What are your plans for that . It is important people know the power of a reconciliation bill. To bringation was used about the balanced budget act that was used in the early part of the last decade for the tax reductions in the early part of the obama administration. It cannot be used for everything. We are talking as a committee, and with the leadership. And these answers will probably be determined at our retreat later. You mentioned it was used in alans they to budget and it led to negotiations with president clinton that did bounce the budget for a few years. You past the ryan budget for years in a row but you never really followed up on some of the really difficult things you have done on that, on medicare, on tax reform, on cutting social programs. If you past the budget, why wouldnt you use the reconciliation bill to implemented . We might. The budget is a visionary doctorate. What it also does is lay out our vision for how we believe we weht to solve the challenges face. Socia
North korea seems to be the biggest topic today. What does a proportional response look like and did sony make the right decision in pulling the movie or does that set a dangerous precedent . Let me address the second question first. Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns. Hey faced having said all that, yes, i think they made a mistake. Interconnected, digital , there are going to be toortunities for hackers engage in Cyber Attacks in the Public Sector am the private sector. Business isder of theset these tax attacks from taking place. When i first came into office, i Security Team to do what we could at the government level. But a lot more needs to be done. I hopethe things that congress will work on in the new year is stronger Cyber Security laws that allow for information sharing across private vector as well as the Public Sector so that we are incorporating best practices and preventing thes
Obama when even jimmy carter is blasting him. The litigation to say that president obama could be blowing it on isis. He commends him for cracked down, but these aerial assaults too little too late. Leon panetta slammed his policy. The democrats running for office dont want to be seen with this president. That isnt exactly new. What is is the reputation of these events and how they stack up so close together. . we seely says we are on behind the curve on isis, but hes not ready to throw the president under the bus. To prove his point, the general and i were speaking during the break. He wants to help out the command in chief. Aving a tough time, general. This is a tough time for the country. I think its one of these times where the country is sort of caught. We got through major crises. We got china pushing in arab. You got putin pushing in ukraine and playing chess against us in the middle east, and youve got isis and the middle east. And youve got a time when america, well, we sort o
Obama when even jimmy carter is blasting him. The litigation to say that president obama could be blowing it on isis. He commends him for cracked down, but these aerial assaults too little too late. Leon panetta slammed his policy. The democrats running for office dont want to be seen with this president. That isnt exactly new. What is is the reputation of these events and how they stack up so close together. . we seely says we are on behind the curve on isis, but hes not ready to throw the president under the bus. To prove his point, the general and i were speaking during the break. He wants to help out the command in chief. This president is having a tough time, general. This is a tough time for the country. I think its one of these times where the country is sort of caught. We got through major crises. We got china pushing in arab. You got putin pushing in ukraine and playing chess against us in the middle east, and youve got isis and the middle east. And youve got a time when ameri
And we start with that breaking news, the coldblooded execution of two new York City Police officers shot to death by a suicidal gunman bent on revenge for killings by police. The assassination immediately condemned by president obama and the attorney general drawing a fierce reaction from police in an atmosphere already so highly charged after ferguson and staten island. Abcs linsey davis is on the scene in brooklyn. Good morning, linsey. Reporter good morning, george. Police are calling this murder even though the suspect in this case will never have his day in court. And two Police Agencies are saying new yorks mayor has blood on his hands. Last night officials put the ambush of two new York City Police officers here in stark terms. They were quite simply assassinated, targeted for their uniform. These officers were shot execution style. Reporter according to the nypd, officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos were sitting in their marked patrol car in brooklyn when 28yearold Ismaaiyl B