on the surface, john seems like the perfect husband. their family begins to grow. we promised each other, because neither one of us grew up with a father, that our children would have a mother and a father in the home and we would be there to raise them together. and he felt confident enough to take the test to go into active duty, ft. lewis, washington, was his first station. in march of 1991 he was deployed to saudi arabia. though he spends less than a year abroad, the experience changes him forever. when i saw him, totally different man. he was reserved, quiet, small, sad.
prospects, it s completely how voters feel the economy is, not how economists point to the numbers. no the the numbers that the economists have pointed to. i ve got a question for all the kind of brainiacs around your table. wh what s the lag time usually between the economists saying we re seeing the uptick starting and people feeling that uptick in their daily lives? can we quantify that? look, i don t think there s a rule of thumb. it s very, very gradual. and as i said, i think the big thing of dragging it back right now are unemployment and the fact the wages haven t gone up. and i don t know when wages are going to start to go up. and a lot of times, mika, you don t even know that the economy s turned around until it s turned around. a great example in november. the first tuesday in november, 1992, george h.w. bush was kicked out of office because of a sagging economy. one month later we find out that that economy grew at 4% that last quarter. the recession actually ended i
their family begins to grow. we promised each other, because neither one of us grew up with a father, that our children would have a mother and a father in the home and we would be there to raise them together. and he felt confident enough to take the test to go into active duty, ft. louis, washington, was his first station. in march of 1991 he was deployed to saudi arabia. though he spends less than a year abroad, the experience changes him forever. when i saw him, totally different man. he was reserved, quiet, small, sad. and when we got home, he just
really pretty much scaled back. all they are looking at is an investigation to see if what torture was done was done within the guidelines that existed at the time. right. and it s hard to believe that that would be out of line. if they play by the rules they were supposed to play by, even though those rules have now changed, then everything should be fine. but it s interesting that they are coming out now talking about it again. quickly, how does this affect president obama politically? it s a long we re a long way away from the actual election, but politically, how is this affecting president obama nationally? i don t know if we re that far away to tell you the truth. there s some polling data, believe it or not, that says how the president does and is perceived on foreign policy tracks quite closely with how people think of him generally, so this will stand him in good stead, but, again, in march of 1991 the first president george bush was, you know,
there s some polling data, believe it or not, that says how the president does and how he s perceived on foreign policy actually tracks quite closely with how people think of him generally. so this will stand him in good stead. but again, in march of 1991 the first president george bush was, you know, overwhelmingly approved after he won the first gulf war, and he was turned out of office a year later. so the white house can t sleep on this, but they certainly are enjoying a bounce in the polls right now. errol louis, thanks very much. joining us live from new york on this sunday evening. thank you. coming up next, two imams, muslim imams, traveling to a conference on prejudice, are removed from a plane despite being cleared by security officials. you ll hear the reaction from the imams and the airline after a break. but first, unemployment takes a positive turn, and there is surprising news concerning a