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u.s. army corps of engineers is expected to open the floodgates on the morganza spillway. the plan is to slowly divert floodwaters away from baton rouge and new orleans. the spillway has not been opened in nearly 40 years. the move will flood other areas in south central louisiana. and this map right here youre about to see it, it says it all. areas in yellow could get up to 20 feet of water and green up to 15 feet. well have live coverage of a briefing by the u.s. army corps of engine...

swollen levee system, a taxed levee system, and they dont know if its going to hold even with this. theyre being inundated with water. people who have dealt recently with tornadoes just a couple weeks ago, and hurricane katrina and rita that hit the area and have done so much devastation to louisiana. you cant take your eyes off the pictures. imagine if this was happening in your community. this much water, knowing your homes, your hafarms, your livelihood would be flooding. wheler get...

We contacted cbo to see what those up ins were. to be fair to the house leadership. the 38.5 million is a true number -- >> greta: billion. >> thank you, billion meaning they were cutting that much out of authorization. the cbo number is also correct, because what theyre is, they are seeing those are actual cuts, but more than that could be cut within that allowance. it is complicated. >> greta: is the other a little bit fantasy cuts the 38 billion? money that wasnt even authorized to be spent? ...

Program. but we didnt pay for any of this new spending. >> democrats may have lost their way, but conservative republicans never did. >> you know, we can lecture our children about extravagance until we run out of voice and breath or we can cure their extravagance by simply reducing their allowance. >> if youre a conservative republican you can reduce the governments allowance by cutting taxes, and then sit by and try to watch the democrats preserve their spending programs when they dont have th...

Expensive prescription drug program. but we didnt pay for any of this new çspending. >> democrats may have lost their way, but conservative republicans never did. >> you know, we can lecture our children about ex-trav against until we run out of voice and breath or we can cure their extravagance by simply reducing their allowance. >> if youre a conservative republican you can reduce the governments allowance by cutting taxes, and then sit by and try to watch the democrats preserve their spendi...

>> well, democrats may have lost their way, but conservative republicans never did. >> you know, we can lecture our children about extravagance until we run out of voice and breath, or we can cure their extravagance by simply reducing their allowance. >> reducing their allowance. if youre a conservative republican you can reduce the governments allowance by cutting taxes, and then sit by and try to watch the democrats preserve their spending programs when they dont have the money to do it. the d...

Stands but its him saying this is my principles. this is where we stand. >> and on both sides, you had robert rice and ezra klein on the left saying the president recapitulated. it was absolutely awful. then on the right, you had morris and others on the far right saying, a lot of tea party people saying john boehner disgraced himself. >> this was over, by the way, $38.5 billion. i know that sounds like a huge number. were not even dealing with the budget. >> thats barnicles allowance. >> exactl...

On the left saying it was absolutely awful and dick morris and other people on the far right saying john boehner needed -- a lot of tea party people saying john boehner disgraced himself. >> this was over $35.8 billion. i know that sounds like a huge number but were not even dealing with next years budget. >> thats barnicles allowance every week. >> exactly. it solved everything. >> $38 billion on one side versus $36 billion on the other side. by the end, it was more political posturing than any...

>> its a double-edged sword. they live very well, theyre never short of anything, but on the other side of it, i know all of them when they went to school went through some embarrassing, terrible times, you know, being mocked and things like that. but you know, as i said, they live comfortably. you know, theyve got -- i give them an allowance, which is not too much and i think theyre fine. >> you said that youve got eight children. there was a period where you were reluctant to admit to one of t...

To school went through some embarrassing terrible times, you know, being mocked and things like that, but, you know, as i said they live comfortably, theyve got -- i give them an allowance which is not too much and i think theyre fine. >> you said that youve got eight children. there was a period where you were reluctant to admit to one of them. sarah who is the girl that you gave up for adoption. >> yeah if but i think thats had a happy ending, hasnt it. >> happy ending. >> happier. >> well, we...