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mccarthy spoke. in front of the same individuals about where the debt talks are going. lets just say nowhere. connell mcshane has more. >> the speaker made reference from that appearance from ronald reagan. he said we have an unsustainable level of debt in this country and he will not support raising the debt ceiling unless something is done about it. spoker mccarthy made a speech to a number of professional financialists in new york. he said there will be a bill that will raise the de...

>> neil: but it wouldnt be tied to raising the debt ceiling? >> it should be. >> neil: or like barack obama did with republicans in 2011? >> either way, whether its tied directly or whether its a separate event that is greed upon. youll get the same result. weve lad a spending spree like never before, neil. we have no work fare whatsoever. the deferns has been way underspent. that is all very different today than under reagan. i think theyll come to something. then were going to let the election...

The overriding number of people in new york were for it. he never vacillated. there he was. he knew it cost him votes but he didnt change his position. we dont have that today in politics whether democrats or republicans. mario cuomo was a man of principle and integrity. we may have differed on certain issues. i want to tell you he never waivered on his convictions never. >> some interesting dynamics there, hearing him speak you obviously respected him being someone that did stand up for the thi...

Police. all the president has done is see one side of this dispute. and if they would spend -- i heard al vita king on television this morning. if they were spend as much time talking about improving education, the mayor de blasio would stop blocking charter schools, start supporting vouchers so theres better education for black children, if they would start talking about work fare and more work, if they would start talking about the responsibilities of father hood, now were starting to talk abo...

Taxpayer. >> my snap guard. >> how do you get a snap card? >> go out to the human resource office and have your birth certificate and your social security card. i dont got a paycheck coming in, so i qualify. how often do you do this? >> every once, every six months. >> right now once a were. >> things have changed. >> back in 1996 if you were an abled adult like jason with no family, there were limitations. you could get food stamps for only three months every three years. the exception? if you ...

The inner cities are double the national average in unemployment. their unemployment benefits have run out and thats why the president seeks to strip work fare from welfare. celeb lights whether democrats or republicans are noise. and nothing more. they dont move the needle and they dont convince someone to be for or against someone. megyn: hes a powerful guy in the entertainment industry. he goes on to say in part ill stop to fight the literal destruction of poor people in this country. speakin...

announcing work for welfare. under obamas plan, you wouldnt have to work and wouldnt have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. and welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare. >> in a moment, youll hear from newt gingrich, who joins us to defend that ad but also makes a pretty stunning admission about whether the ad hes defending is true to the facts. but first i want you to hear how romney is campaigning on the claims made in the ad. >> with a very caref...

Bipartisan support and has worked. you dont see people crying about we need to get back to welfare from work fare. when i left new york state we had 2 million people on welfare. we put in place first job creating programs. we lowered the tax rate and created a better economic climate so the private sector could create jobs. we hat child support services so single mothers could have the confidence to go back to work. we continued health benefits if you took a job at minimum wage and it worked exc...

Welfare and unemployment. one thing to do is ask people collecting food stamps or unemployment to clean up the parks. that would keep the jobs skills and affordability better and off set to what is a rising cost. >> mike, one thing that has changed for the worse i think. in the clinton administration working with republicans, we had welfare reform. we had a work fare and a switch over from the dependency people and the people who are working for a check that is kind of switching back. >> we saw ...