our budget an reining in spending and having things in terms of taxes for the wealthy people who can afford it. we need to do a combination of those. but, to say this is happening, under obama, obama, inherited a mess, inherited deficits, and inherited an economy that was a thrown into the abyss, by the bush policies, and, now, it takes time to dig it out. eric: and some of the critics of the administration say he is spending even more trying to get out of it, and they say, it is not working. we ll see in 7 months, though. congressman, thank you for joining, very much. eliot engel, veteran congressman from new york city, the bronx. the bronx! eric: think. jamie: it is da-bronx, check out the volcanic ash, still erupting from the volcano in iceland and it is tens of thousands of people are stranded.