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>> the state of new jersey ranks 10th in overall closures. but the democrats' plan doesn't include mortgage giants fannie and freddie. here's what white house senior advisor valerie jarrett had to say to me about that on our show yesterday. >> why is that not included, regulation on fannie and freddie in the president's financial reform package? >> i think what we're trying to do right now is look at the excessive risk that were taken by a very few number of banks and that's what we believe actually led to the financial meltdown. >> all right. we are rejoined by new jersey's newly elected gove...

Diligence, we were selling them to people who knew full well. they packaged a product and did not disclose who had played a major hand in designing that product, which is a man who is betting against the market. so he had a vested interest in putting lousy stuff designed to fail into a product. and the argument was goldman was not clear about that. you're seeing outrage in germany and britain. gordon brown has called for an investigation. this is the beginning of some scrutiny of goldman sachs. >> that's a lot of outrage, but can anything be done? would anything what we ultimately may see in a...

Council of economic advisers on the impact of the recovery act. what we're seeing, i think, is some significant improvement in the economy and stabilization, but obviously everybody here, republican and democrat recognizes there are still work to do. there are people who are unemployed and too many small businesses aren't getting credit and we'll spend some time exploring how can we build on the progress that has been made to make sure that ordinary americans are seeing improvements in their own lives. i'm also interested to talk to them about our ability it move quickly on the reform package....

Business. they will tell you how to sleep. you will have no personal responsibility any more. might as well take the country and throw it down the drain. >> collectively, though, we all are taking responsibility for healthcare because of the reform package that has gone through and all the taxes. but at the same time if this is just one creative way to at least curb the behavior, you are saying it curbed smoking, if it could curb obesity that brings healthcare costs. >> we are on the hook for people's healthcare. whether through private health insurance or medicare. it is in everyone's best in...

Too late for the november election. he was highlighting the different things that democrats will be able to campaign on. he said the overheated rhetoric of health care reform will confront the reality of your reform. you're going to see some key things that i think parents will care about. for children, you can't say -- insurance companies can't deny them coverage on the basis of pre-existing conditions and you have young people who can stay on their parents' insurance until they're 26. these are the things that the democrats are going to try to run on as republicans really harness some of the...