and novak djokovic defeated the defending u.s. open champ rafael nadal last night. it is his first open championship, and third grand slam trophy of the year. we are about an hour and a half away now from president obama s talk in columbus, ohio, pitching his jobs plan. in an exclusive interview with brian williams, the president got pretty specific with the numbers. this package, it s estimated, would help the economy grow by as much as an additional 2%. that could mean an additional 2 million jobs. former labor secretary robert reich is now an economics professor at u.c. berkeley. he is also an accomplished writer, as well as his most recent book is aftershock: the next economy and america s future. robert, thanks so much for joining me this afternoon. hi, craig. i know you ve said the american jobs act doesn t go far enough. you said you want to see something between an $800 billion and $900 billion package. but what are the parts of the plan that congress should rally
the prooep birth lottery. the way a person s inherited looks, brains, wealth, talent, or lack thereof do so much to shape our lives. the question how we as a a question should react to these forces as well as good or bad luck in the pre-birth lottery lays in the shadow of what we hear in washington. is common ground possible? joining me in this great debate, arthur brooks, the president of the american enterprise institute and author of the battle: the fight between free enterprise and big government will shape america s future. welcome, arthur. hi, matt. how are you? good. lincoln and douglas had hours to do their debates back in the day. tv time s a little tighter. we ll have to make a good start on this. all right. tell us how you see the mega debate shaping up between conservatives and the kind of left or center left in this era? well, these days the moral
asked the american people to engage tonight. there are reports of republicans saying that the house servers, they re crashing. congressional websites are crashing tonight, they re getting hit so hard by the american people. i thought tonight was a great night for america. isn t every night? i mean, i love the debate. in fact, i think round two should be president obama and speaker boehner going at it on live tv. hell, let s just negotiate out in public. joining me tonight is former labor secretary, robert reich, also professor of public policy and author of aftershock: the next economy and america s future. i hope we have a future. they can t decide anything in washington. mr. reich, good to have you with us tonight. well, good evening. you know, both of these plans, if you take that kind of money out of the economy, what s the effect going to be, in your opinion? if you take the money out of the economy, there is less money for people to spend and that means fewer jobs. i mean
asked the american people to engage tonight. there are reports of republicans saying that the house servers, they re crashing. congressional websites are crashing tonight, they re getting hit so hard by the american people. i thought tonight was a great night for america. isn t every night? i mean, i love the debate. in fact, i think round two should be president obama and speaker boehner going at it on live tv. hell, let s just negotiate out in public. joining me tonight is former labor secretary, robert reich, also professor of public policy and author of aftershock: the next economy and america s future. i hope we have a future. they can t decide anything in washington. mr. reich, good to have you with us tonight. well, good evening. you know, both of these plans, if you take that kind of money out of the economy, what s the effect going to be, in your opinion? if you take the money out of the economy, there is less money for people to spend and that means fewer jobs. i mean
asked the american people to engage tonight. there are reports of republicans from the huffington post saying that the house servers, they re crashing. congressional websites are crashing tonight, they re getting hit so hard by the american people. i thought tonight was a great night for america. can t we do this every night? i mean, i love the debate. in fact, i think round two should be president obama and speaker boehner going at it on live tv. hell, let s just negotiate out in public. joining me tonight is former labor secretary, robert reich, he s also professor of public policy at the university of california at berkeley and the author of aftershock: the next economy and america s future. i hope we have a future. they can t decide anything in washington. mr. reich, good to have you with us tonight. well, good evening. you know, both of these plans, if you take that kind of money out of the economy, what s the effect going to be in your opinion? if you take the money out