family. not surprised at all. i thought from the beginning that he was a lying soesh soes pathic personality and at this moment probably doesn t think he is guilty of anything. he s convinced himself of that i suspect. you will hear more from dr. petit and debra fair rit in the courtroom. herman cain has gone from under dog to possible top the dog. the latest nbc wall street journal poll shows cain with support from 27% of republican voters. mitt romney is four points behind him. ranked third is rick perry with 16% saying they would vote for him. in the last hour, cain sat down with erin burnett for an interview that covered several topics. we begin on the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. watch. i believe this attempted assassination that iran has its fingerprints all over, based upon the reports we ve seen was because this president is perceived as weak. mr. cain, we d love to see those reports. no have we seen in any information abou
rereelected on not governing the country. reporter: why are you campaigning instead of doing what we were all sent to do, is find common ground to do the things necessary for our country. bill: how are you guys doing today? mary catherine is boehner right? almost awful it is about positioning not about getting a bill passed or much of anything passed. i would note the timeline when he was complaining in department about the free trade bills, and look there is something we could do for the president right now said the president. the trade bills were sitting on his desk. he finally turned them over to congress, sent them back on tuesday of next week. they are probably going to get passed. he a phroudz them in his press conference. he says that is not really going to be enough. when he gets things done he
well, it s a tough question. i mean, first of all, insurance is something you buy against something bad that might happen in the future. we ve got bad things happen in the present, and part of them are very much related to the european contagion. although of course he our problems started years ago. look, fiscal policy, you know my wrap. it s really the only game in town. i like what with ben bernanke and the federal reserve are doing to try to lower interest rates to stimulate more investment. but people won t invest if there s not more customers, more orders, more projects that investors who are sitting on the sidelines would view as profitable. so i think there s a sequencing here. first you need a fiscal boost, and i think the president s plan is a very good one. if you tell me we re taking that off the table and ask me what s next, i don t know, patent reform? trade bills? it s a very tough box. and let me stick on here for just a second here. how big do you think it might get
moment. and what i ve heard from republicans is well, we are agreeing to do these trade bills. that s great. i m in favor of those trade bills and i m glad they are passing. but that is not going to do enough to deal with the huge problems we have right now with respect to unemployment. we passed patent legislation that, was bi-partisan work. i m thrilled that i was we were able to get republicans and democrats to work together on that. but that is a long term issue for our economic competitiveness. it s not putting americans to work right now. the bottom line is this. ben, if next week senators have additional ideas that will put people back to work right now and meet the challenges of the current economy we are happy to consider them. but every idea that we put forward are ones that have tra tkeulg traditionally been
and what i have heard from republicans as well, we are agreeing to do these trade bills. that s great. i m in favor of those trade bills. i m glad they are passing. but that s not going to do enough to deal with the huge problems we have right now with respect to unemployment. you know. we pass patent legislation. that was bipartisan work. i m thrilled that i was we were able to get republicans and democrats to work together on that. but that is a long-term issue for our economic competitiveness. it is not putting americans to work right now. so the bottom line is this. if next week senators have additional ideas that will put people back to work right now and meet the challenges of the current economy, we are happy to consider them. but every idea we put forward are ones that traditionally have been supported by democrats and republicans alike.