energy and china when he was campaigning. he promised us thousands of green jobs. he shut down drilling in the gulf more or less. he hasn t replaced them with another industry. in china he simply hasn t acted. that trade debt is choking the economy, there s not enough demand for what americans make and the economy doesn t move forward. he doesn t have a compliant congress at the moment, specifically parts of the house of representatives. that s true. the reason he doesn t is because he squandered his first year. now as a consequence, the country elected a congress that wants a change in direction. the congress for its part doesn t seem much capable of providing it. to say mr. obama is alone in not getting us out of this mess would not be fair. the republicans aren t providing a path either. this is a senior fellow at demos and author of it takes a pillage, epic power, deceit and untold trillions. the americans condition to give president obama low marks, only 9% say t
congress. boehner and mcconnell wasted no time sharing their criticism saying the bridge would not be fixed under the president s proposal. if a bridge needs fixing, by all means, let s fix it. but don t tell us we need to pass a half trillion dollar stimulus bill and accept job killing tax hikes to do it. i long supported replacing the bridge. i am pleased the president is bringing attention to this much needed project. but, you know, now, is not the time for the president to go into campaign mode. critics call the president s trip a political stunt. voters are waiting for both parties to build a political bridge and find common ground to deal with the country s long term unemployment. harder to fix the political bridge for sure. thanks, mary. well, the iranian president is spewing more anti-american rhetoric, stopping just short of blaming the u.s. for 9/11. after provoking a walkout at the u.n. general assembly, a scene we have seen before, mahmoud ahmadinejad told the ass
said was the job killing tax hikes. senator pat toomey voted against raising the debt ceiling because cuts didn t go far enough. and senator bob or rob portman, spent a year as george w. bush s budget director. that s not exactly a glowing resume for someone on a debt reduction committee. this is their idea of working past political brinkmanship. joining me now is representative jim mcdermott, democratic from washington. congressman mcdermott is also a member of the progressive office. congressman, you ve heard the stance of republicans on the committee. how can we reach a bipartisan compromise with these members? al, i m very, very pessimistic about this being productive at all. the congress, as described in the new republic this week, is a
staring a porpoise right in the face. oh, just got me again. a once top-secret military program that s enlisting animals to protect the country. but first, inside a polygamous sect. we re dealing with the exploitation of children of young girls for sexual purposes. reporter: gary tuchman takes you where most people never go exposing polygamy s dirty secrets. reporter: the scenery is spectacular and the polygamist families who live here along the uft-arizona border have been able to live their lives with little interference from the outside world for generations. stepping into their world is both jarring and surreal. how many brothers and sisters do you have? i have 18. reporter: albert, how many brothers and sisters do you have? 22. i am the oldest of 32. reporter: these are not members of the salt lake city-based mormon church known as the church of ladder day saints. they belong instead to a splinter group who believe in polygamy and call themselves th
rank and file democrats in the house. to talk about the house, speaker john boehner made a surprise appearance at the capitol today banging the gavel in the pro forma session to actually keep the house open. he actually did that from the chair. they don t usually do that, they do it with one the lower members. he s got a conference call later this afternoon scheduled to his members. in an e-mail sent to his members obtained by nbc news, he said, discussions are under way on legislation that will cut government spending more than it increases the debt limit, it advances the cause of a balanced budget amendment without job killing tax hikes. these talks are moving in the right direction but serious issues remain and no agreement will be filed until members have a chance to weigh in. so you notice there in boehner s a letter to his own members of the house in the gop, no job killing tax cuts. we won the argument on taxes. discussions are under way.