exclusive interview. then we ll go on a tour around the world with a global panel. neil ferguson, mubani and khanfar. also, how in the world did one of the world s greatest sellers in the global bazaar lose its mojo? i ll explain. but first, here s my take. president obama spoke forcefully in his state of the union about the importance of reviving manufacturing in america. if you talk with economists, they ll tell you it s a very complex problem. involving taxes, trade, regulatory policy, exchange rates, educational skills. it is all of those things. but when you move from high-level policy to specific cases, you ll often find one element that is rarely talked about, a government s role in boosting its domestic manufactur manufacturers. in a front-page story last week, the new york times detailed how apple s iphone ended up being made outside america. the times wrote about the apple executives who visited a factory in china to see if it could cut the glass precisely f
help the manufacturing sector? or does it have to be another sell-out for tax cuts for the rich? does it have to be more what they call reforms to medicare and medicaid and social security? forget all that. do something for the manufacturers, the people that want to build things in this country. it will take infrastructure, obviously, and education but i m talking about the business guy out there. i want to see the republicans come forward and just make a generic statement that we are with the democrats on make it in america. don t hold your breath. they are not going to do that, either. get your cell phones out we want to know what you think. tonight s question, do you feel president obama is starting to get on a roll? text a yes, b for no to 622639. go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. bring you results later in the program. joining me tonight, congressman tim ryan of ohio is with us. also jonathan cohn who is the
are they more interested in one type of thing or another thing, or is the simple justice narrative of knowing of whatever you re buying in your world is investing money back in american jobs, really all you need? across the board, i believe it s anything to help create jobs and help get the economy going in the right direction, but i think toys and jewelry and apparel, because of the safety issues, and automotive parts as well, we ve be supplying, because of the safety issues, it really hammers home the whole concept. you know andrew liverus, the ceo of dow chemical, he s got a book called make it in america, sounds like he s your kind of guy. you re made in america. telling the same story. i like it. david, a pleasure. congratulations. thank you very much. an inspiration for all of us. keep after it. keepamerica.com is the website. do check it out. official launch soon to come, but still a little more to come here. hardball, first off. newt s on top. chris taking a loo
pain of the unemployed temporarily. some will put people back to work. but they do not make for a complete solution. yet it s a start. as long as congress passes the bill. while the politicians bicker, many americans have no place to live. as many as 1 million people may have become homeless during the recent recession. with some living in tent cities like this one near st. petersburg, florida. these are people who used to have solid, middle-class jobs. what s more, almost half of america s unemployed have been out of work for six months or longer. they are in danger of becoming a lost generation. losing the skills and motivation to ever reach their potential. but we need more than temporary tax cuts and extensions of unemployment. we need a plan to grow industries and with them, jobs. in this hour, we ll shine a light on solutions. immediate and long-term. but our focus is on stuff that can actually happen. plans, not dreams. we ll look at promising industries and ideas. and
want to ask her. i m curious what you would like to ask her. i would ask her as someone who has occupied held the gavel as speaker of house not yourself as someone no, no. from one former speaker to another. yeah. didn t get a lot of of coverage in the media. i would ask her what she shinth john boehner is doing right. very good. rachel ma ddow has this theory that john boehner is bad at his job, that he doesn t do a good job, he gets pushed around. also a case to be made he s been effective. i think he s been brilliant, actually. i want to ask her the same thing, so during the health care debate you were able to whip the democrats together and keep the bill on track and pass something. john boehner was able it get the coalition together on the debt ceiling. he s reaping political rewards from it, why? also, he mentioned he managed to turn eric cantor into the wild dog no one wanted to step