and jack lew is in the middle of it. because democratic economic policies have not been well received by republicans in congress, and because jack lew once irked mitch mcconnell, he is, we're supposed to believe, not going to get the top tier cabinet position. we scoff in your general direction. if those do not sound like reasons substantive enough to block a presidential cabinet nomination, that is because those are not reasons substantive enough to block a presidential cabinet nomination. at least historically speaking, those are not the kind of things that keep a person out of a top tier job like that. as "the new york times" calculated today, in the history of the u.s. senate, the senate has confirmed over 500 cabinet nominations. over 500. it has denied nine out of more than 500 in gnat senate history. the last time a cabinet nomination was denied was almost 25 years ago when the senate voted down poppy bush's nominee for defense john tower after what would later be described in his obituary of public allegations of

defense secretary but jack lew is practically a shoo in however given this man's history with banks and his stances on deregulation should we expect more of the same from him for more kyle harrington founder of harrington capital management joins me hey there kyle so let's are you doing well how are you sir good jack lew is not a surprising choice to many just i mean he isn't facing as much scrutiny as more of an out of the box kind of nominee. well i you know it's interesting aside from his peculiar signature you know i think you know one needs to look at whether or not you are republican democrat liberal conservative his his background is it is kind of interesting as well it seemed as if he was raised and grew up on more of a government dependent spending liberal side of the equation and then he got into private practice in which he you know like you highlighted said that financial deregulation had nothing to do with the collapse so you you you wonder whether or not you know where he is and again with the less thing we need in my opinion out of washington d.c. with respect to any of t

continue tim's work at treasury than jack lew. >> jack lew is very partisan, he's very political. >> he already has some strong opposition especially from the top lawmaker on the senate budget committee jeff sessions. you can't have somebody-- >> i trust his judgment, value his friendship, i know very few people get greater integrity than the man to my left. >> jack lew and the president don't think that spending is the problem. wasteful government spending is the problem. >> prosecutors say arias had one last tryst with travis alexander, killed him in a ferocious gun and knife attack. it's not a case of whodunit. it's a case of kill or be killed. if i didn't kill him, i myself would be killed. >> it's hard to play the victim of terrorism, when you've shot the guy in the head and slashed him or slashed him and then shot him in the head. >> and junior saey, doctors reveal-- >> junior suffered from chronic brain damage. severe brain damage, all the concussions, he suffered damage to his very brain cells. >> the latest on the disappearance of luxury fashion mogul vittorio missoni. >> an

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jack lew was also the architect of this sequester mechanism. a lot of people are worried if that kicks in, the automatic spending cuts, that, you know, that would really be a bad thing for the economy. some democrats are surprisingly saying maybe that's a good way to handle this whole budget cuts. where do you think jack lew stands on that? and, unfortunately, we just have half a minute left. what do you think? >> well, i think jack recognizes that if the sequester kicks in, it does two things. one, it makes deficit savings a lot more pronounced. that's $85 billion in one year. but, two thurts an economic recovery that's already too fragile. we certainly don't want to see that $85 billion extracted from the economy in 2013 all at once. >> susieall rght, jared, anks a lot for your analysis, really appreciate it. thanks for coming on the program. jared bernstein for the center on budget and policy priorities. >> my pleasure. next week on n.b.r., we'll find out what the federal reserve policymakers are thinking. ben bernanke and the open market co

jack lew claim to fame to create a surplus bet americans are up in arms? >> nobody has a better resonate and jack lew who was an aide to tip o'neill during the reform of social security. republicans are really just playing partisan. lori: over the last three years ago with budget director u.s. has run deficits over $8 trillion per year in that rate is of contention with criticism. >> a lot of that's is more partisan fear than reality. one interview that he did when the president proposes budget that spending on government programs would balance with the revenues to equalize. their rubies smaller running deficits but that was the course scope and size issue. they said it is semantics but that is not the case. lori: do they not like him because he is a tough negotiator? >> that is part of it. >> except john kerry every nomination is criticized even in hagel is not good enough. so the backdrop of the obama was working in with a first term and dynamics were different but that was a solid choice and we could have huge ffghts ahead of us. >> with the cuts coming

well, for heaven sakes, jack lew was on wall street for a year. he ran the alternative investments at citibank and he got $1 million bonus to that and $1 million cash compensation on top of that. i don't begrudge him that. i'm a free market guy. but his boss begrudges people who made money and lew did that in one year. if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. >> well, again, he is in sync with his boss, president obama, and i think obama's willing to overlook those transgressions as long as you see the world the way he does. and in terms of governor dean, i almost think i'm re-hearing herbert hoover about the need to fight the deficit by raising taxes. raising taxes -- >> and cutting spending. >> raising taxes is not the way to go. and you look at europe, they're raising taxes, japan is raising taxes and the result is a disaster. as you know, if we had normal growth economy, say 4%, which shouldn't be hard to do after what we've been through, you'd get an extra $400 billion, $500 billion right off the bat, instant, painless. >> howard, what

. >> sir, you're on record about jack lew. i want to get you on record about the breaking news that jay rockefeller announcing he's not going to seek another term come 2014. he's been a five-term senator from west virginia. what does this mean to the balance of power in the senate? >> well, i'm not an expert on the politics of west virginia. jay rockefeller has been a wonderful senator and very strong on a number of issues. he's going to be missed very, very much. and i hope that there will be a good candidate that can take his place. >> the new comes after shelly moore announcing that she would seek rockefeller's seat next year, republican from west virginia. at least one person throwing their hat in the ring for that. bernie sanders, thanks for joining me, i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> here's a look at some of the stories topping the news now. the centers for disease control and prevention said the flu is widespread in 47 states, up from 41. 20 children have died so far and the cdc also reporting that even though the vac

please confirm jack lew. i have to have this man as treasury secretary. seriously if this guy gets confirmed it would be the second most ridiculous signature only to appear on our money thanks to buchanan's secretary oliver lewis ottingham. i see the audience went to seventh grade like i did. [ laughter ] i'm 50. can can tell you why guy who will find him rolling in jack lew doodle stacks as money will soon be called, al gore. >> former vice president al gore say richer man tonight about $100 million richer after selling his little watched cable channel current tv to the arab news channel al jazeera. >> jon: oh, man! former democratic vice president turned climate-change crusader sells openly liberal cable channel to a muslim. ladies and gentlemen, i think we have our first fox boner alert of 2013. [cheers and applause] >> al jazeera owned by the oil sheik dom of qatar, right. big gore who hates big oil is making a ton of money by selling it to big oil. >> jon: it's a legitimate point, actually. you would think if woe sell to toms of maine or pedal air, t

it's believed to be jack lew. that is who he will nominate. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel looks at the lew pros and cons tonight from the white house. >> two sources close to the process say white house chief of staff jack lew is expected to be nominated by the end of the week. publicly, jay carney avoided getting ahead of president obama. >> i don't have a timetable for any other personnel announcements but i have no new information. or any change information on secretary geithner departure. >> sources say lew is up with of the president's favorites because of the sharp knowledge of the federal budget and no drama style. capitol hill republicans say lew gained a reputation for being arrogant and rigid in the 2011 dead ceiling fight. the top republican predicts a bumpy confirmation process because lew is too political in the capitol hill testimony. >> he refused to acknowledge basic financial certainly and spun numbers in a way that benefited president. he did not show credibility he wants in the cabinet position. >> the confi

jack lew, the current white house chief of staff. the nomination not without controversy, as most are not these days. mr. lew's reputation truly precedes him in this case. some in the senate as seeing him overly rigid -- the senate and the house on capitol hill see him overly rigid. wyoming senator john bros. sew is chairman of the foreign policy committee. nice to have you back on the program. >> thank you, jenna. jenna: i was looking at a report from bob woodward, speaker boehner apparently told woodward that he asked the president to keep jack lew at the white house, to not send him to capitol hill because he was tired of hearing the word "no" so many times. what's your reaction to this nomination if. >> well, jack lew is very partisan, and he's very political. but the fundamental problem, jenna, are are the president's policies and the president's addiction to spending. to me, that's the bigger issue. wewe are $16 trillion in debt, t is the greatest threat to our national security, and yet jack lew and the president think that sp

look like jack lew was originally left-handed. charles: i was going to write someone a note a week ago and forgot how to write in cursive. it has been that long. but jack lew never knew. stuart: more serious regarding spending and your dollar. the government's very alan bean calendar, the congressional budget office have numbers that show many more cuts could be made. look at this list. cut funding for non-defense agencies by 1%. that is a cut, how much would that saved? $932 billion over ten years. next, cut the growth in funding for the defense department. just don't cut it, cut the growth. the cbo said that would save $862 billion. how about raising the earliest eligibility age for social security? that would save another $144 billion. just those cuts we have mentioned and that is a small fraction of them, $2 trillion would be saved. you could get $4.6 trillion worth of savings if the cbos proposals were put in place. mike reagan joins us now. what i just described, government bean counters's bonet ideas. know where are they cu

if you look at jack lew's career, it's easy to say he's a creature of government. worked in the obama administration, worked for tip o'neill back in the day. but when you look at his experience before he came to the government with the obama white house, he was at citi and got $1 million salary and $1 million bonus. this irks not only conservatives who think obama's being hypocritical to nominate someone this kind of banking background after wagging his finger at the wealthy all year. but almost frustrates and infuriates the left because they would like to see someone more progressive in the treasury role. >> more progressive. but what about this? he was the chief operating officer of a proprietary trading operation of about $54 billion. now, that has been outlawed under dodd/frank. so once again, i see hypocrisy from team obama. >> you've already seen some senators on capitol hill such as chuck grassley of iowa raise questions about what jack lew did at citi. and there's been a huffington post investigation about how lew's unit within the company was tied to hedge

lew has been very suk s sesful and if anybody can, jack can. if you look at the paul ryan budget, what you see is literally a transfer of trillions of dollars over the ten-year budget window from programs that help low income people to tax cuts for rich people. this is the robin hood in reverse on steroids. jack lew recognizes that one of the critical roles for government is protecting economically vulnerable people. now, that doesn't mean he won't put some spending cuts on the table and they may even involve entitlements but you can bet the vulnerable retirees and the people who depend on the safety net at times of market failure will have a very strong ally in jack lew. >> to that point, many people have suggested in the past that there's been a revolving door that goes from the treasury to wall street and back again. is this man part of that coterie or is he very much and firmly in the public service camp? >> it's much more in the public service camp. i read this morning a critique of the choice of jack for treasury secretary by some financi

. >> up next, jack lew treasury secretary. i don't think they're going to mint the twin dollar coin. if that do they will put a squiggly on top and squall -- call it a day. ÷÷ >> shepard: 14 minutes before the hour now on "studio b." the president nominating his current chief of staff, jack lew, to replace tim geithner. before jack lew joined the white house administration he served as the chief operating officer of citigroup's global wealth management and served as president bill clinton's budget director and crafted a bipartisan agreement that sparked budget surpluses. the president said the loss of jack lew as his chief of staff will be the country's gain. >> i trust his friendship, very few people with greater integrity than the man to my left. so i don't want to see him go because it's working out well for me to have him here in the white house. >> shepard: but he already had some strong opposition. especially from the top republican lawmaker, jack session, who said, jack lew must never be secretary of the treasury. w

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jack lew must never be treasury secretary. his testimony before the senate budget committee less than two years ago was so outrageous and false that it alone disqualifies. jack lew is not that man. >> well, i guess if jeff sessions represented the majority party, his words there might have a little more bite than they do. jack lew actually in truth is the least controversial of the nominees we're going to talk about tonight. he is very liberal. no question about that. he has come up through the ranks starting in tip o'neil's office in years ago on the democratic side of the party. capable. knows the numbers. has the president's trust. even though he has offended some republicans by his behavior in the negotiations, president likes him. they won't go to the matt over this. >> bret: chuck hagel, charles? >> here from the two leading hagel indicators. schumer on the democrats and mccain on the republican. he is from new york. unequivocal. if he goes with hagel in the end, hagel will be approved. as for mccain, his issue is more i

jack lew, women qualified for the positions? absolutely. >> do you believe that there is some meeting happens right now to try to appropriately deal with this? i mean, no one wants the job just based on the gender or color. you want to say i earned my way in this and we know the realities of doors opened and closed in our nation's past to women, to people of color. do you think given the situation, the exposure there's serious talk behind the scenes at the white house? >> absolutely. i think that's right. there's some serious talk about how to fill out the rest of the cabinet. you saw the white house rush to essentially say, hey, wait a minute, we have the folks staying. holder and sebelius but to me in some ways they weren't in tune to this initially going in to this and only speaks to the lack ofdy rersty. no one in that room to say, listen, maybe we have a problem with the optics with rolling out all of these white male candidates. >> last thing i'd say, tamron, look. this is important. we want to create good role models for

he is jack lew now chief of staff. he's got one thing in common with the president's last three nominees namely john kerry chuck hagel and john brennan all three are white males. does president obama have a diversity problem or people just being too hard on him again. we'll talk about that and a whole lot more. but first, she's got the latest, today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning. >> hey bill. good morning everyone. the white house is gearing up for a fight with the nra in the midst of meetings from obama's new gun violence task force. cnn is reporting that the nra is prepping a hard-hitting ad campaign mounting opposition to possible new restrictions. nra president david keen says the group is mobilizing for a fight and will engage its members. now the white house's plan is to outorganize the nra. president obama is rallying groups of churches, medical organizations and retailers all to build support for new gun regulations. >>> the joe biden-led task force is set to deliver

>> steve, you were right on the money with the jack lew prediction. you and i had this conversation, but i just wonder, you know, there's this antagonistic relationship between the white house and business. >> right. >> there were a handful of business guys in the mix that wanted the job. larry fink. would it be sort of better as a perception from the market or perception of business to put a business guy in there to help the relationship, help the togetherness of business in washington so we actually get some job creation going? what's your take on this choice? >> i don't disagree with the signal that could have been sent had somebody else been chosen. >> exactly. >> no doubt about that. it could have been an olive branch to the business community. i think that's for sure, and president obama did have several candidates who he could have chosen from in that regard. >> right. >> so i think that's very important, but i think right now president obama says, you know what? i've got a problem with congress. i've got a problem with the debt ceiling. let me

jack lew is going to the treasury. for those of you who can make out his signature here, that's jack lew's signature. it looks sort of like a drunk caterpillar there. that will be on your flat money. it looks just like this. jack lew's signature. like a shock test if you look at it the right way. that's one nomination. other nominations that we've had here recently. we wanted to talk to juana summers about. let's start with john brennan. john brennan to the c.i.a. how are republicans going to take this? because we've already seen some opposition to him. >> as expected, a lot aren't taking it very well. they say he still has questions to answer about harsh interrogation tactics from the bush era. he hasn't answered that. lindsey graham the other night speaking on fox news that suggested he wants to put a hold on brennan's nomination. use that as leverage so he can get the answers that he and his republican colleagues, kelly ayotte, john mccain have been pushing for from clinton from the obama administration and the atta

obama's chief of staff jack lew is moving on up. and of course the media has been all over the most controversial aspect of his record coming to a dollar bill near you this parody of a signature the treasury secretary's signature you see appears on all federal reserve notes dollar bills issued during his tenure here is jack lew's signature it really is and here is what jack lew's signature would look like on a dollar bill hahaha yeah according to corporate media the biggest dirt on mr lewis is new the signature apparently the most interesting thing they can dredge up is that his handwriting sucks but of course this is all just one giant distraction from who he is really so who is jack lew like what we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. more news in about half an hour's time here and after a short break it's spotlight. deadly rivals the decades. if you had fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators a lot of. self imposed out costs from so

jack lew, does he change things? obviously, we know he's in favor of big government, big spending, probably face a big fight for his confirmation. jack, do you think that changes anything for your markets outlook? >> it doesn't for me. i think the biggest change we're going to see right away is just new signatures on our currency. beyond that, you know, the treasury has at least under geithner in the second term here has really sort of backed away from center stage giving, handing the baton mostly to the fed. you know, whether lew takes a more activist role, he certainly is an obama loyalist, remains to be seen. i will say, you know, there's probably a little more contention in washington surrounding jack lew than there is, perhaps, on wall street right now. ashley: all right, jack. let me bring you in -- david, i'm sorry. jack, you had, we've heard from you. let's bring in david on where investors can make money in this market. what do can you like spa why? -- and why? >> sure. well, i'll make a comment on commoditi

jack lew, what's wall street think? >> you know, jack lew -- there are people who look back and forth at this. and there has been a raging debate on wall street. the instant knee-jerk reaction was that the business leaders, business community, would like to see somebody who would listen to them, maybe get their points across a little more, maybe be more interested in growth. but overall, people say jack lew has a great resume. he is a very strong player. and he is somebody who has been involved in the budget negotiation talks. and that's something that we need going around. so while they say he may have some weak points, they also expect he will be confirmed. and so people are getting used to that idea. what they're talking about now, who would be the deputy treasury secretary, someone who has a very close finger and the pulse on the financial markets, because they say that's their big concern is we want to see what happens with all these things. we have seen investors coming back into the markets. and chuck, i know it'

in his opinion there's no better person sitting in treasury to tackle that than jack lew. >> i do want to point out one thing as we talk about diversity, and we had jen saki on the show yesterday. she said while the president has a very diverse -- >> a woman who works for president obama. >> and she made the point that we have a pipeline problem. if you actually look at sort of where women are at -- we did a little researching as we are want to do on this television program -- 50% -- 50.8% of the country is female, but they're only 18.9% of congress is female. that's up. that's still 19% basically. only 4.2% of fortune 1,000 ceos, rona, are women. when we talk about why are the women who are there -- why is the word deputy in front of their names? it's because in top level positions, i mean, you still have a problem in this country and around the world with women in leadership positions. >> it's interesting. the ceo numbers are particularly striking, and i think that that represents the fact that there just has not been enough culture shift in corporate america. i mean, women's roles a

jack lew officially nominated as treasury chief. lew is known for his role in the being acrimonious talks in 2011. what could it mean this time. >> tiffany disappoints again with weaker holiday sales. there was weakness in the americas, strength in asia. so how much of a read through to the rest of retail is this earnings report? >>> nokia shares soaring this morning after a bullish outlook for the first quarter. >>> and herbal life's big day to defend itself against bill ackman's damning allegations. we'll have the latest and the ceo join us later in the show. >>> well, today president obama is set to nominate white house chief of staff jack lew as his next treasury secretary. succeeding tim geithner. lew has been budget director in both the obama and clinton administrations. he will pray a major role of course in negotiations over the debt ceiling and potential spending cuts. the president will make his announcement at 1:30 eastern. it's an event in the east room at the white house. i have to say off the bat just because he's a fo