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If i was president, i would not sign an increased budget. absolutely would not do it. they would have to sign the budget. to be clear, its increasing the debt limit, not the budget. but i want to make sure i understand you. youd let the united states default rather than raise the debt limb? >> i would provide leadership that says get on the stick, guys, and stop messing around. and cut where you need to cut because weve not raising any spending limits, period. >> im going to try one more time, s...

Spending limits, period. >> im going to try one more time sir. this is debt that is already obligated. you would you not favor increasing the debt limit to pay the debts already incurred? >> what im saying whether we have to do is restructure the way that we create debt. >> so if carson does that tonight, will that kill his momentum. >> first of all i think its highly unlikely hell do that tonight. and secondly, i dont think that donald trump would be the person who would benefit if carson were ...

>> no, not suggesting that at all. what the original question was if you were there and someone was holding a gun to you and asking you about your religion and they had shot other people, what would you do? and knowing that you were next to be killed and that they were going to continue down the line killing people, i would much rather go down fighting. and if all of us attack the shooter, the chances are very strong not all of us would be killed. to me, that doesnt seem like a very controversia...

Economy going. thats what our governor will try to raise the case for himself of how he has handled ohio and the economy. and, you know, whether that plays or not we dont know yet. he has a lot of critics but he certainly has brought jobs and cut taxes and that kind of thing. so that will be, i think people will be paying close attention on that. >> yeah, gabe? >> yeah. i mean you look at his resume and over the past four and a half, five years he has helped create 350,000 new jobs. he was a par...

States. >> reporter: britain has much stricter rules on campaign spending than the u.s. but the last time i checked, it was still a vibrant democracy. in fact many other democracies have such spending limits. >> thats what we believe in. thats what we will deliver. >> reporter: and its not just campaign finance where the u.s. is an outlier. consider voter turnout. america ranks 31st out of the 34 developed countries in the oecd according to pew. with just over half of its voting-age population t...

There wasnt a single negative advertisement on television because all political ads on tv are banned by law. and each political party was allowed to spend around $30 million, just a fraction of what u.s. presidential nominees normally do. >> may god bless these united states. >> reporter: britain has much stricter rules on campaign spending than the u.s. but the last time i checked, it was still a vibrant democracy. in fact, many other democracies have such spending limits. >> thats what we beli...

Bill. there have been a lot of concerns about the caps put on the defense bill because of spending limits. is that a concern to you or do you side step hose spending caps? >> well, the caps are a concern but we found a way to add to the overseas contingency account so that we in the house budget and the defense bill on the floor right now meet exactly the amount that the president last asked for. its $611.9 billion. and we meet it exactly. so there are differences in how some of those funds get ...

Of it subcontracted out to private contractors. thats very troubling. >> thats always the dog whistle right there. one of the reasons i wanted to do this and really talk about the true cost of war is part of what strax me is we talk about how much it costs to send men and women to war but they never calculate or think about when those young men and women come back, and are in their 20s and will need care for many, many years, what does that cost? thats never factored in to or discuss. >> youre s...

A budget, which, you know, an omnibus they say this is the worst way to do it because all the gets stuffed in there. careening from one price to another, this is really good policy. >> i dont know, tracy, arent we careening anywhere? >> i think we feed first of all term limits because everyone is just buying tear next vote and someone is going to get all the salmon farmers now to vote for them because we got all the money through spending limits. its so ridiculous and stupid. its got so out of h...

Was supposed to do. now, targets ceo has issued a statement saying, hey, its okay to shop at target. we figured out the problem. we just wont tell you what the problem is right now. so i think a lot of attorneys and a lot of consumers are very curious as to what exactly the mistake was. >> you mentioned the ceo. we know that target announced theyre working with u.s. secret service. working with the doj on investigating this data breach. and where does target go from here? >> well, target has to ...