Instability, anger and division. Thats what is disappointing to me. Mr. Speaker, as i look to the president to lead this country, i want to look at a man who, of his past and who he is, a very dynamic person. Came from very tough circumstances to become president of the United States. I wish he would say, you know what . My job is to lead this conversation about jobs and the economy. My job is to lead this conversation, look, we tried stimulus spending. I really thought it would work, but it didnt. Some republicans, why dont you come to the white house . Why dont you have a conversation with me . I havent been invited for years. Maybe we arent going to find any agreement, but at least we can respect each others opinions and say what do we need to do to get our economy back on track. Why is it 7 of our neighbors dont have jobs, many of them are underemployed in jobs they dont want. Why is that . What can we do to come together . Mr. Gardner what we have been able to do for jobs, i know
Bankruptcy. Guest. Ben is our and the Brookings Institution joins us to talk about the obama administrations plan. Liveington journal airs every morning at 7 a. M. Eastern on cspan. This past week, jimmy carter took part in the discussion regarding the Isreali Palestinian conference. Palestinian officials average an agreement for resuming peace talks. A group of World Leaders have been brought together by the former South African president Nelson Mandela to work on peace and human rights. This is just under an hour. Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. We are honored to have with us so many distinguished members of the club, even though the elders club has been formed six years ago by president mandela of south africa, this is the first public event for the club and we are very honored it takes place in washington. Of course, we have with us president carter. I do not need to go through the introduction. And the u. N. Envoy to syria. President ahtisaari is also a nobel laureate. F
Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. We are honored to have with us so many distinguished members of the club, even though the elders club has been formed six years ago by president mandela of south africa, this is the first public event for the club and we are very honored it takes place in washington. Of course, we have with us president carter. I do not need to go through the introduction. And the u. N. Envoy to syria. President ahtisaari is also [laughter] the 2 the focus for this meeting is the palace dan conflict. This event could not have been more opportune given the announcement friday the delegation is visiting washington at the start of this planned engagement. Members will explore how they can be helpful. From washington, they would go directly to london meeting with paid. Meetings in beijing and paris will follow. Today, they held talks with secretary kerry and susan rice, mainly on the middle east and why they are not in a position to tell us what they told them, exa