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Rug out from underneath those people. >> the response is, senator, we don't want to pull the rug out. we just want to pay for it. in fact they've taken on this whole incoup inequality mantra. "new york times" has taken a notice, an article today. here's a quote -- republicans are introducing a series of proposals to help more americans rise out of poverty. attaching or reinstating work requirements to safety net programs, streamlining federal policies, improve training and education initiatives, and offering tax breaks to the needy. what do you make of that approach? >> well, probably some of ...

1 million americans essentially saying have a heart. a recent cbo report finds extending unemployment insurance could cost the government about $26 billion. so will reinstating benefits help or hurt the economy is it does it help or hurt the person? joining us right now, economist peter. are you for this or against it? they're going to vote it and need only five republican votes to pass it. what should happen? >> i think they shouldn't do it. these were emergency benefits. if we extends it, we're creating a permanent entitlement. then it comes down to how do you pay for yet another permanent e...

President obama is pushing congress to restore emergency jobless benefits for more than one million americans. but according to a recent c.b.o. report, it finds that extending unemployment insurance would cost the government about $26 billion. so will reinstating benefits help or hurt the economy? that's the big question right now. joining us right now is economist peter morici, a professor of business at the university of maryland. he has written an op-ed where he says that extended unemployment benefits, slow growth and it's a hoax on the poor, as you can see right there. we have -- i unders...

Liberties gained over the course of the last several years by imposing or reinstating martial law and trying to use the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood as means of trying to crack down on dissent at large. there are growing concerns that the government is trying to seize the opportunity to reverse some of the gains. no doubt there's a strong sense of anger against the muslim brotherhood, very much a big part of the society is now condemning the muslim brotherhood. so the egyptian government feels it does have a little bit more of a free hand and a lot of public will and support to go ahead...

>> did he? >> no. i'm going to address that. what saddens me most is the groups came out vast majority of them before the agreement was even announced, the specifics were even announced so they had their pens ready to go and at the bottom is donate now insignia on their -- on the thing they sent out. look. i don't want to question anybody's motive but the fact of the matter is this is a different kind of agreement. it's not a grand agreement. it's not the grand bargain but a mild step in the right direction. >> steve? >> what do you say to people sitting out in the country saying, you know, co...