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Occur? i think what were going to look at down the road, particularly as you talk about serious budget and deficit negotiations is a question of now the president. if he decides to move on entitlement reform, where is the liberal wing of his party? where is the left ring of his par party. >> before even raising the notion of entitlement reform, talking about cpi, cost of living index, maybe changing some of those areas. >> grievances as well. add eavesdropping to the list. theres a lot of libera...

Outsiders, insueders on capitol hill. this is a cumulative peck. first benghazi. whats the they say publicly. we had stories about the democrats doing the immigration bill, asking the president not to get involved because they are doing just fine. >> thats because when he got involved in the deficit negotiations they went south. the problem is that this president simply does not have significant political skills at that level. he does not like to do that sort of thing. so he pulls himself away f...

The buildup of these problems, finally shows up when you see a report like yesterday which shows what does it mean over a ten-year period of time? debt doesnt kill you the first day. its how it builds up. but you have to look at how it builds up. and now its really building up. >> and deficits dont kill you, mika, the first day, the first year, the second year. as jeffrey and i were saying, back in january of 2009, its not the deficits that kill you. its wasting the money which they wasted durin...

Okay, maybe thats hyperbole. but just be a tiny bit, i mean, mandatory gay marriage, in which every single married straight person had to immediately divorce their spouse, and accept a state-assigned same-gender spouse to replace them would probably be more popular than what john boehner proposed this week. what bjorn baijohn boehner is a is making medicare available to fewer americans. as it happens, there is brand-new polling out today on how americans feel about the idea of congress using the...

Like is this your final answer? are you sure? are you sure about that? i think that what were going to see play out in the next few days, are democrats going to reduce their $1 trillion expectations for revenue growth? or are they going to move that down a little bit? try and meet republicans somewhere in the middle? maybe. i really wonder if thats truly his final, final offer. >> the focus has been on republicans and the divide within the republican party on tax increases or not. but there is s...

covering today, critical talks on the debt that happening right now at the white house. and the horrifying terror attacks in norway, a bombing and a shooting rampage at a youth camp. well have details on the assaults and the suspect in custody. lets begin at the white house where president obama and congressional leaders are holding debt talks at this hour. president obama called the meeting after deficit negotiations came to a screeching halt yesterday. we have live team coverage....

you isle ask the former pakistani president musharraf in he knew osama bin laden was hiding in his homeland and if he knows terrorists may be holed up in pakistan right now. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." first, a powerful reminder today, if they dont reach an agreement in the next 11 days, all hell could brea look. standard & poors is warning the nation could be shoved back into recession very soon after the august 2i deadline passes with the clock ticking and stakes ...

Cyclists flying into a barbed wire fence. well have the fallout ahead in sports. whoa! but first, lets get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. with weeks to go before the aulgt 2nd deadline, congressional leaders are heading back to the white house today for another meeting to try to reach a deal on raising the countrys debt ceiling. after a 75-minute session with lawmakers last night, president obama is expected to hold a news conference this morning to discuss t...

Particular. so they are backing off a little bit. they arent backing off because the president got osama. they are backing off because they are feel something pressure from their constituency. >> all right. ruth and stu, always good to see both of you. thank you so much. up next, with the pressure off, the white house and congress bringing in the big guns for this new round of deficit negotiations. the clock ticks toward -- ever closer to the day when the government runs out of money to pay th...

Sociology. when they cover liberals, its anthropology. the beltway right now says the deficit negotiations have to be between president obama and the paul ryan plan. why not between president obama and the progressives? this really is about fixing the deficit. why is the most fiscally responsible budget plan thats been submitted and introduced. why is it not on the table? joining us is matt miller. hes an msnbc contributor. he served as a senior adviser from 1993 to 1995 under president bill cli...