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Tech fang-type companies like facebook, apple, amazon, those will be a magnet for increased investment. those will be there fore targets that can cause a big problem if something went wrong from a terrorist perspective. >> one more wild card at you since you dismissed the ones that i did. one could be the debt ceiling argument and the fact that democrats might want to try to hold it hostage as well by limiting tax cuts. well raise the debt ceiling for you if you go slow on the tax cuts. you dont...

Boehner over the weekend when he was on abc, we heard him move a little bit beyond the obama care, obama care argument. and into the larger argument about a discussion he would like to have with the president about entitlement programs and entitlement spending. which is generally what raising the debt ceiling becomes. thats what happened in 2011 when they had their debt ceiling argument. and we have heard the president say today he is willing to have that discussion, but only after we get over t...

They canter exert leverage again. i think what is going on, along with what he said, theres talk of whether or not you cant roll this up into the debt ceiling argument as well, where the president has been willing to negotiate in the past. you get some sort of sequester as a leverage. you get some sort of budget reblican side. and then maybe something smaller on health care that satisfies those who have been pushing to fund. >> thats the strategy that paul ryan and some of the other house leader...

Conversation starts tomorrow. i know youre watch and waiting to see the debt ceiling argument and what the rhetoric is around that. that will be the first salvo of how they frame this new conversation with the new and improved barack obama 2.0. >> let me ask by medicare and social security. >> please. >> theres. >> what would you like to know? >> there was a lot of talk during the latest round -- the last round of negotiations as to whether republicans actually wanted a grand bargain, asking whe...

Tax rates. i was able to salvage the dividends tax rates. i was able to shave off 400 to $500 billion in tax hikes that the president wanted. and on top of that, i was able to secure a promise to do comprehensive tax reform within a year. all from the presidents first offer. wouldnt that be at least a little bit palatable to some of the republicans in the caucus? >> i think your word choice is perfect, a little bit palatablp. >> thats all they need. >> the attitude of lets make specific concessi...

>> i think we are going to be exactly where we were say a year ago with the debt ceiling argument in a year. the country will slide right through a second term because i dont see give on either side particularly when the president was a very weak mandate for a second term. >> president obama has won that second term but he still faces a sharply divided congress. will we see another four years of gridlock. for a fair and balanced debate political strategist julie razinski. they remain the same de...

Politically dangerous for democrats and for the president in particular. number one, in light of what happened in wisconsin where voters said, well keep walker as a back drop, how do you answer that argument that if we push for more stimulus we could reach a debt ceiling argument early which may not be advantageous for the president? >> harold, unlike you, im not an elected politician. >> but you worked for one. >> i call them as i see them, with respect to the economy. i think theres room to pu...

spread to half of the country. its been linked to ground turkey. what you need to know about this recallo keep your family safe. im ashe velshi. burning up another day of searing heat. its already proving deadly on this "american morning." good morning to you. are you awake yet? >> you will be. >> happy thursday. its august 4th. this is "american morning." theres a lot going on today. >> we should get right to it. >> i want to talk first about the heat. heat is on congress to finis...

now, the "cnn newsroom" continues with randi kaye. >> have a great day. >> thank you. the treasury is sending out checks as promised, and somehow there is just as much fear and uncertainty and economic anxiety as ever. we will tackle the next three main questions. what is going on with the stock markets? the dow is on track for the ninth straight day of losses. any guesses on how long it has been since nine straight days of loss? 33 years. lots of scary numbers are behind these, and ...

The debt ceiling which is a panic to affect the economy because we have chosen to. it is a 100% issue or impediment we have created for the recovery. but in the last month, you have seen businesses making significant decisions based on what they are seeing in the nightly or the afternoon news shows about the debt ceiling argument. >> and ezra, you said backsliding. looking at the numbers of the labor department saying that 25,000 jobs were added in may instead of the 54,000 originally reported, ...