to solving the problems of this country and i want to make sure americans understand one thing, that it doesn t have to be this way and we can solve our problems. america has always been a can do country and we can do it and we know what we have to do. we just have people who are willing to do it. senator snowe, thanks a lot. thank you. remember the entire interview unedited is available on our facebook page, check it out. all of them are there. so far, couple more coming up throughout the week. the talk on the trail is all about medicare and that s where we re going to start with our package coming up next. first, white house soup of the day, president back, staff is back, they ll be dining out a little bit on white chicken chile. don t forget always follow the show on facebook. the home of all of our exit interviews with the retiring senators. a lot of them from the legislative center interestingly enough. we ll let you decide whether that s a coincidence or not. you re watchin
down and a little hole in the middle it seems like, going away. all week, we are conducting exit interviews, full with these departing lawmakers. today, we turn to the first and still only woman to represent texas in the united states senate, senator kay bailey hutchison. she has represented the lone star state in the upper chamber since 1993. when i sat down with senator hutchison, our discussion included the consequences of compromise and how hard it is for lawmakers to avoid getting labeled in washington. i have been dubbed a moderate. i am not a moderate. i m a conservative. i am a fix-it conservative. there is a divide on people who want to achieve something, as ronald reagan said, i would rather have half a loaf than no loaf. and people who just want to blow things up. and i think there are some very principled people in the
release the rest of this year s tax return, as he promised, sometime in october. that s usually when you file an extension, it s due october 15th. and that will create at least a short flurry. i don t want to take this metaphor any further than celinda did. all right. some of you have got to go. everybody s going to return. still ahead on this special extended edition of the daily rundown. he knows a thing or two of being thrust into a presidential campaign. senator joe lieberman sits down with us. it was the first in our week-long series of exit interviews with retiring senators. you re watching the daily rundown. we ll be right back.
to come up from the left saying hey, if it s so bad, then why would, you know, why would you use it for your state? the state has certainly seen higher health insurance costs as a result. we have a lot to go over in the exit interviews. for the most part, 1 in 2 budget issues, economic issues most important in mississippi and alabama. budget deficit is number two. those who said it was number one, the economy, actually backed mitt romney. mixed results here. really interesting. guys, thanks a lot. see you again soon. to the rest of your headlines now and fox news alert. 6.8 magnitude quake rocking the northern coast of japan prompting tsunami advisories. waves are expected to arrive any moment in the same region hit hard by last week s quake and tsunami. 19,000 people were killed. a little bit of silver lining here. those waves expected to be small ones. so far, there are no reports of any damage from this quake defense secretary leon panetta landing overnight in afghanista
we re back. the midterm election are or. the 111th congress has adjourned adjourned. two somewhat different pennsylvania politicians. please welcome governor ed rendell and then we re going to have congressman joe sestak for their hardball exit interviews of the year. the 45th governor of pennsylvania, ed rendell, we re all wondering what s next. why the beach boys in philly? a big city guy like you. first of all, we wanted to do something for all of my volunteers and all of my donors all the way down to the people who gave me people who gave me $5. i wanted to say thanks. we re having a farewell party. i grew up with the beach boys in the early 60s. my wife and i, our first song was darlin. we became friends. they played to three-quarters of a million people on the parkway. it s a fitting way to go out. they re my friends.