that means over just a three year period we will have increased the nation at debt by four trillion. greta: i m sort of used . i m not horribly moved by that. what moves me is the unemployment rate and jobless claims. this other stuff seems totally inreal. if we need money we borrow, print. tell me why should i be thinking like this is horrible and divert my attention from the jobless claims and the unemployment? first of all, you are right there s a saying in washington now a trillion is the new billion. we started in the last year or so talking about the budget in the trillions and deficit in the trillions that never happened before. why should we care about these numbers? it ties into the unemployment rate. the most important stack is can americans find work? statistic is can americans
you he decided at the dinner to do this. once having done that he should have stayed stuck. once deciding that he was going to suffer political damage at home in order to score a point in islamic capitals around the world. now we the worst of all possible worlds. president looking weak indecisive and flip-flopper. what does he believe what he said friday or saturday? he says i don t regret a word i said. it makes him look out of touch and disengaged. greta: i think he would have gotten not good for america. greta: i think he would have gotten the question at a press conference and gibbs could have gotten hammered and they could avoid the topi-m9lp@h i think at some point he had to say something. maybe. but he hadn t had to say anything thus far. greta: karl, that you. you bet greta, that you.
greta: we have bad news and worse news. the cbo estimates 2010 deficit will total more than 1.3 trillion dollars. and the 2011 about one trillion dollars. sadly it gets worse. steve moore joins us live. how can that get worse? well, think about this, three worst years for the budget deficit in american history, 2009, barack obama s first year 1.4 trillion. second was 2010 when we had 1.3 trillion. 2011 projecting over a trillion that doesn t include the extension of the bush tax cuts for the middle class which everyone knows is going to if you add that the deficit in 2011 is going to be closer to 1.3 trillion.
with saving his political skin he s about ready to make a big mistake that is going to hurt the democrats. greta: i still think he s going to win in november. i have a bet against you and newt gingrich on who is going to win that in nevada. much more with karl rove, next. karl thinks the president damaged america when he talked about the ground zero mosque. why does karl think that? we find out, next. a car chase just took over an airport. bull just went on a pam cage in spain. and we saw the greatest video, ever. stay right here. [ brooke shields ] my whitening toothpaste? it has to be healthy so i choose colgate total advanced whitening. it removes 80% of surface stains and fights germs for 12 hours. for a whiter, healthier smile. choose colgate total advanced whitening.
about the jobless they would have passed the bill. that was 21 days ago when this took place. it took place because there was a fight in the senate. the republicans asked for the ability to make four amendments to the bill. the democrats only allowed three. if the president really cared about this bill he should have said 21 days ago to the senate democratic leader harry reid, let em have the additional amendment. the democrat handling of this was so bad that olympia snowee a moderate from maine normally inclined to be temperate and even-handed said the democrat handling of the measure was disgraceful. the president gets hit with bad news highest jobless claims in nine months they jump to 500,000 well above expectations. rather than talk about that the president attacks the republicans and heads out of town to go to martha s vineyard for the next 10 days. greta: two issues one is