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Better place, i think. >> what about his leverage point, though, james leverage points, the only that on president obama, to lead to a less destructive solution on tax and spending. >> why, do you think he cares about it? >> i think the one thing he cares about is big government and-- >> he wants big government. >> because the problem is that-- that roepublicans have-- he doesnt care if taxes rise, hes fine with it, probably prefers it, right? >> the one thing he has campaigned on is taxes r on ...

You want to get a deal out of him with meaningful reform on spending or tacks, this is, this is the key leverage point and if it happens, it happens. >> and you get some spending. >> paul: so use spending on discretionary and defense to leverage better tax policy out of the president. bret? >> well, good luck. (laughter) >> first of all, lets bear in mind weve already cut 500 billion dollars from defense. you know, i was out on an aircraft carrier in the persian gulf a few months ago, this is a ...

>> what about his leverage point, though, james leverage points, the only that on president obama, to lead to a less destructive solution on tax and spending. >> why, do you think he cares about it? >> i think the one thing he cares about is big government and-- >> he wants big government. >> because the problem is that-- that roepublicans have-- he doesnt care if taxes rise, hes fine with it, probably prefers it, right? >> the one thing he has campaigned on is taxes rising on the rich. this is ...

You want to get a deal out of him with meaningful reform on spending or tacks, this is, this is the key leverage point and if it happens, it happens. >> and you get some spending. >> paul: so use spending on discretionary and defense to leverage better tax policy out of the president. bret? >> well, good luck. (laughter) >> first of all, lets bear in mind weve already cut 500 billion dollars from defense. you know, i was out on an aircraft carrier in the persian gulf a few months ago, this is a ...

craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. were going to continue to g...

Development is this? >> unclear. north korea never wavered in this determination to have a nuclear weapon. they have often engaged in the talks to get aid as a carrot. food aid. which they pocketed. i dont know how significant they are. it doesnt seem to me that there is anything that north korea think it wants more than nuclear weapons. >> bret: new leader kim jong un. steve? >> our mistake is assuming that food aid is the only leverage point we have. meeting itself is point of leverage. north ...

Development is this? >> unclear. north korea never wavered in this determination to have a nuclear weapon. they have often engaged in the talks to get aid as a carrot. food aid. which they pocketed. i dont know how significant they are. it doesnt seem to me that there is anything that north korea think it wants more than nuclear weapons. >> bret: new leader kim jong un. steve? >> our mistake is assuming that food aid is the only leverage point we have. meeting itself is point of leverage. north ...

States. while we have been supportive of giving some of that money for humanitarian purposes, it seem to me as i have said to secretary of state hillary clinton that we need to make sure that the transitional national committee is cooperating with us both in access to alg megrahi who is in libya and to others in the gadhafi regime who may have been part of his government and who may have been part of this whole process of determining the execution of pan am 103. i think if we get that type of re...

Humanitarian purposes, it seem to me as i have said to secretary of state hillary clinton that we need to make sure that the transitional national committee is cooperating with us both in access to alg megrahi who is in libya and to others in the gadhafi regime who may have been part of his government and who may have been part of this whole process of determining the execution of pan am 103. i think if we get that type of response, of course, then we can have those assets flow fully to libya. i...

marketsite. "american morning" starts right now. >> no vote on the debt plan again. im christine romans. as the u.s. economy lurches closer to a financial crisis, the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. >> im kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along ...