martha: we ve got to go, guys. [inaudible conversations] municipal jobs? they call a municipal job a job, and if we lay off cops and teachers and firefighters it s just going to add martha: you know what? there has been in this argument a bit of an oversimplification as to whether or not one side simply doesn t care if people get hurt and thievery takes place on the streets because this bill doesn t pass. obviously, they ve really very generous to call it an oversimplification. [laughter] thank you. chris hahn, chris plante, see you next time. all right, brand new poll numbers to show you, and they do point to new concerns for president obama s re-election effort. at the top of the hour, we re going to show you what americans are saying about the president s plans and how hopeful they are about whether they can fix the economy. those numbers are going to shock you, they re coming up. and first, a taxpayer-backed loan goes to a green company
lawmakers to pass the bill in entirety. is that a compromise position, though, he would support seeing it go piece by piece? well, and i ll answer your question, but the reason the president wants to pass this bill in its entirety, this isn t just, you know, drawing a line in the sand. this is because this bill could create as many as 1.9 million jobs. those are the facts, that s the data. that comes from independent analysts. that s why he wants to get the whole thing done and that s why he put together pieces that have received bipartisan support. but you know, i worked in the senate for eight years. i understand, the senate s got to make a decision, if in fact this bill doesn t pass, and we still hope that it will, about how it will proceed, because the bottom line is we have to create jobs for the american people. it s what they desperately want. it s what they sent congress to washington for. it s why they put the president in the white house. all right, so, you are in pittsbu
they d be opposed to putting teachers back in the classroom or rebuilding our schools or giving tax cuts to middle class folks and giving tax cuts to small businesses. jon: yeah. i guess it s, you know, as american as apple pie to vote for this bill, but as you point out, there are many democrats who don t much like the particulars here. sure. and i could keep going. senator jim webb of virginia, others who have questions about it. what i found interesting was that he said that twice, that if this bill doesn t pass, we re going to take it piece by piece. i think he s setting the groundwork for failure on this vote, that they don t have the votes to get it through, and that they re going to keep coming back at it. also what was interesting is that he said he was comfortable with the 5.6% surtax on millionaires that senator reid is now pitching to pay for so-called pay for this jobs bill. that is different than president obama said in 2009, don t raise
spokesman put out a statement governor perry looks forward to putting out his plans. another speech by president obama will have no impact on the debate. they are try be to be non-plouffeed about it. the white house saying this is not a tit-for-tat. at the end of the day at this very hour they still have not agreed on a date for this speech, trace. trace: president obama was talking about highway jobs this morning, ed, is that something that will be a part of this plan? yeah. he wants the congress to pass a transportation bill. he says it s going to be a replay of that fight we saw over the f.a.a. a few weeks ago if this bill doesn t pass there are people that are going to be thrown out of work the last thing you want to do to this uncertain economy. he also was talking about speeding up the permit process for things already in the pipeline get more construction jobs going. aides say the president will have some new money for infrastructure spending try to create new highway jobs,
well, supporters believe those searches violate their constitutional rights. i will never again allow myself to be subjected to such disgusting abuses of power. [cheers and applause]. the idea is that they would be grabbing any of my private parts. reporter: and it s not just in texas, people are having strong opinions about these pat-downs, legislators in other states are chiming in, too, republican representative carl rimer, intends to introduce legislation in january, that would ban pat-downs without probable cause by transportation security administration workers. he says, quote, there is only two places citizens are subjected to this type of intrusive search, at airports, and jails, and that should be chilling, end quote and if the bill doesn t pass, some say they ll actually look at other travel options, while others say if the patted downs are necessary to keep the country safe, well, then, they are all for it. gregg?