beneficial? what the japanese red cross has told us is they would be grateful for financial contributions and really unearmarked contribution, so as the days until fold they can spend for the greatest needs. they distributed already 76,000 blankets already. they re going to need to replenish them and probably have more. but the financial contribution allows them the flexibility they need to meet the needs that are going to be forth coming. thank you so much, both of you for incredibly valuable information. dr. hastings, thank you for the context, and suzy, again thank you for helping us get a better understanding of what s going on and what we can do to try to be remotely helpful. i want to take a moment tear break. the same nuclear technology in japan now in use at 23 reactors in the united states.
nice to see real investment in the way our children learn, in groups, working on projects. what we saw here in seattle. it was a pleasure. we thank everyone at cleveland high for their time and generosity in lets us visit with them. we ll take a moment tear break and return our attention to the global unrest and the hod commodities. not just oil and gold, bus cotton, cocoa, wheat, tortillas, pasta, you pick it, the tip of the pyramid, with skyrocketing prices, how much of the responsibility rests at the federal reserve and their money printing that they are continuing to push in an effort to prop up this incredibly dysfunctional american banks system. wisun life financial ratshould be famous. and bad, we re working on it. so you re seriously proposing we change our name
realize that if production is separated from innovation, that we re not going to be inventing the next great thing necessarily, the more people will come to manufacturing. i think we can overcome that. the china currency vote is the perfect example. i think a lot of new members of congress influenced by the tear party uchbds that manufacturing in america goes hand in hand, and i think they can stand up to the interests. i know a lot of democrats are prepared to do it. i think we have a solid working majority to pass a pro-manufacturing agenda if we can break those shackles. heck, let s just be pro-fairness. the very foundation of this country and the ideas of this country going back to our trip to seneca falls and the rest of it is let s just have a level playing field, as our president from boeing was saying. an absolute pleasure, scott. thank you for the time. thank you. we ll take a moment tear break. up next we ll turn our attention to some of the day s headlines,
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dangerous recipe. the thing that s made the united states such a lasting democracy, in addition to our great constitution is the fact that we have had such a large and growing middle class. all right. a wonderful conversation. it s always a pleasure to have both of you. david goodfriend and matt lewis. we continue to intensely monitor the events in cairo as we work our way into the evening. our coverage, of course, continuing on msnbc into the evening here in north america. we will take a moment tear break, as we all watch nonthe unfolding of events between the protesters and pro-mubarak activists who have taken to the streets violently so in the last 24 hours, we continue to watch our own government attempt to walk the high-wire of its history of financial and military support for the dictator and simultaneously rhetoric of freedom for all that is at the core culture of this country s founding. chuck todd with us after this,