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Where he said he views our biggest threat as china and russia, not for core re-a or iran. he said that he thinks qaddafi is likely to prevail in libya which they say is an impolitic thing to say. and he said all of this in response to questions from democratic senators. so what do you think? >> i was listening to it on c-span. my objection to this is is it a broadsided attack in obamas judgment on putting him in this position. he came off like a dinosaur in that hearing. but im concerned about i...

I think he recognize we cannot sustain the amount of money for medicare, social security in the interests -- >> every time i look at the polls, the minute you ask them about their mothers social security, most people do not have savings. most people dont. they live on social security. they certainly live on medicare. which programs are you going to cut? which one of my mothers treatments are you going to deny her? this gets real. >> exactly. when it gets real is when the problem starts. right no...

Leadership and at the end of the day, i think thats whats going to happen. >> why wouldnt you say that why shouldnt the president lead? if theres a republican president he shouldnt stick his neck out. he presents a budget every year. isnt he job to argue for what he thinks the government should be spending. does he believe thats the right number? does he believe the numbers hes proposing should be the bottom line? or just the opening bid? >> i think theres a bit of gamesmanship on both sides. he...

Which programs are you going to cut? which one of my mothers treatments are you going to deny her? this gets real. >> exactly. when it gets real is when the problem starts. right now the conversation doesnt include entitlements, and the white house is doing that by design. theres discretionary spending and the republicans want to cut $61 billion. the democrats want to cut $8 billion, $9 billion. >> $4.7 billion. so theres a discrepancy. >> why cant they meet around 25 or 30. >> i think they prob...

Number? does he believe the numbers hes proposing should be the bottom line? or just the opening bid? >> i think theres a bit of gamesmanship on both sides. he knows -- >> he knows theyre going to have to compromise. >> are we going to get something done for the country in whist all over? >> yes, yes. >> if were doing the best job we can in congress, meeting the needs of the people that builds some kind of business confidence. isnt that what we need? >> but let me agree with steve on this. i thi...

>> wow. florida settlers used the conch shell as a horn dating back to the 1800s as a maritime signaling device. huh. it is not every day that a person starts his own political action committee, but that is what one teenager fort worth, texas is doing. fed up with both the bickering and cutthroat behavior commonly seen on capitol hill, 13-year-old connor brantley says he wants to avoid partisan bickering and focus on actual political unity. and connor joins us live by skype this morning to tal...

Down. if you saw "wall street 2" thats what it is. now there is a compelling case to be made on this one its not crazy glenn beck saying it. it was made by the "new york times." look at this. bear stern they say didnt collapse. lehman didnt actually collapse. bear sterns meltdown, or was it murdered? they had $18 billion in cash. they didnt have a liquidity problem. they only had problems after the rumors started flying that the company was troubled. people started to sell. at the time, i told y...

Down. if you saw "wall street 2" thats what it is. now there is a compelling case to be made on this one its not crazy glenn beck saying it. it was made by the "new york times." look at this. bear stern they say didnt collapse. lehman didnt actually collapse. bear sterns meltdown, or was it murdered? they had $18 billion in cash. they didnt have a liquidity problem. they only had problems after the rumors started flying that the company was troubled. people started to sell. at the time, i told y...

Watch c-span, it was almost must-see tv. we had 600 -- >> if youre a really boring guy. >> i havent watched it in years and i found it fascinating. we didnt know what would happen on any of these given 600 amendments. at least the process has begun where were shedding light of weird things in the budget. we were funding studies on yoga. not that i have anything against yoga. but we have to have a messy conversation -- >> when will we have a messy conversation about the items that matter? social ...

Said thats exactly what their tactic was. i think you can do both. corporate america is doing this as well. trying to figure out how do we talk directly to our customers? you have to respect the fact that our country works because of a free media. one of the things that disturbed me last year, president obama did a little basketball game and they let the white house photographer in, videographer to put it up on line but edited out any time he did not make the shot. that might sound petty but tha...