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And pennsylvania. and all it says is we have got a lot of revenues pouring. in first call on the revenues goes to debt service. so you cannot default. >> bret: on the public opinion though, people look at $17 trillion in debt and they think raising the debt ceiling and it just does not really fly when you look at polls. if you are going to look at polls at shutting down the government, the polls on the debt ceiling are in the republicans' favor. people say why can't we control what we are spending? now, how serious is that moment, october 17th? >> it depends on how seriously the markets take i...

Keystone. whatever it is. perhaps not a winning strategy to talk about the repeal of obama care anymore. >> couple things. to richard's observation. the reason we find ourselves here, partially its that in august 2011 trust was destroyed between the president and john boehner. they beth accused each other of walking away from the grand bargain. i know which side i pick in that. i know the president was mad. this obama care business has become a lightning rod. it was in the 2010 elections. the tea party backed candidates hope to catch light anyone in a bottle going into 2014 i think john harwoo...

Rolling to the debt ceiling, maybe an extension of both to negotiate a little longer and actually something like -- in august 2011, there was this huge clash and everything was going to collapse. they ended up with a budget control act from a republican point of view that has constrained spending, has leveled spending off for the national government for a couple of years, didn't destroy the economy, didn't destroy anything much. i think it hurt defense a little bit. >> the pentagon would say you want to deal with the sequester. >> could they deal with the sequester in the debt ceiling negotiat...

To blackmail. listen. >> if republicans do not like the law, they can go through the regular channels and processes to try to change it. that's why we have elections. so they can go through the normal processes and procedures of a democracy, but you do not threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> senator, will the gop demand a delay in obama care for individuals, as a condition for raising the debt ceiling? i mean, is your party willing to risk default because they hate obama care so much? >> that remains to be seen, but i don't think default is a good idea. but i...

Outbreak killed 33 people and sickened nearly 150 more. this all happened two years ago. ryan and eric jenson face various misdemeanors after both the centers for disease control and the fda linked their facility to the illness. an attorney for 46 families affected says he was happy that the u.s. attorney realized criminal charges were appropriate. now, the son of one of the victims is speaking out about his final days and the men the government says are responsible. >> when 92-year-old paul schwartz senior ate cantaloupe contaminated with listeria at a restaurant back in august 2011, his heal...