he s dealing with, look at who he has to deal with, and look at the radical rhetoric of the right that s paying homage to tax cuts. he s trying to get things done, but in this environment, it s fairly excruciating. you have commentators calling, using profanity to describe his attitude. your thoughts? well, i think that s a very good point. the fact is,we have a president who can do no right. even things he s done like the health care plan. not perfect, but a vast improvement over what we have are all seen as wrong. i had somebody today say to me, under obama we ve doubled the federal debt. excuse me? that s not at all what s happened. president obama s first budget had a smaller deficit than george bush s last. had his policies been put in place, we would have shrinking federal budget deficits. that s right. dr. james peterson, david cay johnson, thanks for being with me tonight.
she insists she s running for president of the united states not to be anyone s judge. that wasn t always the case as michele bachmann surges ahead in the polls, she now finds herself in striking distance of mitt romney, gaining double-digits in the last few months. part of bachman s appeal is her right wing social agenda. she s called same sex marriage, probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least 30 years, she said. a recent washington post article details how far bachman will go to make her views known. a minnesota state senator said bachman would prey over his empty desk and warned him that promoting gay rights would lure kids into trying homosexuality out.
building on this friday morning in cairo. yours in the united states returning to ac 360 in progress. if you were there today, you would see tanks and military all surrounding this. again, protestors by the hundreds have moved out this way. another potential confrontation site. when you talk to correspondents on the ground in the square, talking to the protestors and when you talk to people in washington, they believe this is a potential for confrontation and the military have to make a choice if they decide to enter the state tv building or the presidential palace. john, as i drove out of cairo heading to the airport last saturday, there were armored personnel carriers, just one right next to the other completely around the front of the presidential palace. you couldn t even see anything past them. i assume those are still in place and probably more has been added. joining us live from d.c. is professor dr. fouad ajami, senior fellow at the hoover institution.
heading to the airport last saturday, there were armored personnel carriers, just one right next to the other completely around the front of the presidential palace. you couldn t even see anything past them. i assume those are still in place and probably more has been added. joining us live from d.c. is professor dr. fouad ajami, senior fellow at the hoover institution. and steven hadley, and in cairo, ben wedeman and ivan watson. ben, do we know what role the military plans to play in the hours ahead? no, we don t actually. and that s really what people are asking. the military has is currently in an odd position. they came out with a so-called communique number one in which they said that this higher military council would be studying the situation very carefully. we also had recorded pictures from that meeting and
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