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World that they cant do anything to them. right now, i think finally the white house is getting serious about a broader strategy in which they find leverage points against putin. >> i have some sound from john mccain, who really passes up no opportunity to take a shot at the president when it comes to foreign policy. lets go ahead and play that. >> the only thing that vladimir putin understands is strength and there has been the weakest response imaginable, sanctioning a few people. the fact tha...

Their district, given the fact now nine days until october 17th when we hit the debt ceiling. lets bring in our washington contingent julianna goldman. where is the white house sitting on this right now? obviously john boehner has said youre not getting a clean cr. thats not coming your way. on the other side, obama said were not negotiating. were not using all of these moments whether its the debt ceiling or anything else as leverage points for you to get something you want. so what breaks this...

Larger role in the interim government, its better than if the military plays a role. how fast will they get back to an election that produces a government that has clear legitimacy. i think there will be competing narratives here. obviously from the muslim brotherhood standpoint theyre saying, hey, we won an election. its fair and square. on the other hand, theyve been governing in a way that is democratic but not liberal. going forward, the process towards democracy add inclusiveness, bring bac...

Bill anyone really liked. and at the end of the day, chuck, you can always run from these votes. on a big vote like this, i consider them to be defining moments. always have to look at myself as the deciding vote. in other words, would we be better off as a country with this policy in place, or the policy that its replacing. and i think if you look at it that way, theres no question that it was the right vote. but it was a terrible bill. and candidly, we would have come out with a much better pr...

The story that doesnt come down for republicans back against the walls this mess that krauthammer pointed out. what the republicans are doing mess in the house putting up this plan b and may get less than plan b they couldnt get a vote on plan b. senator corker thinks this whole thing he mentioned last night on greta is really too much spending keeping the spending and getting the tax increases, listen. >> its a shame in this nation where every developed country in the world knows that our great...

For $1 trillion in increasing the debt ceiling and so that is our next leverage point. it is a shame that in this nation where every developed country in the world knows that our greatest threat is our fiscal solvency that you have to have the leverage points. you would think that people would just sit down, solve the problem because we know it is our greatest threat. but that is not the case here. we have a president who has not laid out a plan. obviously a spend-aholic. he doesnt really worry ...

Have an obligation to do the best we can and that was made very clear in the white house. were going to do the best we can for the caucuses that we have and country thats waiting for us to make a decision. >> juliet: i imagine there would be a lot of hilarity after he called boehner a dictator and boehner is sniping back. im sure that wasnt a fun time. >> not like in a room having a cocktail. >> dave: how about republican bob corker who talked to greta about the spending cuts that they would lik...

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 ...

>> 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 ...

Doesnt require shooting each other dead. which we know doesnt work. >> thats one of the conversation that happens. okay, lets get together. what are leverage points with russia before we escalate to shooting. what have we got? >> and whats syria going to do, oh, were just going to pick another -- >> then you do a scenario analysis once you do the interv interval. what is the next warning look like in syria if we get the deal we want and whats the contingency for that. >> i am glad that i dont ha...