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trillion worth of tax cuts that essentially undid that budget surplus thing rather fast, but whatever you think about the wisdom in '01, morally and historically, what was important about the '01 tax cuts is they happened before 9/11. george w. bush signed the '01 tax cuts into law in june 2001. when 9/11 happened three months later, of course, america then went to war, we went to war on a global scale and a footing that looked to be rather permanent. never before in american history would they wage a war and cut taxes at the same time. good case to be made that the sober thing to be...

simi valley, california. leading off tonight, well, this is the week. today's tuesday. by friday a.m. we'll know two things we don't know now. does president obama have a convincing jobs plan? and the hard commitment to sell it to the american people, and to fight the republicans tooth and nail to get it passed. or make them pay if they try and stop him. great question. question two -- can governor rick perry prove himself the obvious conservative challenger to president obama next year? comes down to two events. the big obama speech thursday. the big republican debate here tomorrow ...

also with us is "new york" mass sine's john heilemann. look at the first big set of number, gentlemen. these are amazing. start with the bleak numbers for president obama from our nbc/"wall street journal" poll. here's a new low. when it comes to job approval, the best number you can have, just 44% approve of how he's handling his job as president. 51%, now a majority, disapprove. also a personal low when it comes to his handling of the economy. no surprise. 37% approve. i don't know who they are. 59% disapprove. 54% think he's facing a long-term setback unlikely to get better. a num...

impression once and his act is getting a little old. >> bill: dennis miller? >> welcome to the montel california. >> please join me, your humble correspondent in a special presentation you don't want to miss. >> my liberal friends rarely make me angry these days but they do amuse me with their crazy liberal ideas. >> bill: duo of news analysis goldberg and miller right now. captions by closed captioning services >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching the spe...

meantime president obama is preparing to unveil the new jobs plan before a joint session of congress thursday evening. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll showing that americans are increasingly losing confidence in the president's ability to solve the nation's problems. look at the numbers. 44% approve of how he is handling the job, and the lowest rating ever in that poll. 51% disapprove and 37% approve of the president's handling of the economy and another all-time low. 59% disapprove. cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood joining us live, and one of the things t...