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hello, bill. >> reporter: hey, mike. good afternoon to you. yeah, the latest information were hearing is at least eight people dead after two of these suspected human smuggling boats capsized off the coast of san diego. and this just highlights the fact that weve got more death at our southern border now. any way you slice slice it whether its people crowning in the river, dying of dehydration out in the desert, boats sinking in the florida keys or off the california coast, it goes to ...

known as black beach where the most secluded beaches in san diego. the vessels during the migrants those are small open outboard engines. they usually say use for smuggling. because of the overnight thick fog in the year that has delayed the search for more victims. crews are hoping to use helicopters once those weather conditions improve. arthel: forming acting ice director tom will join us in a moment but first lets go to bill he is alive in mission, texas with the very latest on the...

That is a real challenge. to be delayed by the president more than a month, to release this budget and have a nonserious budget -- >> reporter: and, of course, if both sides cant come to an agreement on a budge, we could have one of those budget showdowns at the end of september. of course, you remember those very well, mike. mike: indeed. lucas tomlinson live on the north lawn, thanks very much. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen says the federal government will not bail out silicon valley ...

On those very key and delicate issues. eric: so what does that mean with no real progress? has the president dug a hole for himself? will he potentially delay this through next month when the democrats take congress? what could happen? >> there have been so many of these budget showdowns in recent years whether it was republicans or democrats in congress, president trump, president obama before him. usually they find some way to work it out in the closing hours, even minutes. but this time they ...

Faced sort of budget showdowns, theres been a situation where there is sort of a general agreement on both sides that we are trying to achieve something other than just regular business. we are trying achieve a deficit reduction package like we did in 2011 or in the fiscal cliff, the fight from this past year. we were trying to pass middle class tax cuts and make those permanent. all we are asking is that congress pass a six-week funding bill to keep the government open. so, were not really sure...

Fight. weve been through several budget showdowns again and again. and you see the same thing. you see congressman brooks and his pals and they are taking hostages. and theyre even trying to defy john boehner and eric cantor who would like to come to some sort of compromise. they refuse to recognize that we have divided government. and they refuse to recognize that the congress passed obamacare. the supreme court said it was constitutional. and they want to keep having this same fight over and o...

Three years, and talked about this incessantly on the show through debt ceiling fights and budget showdowns and tax fights, and he can never cover the check he writes. the guys behind him wont go along. now we have a new straw in the mix, and that is ted cruz. up to now republicans and the senate have looked at the house and said, oh, trying to lean on them to act like adults and now you have ted cruz and rubio and rand paul trying to mix it up more which makes it only harder for john boehner wh...

The conservatives in "the wall street journal" editorial page have been pleading, no, please dont do this. this is bad for all republicans and conservatives. in the movie "groundhog day," bill murray actually became a better person. it took hundreds of those days, but weve got through five, six -- >> this is reverse "groundhog day." >> weve gone through five or six of these budget showdowns since the republicans got control of the house. again and again and again they do manage to get it worked ...

All that is missing is a couple of wookies. excuse us? >> so what happens if this sequester kicks in. >> fewer fbi agents, shortages that could jack up prices. i just want to state first as a matter of policy, there is nothing wrong with wookies, we love them. the big story today in washington is that nothing is happening, nothing at all. and that may not seem like a big story, right? a nothing happening. how could that be a big deal? but if you have been through a lot of these budget showdo...

To camp, not be able to do something when it comes to family vacation, having to come back because they thought they saved up vacation pay and find out on the furlough you cant use a vacation day you saved up to save a furlough, even that. you say, is there a misperception? right now, its a lot of loud rhetoric. the fact theyre not -- i think this week, it seems to be this week rhetoric is winning out. >> you know, mike, both sides are going to be damaged by this and they will be damaged in this...