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Morning? >> whenever this president talks about the economy, he talks some about growth but mostly about inequality. what you have to look at is how lower class middle income people recovery.ss middle income people as we pointed out earlier in the show, median household income has dropped by 5%. you have disability rolls exploding. there is a very low level impact. >> chris: so the answer is more government spending and infrastructure and jobs retraining. >> it was called the stimulus bill and we have an economy that is barely crawling along. stock market is exploding thanks to the fed. housin...

All thing he's been pushing for almost two years and all things republicans have repeatedly rejected. the president says that the gop attempts to repeal obama care over and over again are meaningless. isn't this just as meaningless? >> yeah, chris. i think what the president was talking about this week, what he's going to be talking about in the coming weeks is what we need to do to build a better future for america's middle class, how to have a future, better opportunity for jobs. how to have security in education for your children. and health care in retirement security. how to be secure in ...

Conversation that divided washington and the parties for years now. what's the best way to boost thc economy, what's the best way to help the middle class. more government involvement, or more government involvement, or way. >> go to the economist, ben bernanke is now leaving, there's a large argument at the white house boys who his successor should be, he is leaving, he c said as charts demonstrated earlier in the show, if congresr and government would simply get back in the game, they're a major engine of economic activity and they're right now causing some of the slow in terms of recovery. ...

. former cia drirector genera david petraeus has hired top washington lawyer robert barnett as the investigation continues into his career-ending affair. the scandal is revealed lavish details about the lifestyle of a four-star general. a 28-member police escort for instance and executive jets and palatial homes and gourmet chefs and security guards to carry are the bags and press the unifors.s and now the author of the book "the generals" said that being a four-star commander in a combat theatre is like being in a combination of bill gates and j jay-z. i am joined by colonel mark jacobs and...

The point is what we have is tremendous advantage this last week. the flood insurance bill that i held up in the senate, why did i hold that up? because it has a billion dollars www.of subsidies for flood insurance for people's second and vacation homes on the coast. should hard-working american factory workers and service workers pay and subsidize somebody's second vacation home? that's spending in the tax code. accords to grover if you eliminate that subsidy, you're raising taxes. >> you're a member of the fiscal commission. it's productive and came out to some degree with bills. so let me a...