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Standpoint, it is world youth day, the youth turning out for the pope, it was amazing. >> dana has told me before the segment she was taking a -- going for a w-a-l-k. don't have to spell when the dog isn't around. bad phrase. how you say i don't want to do something. i have mixed feelings about this presentation. try that at home when you tell your wife, i have mixed feelings about seeing your mother. doesn't work. >> i have 20 seconds. here goes. the sequester, remember how bad they said it would be? if you were flying back to the united states from another country earlier this week and exper...

Called the sequester, it's hurt jobs, harmed growth, gutting education in science and medical research. [ applause ] almost every credible economist will say it's been a huge drag on this recovery. it means we're under investing in the things the country needs to make it a magnet for good jobs. then over the last six months this gridlock's gotten worse. i didn't think that was possible. the good news is a growing number of republican senators are looking to join their democratic counter parts and try to get things done in the senate. that's good news. [ applause ] for example, they worked

Economy. bill: got a government shutdown possibility coming up in the fall. you have the debt ceiling battle whether or not we increase the borrowing here. what is the republican strategy in approaching both of these? >> it's unclear. you talk to very plugged in republican aides on the hill and they have really no idea what will happen on either of these. on funding the government the two sides are so far apart, there is no easy, just split the difference answer. on the debt ceiling, the republican formula prior to this point has been, we'll increase the debt limit and get an equal amount of s...

There are jobs at the top and a lot at the bottom. eight of the ten fastest growing category of jobs tend to be low paying. you're still as zachary says in a rather sluggish recovery. this recovery has taken longer than any of the past three and it's going to be 15 months more before we reach pre-crisis job creation. >> glenn, bernanke addressed this issue of stripping government out of this. for the first time i thought was pretty clear that the federal government's cut backs, the sequester, have been bad for the economy. he said if not for this, if government spending were what sort of it sh...

Nantucket sunday before being airlifted to massachusetts general hospital. secretary kerry's spokesperson says the family is asking for privacy at this time. cuba's president raul castro is reportedly supporting three south american countries willing to grant asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. snowden is believed to be holed up in the transit area of moscow airport. venezuela, bolivia, and nicaragua have all indicated they would grant him asylum if asked. meanwhile, a washington based privacy rights group is asking to file a petition with the supreme court asking it to shut down the domest...