vice president call the tea party terrorists, what did he said? denied it. he said the vice president didn t make any of those assertions. if he doesn t want to admit what was on tv nationally, all over the place. then he decided to say we can t have a conversation because you are saying i called you terrorists. it demonstrates the deep divide. sean: by all accounts the statement was made by biden. the double standard that bothers me more than anything, is that there was that kind of rhetoric from the entire left of the democratic party the debt ceiling debate and we waited a year all they did was point fingers. we were poisoning the environment of our politics. we created the republicans the wingnuts on the right created the environment that lead to gabrielle giffords shooting. and suddenly they don t hold themselves to the same standard. sean: the president himself has used incendiary language
still seeing such a deep divide. it s not even clear and that s a question of course for republicans if the speaker can get this out on the floor and get it passed. what private negotiations, re-assure us that there are some conversations going on between the so-called grown ups and some daylight between the house plan and the harry reid plan? it s good to be with you, andrea. i think where we are right now is congress has to go through the next day. the house is going to have to take up the bill that they know sun acceptable to us and i believe is unacceptable to the senate. then the house and the senate will have to compromise. as the president said last night that s what the american people expect all of us in washington to do. an article today about the president s warning said the administration may have made a tra steejic mistake in warning too soon that the market would react negatively.
this morning on world news now, deep divide. the presidt t tes popoticicians it s time to eat their peas and get a deal on the dede crisis. okay. as key lawmakers head back to the white house for more talks today, will they ever find compromise and common ground? it s tuesday, july 1 1h. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. i m peggy bunker. both parties refuse to budge on sticking poiois. the gop is against tax increases and the democrats will not allow medicare cuts. the president wants an agreement before this impacts everyday americans. of course we have this looming august 2nd deadline. both sides are saying, listen, they have thrown down the gauntlet and they re going to stick to what they want. will this ever get resolved? it feels like groundhog day to me. we re rich in metaphors. when it comes to dealing with
c this morning on world news now, deep divide. just how far apart are the house, the senate, and the white house on the budget? the political muscle being flexed in the federal program cuts that could hit home. it s friday, april 15th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, everyone. i m peggy bunker. and i m mike marusarz in for rob nelson. well, the budget battle is putting republican paul ryan against president obama and his democratic supporters in an intense fight over the federal money and the deficit. yeah, a lot of fighting words there between those two. also ahead, you ve seen these wildly advertised diet pills in stores, well now some
egypt. egypt s vice president warned of economic damage to the country in an interview broadcast on egyptian state run television. saying the country lost a billion dollars and blaming outsiders for the unrest. but the turmoil exposed an economy with a deep divide. it s estimated 20% of the country s population lives below poverty, and the unemployment rate is high. ian bremmer runs a consulting firm. we have over 800,000 young people coming into the worse force in egypt every year. so the middle class was shrinking, poverty was increasing. 5.5% growth didn t do it in terms of making the egyptians feel like they would have any future. egyptians have also been facing soaring food prices, now at record levels. it is not the prime cause, initial cause of the rioting in egypt, but it will certainly exacerbate it and make it more malignant. dan is a former agriculture secretary who served under president clinton. he now works on a global