abstract with it. he needed to say more today about exactly how the money he would raise from people who need to pay their fair share would be used to create jobs in america. somebody s got to pay for the bridges. yeah, somebody s got to pay for it. somebody s got to you re pretty good at this. well, i mean, he s not as good as you with that simple thing you just did. he connected it to medicare, but he needed to connect it more directly to jobs. and i think you ll find them doing it in the next few months. interestingly, chuck schumer is driving the train right now. he won the day on the argument over the strategy above millionaire? yes. and i think you re going to see chuck schumer playing a very important role in the campaign, not just for the deficit reduction deal, if there is one, the budget the debt reduction deal, but in the obama campaign to come. fascinating. because he s got to deal with the wall street constituency as well. that s his. that is his
used to create jobs in america. somebody s got to pay for the bridges. yeah, somebody s got to pay for it. somebody s got to you re pretty good at this. well, i mean, he s not as good as you with that simple thing you just did. he connected it to medicare, but he s got to connect it more directly to jobs, and i think you ll find them doing it in the next few months. interestingly, chuck schumer is driving the train right now. he won the day on the argument above millionaire. yes. and i think you re going to see chuck schumer playing a very important role in the campaign, not just for the deficit reduction deal, if there is one, the budget the debt reduction deal, but in the obama campaign to come. fascinating. because he s got to deal with the wall street constituency as well. that s his. that is his he s got to punch those guys in the nose while he s doing it. he s going to give the president political protection to go after them. it s fair to say that th
i m christine romans. hurricane forecasters feeling the heat because the wrath of irene didn t live up to all that hype. and i m carol costello. like a hurricane, rick perry stormed to the front of the gop presidential pack. the latest cnn polling gives him a double-digit lead over mitt romney. is the texas governor built for the long run? well, good morning. it is tuesday, august 30th. we are still dealing with the after effects of this hurricane. things for a lot of people starting to get back to normal. the river still cresting and could happen over the next day or two in some spots. water is still rising in parts of the country. we begin with hurricane irene. the storm s impact will be felt for months after the winds died down. the death toll rising to at least 27 people. along with the estimated cost, the cost of cleaning up this mess from north carolina through new england, obama administration officials will visit three states today that were hit hard by hurrican
strong defender of the president. in washington, the media world, they are not out there right now. i think some are out there. i get in a lot of trouble from my listeners as being critical of the president. i think katrina is right, there are too many issues. go back to the bush tax cuts, the latest deal, the debt reduction deal where liberals feel the president has not fought hard enough for his base and what we thought he believed in. i want to say, i think she s right on the jobs. my feeling is, president obama has been sucked into this theory that the number one problem facing the country is debt. i don t think it is. i think it s getting people back to work. i think he ought to call congress back, give them an agenda, for jobs this is what we have to do in august. sam, you are on the hill a lot. do you hear a lot of democratic
want to repair bridges and airports and roads. republicans sai say that more spending is more trouble. we would like to hold him accountable on the debt limit. he back to preponderating more stimulus spending and even more regulations. doubling down on the failed policies shot the answer. reporter: congressman grimm says he thinks the common sense thing to do is reduce regulations and simplify the tax code and ramp up energy production here in america. heather: thanks, peter. rick: the decision to downgrade the credited rating sending a clear message to congress. they are unsatisfied with the debt reduction deal worked out. so at least for now the debt crisis a political crisis. turning up the pressure on lawmakers to get serious about cutting our red ink, will it happen? joining us republican senator mike lee.