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At the notion of raising the debt ceiling, which of course the founding fathers would have understood its imperative to maintain the credit rating of the united states of america. is john boehner actually going to end up stuck toeing the tea party line here or the line that wall street wanted to hear tonight, which is that he is going to raise the debt ceiling with or without conditions when the moment comes no matter what? >> well, john boehner was threatening a very -- was threading a have ver...

I wish our tearful house speaker would just show some compassion for american tax payers and our children that he and mr. ryan have already surrendered to president obama. its a cowardly act of treason against coming generations and we may be able to give boehner really something to cry about in 2012. >> joining me now labor secretary during the clinton administration and professor at university of california berkeley, robert reich, thank you for joining me tonight. >> good evening, lawrence. >>...

That makes no sense. thats why immigration reform is an economic imperative. >> the president announcing today that the 1,200 national guard troops on the border will stay put for now, funding was set to expire next month, now will be extended, though no one yet saying where the funding for that would come from, because, you know, we got money printers, so it doesnt matter. overall few specifics and no timeline in the presidents speech. the republicans of course not buying it any of it. they cha...

At the notion of raising the debt ceiling, which of course the founding fathers would have understood its imperative to maintain the credit rating of the united states of america. is john boehner actually going to end up stuck toeing the tea party line here or the line that wall street wanted to hear tonight, which is that he is going to raise the debt ceiling with or without conditions when the moment comes no matter what? >> well, john boehner was threatening a very -- was threading a have ver...

Imperative to do this. >> reporter: now the prime minister of pakistan gave a speech today lashing out at the u.s. and suggesting there would be retaliation if the u.s. does what jay carney just said and goes across the border into pakistan with u.s. military helicopters again, whether thats an empty threat or not. well leave our viewers up to decide. but very interesting this sort of war of words back and forth between the u.s. and pakistan which are supposed to be allies. >> when we talk about...

Good speaker. by the way, he describes this and praises the military for what they were able to do. he may well help create substantial resolve to go on and do other type things we need to do. like, for example, get off oil, just for starters. >> that goes back to how you and i began our public conversation in general, the strategic imperative as you put it and phrased it so perfectly, to shatter the global dependency on oil, which is at the root of funding and commitment of military resources t...

Egypt, prime minister netanyahu called it a blow to peace and great victory for terrorism. whats the president think of this statement? to agree with netanyahu? >> we understand that fatah and hamas have reached a reconciliation agreement, and what is important now is that the palestinians ensure implementation of the agreement and that the implementation advances the prospects of peace rather than undermines the prospects. we are continuing to seek details and more about the nature of the agree...

Victory for terrorism. do you agree with netanyahu? >> we understand that fatah and hamas has reached a reconciliation agreement. what is important now is that palestinians ensure implementation of that agreement that its implementation advances prospects of peace rather than undermines those prospects. were continuing to seek details about the agreement and consulting with the parties about these very issues. and i refer you to the palestinians for details on the agreement because were still se...

Imperative. here it is. >> i believe water boarding is a moral imperative. september 10th, 2001, we knew he was going to kill thousands of americans. we didnt know when or where. are we saying now we wouldnt hold his head under water to save 3,000 lives? >> does that argument hold up? >> not with me. it goes against my oath of office. mine is to defend the constitution of the united states. theres nuting in there about saving lives. when did america go from being a country that stands for princi...

We want and nobody will if the we reach an agreement. >> what areas of compromise will the vice president -- >> well, i will say that the vice president will bring to the table some serious ideas, but i will not negotiate them here, and we are committed to the process and we believe there is room for compromise and reason to believe that because the goal is shared, because the imperative is there, because the american people expect us to do this that we can actually get a result. >> has the admi...