she could be in a weird time warp, that s why we can t find her? she s in a parallel universe. we need to send jack over there to save her. it might happen. that s how we will end the show today. thank you to ari, sam, margaret and richard. that is all for now. i will see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific. until then, follow us on twitter. andrea mitchell reports is live from the aspen ideas festival. it looks beautiful out there. good afternoon to you, andrea. it is indeed. it s a great day. it s beautiful out here and lots of ideas to share. we have been talking about the middle east. musharraf was here. we heard from stan mcchrystal, mike mullen, lot of defense experts and also, lot of conversation, education nation, we had two panels, another one coming up on the role of arts and education coming up later this afternoon. here today, we will be talking to peter orzach, jillian tet,
how about that. that s the stompers. can you believe that? you ve got the moves. to be the mayor of new orleans you got to love to eat, got to like to drink and have to love to dance. how do you remain so fit? you work really hard at it. then you buy big clothes. well, big clothes for a big man in a big job. thank you. mr. mayor, thank you very much. it s a great pleasure to have you here. for all of us at nbc news led by brian williams, of course, our team leader who went through what happened, it is amazing and dramatic to see at least the positive side. i really appreciate everything you guys have done. y all have been great champions for us. thank you from the bottom of my heart. we thank you for the lessons learned. coming up next, former obama budget director pete orszag and from financial times gillian tett plus the heartbreaking return for residents here in colorado, to colorado springs. send me your thoughts on facebook and twitter. ok! who gets occasiona
of control. there certainly has been some progress but crews here concerned about the weather conditions. it s going to be a long day on the front lines. back to you. thanks to miguel for all of his coverage out there. there are renewed concerns about the economy with word that domestic manufacturing fell for the first time in nearly three years. an unwelcome sign about american productivity. peter orszag was president obama s first budget director, a key player in shaping the 2009 stimulus deal and the health care law. he is now at citigroup. gillian tett is u.s. managing editor for the financial times. thanks for joining us. peter, what do these numbers which fell below 50 for the first time since 2009 tell us about american manufacturing and should we even be worried about falling back into a recession? well, i think what they really say is we are still in the midst of the deleveraging process that follows a financial crisis. we have made a lot of progress but we re not all
softly, strikes me as very low. very low probability. i think we ll have a lot of turbulence. peter is predicting bungee jumping. it s like the first t.a.r.p. vote. we saw they voted it down, then got so scared they came back and approved it. i hope i m wrong. i think that s the central expectation. well, the other side of the coin, larry summers said on saturday he thought some kind of deal would be done and they wouldn t go off the fiscal cliff. certainly some people are trying to be optimistic but it s pretty tough right now. we have to leave it there. i think a little bit optimistic but not a whole lot. in fact, pretty gloomy. how could you be gloomy on such a beautiful day? gillian tett, peter orszag, thank you both very much. up next, the politico briefing. we re live in aspen with the man himself. mike allen. this is andrea mitchell reports.
make a date. we have to go to break. i want to make a note, the new york times leads today with this kill story. you have it in newsweek. look at this. we have the cover of newsweek here and look at the cover of the art section. tina is doing their work for them. thank you tina. stay with us. andy cohen will be here to discuss a new memoir. jillian tet joins us. the nation s looming fiscal cliff. you are watching morning joe brewed by starbucks. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550