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Austerity debates and what's happening in britain is not the same as what's happening in greece or the united states. the politics and the economies are different. in greece, for example, the greeks don't have the option of borrowing because nobody will lend to them. their ability to borrow is determined as much by the bond market and by their relationship with germany as anything else. they're forced to undergo a budget cutting process which probably they should have undergone a decade ago which is really more of a basic reform process. that's not quite the same thing as what's the argument i...

Use the heinous acts of these two young men last week to derail the dreams and futures of millions of hardworking people. >> while a number of republican senators including rand paul are urging the reform process to be slowed in the wake of the boston attacks, other members of the gop see it differently. quite differently. >> so there's the vision, do they get to 60? steve rattner? >> i think they probably do in the end because i think the basic forces that led us to have this immigration bill on the table, the confluence of interest between the republicans and the democrats, i think ultimatel...

Harmonize social security with medicare. in return flat ep the tax code, generate about $600 billion of revenue. and if you look at these changes over 30 years, this $4 tril wron to $5 trillion in savings. i'm looking at the biggest spending cut in history by reforming entitlements and the president is showing a little bit of leg here. this is encouraging. his overall budget is not going to make it but he has made a step forward to then titlement reform process that would allow a guy like me to talk about flattening the tax code. >> do you think a grand bargain is possible by july? >> i think ...

It is unable to do that, will we then see cuba itself losing a major ally going forward? >> here again i think in the short term you'll see the level continue. maduro has close tied to the cuban government. he was the favored candidate to succeed chavez, i think there will be a sign of continued commitment, but there will be pressures at home for maduro to focus more on venezuela and the situation there. over time you may see a gradual reduction in that level of subsidy, and venezuela really replaced the -- and has help kept cuba afloat. i think the cubans are aware of that's correct partly wh...

Through a thought reform process, sometimes they'll have outbreaks of crying, of anxiety, panic even for no apparent reason, depression, even suicidal thoughts. >> ten years ago i would have checked almost all of these. >> yeah. >> all my college years, this is a description of my college years. >> oh, this whole thing? >> yeah, the whole page, you know, avoiding things, being incredibly irritable, having intense feelings, being numb, finding it hard to trust people, feeling detached, losing interest, always on guard, always, absolutely. >> i just had a lot of avoiding symptoms. i can't stomac...