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Deficit cutting deals under president barack obama. >> i dont know that you could say that its a better deal when youre helping people that are in a recovery effort and that certainly was the priority of the president is making sure that we move things forward and quickly so that those people were taken care of and that was the priority in that process. >> special counsel robert mueller was looking to meet with or interview white house staff regarding the statement put out early in july about do...

Prostitution scandal within her agency. she was grilled about light punishments for agents accused of attending sex parties while stationed in colombia, engaging with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels. some agents were suspended for as little as two days. >> this person is imposing a national security risk, engaging in behavior that is just -- its embarrassing that we have to talk about this. >> the chairman of the house oversight committee is calling for the dea chief to step down or be fire...

Contrast between what democrats want to do, what the president wants to do, giving millions of people a raise with the minimum wage, and really focusing on fairness for working people and for the middle class versus the priorities of the republican party, which its unbelievable to me that in this budget, the first thing he does, this so-called deficit hawk, paul ryan, to blow a hole in the budget by giving huge tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. then he seeks to make it up, as he always does...

Because winter needs a hero. ♪ this week brought a fresh storm to the polarized vortex thats the politics of the affordable care act. the cbo projected that the health care law will reduce the ranks of the uninsured by 13 million this year. it lowerwill cut the government long-term deficits by about a trillion dollars over the next decade. cut the deficits. once again, deficit cutting. not bad. not bad.

Legislation but lets look at whats in the bills. >> i think thats true and its why so many americans and i think this is a classic example of this, look at the policy priorities out of washington and go what are they thinking? they are so disconnected from what i actually care about. i have another hypothesis i would like you to weigh in on. it seems like the priorities of washington are much more closely matched with what the wealthy elite in the country want, rather than the general public. lo...

Senator ted trus saying they want something but they are going to ask for changes to obamacare and not anything to deal with long drivers of the debt and big changes and those are put off until 16 or 17 before anything like that is done and a political reason for both sides to avert their ways and say move along. republicans dont want to be seen as the scold party to use mikas word. they want to move past beyond being the no deficit party. and the president knows that deficit cutting is a loser ...

>> hello, lindsey graham. thre threatens to kick some you know what. he says, quote, we are screwing americas veterans with this budget. well hit that in a moment. to dana bash we go, our chief congressional correspondent. the vote here in the senate. this is not the absolute final vote. this was the procedural vote today on the budget. can we say this is pretty much a done deal here? >> yes, we can say its pretty much a done deal. the time vote is going to be tomorrow. based on the fact that a ...

Numbers went to haitis in a hand basket. but the conservatives do have one point to make is there is no deficit cutting here, no spending cutting. it is very minor. and the democrats in the senate are unhappy over unemployment, whatever. but, look, they want to get the focus off of budget and on to obamacare. but the problem is they still have no positive message. but they dont want to look totally -- >> well, john, do they need a message or sit on their hands and let democrats through obamacare...

Tackle inequality. paul krugman writes, this is a really huge important part of where the country is at. he says for bottom 90% imimpoverishment reflects both a shrinking economic pie and declining share of that. inequality rising so fast, over the past six years as big a drag on american incomes as americas poor economic performance even though the years include the worst economic slump since the 1930s. whats amazing, out of the recession washington talk dominateed with deficit cutting and cutt...

In boehners caucus, this guy must be lying, dont have the votes. we know he does. wont bring it to the floor. the bare majority, though they lost popularity in the house, works. we have systemic problems underlying it. what was most interesting about john boehners statements today. he doesnt believe it. several as go. he said the opposite, not deficit cutting, it was obama care. the deficit has been cut by half, the president said today. >> lets go to more what the president said in his news con...