there was a lot of talk about opening up new areas, but it s been just that, it s merely talk. reporter: now, last week, the republican-controlled house did pass a bill to expand off shore drilling in 3 percent of the arctic national reserve. julie, that is dead in the senate. but again, if gas prices approach $5 a gallon, it s over $4 in california, could congress be forced to do something? we ll have to see. backo you. julie: william la jeunesse, beautiful backdrop there. bill: great to be on the beach. william hates that asmient! the price of oil has reached a nine month high, gas prices up 8 cents over the past week, but rob irt gibbs saying the president is committed to domestic energy production. our domestic oil production is at an eight-year high and our use of foreign oil is at a 16-year low, so we re making progress. there are no magic bullets to solve this problem. we re going to have to do all of these things.
a partial ban having expanded drilling offshore as well as 3% of the arctic national wildlife refuge. that will go nowhere in the senate but as demand returns, will the president be forced to compromise. stewart: despite the recent gas price spike, the president s reelection team is making no apologies. we re making progress. there are no magic bullets to solve this. we re going to do to do all these things. look for more energy at home. pennsylvania republican congressman tim murphy with me. you heard what the president s got to say, we re producing more than in the last eight years and he wants to expand production even more. do you buy that? i don t believe it. four or five years ago when i supposed to bill to drill off the coast, the atlantic, gulf and pacific, let s use that money to create jobs and rebuild
prevents us from taking the action we need to get the country moving. jay carney says the president s proposal will be a combination of things in a world would garner broad bipartisan support. but the partisanship is hard to deny. with the republicans demanding even hurricane irene cost be offset by budget cuts, the job creating resources are limited. it makes a stimulus package out of the question. he siped a big spending reduction. plan in to law. creating more jobs won t be easy, the president himself admitted in interview with tom joyner. there is no magic bullets. we went through the worst financial crisis since the depression. that is close to what he said when congress back from last year s break. host of measures we could take, no single element is a magic bullet. unemployment is down .4 of
prevents us from taking the action we need to get the country moving. jay carney says the president s proposal will be a combination of things in a world would garner broad bipartisan support. but the partisanship is hard to deny. with the republicans demanding even hurricane irene cost be offset by budget cuts, the job creating resources are limited. it makes a stimulus package out of the question. he siped a big spending reduction. plan in to law. creating more jobs won t be easy, the president himself admitted in interview with tom joyner. there is no magic bullets. we went through the worst financial crisis since the depression. that is close to what he said when congress back from last year s break. host of measures we could take, no single element is a magic bullet. unemployment is down .4 of a percept since then.
doing fund-raising, and tied to the birthday, and, he has gotten heat before, for talking about the hole being so steep and the. blaming it, if you will on the bush administration, but, no doubt in the months ahead, as he gears up for the 2012 re-election campaign, as you saw with the fund-raising, he s going to get more and more question about what he has done, on the issue of jobs. bill: and to that point, there is an article out today suggesting the whiteouse has no more bullets in its gun, what strategy with the jobs picture? reporter: jay karcarney said there is no magic bullets and they know that and have been struggling for answer for the last two-and-a-half years and what they want to put on the table in september when congress comes back, trade deals that are pending will, create jobs and wants to extend the payroll tax cut and patent reform that will help american companies, create a small number of jobs and add that up and none of that, even