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And pennsylvania. and all it says is we have got a lot of revenues pouring. in first call on the revenues goes to debt service. so you cannot default. >> bret: on the public opinion though, people look at $17 trillion in debt and they think raising the debt ceiling and it just does not really fly when you look at polls. if you are going to look at polls at shutting down the government, the polls on the debt ceiling are in the republicans favor. people say why cant we control what we are spending...

Keystone. whatever it is. perhaps not a winning strategy to talk about the repeal of obama care anymore. >> couple things. to richards observation. the reason we find ourselves here, partially its that in august 2011 trust was destroyed between the president and john boehner. they beth accused each other of walking away from the grand bargain. i know which side i pick in that. i know the president was mad. this obama care business has become a lightning rod. it was in the 2010 elections. the tea...

Rolling to the debt ceiling, maybe an extension of both to negotiate a little longer and actually something like -- in august 2011, there was this huge clash and everything was going to collapse. they ended up with a budget control act from a republican point of view that has constrained spending, has leveled spending off for the national government for a couple of years, didnt destroy the economy, didnt destroy anything much. i think it hurt defense a little bit. >> the pentagon would say you w...

To blackmail. listen. >> if republicans do not like the law, they can go through the regular channels and processes to try to change it. thats why we have elections. so they can go through the normal processes and procedures of a democracy, but you do not threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> senator, will the gop demand a delay in obama care for individuals, as a condition for raising the debt ceiling? i mean, is your party willing to risk default because they h...

Outbreak killed 33 people and sickened nearly 150 more. this all happened two years ago. ryan and eric jenson face various misdemeanors after both the centers for disease control and the fda linked their facility to the illness. an attorney for 46 families affected says he was happy that the u.s. attorney realized criminal charges were appropriate. now, the son of one of the victims is speaking out about his final days and the men the government says are responsible. >> when 92-year-old paul sch...

Here. i dont want to add to it. want to reduce it. bring everything i can to bring it down. make it smaller. if possible get rid of obama care. i would look to d like to do al things. the legislators genuine philosophy. do everything i can to reduce the size of government. how would you advise them to handle themselves in the current congress? >> first tell them to get to the nearest psychiatrist. because they sought this office. second of all, the deal was, the deal that john boehner and the pr...

Want to reduce it. bring everything i can to bring it down. make it smaller. if possible get rid of obama care. i would like to do all those things. the legislators genuine philosophy. do everything i can to reduce the size of government. how would you advise them to handle themselves in the current congress? >> first tell them to get to the nearest psychiatrist. because they sought this office. second of all, the deal was, the deal that john boehner and the president tried to make in august 201...

Libya to cover the conflict. >> it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom, but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. >> the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. were not talking now mubaraks security forces. were talking about mercenaries. were talking about jets. were talking about tanks. so...

Investigating officer had more sympathy for zimmerman than he did for the victim. >> congressman charles rangel, as always, thank you for spending time with us today. >> thank you, richard. jackie, lets go to you. back to the poll here. as we were talking with the congressman about approval ratings for congress and talk about the presidents approval ratings and lowest since august 2011. 45%. the president has big speech on the economy in a couple of hours. we will be watching that. is it a cha...

Nothing? >> obviously wed prefer to have more cooperation. first and foremost, congress should avoid further self-inflicted wounds. the sequester is slowing growth. its cutting key investments. the drama we had over the debt ceiling in august 2011 hurt a fragile recovery. congresss first role should be to further avoid self-inflicted wounds. >> let me ask you a personal front on this issue. whos your first phone call on republican side? >> individually, ive found many of them helpful to discuss ...