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Raised by itself. it has to be done. so they understand, its not a popular step, as the presidents own vote against it shows. they are trying to detract spending cuts as a price for that. the president accuses them of leading the blame for the blind and leaving chirp in the cold. this is a partisan brawl. >> he said theyre suspicious of medicare and -- >> programs to make sure chirp have enough to eat. that is a remarkably harsh charge. >> quickly on the gun issue. by the tone with those answers...

Initially working on. this is going to be a much more scaled back version of a bill. just to sort of get over this hump. so i think that right now all parties believe that is really the main hope for getting something done, but youre absolutely right. the same sticking points remain, and that is going to be the problem moving forward over these next 24 hours. i think the pressure point comes when the markets have already started to react and, of course, if they fail to get a deal done by that al...

America but a united states of america. what happened to that in the president we have custody a typical washington politician that is prone to false outrage. it is sad. sad to watch. >>chris: senator moving on to a couple more specific issues you propose a scaled back version of the dream act that allowed children of illegal immigrants do get visas if they are either attending college or serving in the military, and, then, would allow them to stay in this country while applying for permanent re...

Businesses there may be affected as all these cars cannot move and try to find their way up and down the parts of the southland there in california. well, of course, be going live to carmageddon in southern california throughout this morning here on msnbc saturday. well have more on that later. but we begin with the big fight in washington growing more desperate as the august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling approaches. the key question this morning will we to see any progress this weekend...

About reconciliation. everyone knows this is next and this is the protect for it. megyn: this van is the members of congress getting ready to resume for the afternoon session. marian do you agree boring and no winner? >> this is a debate about something versus nothing. the republicans want nothing so the democrats dont have anything to run on in 2010. thats why there appears to be a plan b for the democrats. if they dont get healthcare you are looking at the unemployment rate not falling fast en...

Station. it is farragut north. a metro station has derailed under the ground. it was a six-car train. the lead car derailed but there have been no injuries reported and apparently the situation is under control. again, this will slow down the trains in the d.c. metro system. well, so much for this new era of bipartisanship here in washington, d.c. senate majority leader harry reid dismantled a bipartisan jobs bill just hours after it was announced and instead reid said he was going for a small...

>> reporter: well, i think most of the action is going on in the hill where staffers with majority leader reid and minority leader mcconnell are trying to conjure up some last-minute deal and this plan would not be the grand bargain that john boehner started initially working on. that plan would have dealt with tax reform and deficit reduction and this will be a much more scaled back version that will deal with the issue of taxes and that is still the big sticking point, taxes. of course, democr...