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Town of greece, new york, which for eight years in a row violated the constitution by having the government-led prayers at a city council meeting where many citizens have to go to do their business. >> so why is the u.s. supreme court deciding this now? weve been doing this since the beginning of time, right? >> yeah. this is a tradition that dates back 225 years. and the question the court is really presented with is, americans today, do they have the same rights as the founders. and unfortunat...

Are you cheating? you tear your seven. >> the 225 female inmates at clevelands cuyahoga correction center make up 10% of the total population. some prefer to keep a low profile, but not felicia smith. >> my girl, felicia. >> im a lesbian. i love women. any man i ever lay with had to pay me, and mine any man. if you cant pay me, then you sure enough cant [ bleep ] me. i acquired a lifestyle being a dancer, big money. 12 or 13 i was in the club stripping and doing anything else i could do to get m...

Raise whats called the debt ceiling, america would not be able to meet all of our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. and because its called raising the debt ceiling, i think a lot of americans think its raising our debt. it is not raising our debt. it does not add a dime to our debt. >> yes, it does. we will raise the debt ceiling at some point. well raise it by $1 trillion. well go from $17 trillion in debt to $18 trillion in debt. that does add $1 trillion to our debt. peri...

Obligations for the first time in 225 years. now the last time that the tea party republicans flirted with the idea of default two years ago, markets plunged, business and consumer confidence plunged. americas credit rating was downgraded for the first time. and a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, according to many ceos and economists would be an im quoting here, insane, catastrophic, chaos, these are some of the more polite words. warren buffett likened defaul...

Hey, you guys comfortable? its best-in-class rear legroom. and with a turbo engine that gets 35 highway m-p-g. you know j.d. power ranked passat the most appealing midsize car two years in a row? i bet, uh, dan here wishes somebody found him most appealing two years in a row. ron: its ron jc: ron... exactly. vo: get 0 down, 0 due at signing, 0 deposit, and 0 first months payment on passat or any new 2014 volkswagen. if congress refuses to raise whats called the death ceiling, america would not...

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To the republicans. he is not going to give away his signature program. it may die on its own, leave it aside. it may be a formula on social security. that would be good for the -- >> in the lead to the shutdown were talking about obamacare and now were talking about entitlement reform again. i think there has been a shift there. listen to president obama talking about the debt ceiling in particular and get your response to this. >> if congress refuses to raise whats called the debt cell, americ...

In 225 years. now the last time that the tea party republicans flirted with the idea of default two years ago, markets plunged, business and consumer confidence plunged. americas credit rating was downgraded for the first time. and a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, according to many ceos and economists would be an im quoting here, insane, catastrophic, chaos, these are some of the more polite words. warren buffett likened default to a nuclear bomb, a weapon t...

In 225 years. now the last time that the tea party republicans flirted with the idea of default two years ago, markets plunged, business and consumer confidence plunged. americas credit rating was downgraded for the first time. and a decision to actually go through with it, to actually permit default, according to many ceos and economists would be an im quoting here, insane, catastrophic, chaos, these are some of the more polite words. warren buffett likened default to a nuclear bomb, a weapon t...

The stock market would collapse. gas prices will go through the roof. car sales are going to drop. new job hiring is going to stop. the housing market will collapse. truck sales will definitely collapse. the airline industry, the construction industry, charitable donations will be down, and big banks are going to be right back at the trough, saying, we need a bailout. president obama not happy with republicans threatening default because he knows the consequences. he talked about it this afterno...