mandates. the mandate in the president s healthcare bill alone was estimated to cost 850,000 jobs in the economy by the congressional budget office. look at the keystone pipeline decision which would have had an immediate impact on job creation. the proposed tax increases on job creators. this is a hostile environment for job creation in our economy and that is why frankly it adds a sense of urgency in terms of this year s election to be able to turn things around because the only thing that is going change it are changing the policies and that means changing the person in the white house. chris: president obama says a big part of the problem is that house republicans are blocking some of his jobs ideas he has had out there since september. ideas like giving small business a tax incentive to hire more people or more targeted spending for infrastructure and to hire more people. take a look. congress hasn t acted on enough of the other ideas in that bill that would make a d
chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the economic news friday was grim. employers added the fewest jobs in a year and the stock market wiped out all of the gains it had made in 2012. how does this reshape the presidential race? we ll talk with a former advisor to president obama in a moment but first we welcome ed gillespie, is senior advisor to mitt romney and good to have you back, ed. good to be back. thank you. let s start with the jobs picture for the first two months of 2012. job growth averaged 267,000 jobs a month for the last three months it averaged 96,000 with just 69,000 jobs created in may. question, what does governor romney think is the problem? the problem is this administration and this president s policies are hostile to job creators and we see that on any number of fronts whether it is the excessive regulations and mandates. the mandate in the president s healthcare bill alone was estimated to cost 850,000 jobs in the economy by the c
chris: the start of summer means the beginning have tourist season here in washington as millions of visitors come to the nation s capital. that got us thinking about one of the biggest attractions here. here is our power player of the week. it s not just that elderly or unattractive looking person on the dollar bill. susan mcgill is talking about george washington. as head of fund-raising for washington s home mount vernon, she is working to attract new generations to the father of our country. chris: are you worried that washington has been displaced by some of the other founding fathers in recent years? yes, i do. it s not to take away from them, but when they got their backs up against the walls they always turned to washington. chris: one big edition addition is education center?
chris: the start of summer means the beginning have tourist season here in washington as the start of summer means tourism in washington and got us thinking of one of the biggest a attractions here. here is our power player of the week. it s not just that elderly or unattractive looking person on the dollar bill. susan mcgill is talking about george washington. as head of fund-raising for washington s home mount vernon, she is working to attract new generations to the father of our country. chris: are you worried that washington has been displaced by some of the other founding fathers in recent years? yes, i do. it s not to take away from them, but when they got their backs up against the walls they always turned to washington. chris: one big edition addition is education center?
excessive regulations and mandates. the mandate in the president s healthcare bill alone was estimated to cost 850,000 jobs in the economy by the congressional budget office. look at the keystone pipeline decision which would have had an immediate impact on job creation. the proposed tax increases on job creators. this is a hostile environment for job creation in our economy and that is why frankly it adds a sense of urgency in terms of this year s election to be able to turn things around because the only thing that is going change it are changing the policies and that means changing the person in the white house. chris: president obama says a big part of the problem is that house republicans are blocking some of his jobs ideas he has had out there since september. ideas like giving small business a tax incentive to hire more people or more targeted spending for infrastructure and to hire more people. take a look. congress hasn t acted on enough of the other ideas in tha