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Not. it was that first round through the smackdown for two days, i think the dow fell like -- just an absolute -- >> bloodbath, but the problem is i dont know if were going to have that kind of moment. i also believe that what we will have is a downgrade, but no one can kind of like get their hands on it. >> and even if youre downgraded, it doesnt matter. japan was downgraded, but it doesnt affect their interest rates. >> well, 95% of their bonds are bought by japanese individuals. we dont have ...

Intelligence services. and you can understand their frustration. the other thing, joe biden speaking at the atlantic council last night, pointed out there is another victory here in terms of being able to trust congress. lets watch. >> there was such an absolute, overwhelming desire to accomplish this mission that although for over several months we were in the process of planning it and there were as many as 16 members of congress who were briefed on it, not a single, solitary thing leaked. i f...

For three weeks they abandoned their job and the people they represent and 14 districts and they decided that the minority could rule. we showed we could move this bill forward. we reached out to some of the reasonable ones, their leader, senator miller showed they no interest in doing anything but shutting this bill down. thankfully the legislature stood up to those tactics. >> greta: democrats are not backing down they say they are going to take back democracy. the states number two must be ge...

To end? >> first of all, its much broader than this. this is an outright assault on worker rights and trying to silence the workers voices. its not just about the eight states, add to that, iowa, nebraska, the states that are trying to undercut if not totally eliminate the collective bargaining rights these workers have enjoyed. this is about right to work laws. paycheck protection laws that they call protection, which as you know is really paycheck deception, which is trying to silence workers ...

Where do you think this is going to end? >> first of all, its much broader than this. this is an outright assault on worker rights and trying to silence the workers voices. its not just about the eight states -- ohio -- by the way, add to that iowa nebraska, the states that are trying to undercut if not totally eliminate the collective bargaining rights these workers have enjoyed over many decades. this is about right to work laws in a dozen state. this is about paycheck protection laws that the...

Well, they only got 8% of the benefits. see, bush couldnt hold a candle to the highway robber of the poor back in the 1980s. back in the years when ronald reagan was president. income of the top 0.1% grew over 105%. the bottom 90% only had a 1.2% increase. now, you tell me what the mission has been since the reagan years. that means the super rich grew 100% faster than the rest of america. you want to know what the hell is happening to the middle class? there are the numbers. trickle down econom...

People say by the way. oh, my god, omg. and people say what the -- and then the other word. but youre right. heres a woman running for president perhaps talking like this. jeff, were you offended by her lingo? its childish and playing to the peanut gallery with this talk. not playing like youre running for president. im offended by the absolute, seems to be weird sense of american history were getting from these people like her and bachmann. the other night bachmann was talking about how slavery...