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Bush acknowledges economic 'anxiety'

President Bush said in a speech today Americans are becoming anxious over economic indicators that are "increasingly mixed." Nancy Marshall Genzer talks with Kai Ryssdal about the president's more sober tone and the proposed credit bailouts percolating on Capitol Hill.

President Bush discusses the economy at the Union League Club in Chicago. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

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