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>> shannon: president obama said that sequestration which will trigger across-the-board cuts to domestic and defense programs will not happen but it is on track to kick in unless congress does something about it. what would it mean for the military and efforts in the middle east and around the world? joining us to talk about it house armed services committee member and congressman from california john garamendi. thank you for joining us today. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> shannon: the pre...

good evening, im john avlon in for erin burnett tonight. the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks. were living in a time when spin outways substance, when with narratives can matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. on this show, we try to play it straight. criticizing the democrats claims that republicans are conducting a war on women. while at the same time calling out conservatives for saying th...

the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks. were living in a time when spin outways substance, when with narratives can matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. on this show, we try to play it straight. criticizing the democrats claims that republicans are conducting a war on women. while at the same time calling out conservatives for saying that president obama is waging a war on religion. the probl...

memorial day is the unofficial start of the summer. the presidential race is just entering its second stage. its the time when campaigns try to hammer home negative attacks, now reinforced by super pac ads. were living in a time when spin outweighs substance. when narratives can unfortunately matter much more than facts. and summer is the time when we see the campaigns try to make these attacks stick. now, on this show we try to play it straight, criticizing, for example, the democrats...

Going to allow a debit ceiling increase without doing something serious about the debt. at the same time he could be using the debt limit as a bargaining tool. $500 billion in defense cuts will start to go into effect. is that what theyre after? a bargaining chip on this? >> my feeling is they creating the perfect storm. they have all of those tax cuts, all of those cuts in the military, all of the digressionary cuts in the budget, all coming due along with this debt crisis at the same time righ...

>> we are going back wards. you are trying to make advances and trying to bring unions in to a company that moves forward. we dont need them. >> wayne, last word, over all. unions 30 years ago and unions today. different time? >> i think there is a difference in philosophy. the workers make a lot of money and the workers should share in that. the capitalist share. you dont share that share. it is a bargaining tool. and in a free market society everyone bargains. and if there is a grevance and pe...

progress. democratic senate leader harry reid and republican senate leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor moments ago. look. >> today the speaker republican leader held a press conference to announce theyre in talks with the president and that a bargain to raise the debt ceiling is in the works and is close. in president, members of the senate, thats not true. i just spent two hours with the president, vice president, and leader pelosi, and its fair for me to say that the engageme...

Headquarters. live in islamabad, pakistan. what is the latest on u.s. officials being able to interrogate the three widows of bin laden? >> reporter: weve had some confusion over last few days as to when and if the united states will get access to the wives who its understood may hold the key to at least some information about osama bin ladens movements over the last few years. of course, john kerrys due to arrive any day now in islamabad. officially to smooth over ties and perhaps rebuild some ...

Conservative guy, he says this is a sha raid a. facade about fighting over the debt ceiling, that we have to enact reforms that will make permanent binding change, the white house has signaled listen, lets take care of the debt ceiling and well work out that other stuff. does the gop lose its main bargaining tool if they say go ahead and vote on the debt ceiling, then well talk about the balanced budget amendment and the other things theyre pushing for? >> youre 110 percent right, theres no way ...

At wisconsin there because you look at the governor saying, look, it means layoffs and if you recall l-- furloughs if we dont make the cuts. you have the teachers saying thats busting the unions. we should be able to bargain and negotiate. its a tough case. kids are out of school, classes cancelled, schools shut down. a lot of people look the at wisconsin in particular. >> in ohio, theyre trying to do exactly the same thing. the governor there wants to take away collective bargaining rights for ...