you will, i think liberals feel it wasn t tough enough, and, conservatives feel that the president is simply using the crisis to try to push cap-and-trade. and, i think one of the criticisms that a lot of people felt, was that he seemed to have much more energy, much more enthusiasm in the last third of the speech when he talked about this in terms of a policy. a new way of transforming america, in this case, the energy and climate change side than the first 2/3 of the speech when he talked about the crisis itself. and, somebody compared to it me, said it is like a mayor, with a huge, paralyzing, crippling snowstorm and wants to talk about mass transit, when people want to know when you will clear the streets. martha: that is a very apt analogy and the white house said they see this as an opportunity to speak directly to the people and don t care what the pundits say out there. they want to get to the people and i watched frank luntz talking to a small sampling of people in california
all-new fox news.com, you will notice a lot of changes. martha: look at that. bill: check out the you decide poll and see what others think as well, a click away at foxnews.com. there you see it, right there. martha: more user friendly, don t you think. bill: by the way, gerzuntheit. martha: during the interview, sneezing during the interview! sorry about that, that what is we have the button for but sometimes we forget. one arizona lawmaker says the controversial immigration law argued about so much in arizona and across the country, he says, you know what? actually it is not tough enough and he d like to go a little bit further, and, this time, he s going after babies. what is that about? bill: a horrifying train crash, two trains colliding head on, bursting into flames, what caused it? and why were so many people on board a freight train? martha: get ready for this e, folks, the prosecutors said they
talk to you today, sir. my pleasure. bill: we ll see what impact we have on stocks today. ten minute intos trading so far. we re down. but who knew we were climbing by the way? i mean, we ve had a pretty good week so far. what gives? other than saying, you know, it s who knows. martha: we ll see. not a whole lot in the world economy to merit that, but there may be something on wall street we don t know. let s hope, right? bill: let s hope. in the meantime, right, our national debt is at $13 trillion, plus. some say that s a number we will never pay down. if that s the case, how vulnerable is the united states of america today, this on a day when a major politician warns our debt is a greater threat to our country than terrorism.
lessen america s oil consumption, those are alternative ideas that might attract some republican support. bill: your initial point was, about republicans, drafting support from the gospe.o.p. kevin, is that possible. look. that is emblematic of the disconnect washington, d.c. has with the rest of the country. legislation right now, committee hearings, searching for votes on capitol hill does not solve the immediate problem. the immediate problem is that we have a leak that is gushing oil, in the gulf right now that is hurting the way of life down there. and we don t have a cleanup and don t have a containment plan yet. so, all of the talk about committee hearings and whether or not we ll be able to get votes for legislation, is, you know, not exactly what the american people are looking for. they are not looking for legislation, they are looking for action from this administration to help stop the problem caused right now. bill: many contend many are trying to figure out when the g
bill that will give you a lower tax rate to construct your building in an inner city. martha: exactly. i expect a political contribution and that quid pro quo is technically unlouisville and happens every day with policy unlawful and happens every day with politicians. martha: and what is interesting with the tapes i listened to early this morning, there is ay situation where somebody owns a i think a horse racing track. right. martha: and there is legislation that is in the hopper, that would make it cheaper for that guy to-do list his business. bill: he s losing $9,000 a day and the legislation would cut off the losses. martha: and blagojevich is clear, don t suggest to him there is any link between him putting money into our fund-raiser, and me signing the bill. even though there is a link, because i will not sign the bill until we have the commitment for the money. martha: exactly. but, remember what the governor wanted to be able to argue. he wanted to be able to argue