they keep climbing, gas prices are soaring above $3.80 a gallon. in some states, it s more than $4 a gallon. so, what does energy secretary stephen chu think of his job performance when it cps to gas prices? in controlling the cost of gasoline at the pump you give yourself an a-minus itch the tools at our disposal are limited. but i would say, i would give myself higher, in that since i became secretary of energy, i have been doing everything i can to get long-term solutions. greta: higher than an a-minus. you know hathat is? he gives himself an a or an a-plus. congressman jordan is here. good evening, sir. good to be with you. greta: your thoughts on this grading? that miff been an interesting moment inside the room. only this administration, which you know, has gas
they keep climbing, gas prices are soaring above $3.80 a gallon. in some states, it s more than $4 a gallon. so, what does energy secretary stephen chu think of his job performance when it cps to gas prices? in controlling the cost of gasoline at the pump you give yourself an a-minus itch the tools at our disposal are limited. but i would say, i would give myself higher, in that since i became secretary of energy, i have been doing everything i can to get long-term solutions. greta: higher than an a-minus. you know hathat is? he gives himself an a or an a-plus. congressman jordan is here. good evening, sir. good to be with you. greta: your thoughts on this grading? that miff been an interesting moment inside the room. only this administration,
that white house foes say the sector plays to america s strengths. politically, that thinking plays to states like ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, that have been hurt by the decline in american manufacturing, and that plays well to the obama campaign. shepard: the president wrapped up a trip that is tradition for presidents after the state of the union you go out and sell your plan on the road and now there is a campaign. reporter: not lost on republicans. the president bushed the four pillars of could built to last, expanding manufacturing, fairer tax system, increased domestic and alternative energy production, and more educational opportunities, but, republicans . out he did all of this in five battleground states, the last was miff, where he rallied the young people likely to be important to his re-election and the average college graduate coming out with $24,000 if loans he wanted colleges to hold down tuition hikes and says the government should hold back aid
our military, that i want to they want to be part of the miff, why wouldn t we embrace them? the dream act didn t pass, deportation sas are way up. is this an area where the hispanic community feels he s just failed them? i think absolutely. there s been a lot of frustration. this was one of his campaign promises. he was going to be the one to enact immigration reform. 2012 s around the corner, and he really has not done anything on the issue. not even the dream act, considered the most polyatable of the initiatives. you know, in polling, hispanics turn out in key battleground states. is immigration going to be one of the driving forces of the campaign? certainly in a number of states, a number of critical states in a presidential election. you mentioned california and nevada. texas is another one. of course, arizona. but we need to remember the bottom line, what is being
bailed-out bailing out bailed-out. a lot of the midwestern firms are saying that they can t give the spot to the average people. people that really did the bail-outs. neil: ain t that a kick in the whatever. that s what i heard today anyway. neil: all right. i would never question what you hear. the best guy if you want to know what is going on, on the street. charlie gasparino. in the meantime, another fox news alert. senate majority leader harry reid shelving a proposal to band earmarks for a couple of years. miff next guest, one of the first and the few democrats supporting an earmark ban. senator mark yudall of colorado joining eme. good to have you. how are you? good afternoon to you. neil: your leader sees things differently. where the earmark thing going? we have had a long caucus this afternoon to talk about the reasons to have an earmark moratorium. i announced yesterday that i m not going to ask for additional earmarks or any earmarks i should say rather going for