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>> to suggest these programs are so robust programs. section 8 housing has been done away with. >> what? >> yeah. section 8 housing, because of the scandal about selling those things. >> no. no. come on. there is public housing in place. >> if i'm wrong. >> expansive welfare programs to help poor people. that was romney's point. >> i understand, but i'm just saying, i'm just arguing that they are not as strong a safety net as he purports it to be. although he did say, if it's busted, i'll fix it. >> somebody tweeted me earlier saying a safety net should be a trampoline and not a hammock. i tho...

>> to suggest these programs are so robust programs. section 8 housing has been done away with. >> what? >> yeah. section 8 housing, because of the scandal about selling those things. >> no. no. come on. there is public housing in place. >> if i'm wrong. >> expansive welfare programs to help poor people. that was romney's point. >> i understand, but i'm just saying, i'm just arguing that they are not as strong a safety net as he purports it to be. although he did say, if it's busted, i'll fix it. >> somebody tweeted me earlier saying a safety net should be a trampoline and not a hammock. i tho...

Perspective. our correspondents in the region. jay carney said this, "the overall trend here is positive in terms of the conflict." do you buy that? >> i think jay carney's getting better and better at his job. there's a large element of spin control in that job, as you know. listen, i agree with nick's basic analysis. someone who's supportive of the president, heard him in a private session this week, told me afterwards, look, the president basically seems to believe that we are headed for a protracted stalemate, that this is going to go on for several months. that does not mean he's given up...

This? >> a great one. if it weren't for the fact that the japan was hit by tsunami, earthquake and multiple reactors in crisis now, everything else is playing out the way it did at three mile island. all the misinformation. i would say outright lying certainly in the case of three mile island. spin control. confusion, false report. i remember a couple days in the incident they made an announcement an uncontrolled release of radiation, panicked the city of harrisburg. turned out to be false. so confusing and stressful. you are sitting there and i try to report the fact but i live in five minute...

To following that he said there is no fire equipment on the island. the accident begin at 4:00 in the morning but four hours later they still hadn't told anybody outside about this. i got the main headquarters on the line. i got the p.r. guy. asked for the p.r. guy. they said he is in a meeting. at that point, you talk about the frustration, i was angry. i knew something was wrong. i said get him out of the meeting. i want to know what is going on. the spin control began immediately. there is no danger off-site, everything is under control and the reactor has shut down. that wasn't true. >> sh...