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President obama had failed to lead. now we're hearing that he failed to lead on nsa foreign surveillance, didn't know the details, we're hearing that he failed to lead on the obama carolout, has it taken the media too long to reach this analysis? >> well, you've got to be empirical about it. and that's not to take the republicans off the hook for all the budget problems. but the president has to find a way to work his will. as you recount all of this, and as i do, you see that the president is the one who calls people to the white house. they don't call him to the congress. and -- >> but it's ...

That's a couple years of full funding for the reduced and free school lanch program. $24 billion is real money. in normal times, you'd be able to make that up. if this were a hurricane, for example, or a natural disaster. it's a natural disaster caused by man, by congress, you'd be able to make up that economic hit. we still have budget battles to go through. that's why markets are still concerned and the economy still could continue to be hit by the budget drama. futures are lower this morning in the stock market. big rally yesterday. big rally yesterday, of course, they're calling it the was...

To resolve those differences. democrats want to sit down and try to resolve our problems, including our budget problems, by honest compromises between the democrats and republicans. but what this is about today is whether we're going to keep government open or not. and americans understand that that would be a self-inflicted wound on our economy, it would hurt our country and we shouldn't be holding our government hostage to an extreme agenda of one member of the united states senate. >> so since the faux filibuster really has no purpose, unlike the actual filibusters that we've covered and ta...

We're approaching commemoration of 9/11 which drew us into a war against al qaeda, and we're about to help al qaeda take over syria and create more regional problems and problems for the whole world? right now al qaeda is attacking christian villages. there were some things on fox yesterday about that. they're executing people who are captives. this is a moment which calls for clear thinking on the part of congress. but the american people are already clearly understanding what's going on. we're being rushed into war without sufficient proof, and it's not in the national interest. you're going...

Act? which it did. passing civil rights and voting rights laws the following two years. and tonight we compare the approaches of two modern republicans at the center of this debate. first there's jim sensenbrenner, the republican in congress most responsible for getting the voting rights act renewed seven years ago. speaking to the rnc today, sensenbrenner says he's committed to renewing the law again in response to the supreme court. >> i am committed to restoring the voting rights act as an effective tool to prevent discrimination. with all of the problems that we have, with the budget probl...