decision, although i think there s a window of opportunity, and in life, for all sorts of reason and this was probably my time. although i don t know, given kind of what i believe and how i believe it, i m not sure i would have been successful as a candidate, either. these are different times than just six years ago when i last ran. bill: that is some candor. bush went on to deny rumors of possible vp run saying that, quote, under no circumstances would he accept a vp spot on the republican ticket this year. jamie: you have a green job? what defines a green job. there s actually a definition from the labor department. but the white house right now is facing new scrutiny about that. an administration official admitting under tough questioning, a bus driver, someone who sweeps the floor, even if you work in a bike shop, those all qualify as green workers. i asked you a question, you know the answer, would
morning with all of you. the chairs of the committee have made their open statements and the questions are about to beginning. bill: you re right, jaime. we ll get right now to mike emanuel on the hill. what has the attorney general said already about fast and furious there, mike, good morning. reporter: he is just starting now. we know that the attorney general will talk about the efforts to try to stop the i wilthe illegal flow of weapons across our southwestern border. he ll say inappropriate stat particulars were used. he says it s a laudable goal to stop the flow of weapons but there were flaws in terms of execution and approach. the question will be whether that will satisfy some of the republicans on this commit me that want more documentation from the department of justice. supporters of the department of justice says they ve given tons of documentation to the people on the hill. let s take a listen to the top democrat on the committee. i want to thank you for your
ben bernanke print more money. what he does with that money, we don t know. will he keep interest rates down. they re already at historic lows, will he just buy more government bonds, pump money into the banking system? don t know. the question is, though, does he print more money, yes or no. we will find out in 57 minutes from now. it s a big deal for the stock market, believe me. bill: it is, and it s a big deal for your retirement fund. what s happening to america s retirement money through all? okay, yesterday big rally in the stock market. that means that if you ve got stocks in your 401k, you did okay yesterday but overall the stock market is down roughly 1000 points in the last six or seven weeks, which means your 401(k) has taken a hit. if ben prints more money, the theory is that will somehow or other find its way into the stock market and your 401(k) will do a little better. bill: so if you go into another phase of printing money, what s that do to the
fast & furious, both flawed in concept and execution, could be a head from the a.g. today. thank you for your time. thank you bill. jamie: bill, as you were just mentioning it, it should be a no brainer as congressman king just mentioned as well, the high stakes tug-of-war between a key swing state and the feds is voter fraud. it could have huge implications for the race for the white house. should you be able to vote if you re dead or not a citizen? plus this: if you re sweeping the floor in a solar panel production facility, is that a green job? the answer bill: the answers to that question and a host of other jobs leaving the white house with a lot of splainin to do. that in a matter of moments. jaime what is green, bill? graduation, huh ?
this new number, 389, that s the real number to watch here, that signifies a weak economy. bill often times that revised number gets buried in the headlines because we lose sight of it as the weeks go by. what is ben bernanke going to do about this. the question is will pw pb bail barack obama. we ll find out. in 58 minutes, 10:00 eastern time this morning, we will find out what ben bernanke is going to do, if anything, to stimulate the economy. president obama is going to have a hard time getting any stimulus plan through congress, but ben bernanke can print money to stimulate the economy. will he? we don t know. but we ll find out at 10:00 eastern. bill: let s put a fine point on that with regard to another stimulus because everybody is writing about it in the past week. it will not pass the house, right, so the only way to get a federal stimulus is to go through the fed. yes. bill: what are the options there? lower interest rates? printing more money? or both? well, the bottom