the best example is the last worst recession in the early 80s. reagan let the country ride it out. tough, steep. 11% unemployment. we have huge strong rebound. they have tried a band aid approach to put a floor under every issue. the xy stalled. you have to allow the market hit bottom. so prices sell and interest rates are also low. bret: can this administration withstand the pain that would get to that bottoming point? on a political level, it takes a long time to ramp up a program like this. it takes, this isn t something that i don t think they will feel benefit before the 2012 election. the president, to interrupt
from. now the citizens fight back. as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. i m in the middle of a broadcast. yeah, who isn t? yeah, hold on, sanjay. i ll explain that and more in the news tonight. good ve evening, everyone, i m don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nation s debt ceiling has lawmakers working this very hour. as of now, they don t agree with they re making any progress. tonight cnn has learned that mitch mcconnell is in direct contact with the white house and democratic leaders in congress met face to face with the president late this afternoon. but just a short time ago on the senate floor, senator harry reid insisted that claims a deal could be near are simply not true. today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce they re in talks with the pre
no more tricks. no more accounting gimmicks. no more broken promises. tonight, the white house, the right, the left and the clock. countdown to crisis. we are four days away from one of the worst financial catastrophes that could face this country. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. chaos on capitol hill tonight. john boehner s debt plan is stalled in the house without support from his caucus. this country is moving closer and closer to an almost unthinkable national default. we are going to ask some of the smartest people in washington to explain what is going on tonight. john king, jessica yellin. first, i want to go straight to the white house. president obama is beating the job of compromise. is it too late for that? i want to bring in dan pfeiffer. thanks for joining me. normally, i would think that republicans in a meltdown with each other is a good thing for the white house. not today, right? this can t be helpful. no, it s harmful because we are r
historical argument. roland martin, why should children of illegal immigrants, people who came here illegally, why should they get citizenship? doesn t that reward their illegal behavior by coming here? at the end of the day, it is the law of the land. it is in the constitution. no. we can all take issue with the constitution. there are people right now who disagree with the constitution that anybody can own any number of guns, there should be no kind of gun control whatsoever but the supreme court has ruled anderson, here is the reality. that is, this is the kind of band-aid approach to the immigration problem that we have. this is a side show, okay? in golf it s called the silly season. this is the silly season. the problem we have is that democrats and republicans refuse to step up, truly confront the immigration issue. even if you change this first and foremost, it has to get through congress. then it must be ratified by various states.
doesn t that reward their illegal behavior by coming here? at the end of the day, it is the law of the land. it is in the constitution. no. we can all take issue with the constitution. there are people right now who disagree with the constitution that anybody can own any number of guns, there should be no kind of gun control whatsoever but the supreme court has ruled anderson, here is the reality. that is, this is the kind of band-aid approach to the immigration problem that we have. this is a side show, okay? in golf it s called the silly season. this is the silly season. the problem we have is that democrats and republicans refuse to step up, truly confront the immigration issue. even if you change this first and foremost, it has to get through congress. then it must be ratified by various states. again, even if you do this, you still are going to have 10 million people in this country. so, guess what, it s still not going to solve our immigration problem. roland sena