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Our country is to let the president know if he is willing to go past august 2, we are, too. we dont want to do that. it will be disruptive. but we want default and we will pay seniors, social security and medicare, unless the president chooses not to because the resources are there. but people need to be clear about whats going on. the last couple of days by intent, the president has covered over the message of what the republicans did in the house. we have done all we can do. i mean, we cant ge...

And the presidents job approval rating is disappointingly matched by disapproval. back on deficit talks aides say the president continues to rule out short-term extension of the debt creeling if there is no agreement by the august 2 deadline. if there is a deal and lawmakers need more time to pass the legislation and put it on the desk he might go along with extension for that. bret? >> bret: speaker of the house and the house majority leader meet with the president right now. if they come out, ...

From the white house press secretary announcing this meeting. the tweet was update, the president will meet with speaker boehnor and majority leader today at 5:00 p.m. as in you guys get over here now. one of the things president obama has been pointing out lately is the deadline thats upon us to raise the nations debt ceiling is not really august 2. he has been trying to say that theres no reason to expect that the markets, the bond markets, stock market, etc., no reason to expect that they wil...

$1.2 trillion more in the next decade. on the house side, on democrats voiced interest and most of them are not persuaded. >> there are a lot of questions because there arent details about the prose subpoenaed the content. an 11th hour situation. >> reporter: at the white house, budget aide said there is still time to get it through congress before the august 2 deadline. but barely. >> we think there should be and there could be but im not laying bets it will happen. a fox new poll show americ...

Boehner bill can be brought to the house floor for a vote tomorrow. its call td same-day procedure, theyre going to make it possible for john boehner to tweak this bill once more. its been tweaked a little bit before and bring it to the house floor tomorrow. at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow eastern time, house republicans will meet in the capitol basement and there, speaker boehner will face a job of selling the retweaked bill to his conference. greta. >> greta: how do we get here? those who might just be...

And the presidents job approval rating is disappointingly matched by disapproval. back on deficit talks aides say the president continues to rule out short-term extension of the debt creeling if there is no agreement by the august 2 deadline. if there is a deal and lawmakers need more time to pass the legislation and put it on the desk he might go along with extension for that. bret? >> bret: speaker of the house and the house majority leader meet with the president right now. if they come out, ...

Its call td same-day procedure, theyre going to make it possible for john boehner to tweak this bill once more. its been tweaked a little bit before and bring it to the house floor tomorrow. at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow eastern time, house republicans will meet in the capitol basement and there, speaker boehner will face a job of selling the retweaked bill to his conference. greta. >> greta: how do we get here? those who might just be tuning in, what happened? >> well, our boroughing authority is set ...

Anything passed. >> if its not accepted in the house, we cant extend the debt ceiling. >> even if we default on august 2, they will be not worse off than africa. >> michele bachmann surges in the polls, so republicans attack her. >> michele bachmann is doing well, in fact, surging. >> michele bachmann is rising. >> in our latest nbc news "the wall street journal" poll. >> i prescribe medication. >> the story claims bachmann suffers from incapacitating migraines. >> will not affect my ability to ...

This default is going to do to (!uj$juáñ joining us now is ezra klein, columnist for "the washington post" and bloomberg and also an msnbc policy analyst. hi, ezra, its nice to see you. >> good evening, good to be here. >> thanks, listen, so ive been watching you, you know, writing recently about boehner one, boehner two, we could talk about, you know, obama circa june, obama circa july. its really a three-ring circus in washington that were all looking at, but tell me, is there something that...