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Crisis in libya, japan, not to mention the trouble with america's economy and budget problems right here at home. do they have a point? or is this just partisan sniping from republicans? good question. so joining us from los angeles, fox news analyst and radio talk show host leslie marshall and here in new york fox news analyst and new york daily news columnist andrea tantaros. let me start with you. we don't have a commander and chief we have a spectator in chief is that right. >> that's pretty much what it is. i think this guy just has a priority issue. it seems like he is operating on a dif...

Washington. >> the senate's top democrat harry reid says he's open to changing social security 20 years from now. speaking on msnbc's "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell last night, majority leader reid emphatically rejected changes to the program anytime soon. >> i have said clearly and as many times as i can, leave social security alone. social security has not added a single penny, not a dime, a nickel, a dollar to the budget problems we have. it never has. for the next 30 years it won't do that. two decades from now i'm willing to take a look at it. i'm not willing to take a look at it...

What improvements? >> i've said clearly and as many times as i can, leave social security alone. social security has not added a single penny, not a dime, a nickel, a dollar to the budget problems we have. never has, and for the next 30 years it won't do that. so what i've said, if we want tç look at something to take care of the out years, let's do it at the right time. it is not in crisis at this stage. leave social security alone. we have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis, but social security is not. i repeat, for the next approximately 30 years, people will draw 100% of ...

Lately. harry reid is standing his ground on social security. last night with lawrence o'donnell, he claimed that the third rail of politics has nothing to do with the country's current budget woes. >> i have said clearly and as many times as i can, leave social security alone. social security has not added a single penny, not a dime, a nickel, a dollar, to the budget problems we have. it never has, and for the next 30 years, it won't do that, two decades from now, i'm willing to take a look at it, but not right now. >> well, if the leader of the senate democrats isn't ready to have that conve...

Security alone. social security has not added a single penny, not a dime, a nickel, a dollar to the budget problems we have. never has, and for the next 30 years it won't do that. so what i've said, if we want to look at something to take care of the out years, let's do it at the right time. it is not in crisis at this stage. leave social security alone. we have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis, but social security is not. i repeat, for the next approximately 30 years, people will draw 100% of their benefits. if we do nothing more than that, they will draw 80% of benefits. i...