he first recorded nearly 50 years ago. i left my heart in san francisco. in 2000, bob mackenzie brought us this look back at tony bennet s life and long career. tony bennet has never lived in san francisco. but he is an adopted son as far as this audience is concerned. benefit concerts such as this one for the deyoung museum is now what he does most. reporter: how long have we been hearing that voice? a long time. reporter: it s been a long career, one that started with a supported family. the family would make a circle around us, while our relatives and my close family. and we would entertain them. and they hooked me. i ve been doing it ever since. i ve been performing ever since. made us feel very positive and very nice about what we do. reporter: he was born anthony benedeto 74 years ago, grew up in astoria queens with a brother and sister. his father was chronically ill and his mother had to work hard at a sewing job, and they had to keep their spirits u
generals, the president and lawmakers still get paid. even though hundreds of thousands of federal employees would be furloughed. that s what it would look like. i think we live in a a safe civil society, we don t think of our connections to government until things like this happen. christina, thank you so much. stephen moore, i cut you off last time. let me ask you another question. we talk theory all the time. but in real terms, that any average american would understand, what scares you the most about a potential government shutdown? well, i don t want to see a government shutdown. but it s not the end of the world, either. if people can t go to the washington monument for a few days, it s not the end of western civilization. look, my point is, ali, we do have a crisis much bigger than a few-day government shutdown. and that crisis is borrowing $1.6 trillion a year, which i think is really destroying the economic fabric of our country. and what i was going to say before the brea
cut education, we can t cut transportation. i mean, harold, what do you want to cut? i mean i agree with david gergen, david, i think you re right, if there s going to be a deal, republicans are going to have to agree to some cutbacks in defense programs. i think that should be on the table. but there s no deal if liberals say, we can t cut anything. harold? i think we can cut some things. but i think the main where you and i disagree, steven, is on what the main problem with the economy is what i see as a lack of private-sector investment. i think they re being crowded out by the public sector. i think most major american businesses have a growth strategy in other countries rather than here. that s where the growing markets are and that s where the cheaper production is. and they re moving there. so my view, which is classic keynsian, is that the public sector needs to step up. it s vinlt and things like transportation, because that s where the investment is mainly going to come
given the volatility we see in the world. harold, 30 seconds to you. give me some sense of handicap this for us, do you think the government shuts down next friday? i think it may. because even though both sides think it s more adventurous to reach a compromise. that s in theory. in practice, i don t know what it is they re going to dpree on. if republicans insist on cuts, which the administration is not willing to make, this could be like the start of world war i, nobody wants it to happen, but it happens. if you don t do something specifically to avoid it, that s one thing. saying you don t want it to happen won t be enough to avoid it. we ve have got to see stuff is that actually positively avoids it david, a pleasure, stephen moore, thank you. stephen, stick around for your our next discussion. harold meyerson, great to so you. are unions being unfairly targeted? we re going to try to answer the question, next. [ woman ] when my dance company went on tour, i took emergen-c.