist and h...

They're wrong and noi they're wrong because we tried it that way for most of the last decade. it didn't work. >> dave: meanwhile of course, gdp numbers didn't bode well for the president. the new economics chart shows a third dip in the presidency according to the gdp for the obama administration, this is a bad sign of course, right now economically. as you compare to other presidents at the same time in their economic woes, of course, ronald reagan, during a recession and that was early on, i think, maybe five months ago, there was a lot of comparisons to the reagan presidency with the recess...

Neither one of them is frank about what it would cost for the massive health care programs and as a consequence, the deficit is going to be much larger than anyone is projecting. >> there's one person who is frank about it, that's you, reading your op-ed piece,en courage all of our viewers to check it out. peter mauricy, always great to see you. >> nice to see you. >> coming up as the unrest in egypt continues, we now know that president obama has been warning their president to make reforms for years. a live report on how the white house is handling the uprising next. >> and in solidarity, do...

Rumors to rest, at least for the time being. >> well, we will see, and i know all eyes will be watching. yours, too, as well. >> mostly on the golf. >> i want to see how he does. i want him to do well. we like seeing him win. at least i do. thanks so much. happy day. >> thank you. >> watch tiger woods as he faces the media at the masters. that happens live tomorrow, monday afternoon, 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. starting tomorrow, jobless benefits expire for more than 200,000 unemployed americans. before the congressional recess lawmakers failed to pass an emergency unemployment in...