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And it is near the press site and near the countdown clock which we have seen in other pictures and we have seen the hazy smoke around the countdown clock, and even though we have mentioned that the firet is at the kennedy space center, there is no danger to the shuttle. and we spoke with dorn a moment ago from the firefighter national wildlife ref unisuge service, and he told us it was not moving toward "endeavour" and the facilities and he said it was moving more toward the press area where no...

The press site, and you can see the countdown clock and the haze and the smoke there. as for the cause, mr. dorn told us there were storms that rolled through yesterday and maybe this caused by lightning that may have struck some of the dry brush there, but a lot of concern as we are getting ready for the shuttle launch friday. the astronauts are already there in place ready to go. and it would be such a shame certainly to have a fire put an end to that, but the good news is that it is moving aw...

The government to move around assets to extend this? explain. >> treasury expects it can spend eight weeks moving money around in ways that dont really harm the major governmental functions and also dont default on the debt, even if congress doesnt raise the debt ceiling on time. think of it as a grace period. what is dangerous about it, nobody quite knows how long that is. treasury says eight weeks. we dont know if it is, a congressional budget office or gao report says its possible this time b...

Are you a jefferson man or adams man. >> theres a big difference. >> a big difference to mika. jefferson or adams. >> jefferson, they were worried there was actually going to be a subversion of the election to give the job to john marshall, who was secretary of state, because of an electoral college thing. it would have -- the countdown clock on that in 1800 would have been in quill but it would have been extraordinary. this has always been this way. what i think is the danger as acting as thoug...

Want us to engage or they dont want the tea party to engage in media bashing. >> do you mean want in the sense of that is my sense from talking to people? >> yeah. >> if i look at the ratings, if i look at the ratings, what the people want is an easy narrative with high stakes, a debt ceiling that is going to expire, with a countdown clock and some pro wrestlers. >> its the easiest thing in the world to flatter the public and say, oh, actually its bad overpaid media and the public is really crav...

Made a forceful case for the alternative which voflz raising taxes to prevent the cuts. i think thats a great thing. >> the thing that complicates the situation is the debt ceiling and john boehner has referenced it and his insistence has been that we will not pass a debt ceiling increase without some significant commitment to deficit reduction and debt reduction going forward. kent conrad explained, they dont expect to be able to put a bill together that would do that by the time they raise the...

>> ryan, cant get enough of that clock, can you? >> no. that is just good writing there. >> that is good writing. >> you are a keyboard jockey. >> watch out. >> i wouldnt help anybody writing any books. >> so what do you think? do you think he will be disowned? >> can he still make money? thats the bottom line. look at mel gibson. "passion of the christ" is a bad movie. how much did it make? do a sequel. im sure they will trash him, but come on, hes the man. he has some great lines. >> what do y...

Talking about how its time that people tighten their belts, to get rid of their gardners and the their nannies and those extra vacations and their second car. i was like, do you live in america? people have already done that. jimmy is right to a point, but evening a lot of people have already tried to tighten their belts. and what goes on in that building behind me is more like kindergarten than parents. because if those are our parents, i want to be an emancipated minor. >> susan, what say you ...

Hamilton who has made a hallmark that we made our obligation, pay our debts. default is not something we want to take a risk on. we dont want a countdown clock on when america will fault. and i think republicans and democrats, they all agreed that default, united states not extending the debt limit, is just not a responsible option, or a bargaining chip for anyone. you cant play chicken with the credibility of the united states. >> the president met with the leaders, with simpson and bowles and ...

Like to validate your statement about the countdown clock and note that cable ratings across the board exploded on friday as a result of the countdown to the shutdown, cha-ching. let us discuss something else, unless, james, did you have something you wanted to get in there? >> i just wanted to let you know, in the last elections, the american people put the democrats in time-out, and im going to predict right here, right now on your show, that theyre going to put the republicans in time-out in ...