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In american elections. there has not been a repudiation of the party in power since 1938 since compared to what happened in 2010. >> were you surprised the president did not mention the tea party? >> no, i dont think he had any cause to. but i do think that the republican fears about having two speeches proved to be unfounded. they had a one-two punch. and i thought ryan gave the better speech, but she made some important points. but i have to tell you something, neither side has really given us...

Movement. the fact of the matter is, its a broad based group, which is responsible for a massive change in american elections. there has not been a repudiation of the party in power since 1938 since compared to what happened in 2010. >> were you surprised the president did not mention the tea party? >> no, i dont think he had any cause to. but i do think that the republican fears about having two speeches proved to be unfounded. they had a one-two punch. and i thought ryan gave the better speech...

Two speeches proved to be unfounded. they had a one-two punch. and i thought ryan gave the better speech, but she made some important points. but i have to tell you something, neither side has really given us a bold, courageous, road map for dealing with the deficits. both are playing with the edges. you cannot solve these deficit problems just by dealing with discretionary spending. you have to get into health care in a serious way, deal with social security, and nobody is willing to come up wi...

I thought the failure in the speech came on the deficits. >> not enough about it? >> it wasnt serious. it wasnt -- it wasnt a serious effort to come to grips is what is a towering problem. hes holding back. i dont know why. i thought it was very cautious. he made some suggestions, implied things, but you cant feel very good about the fact were going to solve these deficit problems after tonight. >> both republican responses were -- deficits were front and center. >> it has found its voice and we...

And one of the encouraging things -- although there was resistance, ironically on the part of some of the republicans who originally had been cosponsors of legislation to create the fiscal commission -- and they in fact ended up voting against it, what has been encouraging, based on what i am hearing, both from democrats and republicans, is that there has been a serious conversation there. people are looking at a whole spectrum of issues to exit at what is basically a structural deficit that pre...

Rates low, which could encourage growth in those countries with the deficit problems. >> jamie: seems almost an obvious question, but i want to ask how big an issue the bp oil spill is there for leaders? >> this is a big issue. the president is having a bilateral meeting with the new british prime minister david cameron here, just in the next hour or so. prime minister cameron actually flew down here to toronto in the presidents helicopter to get those conversations going. but weve also learned ...

G-20 nations, you do it as well. get your bank reform deals done as well. and then there is going to be some conversation, which is interesting, about, okay, when do you stop the government stimulus? when do you start worrying about your debt some because it isnt just america that has a debt thats a problem. its a lot of these huge economic countries around the world that have -- that are starting to deal with deficit problems themselves, particularly the european nations that are going to be he...

Reported a loss of nearly $1.5 billion. new consumer confidence is sending buyers back to the showroom. we return to "on the record with greta van susteren." thanks for watching fox and check out our web site, foxnews.com. -- back to greta. >> greta: everyone, yes everyone agrees our national debt is exploding and it is a threat. the president just confined a bipartisan debt commission to tackle the problem. two members of the debt commission, a democrat and republican go on the record. first de...

And a crew of eight was diverted to maine he was taken into custody reports say no explosives were found. the suspect 28-year-old of florida former intelligence air force specialist. now back to get . -- back to greta. >> greta: everyone, yes everyone agrees our national debt is exploding and it is a threat. the president just confined a bipartisan debt commission to tackle the problem. two members of the debt commission, a democrat and republican go on the record. first democratic congressman w...

Happen again. snug big news back stateside. the president getting new lawyers because of the special council investigation and his former national security adviser pliblg flynn faces new pressure, too. more subpoenas today for documents detailing his election year russia contacts. >> the walls feel like they are closing in on the trump administration right now. im not sure that they can hold them off much longer. >> plus, todays an anxious day for republicans. a new report card on the new gop he...