senate, they have gathered to hear the president of the united states deliver a major speech on job creation. i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i can t overemphasize how important potentially this speech for the president could be. not only for his political future, but much more importantly for the american people because this country right now faces enormous economic problems. the unemployment rate right now in the united states, 9.1%. 14 million americans unemployed, millions more underemployed, and millions more who are simply have simply given up hope of finding a job. and beyond all of that, there are millions of americans who are deeply, deeply worried right now about losing their jobs. the president s going to have to inspire them, is going to have to show that he can lead this country out of these economic this economic crisis that s unfolding in the united states right now. members of t
come up with a plan of spending cuts, changes to medicare and medicaid, and taxes. at the top of the show we ll talk to a tea party republican, who says no to taxes, and don t worry about default, spiking interest rates or an american downgrade. our new poll shows the public is taking sides. also, what a day it s been for parliament s investigation into the murdoch scandal. at one point, as rupered murdoch was explaining he knew nothing of the phone hacking and didn t try to cover it up. a man tried to hit him with a plate full of shaving cream. his wife came to his defense and he was unhurt. and lieuies gopper, has come up with a typically irrational explanation for why the deadline isn t really a deadline. joe walsh is a republican from illinois. i want you to go through a couple of details for the bill you re voting on.
will happen soon, in connection with the talks with the vice president going on right now and will happen in connection with raising the debt ceiling which the president has asked us to do. and all of these budgets are interesting to discuss and debate, but, none of them will pass, what is going to pass, at some point, is something, chris, related to medicare and medicaid, in connection with raising the debt ceiling, this summer. chris: i want to talk now, finally about that. because the country has a little over two months, until, according to treasury secretary geithner, we will flat run out of money and he will not be able to shift it around anymore and we ll have reached the final point at which we go into default. the gang of 6, 6 bipartisan senators, is deadlocked. in fact now the gang of five, because tom coburn dropped out and your man on the biden panel, vice president s panel, says so far all they are playing is small ball, what he said here last week, a couple of hundred b
when it comes to protecting medicare and medicaid, the big three. the same poll, is that right? 80%? son of a gun. the same poll shows that 80% of americans are opposed to cutting medicare and medicaid. this, i don t know how much of a better number you can get. look at this. 73% of republicans. that s right. 73% of republicans want their elected officials to leave medicare and medicaid alone. that means don t change anything. if you were to tell somebody that they won by 73% of the vote, would you call that a landslide? even members of the tea party agree that 70%, 70% of the tea partiers say, nah, you know, we had fun the last election and we thought we were going to get our country back the way we were, you know, jargoning around the country but when it comes to it, we better hang on to medicare and medicaid. now, these numbers that i showed you, are from april 10th to the 14th. not long ago.
medicare and medicaid, the big three. the same poll, is that right? 80%? son of a gun. the same poll shows that 80% of americans are opposed to cutting medicare and medicaid. this, i don t know how much of a better number you can get. look at this. 73% of republicans. that s right. 73% of republicans want their elected officials to leave medicare and medicaid alone. that means don t change anything. if you were to tell somebody that they won by 73% of the vote, would you call that a landslide? even members of the tea party agree that ç70%, 70% of the te partiers say, nah, you know, we had fun the last election and we thought we were going to get our country back the way we were, you know, jargoning around the country but when it comes to it, we better hang on to medicare and medicaid. now, these numbers that i showed