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The nation cannot afford the expense of government we have today. let alone the biggest problem or the unfunded and unfundable commitments that are out in the future. >> greta: like what? >> social security and medicare. >> greta: we cant just let people -- we cant hold them up. what do we do? >> you say to the people on the programs today, nothing will change. for you, for the people now in retirement or soon to be. nothing will change. a deal is a deal. you have counted on these programs. will...

That they decided to pursue a diplomatic solution through the united nations. the israelis found that unacceptable from their perspective and the israelis took out the reactor which was needed to be done. >> chris: you give a detailed account of secretary of state rice negotiating in 2008 with the north koreans. frankly, i think it is fair to say, you hammer her. you say, she made concession after concession. this was an approach to arms control i had never seen before. we were headed for a trai...

Over time and keep those commitments, and force them to keep their commitments, i think resulted in a situation where the north koreans not only proliferated technology to syria, they tested another weapon, they went forward and developed uranium enrichment capacity, which we thought they had, they denied it. they in fact have it they have some 2,000 center s operating now. they -- sentra s operating now the they function with immunity in a diplomatic sense we never did get on top of the problem...

That show decide they decided a diplomatic situation through the united nations. the israelis took out the reactor which is what needed to be done. >> chris: you also give a detailed account of secretary of state rice negotiating in 2008 with the north koreans and, frankly, i think it is fair to say, you hammer her. you say she made concession after concession. this was an approach to arms control i had never seen before. we were headed for a train wreck. >> um-hm. thats correct. she had a lot o...

Global financial system in the wake of the u.s. downgrade. thats according to reports outgave pan. the call would come ahead of the opening of markets in asia and the fear of course is that the downgrade of the u.s. credit rating will send ripple effects throughout other economies. leaders taking part in the call will also discuss the debt crisis in europe. >> what exactly these ratings mean, triple-a, double-a all this. lets take look how standard and poors defines it. the highest rating triple...

Started with clinton, bush really didnt address it, and now barak obama made it that much worse. >> what does it mean and can we get our rating back? steve centanni live in washington with the latest. >> the president hasnt made any statements yet about this. but his press secretary, jay carney, has, by putting out a paper statement on the presidents behalf and without making any direct reference to that s & p action downgrading our credit rating, carney talked about the presidents intentions. h...

And very clearly james murdoch took control of the questioning early on. at times jumping in for his father, and at times actually taking questions when rupert murdoch turned to him and asked him what the answer was. ezra. >> stephanie gosk reporting from london. our thanks. what makes murdoch and more importantly his empire vulnerable is an embarrassment. it is not forgetfulness or high velocity pastry, but it is money. murdoch is a genius businessman and that cant be denied, but he is also a...

>> if they dont materialize, you can revert and raise taxes down the road. >> i think thats what we should do is grab the kind of spending cuts we can right now. so we want to get spending cuts. the spending cuts in the so-called gang of six plan are extremely vague. they are sort of a promise that senate democrats will pass spending cuts later, where there are no details or specificity. i have seen that game played around here before. i want to get spending cuts under control. the other thing i...

We are only six days away. im alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum today. republicans are now scrambling to retool their plan. some house members say speaker boehner aimed far too low. >> i want a solution, not a deal. i dont think this goes far enough. we need more drastic cuts. i cant support it in its current form. >> didnt get the savings we anticipated so we are going back and adjusting it, find more cuts to get the numbers to come out right. >> the commitments are we have a dollar for d...

We are only six days away. im alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum today. republicans are now scrambling to retool their plan. some house members say speaker boehner aimed far too low. >> i want a solution, not a deal. i dont think this goes far enough. we need more drastic cuts. i cant support it in its current form. >> didnt get the savings we anticipated so we are going back and adjusting it, find more cuts to get the numbers to come out right. >> the commitments are we have a dollar for d...