the u.s. economy performing well compared to the rest of the world. john berman, this is what the obama economy looks likes. 9 million jobs created. here is how it compares. interesting. think about it. population growth is different. it makes the reagan and clinton years better. fascinating chart. ammunition for the republicans. we have done things better. under reagan, 12.1 million. the democrats say there are structure things happening. we are not creating as many jobs. also a timing issue. when clinton came in, he came in as the recession was ending. obama came in and the growth was just starting. it was not job growth, but
finality we delayed that until 2015. we got a better idea. let s delay that to 2016. those for the 100-plus employees, you ll have an extra year to phase in your health care coverage as well. why is this happening? so many people put this out. any time there is a new delay, everyone is saying, that s very convenient that they re pushing this off past the november election. why would they be doing this, pushing this past the elections? charles krauthammer says this is nothing other than simply politics. listen. the whole idea here that the administration is trying to promote that it s a timing issue, we got to ease them into this is a farce. it s the substance of it. they re getting tremendous complaints from small business that they can t do this. it will destroy their business. and that s why it s a delay. it s a political delay, but in the end, they re going to have to decide in or out. i think in the end they ll decide they ll have to cancel it cause there is no way, it will no
the state of the economy. it does come after some different interpretations of the cbo numbers. i think there have been different interpretations, charles? that s why it s a double whammy here, the cbo is telling us that it obamacare will cause a loss the equivalent of 2 million jobs from people choosing idolness because they are going to get subsidized by other people s tax money. add on to that, the people who are going to lose their job in the voluntarily without wanting to as a result of these mandates. the whole idea here that the administration is trying to promote, that it s a timing issue. got to ease them into this is a farce. it s the substance of it. they are getting tremendous complaints from small business that they can t do this. it will destroy their business. and that s why it s a delay. it s a political delay. but, in the end, they are going to have to decide in or out, i think in the end they are going to decide they are going to have to
out with a statement saying this is absolutely not the case. the governor had no idea about the closures until afterwards. he found out from the press. how important is it for us to hear from governor christie in person on camera responding to this? it will be important. this timing issue, it s not about the motivation for closing the lanes. the issue is did he go in front of the cameras, lie to the press and lie to his voters. that speaks poorly about his character if it s true, and that s why it s important to hear from him what the true story is. we do not know. we don t know. all that the letter said is evidence exists. what is that evidence? we can t rush to judgment. talking about chris christie, such an internationally known political figure heading into the 2016 presidential race. whether he runs or not, we don t know. many eyes are on him. what does this do even if everything is unfounded to
74 miles-per-hour steady winds makes a hurricane. close to cape verde making its way through some open waters. that s the question, will it strengthen or weaken? a lot of factors could inhibit its growth. we re looking at a lot of dry air ahead of it. it needs warm waters. now it needs temperatures above 79 degrees to really stay strong. it s right on the border line between the 70s and the 80s. if it goes over warmer waters is stays together. once it goes over cooler waters it s expected to weaken. how fast it s moving is a timing issue. if it moves quickly it may move over quickly. currently the system is moving quickly. third factor being upper level winds they could see a lot of shear out there and that could break it apart. where is it going? here is the big bermuda high keeping us warm, that will steer it in the west-northwesterly