john harwood moderated the town hall, which will reair right here on msnbc. a lot of ground was covered in an hour s worth of time. explain to us the main points the president was trying to drive home. well, i think it s the balancing act, thomas, that you identified a few moments ago. he s got to reassure business, which has a lot of cash on their balance sheets that s not being invested that could be a key to growth that they should have confidence in him. they should not see him has somebody attacking him. he has to convince ordinary people he s not too pro business. we had a poll that said most people think he s helping investment banks and large wall street institutions rather than him. it s not easy for him. he kept to his stance on tax cuts. we have a debate on whether the bush tax cuts should be extended for those making more than $250,000. he said today he s not ready to give ground. keep going, keep going, stop. here s what i can do, i can t give tax cuts to
is apogizing for that comment. and the latest on how much of the swine flu vaccine is coming here and who will get the first doses. beautiful shot and a beautiful start to this tuesday. some clouds out there but nice as we zoom in on the washington monument in the middle of the screen. it s 7:00 and thanks for joining us this morning. i m steve chenevey. i m allison seymour. we ll have moron the weather in a minute. and we ll check back in with prince george s county schools. remember the whole schedule snafu. tonight at the state of the school system address, we ll talk with the superintendent and the chair of the school board coming up in a little bit. also coming up, a closer look at alarming new figures considering autism. the cdc says 1 in 108 years old have been diagnosed with autism. that s up from estimates of 1 in 150. why some experts are not surprised by the new findings. we want to say good morning to tony perkins with a look at the forecast. that s a