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they know this. i think they know their plan is not very popular. you can tell that because they're being pretty designist about my plan. especially by the way when it comes to medicare. now this is something i've got to point out here because they are just throwing everything at the wall to see if it sticks. here's what you need to know. i have strength in medicare. i have made reforms that have saved millions of seniors with medicare, hundreds of dollars on their prescription drugs. >> all right. good morning. >> i'm tired. >> are you tired? >> i'm tired. >> don't be tired. >> i ju...

so, central banks are set up as a best practice with political insulation. the reason bernanke opposes this legislation is that he says you can imagine election years -- i do not think this is hard -- where the fed has to raise interest rates because that is where they see the economy, or they are keeping them steady. a politician -- politicians decide they do not like it and they will get your document and find ways to embarrass you or ought to you. they use that as a way to apply political pressure. it has an undesirable outcomes for the economy. that is the specific issue being ta...

bill for the middle-class. the treasury secretary appeared before the senate banking committee on the oversight counsel's report and its questions about the u.s. economy and the financial system. this is two hours, 10 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i call this hearing to order. today we welcome treasury secretary geithner to deliver the financial stability oversight council counsel annual report to congress as required by the wall street reform acts. i have bee...

and dismember the institution, put it out of its misery, sell whatever is viable remaining -- >> that's not what they're doing. >> i believe that's exactly what they're doing. >> they're just doing it at the holding company level. >> i think that's a slight misimpression. i understand your concerns about this. what they're trying to do is make sure they have a practical way to do the practical equivalent of bankruptcy for a large complex financial institution and what congress did that is important is to deprive them and the fed and the other relevant agencies of the ability to prote...

government regulators in monitoring the banking industry. >> brown: miles o'brien has the story of an austin, texas, neighborhood that uses "smart grid" technology to track and control its energy consumption. >> the fishers have two solar volume dayic power system, sophisticated digital metres and state of the art thermostats that allow them to fine-tune their indoor climate here orion line when they're away. >> we >> woodruff: we update the presidential campaign as the candidates trade shots over outsourcing jobs. >> brown: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >>...