real presence in washington, d.c.'s, creative and social communities. webre has become a very charismatic leader and visionary for the one of the nation's top mid-size ballecompanies. he has been credited with successfully helping to transform the nation's capital, widelynown as the mecca of world politics, into an up-and-coming, hip, and urban artistic community. quite an accomplishment for the seventh son and the seventh of 9 children, thus the name septime. >> it feels a little, like, awkward. like, it feels like it doesn't quite flow. my parents where good, sortf recently arrived cuban-american immigrants and expected me to become a lawyer or a doctor or a architec and in fact, i had told them that i wasoing to be an attorney, and at a certain moment, i decided that i would pursue this ballet careerand i think my parents-- while they knew of my theatrical interests--had just imagined me as this high-powered lawyer, and it was probably 10 or 15 years into my dance career before they realized, "you know, i guess he's

not to be part of what we consider the problem in washington d.c. but to get there and to reduce spending and to promote ideas like a balanced budget amendment and term limits and ideas that have been talked about for a while in d.c. we have been sold to voters in various states as positive ideas but they haven't really been worked on very hard in washington d.c. >> schieffer: all right. mr. buck, thank you so much for joining us this morning. very enlightening to get your positions out there. we'll be back in a minute to talk with one of the leading strategists in this movement. ♪ [ man ] i thought our family business would always be boots. until one day, my daughter showed me a designer handbag. and like that, we had a new side to our business. [ male announcer ] when the martinez family saw an opportunity, the hartford was there. protecting their employees and property, and helping them prepare for the future. nice boots. nice bag. [ male announcer ] see how the hartford helps businesses at achievewhatsahead.com. lord of the carry-on. sovereign

but we have to find some discipline from outside of washington, d.c., and impose it on our congress and executive branch. >> schieffer: you heard last week, when republicans here in washington proposed a series of tax cuts from the wealthiest americans to some in the lowest income brackets-- democrats say that if you put those wealthy americans, add them on to the tax cuts that they too are proposing which are going to increase the federal deficit, that it would just send it through the roof. how do you come down on those tax cuts? are the tax cuts worth it for the deficit spending it's going to cost? >> well, it's interesting language. i don't see it as tax cuts. they talk about extending the bush tax cuts. we have a tax rate right now. increasing that tax rate to me is a tax increase. also i think you have to look at where do families cut if we don't maintain our tax rates where they are right now? what do families have to give up in order to pay for the government spending, the overspending that's going on in the federal government? i come down on the side of low taxes because i thin

there are too many people back in washington, d.c. who will not answer simple questions, like where they are on card check, for example. [laughter] it is easy to criticize an individual like paul ryan for putting something on the table. as i have said a number of times, i do not agree with many of the proposals in his plan. but even his plan does not balance this budget and does not get us out of this debt and 122063. i agree with you. that is unacceptable -- this debt until 200063. i agree with you. that is unacceptable. i think what we do, if we will get out of the situation, is to grow our economy. we have to strive for energy independence and stop the large transfer of wealth in our country's history, in the world history, frankly, to oil- producing countries. we can lower the corporate tax. we stop over regulating with epa regulations. and we do what we need to do to grow this economy so that we have a larger tax base and get out of the mess that we are in. it is not a mess that you cause or that i caused -- other than your last

for the chancellor of washington, d.c. schools. duncan and michelle reid appeared on meet the press this morning. duncan said mayor fenty can walk out of office with his head held high. reid was asked whether she will stay on as chancellor with vincent gray as mayor. here is what she said. >> i am a huge fan of what he and michelle have done. by any measure the public schools in washington, d.c. are better than they were. there is a question i should ask you are you going to stay as chancellor of washington, d.c. schools? >> that is something very to determine and talk to mr. gray who is the mayor. but i think the important thing to realize is that education reform can continue in washington, d.c. regardless of whether i'm there or not. >>> reid also said she could stay on as chancellor as long as the new leadership is willing to make the incredibly tough decisions they have already made the last few years. >> as majority leader hoyer is calling comedian stephen colbert's capitol hill inappropriate and an embarrassment. he testifie

services in washington d.c.? >> yes, you can, if you are in washington d.c., can you see the site in montreal? yes. >> can i posed services that would be available in washington d.c. on the montreal side? >> yes,ut the utility is virtually zero, because the traffic that use the web pages for montreal or seattle or miami or local populations, so if i were to place an ad in washington d.c. for something that i was selling or a job or a services at in another city, there would be no value whatsoever, because nobody near me is a patron of that. >> how long would it take people to figure out that the site they are looking at is the canadian side? >> that i cannot answer, but i can tell you from my impression of what has been happening over the past 10 days is that the people who are creating these s, who had previously used the adult services assets, have decided that there is no value in using craigslist anymore, so they are moving to other sites. >> indicated this is so prevalent, it the ads are there for everyone t

i mean, what happened in washington, d.c. and the unions who were a part of this in terms of opposing what the mayor and michelle rhee did, if we make it about individual jurisdictions, the unions are powerful. some of those who oppose the refofrms in the status quo are powerful. is it good enough to step back and allow the district to have themselves. can you prevail and perform when it's this tough? >> the national leaders have to be involved and engage in the local level as well. i mean, the reform movement -- what we're doing in detroit cannot take place without very strong sup from governor granholm , mike flanigan, and michelle's case, adrian fenty. every major decision that i have made i have been sued either by local leaders, school board members, and there is a sense of urgency in these urban school districts. you cannot sit back and let children and not take care of what's needed for children, particularly more rigor in the classrooms, more effective leaders. not just teachers effective leaders. i moved 51 principal

usa well the answer is washington d.c. has the highest rate that's right the u.s. capital now the numbers are far beyond what you could even consider an epidemic and yet first some reason nobody wants to talk about it but now a new documentary called the other city is highlighting the fact that there are two washington d.c. s there is the one you might see on t.v. shiny and white adorned with monuments and then there's the other d.c. filled with crime poverty and a public health epidemic well joining me from our l.a. studio to discuss this film the other city is the producer of the film and the co-founder sheila johnson sheila thanks so much for joining me now i actually took that example of the three cities from from the film itself that was you know shown at the very beginning and i think that that's very important because you think of washington d.c. it's not supposed to be a perfect city but that is the symbol of america this is the nation's capital and i bet that nobody would have guessed that that was the correct answer i mean why do you think that is why doe

in washington, d.c., you closed schools, you fired teachers. there was a lot of controversy around that. randi, do you believe in accountability, what happened in washington, michelle, you start, when you did fire teachers and closed down schools that weren't performing? >> we certainly got a tremendous amount of pushback. i think the superintendent bobb knows this as well. people are uncomfortable when you change what is currently in place. and so what we looked at over the last 3 1/2 years, for example, we closed 23 school in the first year. we've closed several schools after that because we cannot continue to pour the same amount of resources into a faulty system. we were shrinking in terms of the number of schools that were coming to school but we never downsized the number of schools that we had. the results of that was that we were spreading our resources way too thin. and we were -- the citizens and the students weren't feeling the amount of money that we were spending every single day. you know, in terms of the teacher accountability, y

that's on its way to washington d.c. right now. meanwhile investigators are asking for three specific things from the public to help them with their investigation. number one, any amateur video of thursday's explosion or just video of that area itself. they want to know more about what the blast site looked like prior to the explosion. also if anyone noticed dying vegetation in the area. that may be a sign of a gas leak and if anyone smelled gas prior to the explosion, they want to know. >> i smelled it. it was once in a while, say three, almost four weeks ago. >> all i can tell you is that i've heard the same rumors. i haven't gotten any confirmation from pg&e that there's been any issues ups there. >> meanwhile the california public utilities commission has ordered pg&e to inspect all of its natural gas lines. according to reports, pg&e has over 5,000 miles of gas line. the state says the utility company should give priority to the large transmission lines first like the one that ruptured last thursday evening and lines that run

it is about to start in washington, d.c. it's a meeting of the surface transportation and marchant marine infrastructure safety and security subcommittee. you can see people are about to start taking their seats. barbara boxer there on the left-hand side of your screen. we are expecting to hear from senators boxer and feinstein. the president of pg&e christopher johns, as well as the mayor of san bruno, the california public utilities commission and the ntsb, which is in charge of the investigation into what happened in san bruno. last week, feinstein and boxer introduced a bill to double the number of term pipeline inspectors, increase the penalties for pipeline safety violations and require automatic electronic shutoff valves wherever possible. it would also require pipeline operators to contact all property owners within 2,000 feet of a natural gas transmission line informing them of the line. another factor, now under investigation an equipment failure the day of the blast at pg&e's terminal in milpitas, which is at the

desde washington d.c. ♪ (música) >>>josé: muy buenas tardes, comenzamos el noticiero aquí en washington con el senador demócrata, harry enfrentando en una reñida batalla, pero d como telemundo informó primero hoy propuso una estrategia para lograr la aprobación conocida como el dream act. un beneficio que permite a los jóvenes algo más. >>>angie: hasta ahora el futuro de millones de jóvenes indocumentados parecían incierto >>> hsoy a neshamérica americae no tiene son papeles y podré ir luego a la universidad sin miedo. >>>angie: sin embargo debido a una propuesta demócrata el dream act oizar a los estudiant indocumentados pudiera convertirse en realidad. todos los niños extranjeros traídos por sus padre as estados unidos, deberían obtener la residencia y poder ir a universidades estatales, o las fuerzas harmarmadas. esta enmienda formará parte del proyecto de defensa del 2011 a presentarse la semana que viene en el senado. >>> con esto esperamos que podamos pues obtener los votos para probarlo, y darle un impulso a una reforma migratoria integral. >>>angie: la casa blanca

we showed to the pipes their washington d.c. to go into a laboratory put it under microscope and they will investigate. under the microscope they can see if there's any cracks before the explosion took place to tell them exactly what happened. they are talking to construction crews to see if there's any excavation that took place before the explosion happened. they're not ruling it out there is so much they need to do it that even though the pipes are heading out of here today may be tomorrow as quickly as possible. they will remain in the neighborhood to talk to the nippers to try and track down the e e e e e e e e e e le c ciy smelled gas in the neighborhood. also to could comb through the area to find any fragments of the pipes. they're taking three sections the pipe that exploded and the pipes on both ends. they cut off fro10 ft. from both sen. they're asking people if you run across fragments turn that into the investigators because that is vital to their investigation. they're working with pg&e as far as this investigation

the mayor of washington, d.c., was defeated in his quest for reelection. quite aside from all other points, he had initiated an extraordinarily impressive attempt to reform the public schools in the district of columbia, which when i was growing up in the city were some of the best public schools in the country. they're not the worst. >> we have to leave it there with linda. >> my high point is sort of one side of the same coin with the low point. the high point is referring to the midterm elections as the silly season. and the silly season, you can sort of see light at the end of the tunnel. >> the low point is that you do not get to it. that is our program today. we're glad you came along. you can watch this program and others that preceded it at wh chronicle.com. and you can read some of my scribblings there and attacks from readers. take care. all the best. and hot tea is the realty. cheers. ♪ >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut howard university television. from washington, d.c., this has been "white house chronicle" --

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in fact, sacramento and washington, d.c. had been fighting over who gets to spend that money in the vast majority of teachers won't be employed until 2012 and some of it may go to reducing the deficit. >> time is up. pilar, you have the next question for carly fiorina. >> thank you very much. 65,000 young men and women graduate from high school in the u.s. and have a hard time furthering their education or finding the job because they were brought here illegally. would you have continued to live in the limbo? would you consider supporting legislation in helping them in the long path of the citizenship if they study to meet certain goals? >> i believe that the 21st century is the century of brain power and innovation. we need to cultivate all of the brain power we can. by making sure that people are well educated here. yes. i would support the dream act. i do not believe that we can punish children who through no fault of their own are here trying to live the american dream. now, let me very quickly say, i do not support amne

i was born and raised in washington, d.c., i have no intentions of ever aving. i will be in the city for the rest of my life. my parents taught me that you have to be involved. that you have to give back to your community it is unlikely that i will be in a position as home profile, maybe not even elected office in d.c., it is guaranteed 100% that i will continue to give back to my community to keep washington, d.c. the greatestity in the world. i will take questions from the media. >> can you tell us what your advice will be? >> i have talked to michelle a couple of times. mainly about what i will talk to all my cabinet directors about over the next 106 days, that is transition. make being sure we don't miss a beat. as we speak, there are hundreds of thousands of d.c. residents relying on the services of the government that i am in charge of. we talked preliminarily, we will talk about what we need to do to continue to move forward through the rest of the school year. she will be the ultimate decider about her own personal future, and it is my understanding that

washington, d.c., which of to a rainy start to this work week. and is coming down hard in some areas. adam caskey is your within the get our first forecast. this is much needed brain. it is nice. >> the timing is not so bad for us. i know is not good for the commute and even later this evening or tomorrow morning, but we really need the rain. we are getting it right now. we are getting a perfect long soak everywhere. where it is raining in the metro area, it is coming down very hard. the red and yellow you see right here, down the belt way toward extreme north arlington, these showers are falling each other and they move like a train follow each other and dumping heavy rainfall. one point to 5 inches at t.j. elementary. -- 1.25 inches. more on this and the expected accumulation coming up. >> return to the news of the day. police in silver spring are searching for a hit-and-run driver who said a young woman to the hospital. this happened saturday night on carroll ave. he left a key piece of evidence behind. courtney robinson explains. >> a 24-year

>> well, the good news is what we'vehown over the last 3 1/2 years washington, d.c. is that if you prioritize education, if you make it the number one issue in the city, you have the political leadershipnd the courage to make tough decisions that you can see tremendous progress in a short period of time over the last three years we've gone from being, you know, worst amongst all urban jurisdictions in the country to actually leading the nation in games in our progress of students on the examination in reading and math. so, i think it basically shows if you have -- if you have a -- if you have a singular focus and you really are prioritizing, making those tough decisions that progress can result. >> and, what are you finding in detroit aout what's working right now? >> well, a lot of things are working in detroit. i think i would like to go back to secretary duncan mentioned. and that is, although our state did not win in the race to the top competition, considerable reforms were advanced by the governor and the state legislature and the secretary -- theuperintendent

that does include washington, d.c. and most of the close-in counties particularly to our north, south and east. out to the we, it does include fairfax county, parts of fauquier county, places like that. i will mention this. for those of you with relatives down there, there is a tornado warning in effect until 5:45 around the virginia beach area this morning for virginia beach, norfolk and the eastern city of chesapeake. so that is a tornado warning in effect down to our south and east. now, let's get to hd radar. i just want to mention while we are atalking about these tornado watches that are in effect, this is how widespread the system is. tornado watch is in effect for portions of the district of columbia, delaware, maryland, new jersey and the costal waters. we are particular will you currented about our friends in anne arundel county, calvert county, places like that where they continue to see -- look at annapolis, right now under the gun. cape st. clair under the gun with very heavy rain. they just keep getting t

ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with all of the details. good morning, allison -- alison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. let's get right to a live look inside the state department. some of the dignitaries are starting to arrive for the first talks for the israeli and palestinians. it rb the first such meeting for -- it will be the first such meeting for hillary clinton. she's making an opening statement and then the cameras will be kicked out. both sides will try to reach an agreement in a year. one of the most urgent issues could derail talks on that immediately. palestinians are calling on israelis to stop the settlements in the west bank or they will pull out of the negotiations. president obama says he's cautiously optimistic about making progress for you. we're gonna keep covering this for you and i will have another update in an hour. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> in their first debate aired live right here on ktvu, u.s. senate dits, barbara boxer and carly

thank you for taking the time to come out from washington, d.c.. dale, thank you for your stewardship in the region. i want to thank everybody who has already acknowledged. on behalf of jose, well done. i think this is my fifth groundbreaking. unbelievable. we were here with senator boxer, twice with speaker policy. i think we found some neighbors and did one of our own. this is a product that goes back many years. i remember when i was 10 years old, the parking and traffic commission in 1996 to reject never talking about this project. in 1955, folks said that it was time to fix this half hour affair. -- the repair -- thoroughfare. it needed to be structurally change. hundreds of thousands of vehicles go across every day. on the weekend, we see just as many cars built over as we do during the weekdays. this is a vital link to the economic vibrancy to the northern part of the state and it is essential that we are here. we've received victor in your organization, a number of structural safety rating of 2, not out of time, but out of 100. one of the s

in washington d.c. this morning israeli prime minister and palestinian president sit down together for the first direct negotiations in almost two years. ktvu's allison burns is live in our washington d.c. newsroom with all the details in this very important meeting. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. and president obama says he is cautiously optimistic about a peaceful solution to the long running conflict between israelis and palestinians. ahead of this morning's direct talks at the state department, he hosted the palestinian and israeli leaders and the leaders of egypt and jordan for a dinner at the white house last night. president obama emphasized a common bond between them. >> we are fathers blessed with sons and daughters. so we must ask ourselves what kind of world do we want to be quite a few to our children and grandchildren. >> reporter: led by talking of hillary clinton will take place. one of the toughest issues they'll deal with is the presumed expansion. palest

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stewart will hold a ralll in washington, d.c. called restore sandyyand colbert will hold one called the march to keep fear alive in washington, d.c.. both will be held october 30. ann for more information on these events go to foxbaltimore.com, as always,/news links. >> next on the "late edition". progress in the rescue of the minors in chile. the things rescuers still need tt do to get them out. >> this is lining he czar of all czars. >> and the tactic president >> long time maryland senator ú%ysses ccrrie pleads not guilty to corruption chhrres. currie enters a plea in a federal courtroom in baltimore this morning. the prince george's county democrat is accused of accepting almost aaquarter million dollars from theeshoppers food arehouse in exchange for his influence in annapolis. he was namee in an 18 count indictment earlier this month that included charges of bribery and mail fraud. 73-years-old. he has cancer. he as other serious health issues. and as anyone can well imagine, strain on him. >> the judge ordered currie to s

i use it in washington, d.c., ala. glad to see it in baltimore. >> some agree that it will make their lives easier. >> that is a really good idea. it should be convenient. i will probably use it. >> you do not have to worry about having money on you. just use the card. it will help you out a lot. you can get on the train easier. >> you can buy the card online, at the mta transit store. you can recharge it as often at you like at ticket machines. >> if you decide it is not for you coming cache bears and regular tickets will still be accepted. >> lyric theater in downtown baltimore has been renamed. it will be called the patrician and arthur modell arts center after the couple donated more than $3 million to the lyric stage house expansion project. as you know, there are the former orders of the baltimore ravens. >> the $3.50 million donation will ensure that future generations just like their parents and grandparents before them will be able to enjoy the finest musicians in the world. >> the lyric operations brings the

they are taking it to washington d.c. for further investigation. state regulators are ordering them to test all of the natural gas lines in the state. the death count stands at four and forensic testing on the remains found around the scene. for people have still been missing. most residents have been able to return but 37 homes have been destroyed. people from those homes will be learning more later on this morning as to when or if they and a back to their homes. with and tea as be on the scene kron 4 jackie's cecil. he has been like all morning. >> we are starting to get our first good look at the neighborhood as a span down will show you some of the destruction. the only thing left are the chimneys standing up you can see the charred cars. this is where that 30 in. main blasted and caused all this destruction. we talked about pg&e being out here this morning. you can see them crating up when maybe the most important piece of evidence collected out here. that 28 ft. long piece of pipe at the center of all this. there crating in the spirit they wi

sacramento and washington, d.c. has be fighting over who gets to spend that money, and the vast majority of teachers won't be employed until 2012 and some will go to reducing the deficit. >> you have the next question for carly fiorina. >> thank you very much. miss fiorina, every year, 65,000 young men and women graduate from high school in the u.s. and have a hard time furthering their education or finding a job because they were brought here illegally when they are children. they are not fault of their home. will you continue to live in this limbo and send them back to the countries they don't remember and know or consider supporting legislation that helps them in the long path of citizenship? >> i believe the 21st century is the century of brain power and invasion. we need to cultivate all the brain power we can by making sure that people are well- educated here. yes, i would support the dream act, because i do not believe we can punish children through no fault of their own are here. let me quickly say i do not

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host: jackie in washington, d.c. caller: i would like to respond to the previous a gentlemen's call about washington being prosperous. there is a lot of joblessness in this area. i called to say is that we may have lost manufacturing but we have not lost the knowledge, the how-to principle of manufacturing. and i would suggest for those people who live in certain areas, who have certain expertise, if they could form a corporate and develop things that are good, even though it may be a little more expensive, and let's cut our ties with all of these foreign purchases. that is what i wanted to say. guest: that is a tough thing to do. we are in so far right now. there is one interesting thing the caller said. we have smart people. they should come together and come up with ideas. build products in new ways of fixing the economy, getting us going again. i think that is what is happening. we talk in the book about what will happen economically. one community that will do well over the next decade is college towns. they are

the 18-year-old gourmet restaurant has two locations in the washington, d.c. area and is opening a third. the owner in part credits president obama and his new small business bill for helping her restaurant and the nation's jobless. >> should we hire which i think we are going to, employees who have been unemployed for a couple of months, then we would get some -- get a tax benefit for doing that. >> reporter: at the white house today there was ruth, a guest, as president obama formally approved the democrats' small business bill. >> it was critical that we cut taxes and make more loans available to entrepreneurs. the $30 billion bill could spark 300 billion in loans, but later democrats would allow a hike of the top income tax rate that many small businesses pay.

stewart will hold a ralll in washington, d.c. called restore sandyyand colbert will hold one called the march to keep fear alive in washington, d.c.. both will be held october 30. ann for more information on these events go to foxbaltimore.com, as always,/news links. >> next on the "late edition". progress in the rescue of the minors in chile. the things rescuers still need tt do to get them out. >> this is lining he czar of all czars. >> and the tactic president  ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally- conscious way while saving you hundreds of dollars on your water-heating energy bill. the geospring water heater from ge with advanced hybrid technology. heating the water in your home any other way is just going to seem primitive. [ monkey cheeps ] ♪ maryland residents can save up to $780 while funds last. >> long time maryland senator ú%ysses ccrrie pleads not guilty to corruption chhrres. currie enters a plea in a fede

barbarabarbara boxer has been in washington, d.c. for 28 long years, and though she may say many things tonight, her track record, her long track record in washington, d.c. is consistent and clear, and the results of her policies are devastating for this state. in the last 20 months alone, our unemployment rate has grown from 10.2% to 12.3%. our debt has gone from 10.8 trillion to 13 tril yoon, on its way -- trillion, on its way to 20 trillion. barbara boxer may say she's fighting hard for californians. but the truth is, she is fighting hard for another six years in washington, d.c. >> senator, you get another chance now. >> thank you, everybody. it's wonderful to be here. thanks to the good people of california who have put their faith in me. and because of that, i've been able to enact thousands of provisions, for our children, the first-ever, after-school program. for our veterans, the first- ever, comprehensive casualty care center in california for our wounded warriors. we've doubled the transportation funding. that means thousa

in washington, d.c., you closed schools, you fired teachers. a lot of controversy around that. randi, do you believe in accountability, what happened in washington, michelle, you start, when you did fire teachers and close down schools that weren't performing? >> we got a tremendous amount of pushback. i think the superintendent bobb knows this as well.

the asian american justice center from washington, d.c. the center for state and local government law. the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has br

the washington, d.c. politicians think that these business owners will figure out how to pay these additional costs. whether he wore families or small businesses, they cannot pay any more. the threat of an increased tax on any american right now would further harm our economy. our hope is that the democratic leadership will stop listening and will join us in an effort that will put people back to work and get our economy growing again. >> the number one question in america continues to be where the jobs? the democrats have tried to spend their way into more jobs with the stimulus. 3 million of our fellow americans lost their jobs. the democrats have tried to bail out their way to prosperity. unemployment is still led 10% and 3 million have lost their jobs. they've tried they're baring. if the deficits in a row, over one trillion wireless -- 1 trillion dollars. the highest deficit in history. now they want to try to tax their way into more jobs, a tax on small business and investors. i don't know if it is