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To just raise the debt ceiling, citing the fourth section of the 14th amendment of the constitution, which says that the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. when house democrats brought this up a couple of years ago, president obama said he did not want to do it. he said, congress should be able to handle it. congress cannot handle it. should he, could he, just take the keys away from this child? the great steve kornacki joins us next. stay with us. come on....

Maybe we can get to a position where we make it less bad. and if congress cannot come together on a spending bill by the end of next monday, a week from tomorrow, then on tuesday, next tuesday, the government is going to shut down. back to you in new york. >> and if it does, youll be there to cover it. peter, thank you. >> if the lights are on. >> who knows. >> we wont shut down. >> okay, good. >> thanks, peter. coming up here on the show, americas favorite family. apparently not welcome at on...

Troops on the ground, whatever it becomes, apply. domestic law is a little different. we all know that under the war powers act, en, ad in 1973 under president nixn roz veto, the president can start any war he wants, against anybody he wants for 90 days and nothing congress can do it. nevertheless, knowing he has this authority president obama asked for specific authorization to do this, in order to give him, i would suggest some political cover. is the war powers act constitutional? can congres...

The penalty. >> what you described is exactly what the irs did. the irs simply disregarded the plain reading of the statute. in past, an agency rule said whether you have an exchange or not, were going to assess the employer mandate. its clear that congress did not require the states -- >> but if the agency did that, thats one agency the irs that wants to do that. the labor department, another agency, decided that the tax to protect the consumer from rising deductibles and co-payments, that they...

The penalty. >> what you described is exactly what the irs did. the irs simply disregarded the plain reading of the statute. in past, an agency rule said whether you have an exchange or not, were going to assess the employer mandate. its clear that congress did not require the states -- >> but if the agency did that, thats one agency the irs that wants to do that. the labor department, another agency, decided that the tax to protect the consumer from rising deductibles and co-payments, that they...

Part time workers would not be eligible for healthcare under the present system. doctor, good having you again. >> always good to be with you. >> did you ever ask why congress should get exemption from the law? theres a member of congress asking the same and shelly moore caputo is refusing to accept the special treatment. if congress voted for this and its the law, congress should part of this. congresswoman, its a novel concept, trying to live by example here but very few colleagues concur. doe...

The treasury secretary said the obama administration has done plenty enough lately to reduce the debt for their position is the united states cannot cut its way to growth and they look at sequester as proof of that. >> congress has to write bills that meet the challenge the president set forth to invest in the future. congress cannot steal from domestic priorities to fix rd cuts have cost in defense. >> we reached the debt limit back in may and using extraordinary measures to pay the bills since...

In addition, the president must explain in full the prism program. is the federal government collecting the emails of americans and storing them? yes or no mr. president? finally, the president must order any irs official involved in targeting conservatives to testify fully in front of congress or resign. it is barack obamas obligation to run this country honestly. and to explain to the folks complicated matters and serious allegations. just saying he will get to the bottom of things is not near...

Ground visceral, get muddy experience in foreign countries. its book learning and politics. but that suits the presidents style. for the president, politics are always more important than strategy. and you see hes a brilliant politician and terrible strategist. absolutely brilliant to move susan rice to be his national security advisor because it means shes now part of the executive branch, congress cannot subpoena her to talk about benghazi and also hes got a good loyal soldier who took a fall ...

In los angeles, people they knew had guns illegally, and it took forever for law enforcement officials to get a hold of them. >> yeah, there are a lot of people who are disobeying the law. when i think about something like sandy hook, where 20 beautiful children, our children, were murdered, i think the time is worth it. weve got to get a hold of this situation. and congress cannot be afraid to take a vote on these difficult issues. we cannot allow sandy hook to happen. we cannot allow whats hap...