companies think will help the u.s. economy. host: well, recently a group of technology associations sent a letter to the deficit reduction committee asking for certain measures to help strengthen the u.s. economy. gary shapiro is chairman and ceo of the consumer electronics association. he is our guest this week on the communicators to talk about some of those issues that tech companies see as vital to the u.s. economy. mr. shapiro, one of your first recommendations was an update of the tax system, and in your letter to the deficit reduction committee you write that, first and foremost, america s corporate tax system is globally uncompetitive. and you go on to say that we the u.s should take immediate steps to encourage u.s. businesses to repatriate the approximate $1 trillion in accumulated foreign earnings that are locked outside of our country. guest: absolutely, peter. thanks for having me. you know, as president of for association, we have 2,000 technology comp
going to talk a lot about what she has done with constituent services. her district, her congressional district is the urban core of las vegas which has been hit, as you mentioned, hardest by the foreclosure crisis. she has done a lot of outreach on that. she will tout that. on the other hand, dean heller is going to blame the obama administration and tie shelley berkeley directly to the economic crisis and foreclosure crisis in nevada. shelley berkeley is going to have to take the message and not be closely tethered to obama outside of very democratic clark county which is where las vegas is. let s talk about clark county. is clark county going to be the make or break county for both of these candidates? clark county has about three quarters of the population. a little bit less. when harry reid who ran for re-election last time won, he won clark county overwhelmingly. shelley berkeley has no chance to win this race unless she wins clark county overwhelmingly. that means getting up
the state that turned dice and cards into a powerhouse industry would have the high stakes senate showdown in 2012. joining me to talk about it, john ralston of las vegas sun. shelley berkeley making headway to unseat republican dean heller, correct? the race is going to be close no matter what happens. it s way too early to tell which way the winds are going to blow. the democrats have registration advantage. dean heller is a more disciplined candidate and going to have probably what looks like a republican year here going for him. it s too early to tell. this race is going to be close. nevada has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 13.4%. housing crisis hit that state especially hard. how are the candidates going to frame their message with those things in mind? well, shelley berkeley is
president obama is in france for the g-20 summit. he just wrapped up a news conference there. he was asked about his prospects for re-election. the president brought the discussion back to jobs. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. i m worried about putting people back to work right now because those folks are hurting. nbc s adrianne long is live in cannes with the president. did the president specifically talk about today s jobs numbers? good morning, craig. yes, he did. he actually said the figures that were released this morning were positive, but still also showed that the economy is growing too slowly. and that he hoped that this would mean that members of congress would think twice before voting no again on his jobs proposal. he also said that the work that lies ahead for america mirrors the work that lies a s ahead fo europe. obviously with the european debt crisis which has basically taken the continent by shock. he said tha
he just wrapped up a news conference there. he was asked about his prospects for re-election. the president brought the discussion back to jobs. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. i m worried about putting people back to work right now because those folks are hurting. nbc s adrianne long is live in cannes with the president. did the president specifically talk about today s jobs numbers? good morning, craig. yes, he did. he actually said the figures that were released this morning were positive, but still also showed that the economy is growing too slowly. and that he hoped that this would mean that members of congress would think twice before voting no again on his jobs proposal. he also said that the work that lies ahead for america mirrors the work that lies a s ahead fo europe. obviously with the european debt crisis which has basically taken the continent by shock. he said that they need to sort this out in order to help amer